Alan Rapp

This Week in Foreign Film

Two brothers deal with relationships and love in this French drama.  Paul (Romain Davis) returns home to his father (Guy Marchand) and his womanizing younger brother (Louis Garrel) after breaking-up with his girlfriend (Joana Preiss).  Marie-France Pisier, Alice Butand, and Helena Noguerra also star.  Check out the French official site.  The film, presented in French with English subtitles, opens in limited release in select cities on Wednesday.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

Inside Paris (Dans Paris)
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This Week in Independent Film

A shy high school student with a stutter (Reece Thompson) falls for a fellow student (Anna Kendrick) and decides to joins her debate team.  Aaron Yoo, Nicholas D’Agosto, Vincent Piazza, Margo Matrindale, Lisbeth Bartlett, and Candace Burr Scholz also star.  Check out the official site.  The film opens in select cities in limited release on Friday.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

Rocket Science
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This Week in Film

Cuba Gooding Jr. steps into Eddie Murphy‘s shoes for this sequel to 2003’s forgettable comedy Daddy Day Care.  In this new film, directed by Winnie Cooper’s ex-squeeze, the Daddy Day Care crew decide to open a summer camp for kids.  Hinjinx, of course, ensue.  Tamala Jones, Paul Rae, Lochlyn Munro, Richard Gant, and Telise Galanis also star.  Check out the official site.  We’ve seen it and we’ll have the review when it kicks and screams itself into theaters on Wednesday.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

Daddy Day Camp
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After the death of a friend two British Chinese gay men revaluate their lives.  Mel (Steven Lim) contemplates the future and rejects love offered from Todd (Gareth Rhys Davis), as Ash (Chowee Leow) decides to become a transexual.  Well, not exactly your everyday fare.  Neil Collie, Paul Cox, and Mark Hampton also star.  Check out the official site.  The film opens exclusively in Los Angeles on Friday before beginning a limited release next week.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.  Caution – trailer contains some images and humor NSFW.

Cut Sleeve Boys
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Bourne Again

  • Title: The Bourne Ultimatum
  • IMDb: link

“I remember…I remember everything.”

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When I heard the words above in the trailer chills went up my spine.  I enjoyed The Bourne Identity (read December’s review) but I was blown away by the second installment The Bourne Supremacy.  So here was the sequel I was waiting for all summer.  The result was a good, though slightly disappointing, film that is still better than most of the sequels this year.

We begin, seconds after Jason Bourne’s (Matt Damon) survival in the tunnel, with his escape from Russian police.  The final scene from The Bourne Supremacy, the phone conversation between Bourne and Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) is later expertly woven into the main plot of this film.  From there we move to the shadowy government forces still attempting to track Bourne down and hide the dirty secrets which are locked in his brain.  Both Allen and Julia Stiles return, and although Stiles is given a larger (and somewhat continuity-questionable) role, Allen is demoted into the lone good guy in a room full of snakes who will do whatever it takes to keep their dirty little secrets hidden.

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