“Another Earth” is being sold as an indie sci-fi drama, but that does both the movie and its proper audience a disservice. A muted story of atonement, forgiveness and parallel universes. A young woman driving home tipsy from a party hears a news bulletin that a planet identical to ours has suddenly appeared in the sky close to Earth.
Genre: DramaDirector: Mike CahillStars: Brit Marling, William Mapother, Matthew-Lee Erlbach***Starring director Mike Cahill’s co-writer Brit Marling, this Sundance prize winner tells a sci-fi story within the realm of intense human emotion, and with minimal special effects. A double of planet Earth, called Earth 2, is discovered to be moving alarmingly towards Earth 1
Genre: DramaDirector: GillesPaquet-BrennerStars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Melusine Mayance,Niels Arestrup***In this potent Holocaust drama, Julia (Kristin Scott Thomas) is an American investigative journalist working at a contemporary magazine in Paris. She seeks elusive facts regarding the infamous Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup, the 1942 mass arrest of that city’s Jews, many of whom were turned over to …
Genre: ComedyDirector: Jesse PeretzStars: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel***Comic smartie Paul Rudd is theoretically out of his comfort zone in this wry comedy, in which he’s called upon to play a gentle soul, Ned by name, who is utterly without guile and thus always getting himself in trouble.
Martin Scorsese says he became an “expert†in Western movies because of his asthma.
Feature: “Another Earth” (2011), “The Art of Getting By” (2011), “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” (2010), “Chillerama” (2011), “Eclipse Series 30: Sabu!” (various dates), “5 Days of War” (2011), “From Dusk Till Dawn:…
Vanessa Hudgens has credited watching Disney movies with helping her to become an actress.
Martin Scorsese says he became an “expert” in Western movies because of his asthma.
In our first of several holiday review round-ups, we check out Potter, Spy Kids and dragons! From Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2- Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital combo…
The latest installment lacks the charm of the original but will still please the kiddies.