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Jan
22
2008

The Kingdom

I love Peter Berg’s previous work (Very Bad Things, Friday Night Lights) and I really liked this too. I’m glad he continued to use the handheld shaky-cam technique that works so well on Friday Night Lights. (read more…)

Categories: Film
Dec
27
2007

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

After winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes a few months ago, there are bound to be expectations when watching this Romanian film and thankfully it delivers. Being about a young woman trying to help her friend have an illegal abortion in Communist era Romania, this could be described as the antithesis of unplanned pregnancy comedies Juno and Knocked Up. (read more…)

Categories: Film
Dec
22
2007

Juno

Sweet, smart, funny and charming but with many flaws. This could describe both the main character Juno MacGuff and the film as a whole. Billed in places as a clever feel-good comedy in the vein of last year’s Little Miss Sunshine, Juno has some of those qualities (the comedy and the feel-goodness) but is nowhere near as great as LMS. (read more…)

Categories: Film