At the Movies: May 4 / 11

This week Margaret and David review new flicks for Jake Gyllenhaal, Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin and a new Aussie flick directed by Brendan Fletcher

4TH MAY 2011:
SOMETHING BORROWED – A romantic comedy starring Kate Hudson and Ginnifer Goodwin. Friendships are tested and secrets come to the surface when terminally single Rachel falls for her best friend Darcy’s fiancé.

SOURCE CODE – action thriller starring starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, and Vera Farmiga.

THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER – A tragi-comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel’s largest industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article.

THE ROUND UP – French drama based on the true story of a young Jewish boy. The film depicts the mass arrest of Jews by French police who were Nazi accomplices in Paris in July 1942.

MAD BASTARDS – Australian film directed by Brendan Fletcher. Tells the story of TJ’s quest to find the son he’s never known, takes him on a journey across the remote and stunning Kimberley landscape.

DVD CLASSIC – David to review the 1960 French film BREATHLESS.

11TH MAY 2011:
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS – A veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a travelling circus as their vet. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson and Christoph Waltz.

INSIDIOUS – A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further. Starring Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson and Ty Simpkins.

ANGELE & TONY- Angèle, a beautiful young woman with a past, arrives in a small fishing harbor in Normandy. She meets Tony, a professional fisherman, who finds himself attracted to her although he dislikes her blunt ways. Tony hires her as a fishmonger, lodges her and teaches her the tricks of the trade.

BURKE AND HARE – A black comedy about two 19th century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school. Starring Tom Wilkinson Bill Bailey and Tim Curry. Ditrected by John Landis.

DVD CLASSIC: Margaret to reviews Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1970 classic, THE CONFORMIST. A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

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