Katyn Friday, February 13th, 2009 Tags: Andrzej Chyra, Artur Zmijewski, Danuta Stenka, Maja Ostaszewska Posted in February 2009 Movies | No Comments

“Katyn” is the name of the forest where the Soviets secretly murdered 15,000 Polish officers, intellectuals and professionals over a 3-day period in 1940 (during which a 14-year-old Wajda lost his own father). Stalin’s purpose was to destroy those elements of the population who would be most resistant to Soviet control following WWII.

Flash forward to [...]

Must Read After My Death Friday, February 13th, 2009 Tags: Allis, Charley Posted in February 2009 Movies | No Comments

Filmmaker Morgan Dews was very close to his grandmother Allis, but it wasn’t until after her death in 2001 that he became aware of an astounding archive she’d amassed throughout the 1960s.

Filled with startlingly intimate and candid audio recordings detailing her family’s increasingly turbulent lives, the collection also contained hundreds of silent home movies, photographs [...]

Two Lovers Friday, February 13th, 2009 Tags: Elias Koteas, GWYNETH PALTROW, Isabella Rossellini, oaquin Phoenix, VINESSA SHAW Posted in February 2009 Movies | No Comments

Set in the insular world of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, “Two Lovers” is a classic romantic drama, with Joaquin Phoenix giving a raw and vulnerable performance as Leonard, a charismatic but troubled young man who moves back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak.

While recovering under the watchful eye of his parents (Isabella Rossellini and [...]

Friday the 13th Friday, February 13th, 2009 Tags: Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Danielle Panabaker, Derek Mears, Jared Padalecki, Jonathan Sadowski, Julianna Guill, Travis Van Winkle Posted in February 2009 Movies | No Comments

Searching for his missing sister, Clay Miller (Jared Padalecki) heads up to the eerie woods of legendary Crystal Lake, where he stumbles on the creaky remains of rotting old cabins behind moss-covered trees.

And that’s not the only thing lying in wait under the brush.
Against the advice of police and cautions from the locals, Clay pursues [...]

The International Friday, February 13th, 2009 Tags: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brian F. O’Byrne, Clive Owen, Naomi Watts Posted in February 2009 Movies | No Comments

Clive Owen plays an interpol agent, Louis Salinger who is teamed up with Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts). They want to bring down a crooked and corrupt bank which just happens to be one of the world’s most powerful banks.

Both Salinger and Whiteman follow the trail of this bank across the globe [...]

Chocolate Friday, February 6th, 2009 Tags: Ammara Siripong, Hiroshi Abe, JeeJa Yanin, Pongpat Wachirabunjong Posted in February 2009 Movies | No Comments

Zen, a girl born from an affair between two members of rival crime syndicates, lives in recluse with her mother. She learns how to fight by absorbing martial arts skills from what she sees on TV and from the Muay Thai boxing school next to her home.

And this isn’t Hollywood-style action, with machine-gun editing substituting [...]