The latest from Ridley Scott finds an asset (Leonardo DiCaprio) pressured by a CIA agent (Russell Crowe) to find an Al Queda leader in Jordan. Mark Strong, Carice van Houten, and Oscar Isaac also star. The story was adapted from the David Ignatius’ spy thriller . Check out the official site. We’ve seen it and we’ll have the review when the film opens in theaters on Friday.
Based on the novel by Jeanne DuPrau the film tells the story of two children (Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadway) who search for clues to solve the growing darkness of the underground city of Ember when the city’s generator begins to fail after 200 years. Bill Murray, Mackenzie Crook, Mary Kay Place, Liz Smith, Martin Landau, Toby Jones, and Tim Robbins also star. Check out the official site. The film opens in theaters everywhere on Friday.
The latest from writer/director Mike Leigh centers around a cheerful schoolteacher (Sally Hawkins) whose optimism annoys her fellow North Londoners. Alexis Zegeman, Andrea Riseborough, Samuel Roukin, Sinead Matthews, and Sarah Niles also star. Check out the official site. The film opens in limited release in select cities on Friday.
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I’ve got to admit I was really skeptical at first, who wants to go see a movie about windshield wiper blades? I think that these real life stories are great, but should be betrayed in small indie films instead of mainstream fare. There are so many stories of “the man” and “big bad corporations” beating the little people down and somehow the little people go out on their own, representing themselves in court and win.
My question is how the hell did they get by all those years that they spent every day, all day, fighting the corporate monster? What did they live on? You never, or hardly, see them work or have a 9 to 5, so how did they make it? Was it an easier time, era?
Most of these stories are set back in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, was it easier to get disability, welfare, live off the lamb? Then you have to wonder why we don’t see these stories set in today’s time? What, from the 90’s on no one can compete, we all except being beat down and simply take being walked on by corporate America?
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The film is about Nick (Michael Cera), the only straight guy in an all gay band who was recently dumped by his longtime girlfriend Tris (Alexis Dziena), and Norah (Kat Dennings), a straight-edge alternative girl with a good taste in music and a a bad taste in guys(Jay Baruchel), a dislike for Tris and a crush on her unknown former boyfriend.
Through circumstances you will only find in movies like this Nick and Norah pretend to be boyfriend/girlfriend in an attempt to keep Tris of their backs for five seconds. A quick kiss, for Tris’ benefit, immediately shows sparks between the two, who spend the night together and apart all over the city.
Although a bit contrived the set-up here works well enough to get these two young actors together on the streets of Manhattan. The possibility of a teen Before Sunrise (read that review) is lost however as the love story is constantly derailed by the script.
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