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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIoan Gruffudd<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI am now addicted to Hornblower! This is one of the most realistic historical dramas out there.\r\n\r\nEverything in Hornblower is played to perfection, from the sets\r\n\r\n(fantastic, towering ships) to the costumes to the cast. The actors\r\n\r\nare all so believable in their roles that it's hard to pull yourself out\r\n\r\nof that world. I had only flicked onto it by accident on TV, but I couldn't pull myself\r\n\r\naway. I have to say, Ioan Gruffudd is one of the best British actors\r\n\r\naround. If you haven't watched any of the series, well then, shame on you! <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn Leguizamo<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is a comedy spoof of Van Damme's 'Hard Target' and Ice-T's 'Surviving The Game'. It takes an ethnic con-artist and gives him a chance to win $50,000 if he makes it to the end of the race. The twist the plot follows is someone is hunting him for sport. Once this is realized by our main character, he's got to find a way to stop this and save his own life at the same time.\r\n\r\nUsing John Leguizamo as the main character offers a bit of crude slapstick comedy that does present very funny episodes during the movie. For some the plot slows down and the rugged humor is a little too childish. What would you expect from a spoof? We're not trying to recreate a cinematic masterpiece in all seriousness, but the point is well argued that there could have been more development in the script and screenplay.\r\n\r\nThe cast was well chosen for the picture and this is definitely something for the college cult classic movie watchers to incorporate in to their stash as the years go by for good laughs and an occasional throw pillow moment. The picture is truly not for those who don't enjoy simple humor antics that parody childish home behavior.\r\n\r\nThis movie is definitely worth renting once or twice for viewing with a good crowd of friends. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDevon Gummersall<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe are taken to a country house, at the beginning of the film, where Ellie, whose family owns the property, is making preparations to receive her week-end guests. They are all young people that have known each other for some time and who seem to like one another, in their own peculiar way. What was to be a quiet time in the country, turns out to be an occasion where truths about each one in the group sees the others, and themselves.\r\n\r\n\"Seven and a Match\" marks the cinema debut of Derek Simonds, who also wrote the screen play. The film has an intensity that involves the viewer from the start. We care for these characters as we watch them in the intimate setting where friendships will be put to a test and some hidden truths about each one of these friends will be revealed.\r\n\r\nThe ensemble cast gathered for the film has a youthful appeal. Best of all is Tina Holmes, whose Ellie, is one of the best things this young actress has done in her career. Eion Bailey, is the callous Sid, who plays with Peter's feelings. Adam Scott does good work as Peter, a young gay man who realizes what Sid is doing to his head. Petra Wright is also an asset in the film with her take on Blair, the apparently superficial girl who betrays Matthew without realizing the consequences of her actions. Heather Donahue is also good as Whit, the girl that seems to have it all, yet she envies Blair's beauty.\r\n\r\n\"Match and a Seven\" will not disappoint. One can identify with the characters and what they are doing to each other. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSalim Kechiouche<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt all looks simple, but what is going on in CRIMINAL LOVERS is complex. Ozon is adept at conveying the shifts in our emotions and clearly enjoys exploring our conflicted natures.\r\n\r\nSexy Alice (Natacha Regnier), a manipulator of men, coerces the sexually uncertain Luc (Jeremie Renier) into murdering the handsome Said (Salim Kechiouche). Although getting rid of the body proves problematic, the couple's real problems begin when they take refuge in an old cottage in the forest.\r\n\r\nThe owner of the cottage is Karim (Yasmine Belmadi), an odd fellow who develops a fondness for Luc and a hatred for Alice. Perhaps Alice is his competition? The film explores fascinating sexual territory, and even reminded me, tonally, of Japanese pink films such as WIFE TO BE SACRIFICED and CAPTURED FOR SEX 2.\r\n\r\nOzon embraces the provocative subject matter with supreme confidence and never recoils from its inherent darkness. The erotic tension remains taut throughout and the performances are beautifully balanced.\r\n\r\nThe photography is subdued but stylish and the forest setting echoes \"Hansel and Gretel\".\r\n\r\nThere is great intelligence behind this adult fairytale and a willingness to explore sexuality and desire that is never hampered by the stench of political correctness that handicaps so much \"edgy\" material these days. