Movie Reviews

Listing of movie recommendations by the movie critics of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Hollywood Reporter, and other major publications.

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Jindabyne

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"Jindabyne" directed by Ray Lawrence

A group of men on a fishing trip makes the morally questionable decision to delay reporting the discovery of a murdered woman's body. Claire, the wife of one of the men, tries to understand the reasoning behind such thoughtlessness.
"Jindabyne," a serious and somber film from Australia starring Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne, is as slow getting started as a leisurely weekend fishing trip, but it ends up having an almost unbearable impact. Nominated for nine Australian Film Institute awards, including best picture. - Kenneth Turan LA Times review of Jindabyne
Based on the short story "So Much Water So Close to Home" by Raymond Carver.

Release Date: April 2007
Run Time: 2 hr. 3 min.
Rating: R
Cast: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborrah-Lee Furness, John Howard, Leah Purcell
Director: Ray Lawrence
Genre: Psychological Drama, Drama

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Sunday, April 22, 2007

The Valet

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the Valet movieKenneth Turan writing in his LA Times review of "The Valet" states:
Making people laugh is the specialty of the house where French writer-director Francis Veber ("The Dinner Game") is concerned, and he is awfully good at it. A complete master of cinematic farce, Veber's latest venture, "The Valet," ("La Doublure") makes creating deliciously funny comedy look a lot easier than it has any right to.
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Release Date: April 2007
Run Time: 1 hr. 25 min.
Cast: Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Berry
Director: Francis Veber
Genre: Comedy

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Red Road

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Red Road movieJackie (Kate Dickie) spends her days monitoring a series of surveillance cameras trained on a rough Glasgow neighborhood. She spots Clyde (Tony Curran), an ex-convict, on one of her screens and quickly becomes obsessed with him. She devises a plan to meet and seduce him, and the reason for her obsession soon becomes clear.

"A spellbinding, intellignet thriller that takes its time to get where it's going but is well worht the trip." Keven Crust LA Times review of Red Road

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Release Date: April 2007
Cast: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston, Natalie Press, Andrew Armour
Director: Andrea Arnold
Genre: Drama
English subtitles to assist with heavy Scottish accents!

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Sunday, April 15, 2007

The TV Set

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The TV Set DVDAn idealistic writer (Davud Duchovny) tries to navigate his TV pilot down the mine-laden path from script through production to the madness of prime-time scheduling – all while trying to stay true to his vision. Along the way he has to juggle the agendas of a headstrong network president (Sigourney Weaver), volatile young stars, a pregnant wife and an ever-optimistic personal manager.

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LA Times review of The TV Set by Kevin Crust

Release Date: April 2007
Run Time: 1 hr. 29 min.
Rating: R
Cast: David Duchovny, Sigourney Weaver, Ioan Gruffudd
Director: Jake Kasdan
Genre: Comedy

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The Hoax

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The Hoax DVDIn the early 1970s, author Clifford Irving (Richard Gere), with accomplice Richard Suskind (Alfred Molina), attempts to pull off one of the greatest media scams of the century. He writes a fake biography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, claiming that Hughes commissioned it, and sells the book to publishing giant McGraw-Hill. Based on a true story.

Kenneth Turan praises Richard Gere's performance as Irving as "the richest, most mature performance of his career". Kenneth Turan's review of The Hoax at The LA Times

Release Date: April 2007
Run Time: 1 hr. 55 min.
Rating: R
Cast: Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Hope Davis
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Genre: Drama

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Sunday, April 8, 2007

The Lookout

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Synopsis: Chris (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a once promising high school athlete, has his life turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
Release Date: March 2007
Run Time: 1 hr. 38 min.
Rating: R
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino
Director: Scott Frank
Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
Kenneth Turan of the LA Times writes: "The Lookout showcases seome absolutely cracher-jack acting". Kenneth Turan's review of "The Lookout"

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Black Book

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Synopsis: After narrowly escaping death, young Rachel Rosenthal becomes part of the Jewish resistance, assuming the name Ellis de Vries. Her superiors order her to seduce a Gestapo officer named Ludwig. Ellis is successful in her mission but soon finds herself falling in love with her mortal enemy.
Release Date: April 2007
Run Time: 2 hr. 25 min.
Rating: R
Cast: Carice VanHouten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Genre: Art House/Foreign, Suspense/Thriller
Kenneth Turan, LA Times movie critic states: "Veteran Dutch director Paul Verhoeven piles on the actions in this story of a beautiful Jewish spy infiltrating the highest echelons of Nadzidom. Like many of its characters, the film is engaged in acts of deception.

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