Revolutionary Road Sam Mendes :: USA :: 2008 :: 2h05 Based on the first book by Richard Yates of the same title (1961), Revolutionary Road is set in a post-war Connecticut. The young couple Frank and April Wheeler, struggle with the pressures of 1950s conformity. Trying to set out a path of their own, one [...]
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De Unge Ar Jacob Thuesen :: Denmark :: 2007 :: 1h32 With the script written by the provocative Lars von Trier, Erik Nietzsche is a lightly veiled ironic autobiography. The young Erik, a dreamy, naive social incompetent, is rejected from one school after another, until, by a miraculous coincidence, he is admitted into the Copenhagen [...]
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Sextet Eddy Terstall :: The Netherlands :: 2007 :: 1h36 Set up as a relay of consecutive not-too-serious stories about sex. It is the second part (after Simon) of a trilogy looking at life in contemporary Dutch society. The fundamental questions treated: Can you actually listen to what a beautiful girl is saying? Do you [...]
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Valkyrie Bryan Singer :: USA, Germany :: 2008 :: 1h50 The movie opens in Tunisia, during World War 2. We see Colonel Claus von Stauffenburg (Tom Cruise) writing that he is appalled by mass murder of Jews, by military command and his realisation that he can not find a single general to oppose Hitler. After being wounded [...]
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Religulous Larry Charles :: USA :: 2008 :: 1h41 US comic and television host Bill Mahler argues against religion in this one-sided appeal to unite US atheists. Interviews with religious representatives and random believers -Muslims, Christians, Jews, Scientologists, and variations- in the USA, Israel, the Vatican and the Netherlands are inter sped with mocking commentary [...]
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Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle :: UK, India :: 2008 :: 2h Jamal (played by the British actor Dev Patel) grows up in the slums of Mumbai, scavenging the dumps till a wave of religious violence turns him into an orphan. Together with his ruthless brother Salim and the equally orphaned little Latika (the acting debut [...]
Filed under: Asia, Europe, India, UK | Tagged: Bombay, Danny Boyle, Dev Patel, Feida Pinto, oscars, Slumdog Millionaire | Leave a Comment »
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