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPatrick Dewaere<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClaude Miller's most important work is today stronger than it was in 1976.It's a must ,the French cinema at its most ambitious ,at its deepest,at its best.And nothing intellectual,nothing to do with the nouvelle vague pretentiousness,\"la meilleure fa\u00e7on de marcher\" is accessible to all those who have eyes and ears.\r\n\r\nIt features one of the strongest actors confrontations which can be seen on a screen:the sadly missed Dewaere and the subtle Bouchitey literally live their part,they are so real we have the very rare feeling of knowing them intimately.So intense Bouchitey's performance was that afterward he did not get the roles he did deserve:the directors stayed with the picture of a \"drag queen\" .\r\n\r\n\"La meilleure fa\u00e7on de marcher\" pits the virile macho boy against the intellectual sensitive guy.It brings out the mechanics of the humiliation.It deals with the demanding subject of our \"skeletons in the closet\" ,our hidden odd habits ,all that we want to hide from the outside world.It would be too simple to consider Philippe's one (dressing up as a woman)as a very rare occurrence .\"I'm sure I could find something in your room\" he screams to Marc,who has discovered his secret and then makes him his punching bag.In a world in seclusion such as a boys holiday camp in 1960,where women are absent (with the exception of Philippe's fianc\u00e9e,who only appears in the second part),there are secrets beyond any door:from the children who hide a pornographic paper under a Mickey Mouse comic strip to the epileptic counselor who 's got dirty pictures under his pillow.And the ones who\r\n\r\nlook \"normal\",like the hairy Marc,are they as \"straight\" as they seem?\r\n\r\nMarc is probably in love with Philippe and as he cannot bring himself to take the plunge ,he humiliates him to death .Hatred rises ,reaching unbelievable heights,culminating in this unbearable scene when Marc forces Philippe to eat his own vomit.\r\n\r\nThe dialog is close to perfection:full of allusions,of threatening sentences,of veiled accusations;and what is left unsaid is all the more disturbing.Most of the time,we really feel ill-at -ease.That's why Claude Pieplu's part is so necessary:a comic relief ,his suggestion box is irresistibly funny.Deprived of these hilarious sequences,the movie would be desperate.\r\n\r\nBut Claude Miller wanted his demeaned characters to rebel;the first one in the pool where the one of the counselors says f..... you to the director.But the best comes when Philippe,in his woman's dress (A Spanish dancer) invites Marc ,dressed up as a toreador ,to dance.You should notice that in Marc's room,there was a poster of a toreador fighting a bull.\"What's making me itch,is making you itch too!\" he cries out as his persecutor pretends to find it funny but in fact has to force himself to laugh.\r\n\r\nMiller's intelligence shines in the last sequence too when he puts his characters back in \"normal \" life.The two \"enemies\" act as if nothing happened .Their behaviour stems from the establishment which does not know deviancy .Now that Philippe exists socially speaking,he's respectable ,even if he does not plan to get marry -as Marc is -,he's no longer a victim.Generally you find punching bags in schools ,holiday camps or barracks,in places where frustration leads to search for someone to spit at (generally people who do not like sports).\r\n\r\nA film that cannot be praised too highly. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSusan Ward<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBefore watching this movie I knew nothing really about it. Having watched it, it's hard to describe what kind of film it really is. The best I can come up with is it's got elements of Pulp Fictions interlocking stories and John Cusack's film \"identity\" mixed into one very stylish looking but to me confusing film.\r\n\r\nThe one part of the story revolves around a mob boss looking for his psychotic daughter who has just escaped from a mental institution. He gets two of his men to search the streets for her. The other part revolves around a strip club named \"toxic\" and the bar tender Sid.\r\n\r\nTo me to make interlocking stories that work, both of them have to be interesting to watch. The story concentrating on looking for the mob bosses daughter moved along nicely with great performances all round especially from Danny Trejo. While on the other hand the Toxic strip bar storyline line moved along so slowly, I would have lost interest if it had not been for the consent switching between the two stories.\r\n\r\nI now come to the twist ending and I have to say while I got the basic idea, a lot of things just didn't fit right. When you do an ending like this film has, I like the film to make total sense. Not one that leaves you questioning characters actions.\r\n\r\nAnyway this might be one of those films you might have to watch a couple of times to really get it.\r\n\r\nI gave it a 5 because it's never really bad or really good. It's just hour and a half of standard entertainment. I think it's worth a watch. