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(09/21/06 4:00am)
The British comedy Confetti seems to have it all: nudists, tennis-playing freaks and overzealous musical devotees. What more could someone want? Adding to the allure is the talented cast of British actors with recognizable faces and not so memorable names. With awkward and bizarre character and camera commentary, the comedy obviously draws influences from films like Best in Show.
(09/14/06 4:00am)
Hollywoodland
(04/20/06 4:00am)
While the title is somewhat misleading (sorry, no sex guys), this British comedy/melodrama is surprisingly touching and funny. Kinky Boots is the story of Charlie Price, the heir to a traditional shoemaking business that has been passed down generation to generation. The factory specializes in quality, yet drab shoes. The problem is the factory starts to specialize in a lack of sales. In order to save his father's business, Charlie decides to start making a very different type of shoe. With the help of a crossdresser's shoe designs, the factory starts making kinky high heels for crossdressers. While helping salvage the Price family shoe business, the crossdresser Lola finds acceptance in the factory's Northampton address and makes friends in the least expected places. Charlie and Lola find that they have more in common than they expected, both suffering from the "I disappointed my Dad" syndrome. Throw a minor love story in the picture and you have a complete film. Inspired by a true story, Kinky Boots manages to balance comedy and sentimentality perfectly. You will definitely find yourself laughing out loud with some of the drag performances and sympathizing with all of the characters. Chiwetel Ejiofor's performance as the drag queen Lola is magnificent. Those Brits have done it again. Bravo!
(12/01/05 5:00am)
In August 1955, a 14-year-old African American named Emmett Louis Till left Chicago to visit relatives in Money, Mississippi; during his stay he was killed for whistling at a white woman and became a catalyst for the American Civil Rights Movement. Filmmaker Keith Beauchamp's decade-long investigation of Till's heinous murder resulted in The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till, an outstanding documentary that explores Till's life and death. Interviews with his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley (who died in 2003), civil rights leaders and eyewitnesses are interspersed with archival footage of press statements, the trial of Till's killers, and witness commentary.
(11/03/05 5:00am)
Director Hany Abu-Assad has created a masterpiece in Paradise Now, the story of Said (Kais Nashef) and Khaled (Ali Suliman), two Palestinian friends preparing for a suicide bombing in Tel-Aviv. The film discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with poignant portrayals of the land, people, food and family life in the Palestinian settlement of Nablus. Abu-Assad creates an insightful piece of art, eschewing bias, lavish language and action sequences in exchange for extended periods of silence and undecorated dialogue to create a window into the West Bank.
(10/06/05 4:00am)
Gosford Park scribe Julian Fellowes' new film Separate Lies almost hits the nail on the head but falls short. This thriller follows a couple of Brits, James and Anne Manning (Tom Wilkinson from The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Emily Watson of Punch-Drunk Love fame) who get mixed up in a murder; things get really complicated when the wife's pompous lover William (played by Rupert Everett) enters into the formula, the lies and deceit pile higher and higher.
(07/07/05 4:00am)
Fantastic Four fans, don't look! Once again another classic Marvel comic has been ruined.
(06/16/05 4:00am)
Hayao Miyazaki has returned to create another piece of phenomenal animation that his fans will not be disappointed to see. If you're searching for a movie to take your child to and are tired of the elaborate violence characteristic of the younger generation's animation, go and see Howl's Moving Castle.
(06/16/05 4:00am)
Ever wonder how Batman came to be? If so, Batman Begins is the movie to see. Director Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia) focuses the movie on the man in the bat. The film atypically concentrates on the winged superhero's humanity, sacrificing much of the usual grandeur and heroism.