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The Secret in Their Eyes (2010)
Aug 21st
aka El Secreto de Sus Ojos
Director: Juan José Campanella Writers: Juan José Campanella and Eduardo Sacheri (novel) Rated: R (language, violence, nudity, rape scene) Cast: Soledad Villamil, Ricardo Darín, Pablo Rago, Guillermo Francella, and Javier Godino
Retired federal justice agent Benjamín Esposito (Darín) is writing a novel on the one big case of his career that was never completely solved. When he returns to his old stomping grounds he finds himself bringing up old feelings about his former colleague Irene Menéndez Hastings (Soledad Villamil) in addition to new questions about the big case.
The Secret in their eyes is based on the novel written by More >
Salt (2010)
Aug 21st
Director: Phillip Noyce Writer: Kurt Wimmer Rated: PG-13 (violence) Cast: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, and August Deihl
Angelina Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent caught in a possible Russian terrorist plot. Right from the beginning the action gets going and doesn’t let up. High tension chases, lightning fast martial arts ass-kickings, and balls-to-the-wall shoot outs kept my heart racing. To top it off, the story is quite exciting as well. It keeps you guessing who Salt really is and how things will play out. Jolie is in top form in this one, and I was very More >
Before Sunset (2004)
Jun 19th
Director: Richard Linklater Writers: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke Starring: Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy
A movie like 1995′s Before Sunrise was so perfect and left off so realistically that the idea of a sequel should have been something to be immediately disregarded. Luckily for us the team of Linklater, Delpy, and Hawke believed in Before Sunset and have crafted possibly the best sequel to come out in recent years.
The film answers our biggest questions about what happened after that one night Vienna. It takes place in Paris where Jesse (Hawke) is on a book tour and runs into Celine More >
Sin Nombre (2009)
May 16th
Director/writer: Cary Fukunaga Rated: R Review date: 03-April-2010 Starring: Edgar Flores, Kristian Ferrer, and Paulina Gaitan
Filmmaker Cary Fukunaga takes us on a journey through central America in this gripping and chilling drama. Sin Nombre (Without Name) follows gang member Willy, aka El Casper, as he makes the life changing decision to turn his back on his life of crime after losing his true love. Smiley (Kristian Ferrer), Casper’s young protege, looks up to the all too real life of crime in the small neighborhood. Meanwhile, Sayra (Paulina Gaitain), recently reunited with her father, makes a journey of her own towards More >
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Apr 14th
Director: Roman Polanski Writer: Robert Harris Rated: PG-13 Cast: Ewan McGregor, Kim Cattrall, Pierce Brosnan, and Olivia Williams
Roman Polanski returns to the big screen at full force and shows us just how a mystery film is made with The Ghost Writer. Robert Harris adapted and co-wrote the screenplay with Polanski for this sleek thriller based on his own book, The Ghost. The story follows a professional ghost writer, played by Ewan McGregor, hired to complete the autobiography of former British prime minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan). Turns out, the previous ghost’s work was brought to an abrupt after his body More >
