Thursday, April 29, 2010
2.2: Vincent will Meer
A young man with Tourette's syndrome, an anorexic-bulimic, and an neurotic steal their therapist's car and go on a road trip from Bavaria to the Italian coast, pursued by their therapist and the young man's politician father.
2.1: Chloe
Atom Egoyan's remake of the French film "Nathalie". A gynecologist suspects that her professor husband is having an affair. She hires a call girl to spy on him for her. With unexpected repercussions. An excellent film. Shot in Toronto.
Year No. Two: Movies from the Independent Theatres
We start off Year Two of the all-you-can-possibly watch movies. It's not the multiplex anymore, but guaranteed to widen our horizons of the city because we'll have to go to a lot of different regions in the city to get to the movies.
56. A Single Man
Colin Firth plays a gay English professor in LA, dealing with the loss of his partner of 13 years.
55. Kampf der Titanen (Clash of the Titans)
Remake of the classic from 1981, but this time it's Sam Worthington.
54. Männer die auf Ziegen starren (The Men Who Stare at Goats)
Ewan McGregor plays a reporter trying to get over his marriage break-up by chasing a story about soldiers that use psychic powers to combat the enemy.
49. Shutter Island
Leonardo DiCaprio plays a US marshall sent to a maximum-security psychiatric hospital to investigate a murder. Is he nuts himself or not?
44. Haben Sie das von den Morgans gehört? (Did You Hear About the Morgans?)
Another romantic comedy. Not as good as "It's Complicated" or "The Ugly Truth", but nonetheless entertaining.
43. A Serious Man
A small-town university professor watches his life fall apart in front of his eyes... in a black comedic kind of way.
41. Nanga Parbat
The story of the Messners brothers' quest to climb the 9th highest mountain in the world.
40. Surrogates - Mein zweites Ich
Interesting storyline. In the future, people lock themselves up in their homes live vicariously through the lives of their androids.
38. Friendship!
Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, two young East German guys fly to America, in search of one of the guy's father, who is thought to be in San Francisco. The road trip is the story. Based on a true story.
37. Dinosaurier - Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus!
A remake of a film where senior citizens rise up against a society that neither cares nor respects them. Excellent film.
36. Emma & Marie (Je te mangerais)
Yet another basketcase psycho lesbian film that ends up in tragedy.
34. Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon)
A purely descriptive story of mysterious goings-on in small town in Northern Germany shortly before the outbreak of WWI. Don't expect closure.
33. Michael Jackson's This is it
Welcome to the crazy world of MJ. Definitely Peter Pan in Wonderland.
32. Kommt Mausi raus
Finally. A coming out lesbian film where none of the main characters is mercilessly killed off at the end. Actually quite amusing.
29. Wickie & die starken Männer
The German cartoon character Wickie is brought to life by the popular German comedian/producer Michael "Bully" Herwig.
27. Coco Chanel - Der Beginn einer Leidenschaft (Coco Chanel)
Biographical film about the founder of the House of Chanel.
26. Es kommt der Tag
The quiet life of a German ex-terrorist is turned inside-out when the daughter she gave up to underground finds her in a rural French village.
25. Die nackte Wahrheit (The Ugly Truth)
Unbelievably hilarious movie about the stereotypes between men and women.
23. Oben (Up)
Typical formula works for children's films. Outcasts join forces to achieve a common goal.
20. Horst Schlämmer Isch kandidiere!
Hape Kerkeling brings his personlity from Grevenbroicher to the big screen and even plays Angela Merkel. A parody of German politics.
19. Maria, ihm schmeckt's nicht
Culture shock! The great Italian-German wedding. Will they survive themselves?
Sunday, April 25, 2010
18. Selbst ist die Braut (The Proposal)
Sandra Bullock plays a self-centred Torontoian working in the Big Apple and runs into visa trouble. Solution: marry an American--her assistant Ryan Reynolds. A good laugh.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
14. Terminator: Die Erlösung (T4: Salvation)
Excellent pre-quel. Sam Worthington plays a terminator mole and Arnie gets a cameo against Christian Bale.
13. Womanizer -Die Nacht der Ex-Freundinnen (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past)
Did Jennifer Garner call Matthew McConaughey a 'gay pirate' in the original English version?
12. Der Fluch der zwei Schwestern (The Uninvited)
An American adaptation of the Japanese original. Kept me guessing to the end.
Shot on Bowen Island, BC. Nice scenery.
Shot on Bowen Island, BC. Nice scenery.
11. Nachts im Museum 2 (Night at the Museum 2)
Ben Stiller back as the night watchman of the museum where everything comes alive after dark...
Monday, April 19, 2010
6-John Rabe
Brilliantly filmed. The story of a German businessman who tries to protect his Chinese workers from the impending Japanese invaders and the Nazis.
5-Gran Torino
Excellent movie. Clint Eastwood plays a racist, recently widowed man coping with living alone and befriending his Laotian immigrant neighbours.
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