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OPENING THIS WEEK: Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
For movies opening June 8, 2007
BIG BUDGET FILMS
*Hostel: Part II (R for nudity, profanity, sexuality, terror, torture, drug use and sadistic violence) Sadomasochistic snuff sequel about three American college coeds studying art in Rome who are lured under false pretenses by one of the models they’re painting to a hostel in Slovakia where they end up as sex slaves to kinky perverts with a malevolent agenda. Cast includes Bijou Phillips, Heather Matarazzo, Lauren Graham and Vera Jordanova.
Ocean’s Thirteen (PG-13 for sensuality) Clooney and company reassemble to plan their most ambitious caper yet, the heist of a casino owned by a ruthless mobster (Al Pacino) who had double-crossed a member (Elliott Gould) of the gang. With Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Casey Affleck, Carl Reiner and Ellen Barkin.
Surf’s Up (PG for mild epithets and rude humor) CGI-animated mockumentary offers a behind-the-scenes peek at the action at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship. Voice cast includes Diedrich Bader, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, James Woods, Shia LaBeouf and Mario Cantone.
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS
12:08 East of Bucharest (Unrated) Wry holiday comedy, set in Rumania some 16 years after the revolution, revolves around a trio malcontents (Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban and Ion Sapdaru) ruminating during the Christmas season about whether or not the revolution ever really reached their rural hometown. (In Romanian with subtitles)
Belle Toujours (Unrated) A sequel to Luis Bunuel’s Belle de Jour
(1967) about a sadist (Michel Piccoli) who starts stalking a widowed socialite (Bulle Ogier) whose secret he’s kept for 38 years, namely, her having once indulged her every sexual fantasy by working as a high class hooker in a brothel. (In French with subtitles)
La Vie en Rose (PG-13 for nudity, profanity, sexuality, substance abuse and mature themes) Marion Cotillard portrays Edith Piaf (1915-1963) in this bittersweet bio-pic about the tragic life and times of the legendary chanteuse who started as a lowly street performer till she was discovered by the nightclub owner (Gerard Depardieu) who put her name up in lights. (In French with subtitles)
The Method (Unrated) Ensemble drama, set against the backdrop of an anti-globalization demonstration, depicts a variation on Trump’s “The Apprentice,” featuring seven candidates caught up in a cutthroat competition for an executive position with a multinational corporation in Madrid. (In Spanish, English and French with subtitles)
Miriam (PG-13 for sexuality and violence) Ariana Savalas (Telly’s
daughter) makes her screen debut in the title role of this bio-pic recounting Miriam Shafer’s real-life tale of survival as a 14 year-old Jewish girl from Lithuania who survived the Holocaust by assuming a Christian identity.
Pierrepoint – The Last Hangman (Unrated) Brit bio-pic chronicles the career of Albert Pierrepoint (Timothy Spall), England’s highly-respected executioner who hanged 450 men and women between 1932 and 1956, including 200 Nazis after World War II.