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHeath Ledger<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHaynes' adventurous biopic of Bob Dylan, which uses six actors of both sexes and several races ranging in ages from 11 to 50, is both exhausting and fun to watch. It's also hard to describe. But let's start with those six and the characters or facets they portray. Arthur (Ben Whishaw) is the Dylan who incarnated Rimbaud and serves as a kind of narrator whom we see smoking and giving ironic answers to some kind of inquisition sporadically throughout the film. Woody (the wonderful young Marcus Carl Franklin, an amazing a singer and actor) is a precocious rail-hopper with a guitar (labeled like the real Woody's, THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS) and tall tales that start with his claim that he's Woody Guthrie. Woody's scenes show him rescued by a black family and a white family and performing with country black musicals. He represents the early shape-shifting Dylan in search of an identity and telling a lot of lies along the way.\r\n\r\nJack (Christian Bale) is the Dylan who became a hit in Greenwich Village and went into the South and sang \"The Ballad of Hattie Carroll\" and other protest \"folk songs,\"\u2014the high-profile \"political\" Dylan who spearheaded a movement and became famous with his brilliant early LP's. But Jack doesn't want to be typecast and \"betrays\" his adoring public and his lover and folksinging champion Alice (Julianne Moore), a Joan Baez stand-in seen in later \"interviews.\" Jack disappears and his place is taken by Robbie (Heath Ledger), a young actor in New York who becomes famous for starring in a 1965 film depicting the vanished Jack. Robbie meets Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) in a Village coffee shop and falls in love, and a turbulent ten-year marriage follows, winding up painfully at the time of the Vietnam War's end.\r\n\r\nIf Jack represents the cast-off early style and Robbie represents Dylan's family life, Jude (Cate Blanchett) is Dylan the artist, quintessentially as seen in the mid-to-late Sixties when he toured England (an event notably chronicled by two Leacock-Pennebaker documentaries)\u2014and shocked his audiences, some of whose members felt betrayed and shouted \"Judas!\", when he shifted from solo guitar and harmonica to more personal songs with loud rock accompaniment. Jude's segments are partly borrowed from Pennebaker, but largely consist of gorgeous black and white scenes deliberately and \"churlishly\" (Haynes' word) imitative of Fellini's 8 \u00bd.\r\n\r\nJude's new style is admired by Allen Ginsberg (David Cross) and underground groupie Coco Rivington (Michelle Williams) and he becomes internationally famous. But he continues to be misunderstood by the protest music old guard and conventional journalists like the British TV host Mr. Jones (Bruce Greenwood)\u2014who's incorporated into a music video for Highway 61 Revisited's \"Ballad of a Thin Man\": \". . .something is happening here \/And you don't know what it is, do you, Mister Jones.\" . .\r\n\r\nJude and Arthur articulate the early Dylan's challenging, ironic stance to the public, but Jude is exhausted on tour and his nihilism leads him to an existential crisis.\r\n\r\nHe's reborn symbolically in Pastor John (Christian Bale again), who's moved to Stockton twenty years later and become a born-again preacher, singing his own gospel songs. Finally the last version of Dylan appears in Billy (Richard Gere), in full retreat from the world\u2014till threats to destroy his town of Riddle cause him to enter public life again. This sequence evokes a Sixties historical western in which Pat Garrett (Bruce Greenwood) is a character.\r\n\r\nThis is only the barest outline of the two-and-a-quarter-hour film, in which various \"Dylan's\" are woven in and out. Maybe the reason why I found Woody's sequences delightful and Billy's colorful but wearying has to do with the latter's coming two hours later. But Gere and his sequences evoke Dylan less well and are puzzling to interpret. Blanchett's in contrast are, of course, the most conventionally straightforward. She's the only one who successfully mimics the physical appearance and the speaking voice of the artist (unless Whishaw does a better job with the voice). But Blanchett's mimicry is intentionally undercut (and the biopic conventionality of films like Ray avoided) by having Jude be played by a woman\u2014which was planned by Haynes in his screenplay before he even chose his actor.\r\n\r\nThe method Haynes has chosen avoids clich\u00e9. This is still a biopic, but it's a sophisticated one; and the fractured portrait is well justified by the nature of its subject. Dylan has always been a shape-shifter; some of his permutations were left out, such as the period of the orthodox Jew and JDL supporter. But it's intelligent to see Dylan the man, the husband, the artist, the political being, and the religious being as completely separate entities because no simple biopic sequence can really dramatize the complexity of such an artist and such a protean existence. Haynes' film makes you think about biography itself, as well as giving imaginative shape to aspects of Bob Dylan no non-fiction account can really provide.