Weekend Pic Feb 2 -- 5
A Weekly Guide for Your Weekend Viewing:
1. BABEL (drama with Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Rinko Kikuchi) Rating: * * * 1/2 (3.5 out of 4): Like the Oscar-winning "Crash", here's another social commentary on Man's inability to communicate despite technological advances like mobile phones and the Internet. There are four 'stories' here, each connected to a single careless incident in Morocco. 
2. STRANGER THAN FICTION (romantic comedy with Will Farrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Dustin Hoffman) Rated * * * (3 stars): Classy, controlled acting by Farrell and Gyllenhaal make this fantasy comedy a delight to watch. Plus we get some gems by Hoffman and Emma Thompson.
3. THE HOLIDAY (romantic comedy with Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law and Jack Black) Rated * * * (3 stars): This plot, about two 'losers-in-love' exchanging homes across the Atlantic for the Christmas holidays, has some great moments. But director Nancy Meyers drags it to the edge of boredom.
4. EPIC MOVIE (comedy spoof with Adam Campbell, Jayma Mays, Faune Chambers and Kal Penn) Rated: * * 1/2 (2.5 stars): Using the 2005 "Chronicles Of Narnia" format, this spoofs on the franchise blockbusters has a few hits but mostly misses. Great for nostalgia value.
5. IBERIA (documentary on Spanish dance) Rated: * * 1/2 (2.5 stars): Don't expect something like "Strictly Ballroom" here but a series of great foot-tapping music and dances. You will be crying out for subtitles and footnotes, though.
posted by Lim Chang Moh @ 5:35 pm
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3 Comments:
hi, won't you consider THE UNSEEABLE and DEATH NOTE 2 (since it was not in last week's recommendation) for this weekend's viewing? TIN MINE? thanks ;-)
Hi, thanks for your comments. I will be seeing Tin Mine soon and will consider it for next week. Death Note and its sequel are mainly for manga fans so I left them out. I won't recommend Unseeable. There are many great movies like Babel, Stranger Than Fiction and The Holiday that I had trouble listing them out for this week.
Hi. I have not watched THE UNSEEABLE yet but thought I should due mainly because it's directed by Wisit. I will probably skip it for TIN MINE then.
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