Monday, March 28, 2005

Recommended Current Movie Releases

First of an occasional recommendation list of current movies and videos.

THE UPSIDE OF ANGER -- Joan Allen, Kevin Costner as neighbors in a romantic comedy with Allen living with her four daughters whose husband just left her and Costner as an ex-ballplayer.
Three and a half stars

OFF THE MAP -- Joan Allen and Sam Elliott as a couple and their daughter living as a couple of hippies in the early seventies. They're living off the land when an IRS agent shows up to find out why they haven't been filing taxes. Three and a half stars

MILLIONS -- Story about two brothers 7 and 9 years old and what they do when a bag containing a large amount of cash falls from a train and onto their cardboard clubhouse. 4 stars

GUNNER PALACE -- A documentary that observe soldiers in Iraq, in a half destroyed palace, as they work, play, talk and play games amid the daily bursts of sudden violence. 4 stars

OLD BOY -- Korean vengeance film. Pulp Fiction meets China Town. Very original. 4 stars

VIDEO
WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW? -- Semi-documentary starring Marlee Matlin who takes us through, quantum physics to the meaning of life and religion. 3 stars
THE CORPORATION -- You probably never thought of a corporation as a person but legally it is. This is a pretty objective look at what a corporation is and how it is programmed to function. An eye-opening documentary. 4 stars (due out April 8)

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