Movie Previews

23 March 2009

20th Century Boys

Growing older is pretty rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him.On top of trying to make ends meet ...

20 March 2009

The Song of Sparrows

Karim works on an ostrich farm and manages to earn a decent living. But one day one of the ostriches runs away, and Karim is deemed responsible and is fired.During ...

20 March 2009

Shall We Kiss?

Wry, observant and touching, "Shall We Kiss?" is a very contemporary meditation on the myriad implications of a simple kiss.When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ...

20 March 2009

Tulpan

A young man, Asa, returns from military service to join his sister and her husband, and begin life as a shepherd.Tradition requires that he must be married, so he courts ...

18 March 2009

Nowhere Boy

"Nowhere Boy" tells the never before seen story of John Lennon's (Johnson) childhood. John Lennon is an ordinary fifteen year old boy on the streets of Liverpool.Funny, smart, naughty, a ...

18 March 2009

Aloo Chaat

A young man is torn between his disapproving family and choice of bride in this romantic comedy. Nikhil (Aftab Shivadasani) is a forward thinking young Indian-American banker who returns to Delhi ...

17 March 2009

Unmistaken Child

"Unmistaken Child" follows a shy and devoted disciple, Tenzin Zopa, as he searches for the reincarnation of his beloved teacher, the world renown master, Lama Konchog.Unexpectedly appointed by the Dalai ...

17 March 2009

12 Rounds

When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Baxter John Cena stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multi-million-dollar heist, the thief’s girlfriend is accidentally killed.After escaping from prison, the ...

16 March 2009

Slumdog Millionaire Review

Cast: Dev Patel, Irrfan Khan, Anil Kapoor, Madhur MittalDir: Danny BoyleRating: 5/5 So now all the hype around Slumdog Millionaire it's time to look at this movie to see if it ...
13 March 2009

Let The Right One In

Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson weaves friendship, rejection and loyalty into a disturbing and darkly atmospheric, yet poetic and unexpectedly tender tableau of adolescence. Let The Right One In is based on ...

13 March 2009

Humpday

When Andrew unexpectedly shows up on Ben's doorstep late one night, the two old college friends immediately fall into their old dynamic of heterosexual one-upmanship.To save Ben from domestication, Andrew ...

12 March 2009

Hearts and Minds

This film recounts the history and attitudes of the opposing sides of the Vietnam War using archival news footage as well as their own film and interviews.A key theme is ...

12 March 2009

The Limits of Control

The Limits of Control is the story of a mysterious loner (played by Mr. De Bankole), a stranger, whose activities remain meticulously outside the law.He is in the process of ...

11 March 2009

Jerichow

Jerichow was inspired by a news story Christian Petzold read while filming Yella in the former East Germany.Jerichow, a small town in northeastern Germany, an impoverished region where few jobs ...

11 March 2009

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

Art Bechstein is floundering in his new-found post-college freedom, opting to take the job with the least amount of responsibility he can find (at the appropriately titled Book Barn), while ...

10 March 2009

Sunshine Cleaning

A single mum and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy Sunshine Cleaning.Directed by Christine Jeffs ("Rain," "Sylvia"), this uplifting ...

10 March 2009

Soul Power

Zaire ‘74 was the brainchild of South African musician Hugh Masekela and American record producer Stewart Levine, a three-day music festival that took place in Kinshasa in 1974.The event assembled ...

10 March 2009

The Bang Bang Club

The Bang Bang Club was the name given to four young photographers; Greg Marinovich (Ryan Phillippe), Kevin Carter (Taylor Kitsch), Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva, whose photographs captured the final ...

9 March 2009

Watchmen Review

Cast: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla GuginoDir: Zack SnyderRating: 5/5 It may have taken twenty years to get Alan Moore's popular graphic novel, which is widely regarded as  the ...
9 March 2009

Is Anybody There?

Set in 1980s seaside England, "Is Anybody There?" tells the story of ten-year-old Edward (Bill Milner) whose parents have turned their house into a retirement home.While his mother struggles to ...

9 March 2009

Shifty

After 4 years, Chris (Danny Mays) returns to where he grew up, it seems at first to attend a party, but his real motive is to catch up with his old buddy, ...

9 March 2009

Driving Aphrodite

An American tour guide in Greece discovers herself, and possibly love, when she least expects it in Driving Aphrodite, a charming romantic comedy from the star and writer of global ...

6 March 2009

Hannah Montana The Movie

Walt Disney Pictures takes the Disney Channel phenom to the big screen in a feature film extravaganza.Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) struggles to juggle school, friends and her secret pop-star persona; ...

6 March 2009

Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!

Free-wheelin’ sex romps! Bloodsoaked terror tales! High-octane action extravaganzas! They’re the main ingredients of Not Quite Hollywood, the first detailed examination and celebration of Australian genre cinema of the 70s ...