Now playing at SIFF, the French drama In the House (Dans la maison) presents an intriguing story about a teacher who is drawn to the writing abilities of one of his students, who in turn is drawn to the mother of his best friend. Reality and fantasy intertwine until they are indiscernible from one another, the outcome is a largely positive, though hardly lasting, experience.
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The more I think about it, Life of Pi was a stupid movie. Sure, it looked great and was downright dazzling on the big screen, but watch it on a television and it’s a film about a CGI tiger that fluctuates between having terrific and mediocre special effects. The story is sort of dull, the ending anticlimactic and the whole religion piece doesn’t make any sense. Thankfully, there’s Kon-Tiki.
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Well, that happened. A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III is a less-than-winning drama-comedy starring Charlie Sheen as a successful graphic designer whose life crumbles apart when the love of his life (Katheryn Winnick) leaves him. Thanks to a few too many Brandy Alexanders and an active imagination, Charles Swan descends into a series of "fantasy-inspired reflections on his colorful past."
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The traditional love story/social drama gets upended Baz Luhrmann style, with flashy special effects, dancing, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jay Z music. This isn’t your grandma’s The Great Gatsby, but that’s okay. Especially since I don’t remember grandma’s version to begin with, if I ever saw it in the first place.
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How do I start this review? How do I write the rest of it? The subject is Silver Linings Playbook, but not the movie. This review is about the DVD, and DVD reviews can only go so far. I’ve never been interested in going on and on about how good the video quality or audio clarity is, because after all, 99% of people don’t give a damn, especially when the movie is a drama-comedy.
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From the writer/director of Shotgun Stories and Take Shelter comes Mud, which stars Matthew McConaughey as a wanted fugitive who is befriended by two teenage boys who agree to help him elude a group of bounty hunters and reunite him with his on-and-off girlfriend while evading poisonous snakes and angry parents. Mud is Jeff Nichols’ most accessible and entertaining movie to date, but it’s also the least memorable.
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Snatch without the edge, Angel’s Share is a sort-of-heartwarming British crime drama-comedy that is well done but largely unremarkable. Now playing in limited American theaters, Angel’s Share evaporates from memory like so much whiskey.
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Naomi Watts cries, screams and whimpers in The Impossible, a foolishly titled movie about a very serious incident involving Thailand, the year 2004 and a tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands of people. At times powerful, at other times drawn out and melodramatic, The Impossible is an engaging if overeager drama.
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Robert Redford returns to the big screen for the first time in five years in The Company You Keep, a star-studded thriller that has the 76-year old actor on the lamb for a crime he did or didn’t commit decades earlier. He still can run better than I can.
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Parker Posey plays a spirited executive and Eric Mabius her right hand man in Price Check, an engaging but emotionally stunted drama that unfortunately never really goes anywhere. Even as I begin this review I have no idea where it will take me, for the movie itself is, ultimately, aimless.
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For those of you who were wise enough not to watch the MTV Movie Awards, the first Hunger Games: Catching Fire teaser trailer is now online for your viewing pleasure. The teaser (which, at two and a half minutes is hardly a teaser) sells the movie well – in fact, incredibly well.
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I don’t know what Upstream Color is about. You don’t either. The difference: I’ve seen the movie. There is a woman and there is a thief. There is a maggot that people inhale that does stuff to them. There is a pig farm. And a pig farmer. And pigs. I’ve got that much down.
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Ah, the classic story of an old man and his friend robot. A tried and true tale that has been told through the centuries. And even yet, Robot & Frank is a surprisingly endearing drama-comedy about two unlikely friends, starring Frank Langella and the voice of Peter Sarsgaard.
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What makes a son like his father? Is a son doomed to make his father’s mistakes? These questions are explored in the sweeping yet personal epic from director Derek Cianfrance The Place Beyond the Pines, which reunites him with his Blue Valentine star Ryan Gosling. At times captivating, at other times longwinded, The Place Beyond the Pines is the first good drama of the year. Unfortunately, it’s also far from perfect.
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When is an exorcism not an exorcism? And when is an exorcism movie not at all an exorcism movie? In Beyond the Hills, writer/director Cristian Mungis (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) takes a raw and sparing look at the true story of a failed Romanian exorcism that occurred in 2005. You’ll find no green vomit or flying objects here, as Beyond the Hills is less about exorcism and more about how dangerous blind faith can be.
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