\r\n\r\nMaybe it's the daringly experimental methodology that led Dylan himself, approached through his eldest son Jesse,to grant Haynes both the musical rights and the biographical rights. Haynes has chosen a multifaceted and original way of using Dylan's songs. Only Franklin actually performs them with his own voice. Otherwise the soundtrack mixes original Dylan recordings with existing covers, new ones by people as widely various as Ritche Havens, Iggy Pop, John Doe and Sonic Youth, and other music, including, appropriately for the 8 \u00bd- esquire sequences, Nino Rota. There is a voice-over narration by Kris Kristofferson. Haynes worked on the screenplay for years, and then collaborated with Oren Moverman.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTom Hanks<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt doesn't happen very often, but occasionally one man can make a difference -- a big difference.\r\n\r\nGeorge Crile's 2003 best seller, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, is a fascinating and eye-opening account of the most unlikely \"difference maker\" imaginable. A relatively obscure Congressman from the Second District of Texas, \"Good Time Charlie\" was known more for his libertine lifestyle than his libertarian legislation. Likable and licentious (even for a politician), Charlie Wilson served his constituency well since the good folks of Lufkin only really wanted two things, their guns and to be left alone. It's Easy Street replete with his bevy of beltway beauties known, appropriately enough, as Charlie's Angels.\r\n\r\nWhen asked why his entire office staff was composed of attractive, young aides his response is a classic, \"You can teach 'em to type, but you can't teach 'em to grow tits.\" No argument there.\r\n\r\nBut even the most rakish rapscallion has a conscience lurking somewhere underneath, and for Charlie Wilson the unimaginable atrocities being committed in Afghanistan moved him to muster his entire political savvy toward funding the utter, humiliating defeat of the Russian military and, possibly, to even help hasten the end of the Cold War as a result. Fat chance, huh?\r\n\r\nUnder the skillful direction of Mike Nichols and a smart, snappy screenplay by Adam Sorkin, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR is a sparkling, sophisticated satire that chronicles the behind-the- scene machinations of three colorful characters comprising \"Charlie's Team.\"\r\n\r\nThe on-screen \"Team,\" is composed of three marvelous actors with four (4) Academy Awards and nine (9) nominations between them. Charlie is beautifully portrayed by Tom Hanks in a solid, slightly understated fashion that is among his best work in years. He's aided, abetted and abedded by Joanne Herring, a wealthy Houston socialite played by the still-slinky Julia Roberts. Hey, why else have the bikini scene than to let the world know this? By all accounts Ms. Roberts looks good and holds her own, but the screenplay never gives us even a hint why Kabul and country is so important to her character. Maybe the two Afghan hounds usually by her side know -- but we as an audience never do. As for the third member of the \"Team,\" Philip Seymour Hoffman steals every scene he appears in as Gust Aurakotos, a smart, street- wise (i.e. non Ivy League graduate) CIA malcontent who knows the score -- both in the Agency's boardroom and in Wilson's bedroom.\r\n\r\nFor the Mujahideen to succeed, the most important assistance the U.S. can provide is the ability to shoot down the dreaded MI-21 helicopter gunships which rule the skies. This takes money, lots of money, and eventually \"Charlie's Team\" covertly coerces those in Congress to fund the effort to the tune of $1 billion dollars for advanced weaponry to arm the Afghan rebels. This includes top-of-the-line, state-of-the-art anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets as well as other highly sophisticated killing devices. Nasty, nasty stuff.\r\n\r\nThat this kind of multi-billion dollar illicit activity can and does take place behind Congressional doors is truly alarming. Every American should see this movie or read this book because it reveals a truly frightening aspect of the business-as-usual political scene rarely seen outside the walls of our very own government. Oh momma, I wish it weren't so...\r\n\r\nEven though the initial outcome for \"Team Charlie\" was an unqualified success, the unimaginable, unanticipated final result is that these sophisticated weapons are now used against our troops by the Taliban and others. Since the funding was entirely \"covert,\" the young generation in this part of the world has no idea the fall of Soviet oppression and the end to Russian barbarity was the direct result of American intervention. Yes, once the Russkies left, so did our aid -- zip for schools, zip for infrastructure, zip on maintaining meaningful relationships with the Afghan people. As a result, the overall consequence is an unmitigated disaster -- it's like the forerunner to \"Mission Accomplished.\"\r\n\r\nAs Nichol's film so pointedly points out, \"The ball you've set in motion can keep bouncing even after you've lost interest in it.\" Mike Krzyzewski knows this, Eva Longoria Parker knows this, little Lateesha in Lafayette knows this, but the typical American politician doesn't. So we go from good guys to bad guys because we couldn't let the world know we were the good guys. Talk about a Catch-22 (another Mike Nichols film).