Drama

Platoon film review

Like no other movie could tell, Platoon shows us categorically that war – and especially the Vietnam War – is hell. The story is vintage Oliver Stone – based on his own experiences in the bush with only a few moments of fictionalization. In Platoon, Charlie Sheen plays a young and naive Private Chris Taylor, ….

Premium film review

Year: 2006 Premium is a film about Cool (Dorian Missick), a 28-year-old struggling actor tired of auditioning for stereotypical African-American roles and, along with being stuck in a dead end job as a gas station attendant, he rides a bike and lives at home with his mother and her boyfriend, who also happens to be ….

FORTY SHADES OF BLUE

Genre: DRAMA Production Company: Charlie Guidance Flux Films High Line Productions Mirage Enterprises Tiny Dancer Films Synopsis:Dina Korzun plays the Russian girlfriend of James Alan (Rip Torn), a famous Memphis music producer in Ira Sachs’ beautifully made love triangle FORTY SHADES OF BLUE. Korzun is a revelation as a woman not of our culture who ….

THE GOOD SHEPHERD

Genre: DRAMA / THRILLER Release Dates: DECEMBER 22, 2006 Production Company: Universal Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions / Tribeca / American Zoetrope Synopsis: The early history of the Central Intelligence Agency as seen through the eyes of one man’s life. Crew: Robert De Niro (director , producer); Eric Roth (writer); Chris Brigham, Francis Ford Coppola, ….

FREEDOMLAND

Genre: CRIME / DRAMA / MYSTERY / THRILLER Release Dates: FEBRUARY 17, 2006 Trailers: Quicktime Trailer hi-res med-res lo-res High-Definition Official Websites: Sony Pictures Official U.S. Release site Taglines: The Truth Is Hiding Where No One Dares To Look. Production Company: Revolution Studios / Scott Rudin Productions Synopsis:When her son disappears and is believed to ….

GHOST IN THE SHELL 2 (KOKAKU KIDOTAI 2 : INOSENSU)

Genre: ACTION / ANIMATION / DRAMA / SCI-FI / FANTASY Release Dates: SEPTEMBER 17, 2004 Trailers: Various Official Websites U.S. Teaser site Official Japanese site Taglines When machines learn to feel, who decides what is human. Innocence is Life Production Company: Bandai Visual Synopsis:Batô is a living cyborg. His whole body, even his arms and ….

Ray film review

Every time former Booty Call-er Jamie Foxx rasps his voice, sways gracefully on a piano bench, or hugs his own torso in triumph, we lose the actor we’ve come to know completely. Left standing in his place is the late Ray Charles, staring back at us from behind those trademark sunglasses – and yes, we ….

The Saint film review

Infused with a backstory to set up the past of its nameless hero (Val Kilmer) as something of a "rogue James Bond with a guilty conscience and a Volvo," The Saint is as improbable as it is entertaining. With a plot revolving around a successful cold fusion experiment developed by miniskirt-clad scientist Emma (Elizabeth Shue) ….

Serpico film review

Damn dirty cops! It’s gonna take Frank Serpico to clean up this town!!! Based on a true story of rampant corruption and internal affairs in New York City (where else?), Serpico stands as the consummate cop movie, right up there with The French Connection. But while The French Connection is a standard cops-and-robbers movie, Serpico ….

Shall We Dance film review

In Shall We Dance?, Richard Gere plays a man in the throes of a mid-life crisis. This is new territory for the 55-year-old actor who’s always found himself opposite considerably younger leading ladies. Here, he actually plays a man his age, and is married to someone a bit more believable. Has Gere finally grown up? ….

Soap film review

Year: 2006 Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen Writer: Kim Fupz Aakeson Producer: Lars Bredo Rahbek Executive producers: Bo Ehrardt, Birgitte Hald Director of photography: Erik Molberg Hansen Production designer: Rasmus Thjellesen Music: Magnus Jarlbo Costumes: Signe Sejlund Editor: Asa Mossberg Cast: Charlotte: Trine Dyrholm Veronica: David Dencik Kristian: Frank Thiel Veronica’s mother: Elsebeth Steentoff No MPAA ….

GRIDIRON GANG

Genre: DRAMA / SPORTS Release Dates: September 15, 2006 Trailers: sonypictures.com/movies/gridirongang Official Websites: gridirongang-movie.com sonypictures.com/movies/gridirongang Taglines: One goal. A second chance. Production Company: Columbia Pictures / Original Film / Stanhaven Productions Synopsis:Teenagers at a juvenile detention center gain self-esteem by playing football. Columbia Pictures’ Gridiron Gang tells the gritty and powerfully emotional story of juvenile ….

RAY

Production Company: Bristol Bay Productions Studio: Universal Studios Cast: Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles, Kerry Washington as Della Bea Robinson, Regina King as Margie Hendricks, Clifton Powell as Jeff Brown, Harry J. Lennix as Joe Adams, Bokeem Woodbine as Fathead Newman, Aunjanue Ellis as Mary Ann Fisher, Sharron Warren as Aretha Robinson, C.J. Sanders as ….

CARANDIRU

Genre: DRAMA / CRIME Release Dates: May 14, 2004 Trailers: Trailer at Rotten Tomatoes Official Websites: Sony Pictures Classics official U.S. website Production Company: Globo Filmes Synopsis:Based on the real life experiences of doctor Drauzio Varella inside a dreadful State penitentiary called Carandiru, that was located in São Paulo, Brazil. Crew: Hector Babenco (co-writer and ….

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics Cast: Nick Nolte as Steve, Thu Anh as Mrs. Hoa, Ling Bai as Ling, Glen Bradford as Wayne, Thi Hong Bui as Crippled, Cleve Chamberlain as Viet Nam Veteran, Thi Kim Xuan Chau as Mai, Dora Chu as Bartender, Phyllis Cicero as Receptionist, Xuan Phuc Dins as Pham, Kirk Griffith as ….