Transamerica
Stanley (Felicity Huffman) is about to have a male-to-female sex change operation when he finds out that he has a teenage son (Kevin Zegers) who’s been getting into a lot of trouble. This film tries to show a mainstream audience what it means to be a transsexual in the context of a road movie, but that’s also one reason why it becomes rather conventional. The movie is slick, has a sense of humor…
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Last Chance Harvey
Down-on-his-luck jingle writer Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) goes to London to attend his daughter’s wedding and has a chance encounter with Kate Walker (Emma Thompson), an equally single and depressed saleswoman. After making Stranger Than Fiction (2006) together, the two stars looked for another project and found this sweet, romantic story about finding love…
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The Twelve Chairs
Shortly after the Russian Revolution, ex-nobleman Ippolit Vorobyaninov (Ron Moody) learns that the family jewels are hidden in a set of twelve chairs that are now scattered all around. This oft-filmed story became director Mel Brooks’s next project after The Producers (1968). Shot in Yugoslavia, Brooks’s Eastern European heritage gives flavor to this wild comedy…
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King of California
Charlie (Michael Douglas) is released from a mental institution and moves into his daughter’s (Evan Rachel Wood) house; they have many issues to resolve, but Charlie becomes obsessed with a treasure that may be buried underneath a Costco. A very pleasant directing debut from Mike Cahill who provides Douglas with a role that’s his most meaningful in years…
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The deranged Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) escapes from a mental asylum and builds a powerful criminal organization that threatens to destroy whole cities unless someone kills Chief Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers). The last movie was such a hit that a fifth entry in the series became necessary and now director Blake Edwards pulls out all stops. This one is completely nutty and much like the director’s…
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Tsotsi: Baby Deus Ex Machina
The story surrounding this film is predictable. As it premiered in many countries outside South Africa, the reviews were favorable. Its story looks like it was made for the Academy Awards and the film did indeed end up with the Oscar even though several other foreign language films were more appreciated by most critics. And then the director found the gates to Hollywood wide-open and he took the chance…
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