\r\n\r\nPerhaps Charlie Wilson said it best, \"We f&%ked up the end game.\"<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStellan Skarsgard<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI started watching Dogsville and felt like turning it off.. after all, what kind of movie could occur with no scenery? No doors.. it seemed like some sort of play\/movie hybrid but after a shortwhile all those things faded away until I realized how much I would have missed if I had turned it off - it is now one of my favourite movies of all time.\r\n\r\nWhy? It is so brave to criticse humanity like this and admit just how 'dark' a race we truly are - not matter how much each of us profess to being 'good', we all know that most of us are anything but. Through this movie you see a woman who learns the cold harsh truth in a place where she expected to find the goodness that her faith told her existed. And then on not finding it, discovered that even within her lay a wrath that echoed the darkness that she herself wished did not feature so dominant in our race. And the biggest test of this is to observe your own emotions throughout this movie until what you feel at the end as perfect evidence...\r\n\r\nI honestly believe those people that don't believe what this movie is expressing needs to take a cold hard look around them. And if they still don't believe, they are just like the people in this movie - unwilling to see the truth and coming up with excuses and reasons when nothing justifies the horrible world we live in.\r\n\r\nA true masterpiece - one of the few pure pieces of art in cinema with amazing acting from Nicole Kidman especially, and the lack of a set causes you to be immersed in the characters like no other movie. And its 'them' and human nature that is the focus. Will leave you thinking and astounded (unless you don't like to think and can't watch a movie that isn't afraid to do something unique, in which case there a countless movies for 'you'). <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHugh Laurie<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI've just seen the third episode tonight, and this really is the most staggeringly brilliant comedy I've had the pleasure to view in a great many moons. Quite why ITV has decided to move it to the 11pm slot on a Saturday night I know not, but I would thoroughly recommend that you check out the rest of the series and then rush to acquire a copy as soon as it's released on DVD or video.\r\n\r\nThe characterisation, script, performances and plot are all excellent - Hugh Laurie, Anna Chancellor and Peter Capaldi are all at their very best, and there's some quite stunning physical comedy from Mr Capaldi in particular. All the supporting roles are excellently played as well, particularly the three sons, their two inane girlfriends and Ms Chancellor's employer (the ever-wonderful Sheila Hancock).\r\n\r\nAll of which may sound a tad hyperbolic, but if I'd just said \"Well, it's about this doctor facing a midlife crisis, he's worried that his wife may run off with someone else, his practice partner is psychotic and obsessed with his wife, his teenage sons can't stop either thinking about, or having, sex, and meanwhile he can't remember the last time he actually had any himself,\" I'd never really have got it out of my system, now would I? <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAriadna Gil<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAgust\u00edn D\u00edaz Yanes's 'Solo Quiero Caminar' is an interesting thriller that centres around four women who are thieves and best friends (two of them are sisters). What I like about these four characters is that even though their ways of getting what they want may not be considered decent (they use sex as a weapon and means of exchange), they are undoubtedly courageous and strong. Yanes's screenplay works very well with the right mix of dark humour and intensity. However, the pacing is a little slow and the film slightly lacks in style. The right style always helps in enjoying a good action film. What really works in its favour are the performances by the four lead actresses: Victoria Abril, Ariadna Gil, Pilar L\u00f3pez de Ayala and Elena Anaya are each terrific in their parts. Diego Luna is solid as right hand man Gabriel. 'Solo Quiero Caminar' does have a musical feel to it. The Spanish and Mexican locations are captured well. The special effects department has also done a fine job. Overall, it's an enjoyable film where one gets to see women with action but these are far from the usual action heroines. Yanes gives them a touch of humanity by showing a more human, vulnerable side and that's where it succeeds. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBenno Furmann<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI was very curious about Anatomy (aka Anatomie) and if I was going to see it, I was going to have to buy it since no video stores in my area carried the film. Since it was not a low-priced DVD, I did take a chance and thought I'd take a peek at other comments on IMDb. Many of the comments didn't give me enough hope of forking out lots of bucks for a film I had never seen nor had any clues about. I basically got the idea it was a sexy youth-oriented romp being compared to many cookie-cutter teen thrillers. Well, something in the back of my mind told me to ignore those types of comments and buy it! I did, and was I pleasantly surprised!