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Roman de gare (2007)
Director: Claude Lelouch | Rated: R | Review date: 30-Dec-2009
A magic-trick-wielding sadistic killer on the loose, a missing husband and father, and a best-selling author being questioned by the police about the disappearance of her alleged ghostwriter; if this doesn’t sound like the groundwork for an excellent novel than I don’t know what does. Claude Lelouch directs this mysterious crime thriller about an author, played by Fanny Ardant, and three different tales intertwined to inspire her next great novel. Dominique Pinon stars as…well saying who he stars as might give too much away. Pinon More >
Boondock Saints, The (1999)
Director: Troy Duffy | Rated: R (violence) | Review date: 29-Dec-2009
It’s been a decade since the release of the cult-shooter favorite which has finally graced us with a sequel. When coming of college age, watching The Boondock Saints is almost a right of passage. When one finishes the movie, undoubtedly the phrase “they’ve gotta make a sequel” has always come about. But let’s take a look back shall we? Was the movie really that good, so good that it kept fans on the edge of their seats, spinning rumor mills about their dreams of a sequel becoming reality?
Watching it roughly five years More >
Bangkok Dangerous (1999)
Director(s): The Pang Brothers | Rated: R (violence) | Review date: 29-Dec-2009
Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang, otherwise known as the Pang Brothers, did something very interesting. They remade one of their own films for the English speaking audience. By this remake I am of course referring to Bangkok Dangerous (2008), starring Nicolas Cage. Fans were in outcry, offended that Hollywood bigwigs seem to feel the need to tamper with perfectly good cinema for an audience that’s too lazy to read. As strange as it was for the Pang brothers to redo one of their own films, I have to admire their More >
Top 10 Favorite Films of 2009
2009 was a pretty exciting year for movies. As the year ends I’ve chosen a hand full of my favorites. These are the films that came to my mind while reflecting, but it’s likely that I’ve left out a few that I really enjoyed. There were many great mainstream, foreign, and independent films this year so I decided to combine some faves from each group into one list (not an easy task for me). The following list is in alphabetical order, coincidentally the first pick, (500) Days of Summer, would be my favorite if I absolutely had to choose. Note: these are based on U.S. release dates. Also More >
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans (2009)
Director: Werner Herzog | Rated: R | Review date: 26-Dec-2009
Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans is a loose remake of 1992′s The Bad Lieutenant which starred Harvey Keitel as a junkie and gambling addicted police officer. In the update, Nicolas Cage plays detective Terrance McDonagh in post-Katrina New Orleans. On the surface, the lieutenant is a star officer: making big busts, taking heroic risks to save lives, and looking out for the good of the community. Deeper down, however, we find the lieutenant hides personal demons which slowly become more prevalent after an More >
