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Fish Tank (2009)
Director/writer: Andrea Arnold | Rated: n/a (language/strong sexuality) | Review date: 21-Feb-2010
Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank has won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and after viewing it there’s no surprise as to why. The film stars newcomer Katie Jarvis as Mia, a troubled 15 year old growing up in a fairly low income area of England with her drunken and abusive mother (Kierston Wareing) and her younger sister (Rebecca Griffiths). Things take a big change when Mia’s mom brings home Connor, played by Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds).
Mia spends her days wondering around More >
Remarkable Power (2010)
Director: Brandon Beckner | Rated: R | Review date: 14-Feb-2010
Kevin Nealon stars as Jack West, late-night talk show host on the verge of losing his job. In order to save his career, Jack must come up with a plan to boost his ratings. Meanwhile Ross (Evan Peters), a nobody living on his own in L.A. is seeking purpose in his life. Ross seeks inspiration from an infomercial promising “remarkable power.” Behind the scenes, private detective Van Hagen (Tom Arnold) and crime scene photographer Athena (Nora Zahetner) start to put together the pieces of a bizarre and mysterious case.
I have to More >
Bright Star (2009)
Director/writer: Jane Campion | Rated: PG | Review date: 14-Feb-2010 – Happy Valentine’s Day!
Jane Campion’s Bright Star is the biopic following John Keats and his romance with Fanny Brawne during the last years of his life. Ben Whishaw plays Keats, the underrated and struggling poet. Fanny Brawne, played by Abbie Cornish, is the girl next door and aspiring fashion designer who’s at first rather unimpressed with poetry to say the least. Soon enough though, the two become drawn to one another and an exciting love affair begins.
Campion does a great job capturing the romanticism of 19th century More >
Run! Bitch Run! (2009)
Director/writer: Joseph Guzman | Co-writer: Robert James Hayes II | Rated: Unrated (extreme violence and sexuality) | Review date: 8-Feb-2010
A few grindhouse revival flicks have made their way to me recently, and I welcome them with open arms. Not growing up with this particular genre, I missed out on the whole experience. Luckily, thanks to filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino and Rob Zombie, a quiet but prevalent resurgence of these trashy and exploitative films has emerged, introducing the nasty to a whole new generation. Run! Bitch Run! is one of these particular films that is an excellent More >
Immortel (ad vitam) (2004)
aka Immortal
Director/writer: Enki Bilal | Rated: R (nudity) | Review date: 7-Feb-2010
Immortal takes place in a futuristic version of New York City, more specifically in the year 2095. The bizarre appearance of a floating Pyramid comes out of nowhere and hovers mysteriously over the city. It’s inhabitants are ancient Egyptian gods, one of which is Horus. Horus is sent down to the city in order to seek a host human body and mate with a chosen human, and he only has 7 days to do so.
In the city resides a mysterious young woman named Jill (Linda Hardy) with white skin and blue hair and tears. More >