\r\n\r\nIf it is going to be compared to any other films, I would say it's a variation of Coma and Extreme Measures. I couldn't see any comparison to films like Scream, Urban Legends, et al. Yes, the cast is young (that's because they're med students! At least they aren't the increasingly boring high school type characters), and yes, some are lusty (basically the character played by Anna Loos is, and it is handled quite tastefully in the German language version), but Anatomy is well constructed, there is a tense mood throughout, the sets are amazing, the makeup effects are a wow, and Franka Potente is very credible in her role. I found myself enjoying all of it despite a few gaping holes in the plot! The story of a student discovering a sort-of secret society doing autopsies on still-living patients is a rather creepy scenario and what happens to those patients afterwards is quite clever. Sure, you could ask why didn't she just GET OUT OF THAT TOWN? Okay, but then the film would be over within a half hour.\r\n\r\nThis was the first effort from the German part of Columbia Pictures, and it's actually quite an impressive one. There was a bit of care in the production and to actually offer some genuine thrills is an accomplishment. It is a bit mature in mind, as it doesn't resort to constant opportunities for sexual encounters(a breast fest) or juvenile drug jokes. Anna Loos' character, while often making sexual remarks and looking for some fun, was actually a nice touch--having a character that was a woman more intelligent than any of the men in the school. She found that sex was really just a distraction for her and the men rather lacking.\r\n\r\nTHE IMPORTANT STUFF: Watching this film in the original German language with English or French subtitles is the BEST way to enjoy it. I saw the theatrical trailers dubbed in English and was disgusted by the change it made in the film's tone. I have never seen a properly dubbed film in my life--they never can find voices that suit the film's actors or characters. Sure enough, I tried to watch some of Anatomy dubbed in English and the intelligence level of it dropped severely, making it seem more like a comedy. A good example is when one guy was freaked out at being cut open and screamed to be sewn back up--hearing it in German he sounded frantic, but dubbed in English he sounded like a comedian. Frankly, I'm sick of hearing people say they can't handle reading subtitles or watch a \"letterboxed\" film. Anatomy comes off as silly with dubbed voices that seem octaves too high for any of the people you see in the film, and Anna Loos' sexual comments then just sound like awful remarks right out of Fast Times At Ridgemont High. I wonder if the negative comments about Anatomy are from people who watched it dubbed, it just doesn't seem like the same film at all! This is not a cheap horror film and deserves to be viewed as it was created. Interesting to note that some of the English subtitles are different in scenes in the feature and the \"making of\" supplement.\r\n\r\nAs it turns out, I gambled and won with Anatomy. It's a competent thriller with likeable characters and doesn't try to go for cheap thrills. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tValerie Donzelli<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis film is the story of a couple whose only son (Adam) is diagnosed with cancer, but it's by no means a weepie, as from very early in the film, we learn that Adam pulls through. So, what does this leave us with? Well, perhaps more interestingly, the movie becomes more about Rom\u00e9o (J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Elka\u00efm) and Juliette's (Val\u00e9rie Donzelli) struggle to stay together. With knowledge of Adam's safety in the bank, we can concentrate on the two main protagonists, and whether they will be able to survive as a unit.\r\n\r\nThe film is also scripted by the pair, and directed by Donzelli, and it must be said, they are a remarkable duo. Their on-screen characters are very likeably played, if a little saccharine sweet while they fall in love in the first twenty minutes. However, while some of the early musical interludes might jar a little, they don't feel entirely out of place with the scenario. Their relationship forms the beating heart of this movie though, and they play off each other beautifully, gradually winning the audience round, and permitting forgiveness for the conceit of their characters' names!\r\n\r\nBringing a rather sudden end to the romantic beginnings, new baby Adam arrives on the scene, and all is not rosy in the garden from very early on. Parents beware, the quarter of an hour that gradually builds up to Adam's diagnosis is as genuinely affecting a movie sequence as I can remember from any recent movie outing (and I'm only an uncle!)