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Antichrist

November 15th, 2009
Antichrist ironically stars Willem Dafoe who once took on the controversial portrayal of the messiah in "The Last Temptation of Jesus Christ”. The religious right can relax about this one which doesn’t contain anything that can be misconstrued as blasphemy. Defoe plays opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg as a married couple that remain nameless. “He” is a therapist and “She” is an anthropologist. S ...

Tetro

November 15th, 2009
Tetro stars Vincent Gallo, under wraps for too long and in probably his best role since Buffalo 66. He’s Tetro, a nickname that is short for the family name of Tetrosini and the only thing from his family that he has not abandoned in his self imposed South American exile. When his young brother Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) shows up he has a lot of questions about the family history that Tetro is ...

A Christmas Carol

November 8th, 2009
A Christmas Carol is a fresh take by Disney on the Dickens classic starring Jim Carey taking on eight roles, most notably Ebenezer Scrooge. This go-round uses the somewhat creepy animation technique of “performance capture” pioneered in The Polar Express and further refined as 3D in Beowulf. The 3D here allows the Disney folks to do what they do best – make a fable into a ride. As a ghost sto ...

The Box

November 8th, 2009
The Box is a bloated retelling of a 1970’s short story that became an episode of the rejuvenated Twilight Zone in the 1980’s. Cameron Diaz and James Marsden are Norma and Arthur Lewis, a mid seventies professional couple that even with two incomes have money issues. Their situation changes when they come face to face (or at least most of his face) with lightning strike survivor Arlington Stew ...

The Damned United

November 8th, 2009
The Damned United is a dandy little sports film set in the late sixties and early 70’s. Michael Sheen with his chameleon like talent puts in another stellar personification, this time of iconic soccer manager Brian Clough whose modest greatness could have been exponentially more glorious if it were not for his stubborn need for revenge. Ironically it was the quest for vengeance that inspired ...

Michael Jackson's This Is It

November 1st, 2009
Michael Jackson's This Is It is an amazing experience. This documentary takes us backstage to see Jackson prepare for his series of sold-out concerts in London’s O2 Arena. Despite ugly post mortem rumours about the King of Pop, Jackson did not look depressed, gaunt, or drug dependent. He did look fit and more notably he looked happy.Along with his genius at his craft, what comes to the fore i ...

Amreeka

November 1st, 2009
Amreeka is somewhat biographical for Nebraska born L Word director Cherien Dabis who uses a handful of unknown but superb actors with whom she shares a nationality to tell the story. Most notable is Nisreen Faour  who plays Muna Farah, a beautiful although plus sized West Bank Palestinian single mother working hard in a professional job which allows her to send her son Fadi (Melkar Muallem) t ...

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