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La fille sur le pont (1999)
aka Girl on the Bridge
Director: Patrice Leconte Writer: Serge Frydman Rated: R (some sexuality) Cast: Venessa Paradis and Daniel Auteuil
Adèle (Paradis) is standing on a bridge ready to jump, that is until Gabor (Auteuil) happens to notice her and proceeds to talk her out of it. Gabor, a knife thrower, convinces her to go on the road with him to perform as a human target for his act. As the two embark on their adventure together, almost magical things begin to happen. The film certainly is magical, with the two leads having such an amazing presence and natural chemistry. The gorgeous black More >
Letters to Juliet (2010)
0Director: Gary Winick Writers: Jose Rivera, Tim Sullivan Rated: PG Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Gael Garcia Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave, and Christopher Egan
Sophie (Seyfried) is on vacation in Italy with her fiancée Victor (Bernal), although it’s more of a business trip for Victor. Feeling neglected, Sophie ventures through Verona where she stumbles upon the letters to Juliet. She then joins a team of women who respond to the letters, which leads her to discover a long lost letter written by Claire (Redgrave). The rest of the story becomes quite predictable, but honestly I didn’t care. Seyfried is More >
Christmas in the Clouds (2005)
Writer/director: Kate Montgomery DVD release date: 2010 Rated: PG Cast: Timothy Vahle, Sam Vlahos, Mariana Tosca, M. Emmet Walsh, and Grahame Green
Kate Montgomery’s Christmas in the Clouds takes place in a American Indian family-owned ski resort during Christmas time. Joe Clouds on Fire (Vlahos), aside from lusting after a brand new Jeep Cherokee, finds excitement in an a female pen pal. His young “big shot” son Ray on the other hand is determined to impress a visiting undercover reviewer for a travel publication. The result is a simple case of mistaken identity and a delightfully charming More >
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Writer/Director: Woody Allen Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine, Barbara Hershey, and Max von Sydow
Happy Thanksgiving!
Hannah and Her Sisters begins at a Thanksgiving dinner in posh New York City with Elliot (Michael Caine) ogling over Lee (Barbara Hershey), his wife Hannah’s (Mia Farrow) sister. Feeling like an excited teenager, he decides he will pursue his passion for Lee. The film then spans over the next two years following the sisters and their relationships.
Perhaps one of the most interesting characters introduced is Mickey (Woody Allen), a hypochondriac TV More >
Solaris (2002)
Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer: Stanislaw Lem (novel), Steven Soderbergh (screenplay) Rated: PG-13 Cast: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, and Jeremy Davies
In a seemingly not-so-distant future, George Clooney plays Chris Kelvin, a lonely psychologist asked to investigate and hopefully bring back researchers orbiting the strange and elusive planet Solaris.
Solaris exhibits a cool-colored space setting that enhances the mysteriousness of the film, while the constant and seamless flashbacks to Earth take us back to a more familiar place while expanding on Chris’s More >