\r\n\r\nAnd from there it becomes about coping, about managing, and about survival. As I said, the audience is blessed with the foreknowledge that the couple do not have, so we're in a privileged position, but as Rom\u00e9o and Juliette soldier on, rising to every new challenge and facing up to every fresh heartbreaking piece of news, you are still right there with them. Their support networks too, play an important role in the movie, but really this is the story of Rom\u00e9o and Juliette's struggle to survive.\r\n\r\nIf cinema is about escapism, then 'Declaration of War' will certainly transport you, placing you right in the middle of this young couple's lives as they battle with something you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.\r\n\r\nI can't recommend it highly enough for lovers of French film, or possibly even just for parents who need a reminder of how lucky they are. It's bordering on stereotypical, picture-postcard French in the opening twenty minutes as the two central characters tombent amoureuses... but kind of suits the mood and is perhaps intentional. Two excellent central performances make it very watchable, but an excellent narrative device elevates this story from a traditional weepie into entirely more interesting territory. A real contender for the Oscar next March. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdriana Ugarte<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI don't understand why this movie does not receive better ratings. My cable program guide listed this film 1 1\/2 stars out of 4 and the ratings here are not much better. I'm glad I gave this film a chance because I really enjoyed it and recommend it to all film watchers who are looking for quality story and production. You will find the characters interesting and watchable. Three art students decide to have a sexual relationship with each other. When they reveal their inner most personal sexual problems to each other while laying around in bed is well acted and written. The emotional problems they encounter in their three way relationship shapes the rest of the film. I don't want to give too much away so you can enjoy it as I did.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLuis Hostalot<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt's difficult to find such a great film, I had seen most of the Almodovar's pieces before I saw this one, and it is strange to see that after that one he has done beautiful jobs, although they haven't been as good as this one. Performances are incredible, the script is awesome, Almodovar can combine comedy and drama in a sad story about a mature woman who is alone in the world.This is a very sad story, far away from other Almodovar works which are more in the way of the comedy. Carmen Maura makes here one of the most impressive roles of her career,she;s very strong and credible like Gloria,the neighbouring place,the supporting characters are all brilliant,and it also contains a very short but beautiful soundtrack according very well to the movie. I liked a lot Veronica Forque, Chus Lampreave and Kiti Manver. The movie has also some moments that can be surrealistic experiences that makes the story incredibly real. \"Que he hecho yo para merecer esto\" is without doubts the best film ever made by Pedro Almodovar, is perfect, the dramatic moments are so intense, and very credible, surrounded by comic situations that make it even more beautiful, it is a master piece, a must see movie. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJohan Widerberg<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow much I regret the passing of director Bo Widerberg who can create a film such as this one with its dramatic portrayal of human problems, human relationships and human emotions. It was not so much the dialogue but more the unspoken words that grabbed my attention and held me to the end. A long silence can be filled with meaning....a stolen look, a fleeting glance, a flicker of a smile, a movement of the eye....all these subtle messages electrify the air between Viola the teacher and Stig the student in the class room. We know at once that in some magical way their lives have been drawn together and as we are caught up in the drama we seem to know that eventually the ending will not be a happy one.\r\n\r\nUnder the guise of having special coaching lessons, Stig gains entrance into his married teacher's household after his evening cinema job. Shy at first he soon experiences the delights of a continuing relationship with Viola who is a very competent teacher in all respects. Perhaps we can pardon Viola for her \"cradle snatching\" when we find out that her husband has taken to drink and seems almost permanently drunk.\r\n\r\nThe love scenes are sensitively handled and the remarkable changes which develop in the characters create an imposing piece of cinema. Stig seems to take on a degree of security in a scene where he accuses the husband of the impossible situation. But who is really to blame? That is the intriguing part of the film.\r\n\r\nThere are some aspects that are not explained thus the viewer becomes involved. As for the stolen encyclopaedia, why would Stig carry them off. Is he just in a vindictive mood and does it just to annoy Viola or have those volumes become special to him because they belonged to Viola. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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