Captain America: The First Avenger (12)
(Joe Johnston, 2011, Us) Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Stan. 124 mins
Unsurprisingly, this is the most patriotic of the summer's superhero movies, but there are few surprises all round. The story is largely what you'd imagine from the trailer: wimpy 1940s do-gooder undergoes a fast-track Charles Atlas course, then socks it to the evil über-Nazis. It's like Inglourious Basterds meets Indiana Jones, although the wholesome tone and white-bread heroism diminish the effects-driven spectacle, and the real second world war is reduced to mere set dressing.
Our Day Will Come (18)
(Romain Gavras, 2010, Fra) Vincent Cassel, Olivier Barthelemy, Justine Lerooy. 83 mins
Edgy provocateur alert! Expanding on the redhead persecution theme he developed in his Mia video, Gavras's debut follows ginger alienation to its conclusion, as Cassel and Barthelemy head out on the highway to oblivion, without a map or a ferry timetable.
Arrietty (U)
(Hiromasa Yonebayashi,...
(Joe Johnston, 2011, Us) Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Stan. 124 mins
Unsurprisingly, this is the most patriotic of the summer's superhero movies, but there are few surprises all round. The story is largely what you'd imagine from the trailer: wimpy 1940s do-gooder undergoes a fast-track Charles Atlas course, then socks it to the evil über-Nazis. It's like Inglourious Basterds meets Indiana Jones, although the wholesome tone and white-bread heroism diminish the effects-driven spectacle, and the real second world war is reduced to mere set dressing.
Our Day Will Come (18)
(Romain Gavras, 2010, Fra) Vincent Cassel, Olivier Barthelemy, Justine Lerooy. 83 mins
Edgy provocateur alert! Expanding on the redhead persecution theme he developed in his Mia video, Gavras's debut follows ginger alienation to its conclusion, as Cassel and Barthelemy head out on the highway to oblivion, without a map or a ferry timetable.
Arrietty (U)
(Hiromasa Yonebayashi,...
- 7/29/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
This story about stealing electricity in Kyrgyzstan is an interesting insight into post-Soviet cultural conflicts
The latest example of an intriguing dribble of films emerging from former Soviet republics in Central Asia, here we have an engaging, small-scale story about a Kyrgyz electrician called Svet-Ake (the "light thief" of the title), who is expert in tapping the electricity supply to provide for his hard-up village. Director-star Aktan Arym Kubat has come up with an illuminating parable about the clash of tradition and modernity: Svet-Ake finds himself a pawn in a bigger game, as besuited businessman Bekzat (Askat Sulaimanov) attempts to get himself elected as the local deputy, with dark plans to grab hold of land ownership. Kubat is a relaxed screen presence, and his film meanders along – until the jolt-ending, that, in truth, seems slightly out of step with what has gone before.
Rating: 3/5
World cinemaDramaComedyAndrew Pulver
guardian.co.uk...
The latest example of an intriguing dribble of films emerging from former Soviet republics in Central Asia, here we have an engaging, small-scale story about a Kyrgyz electrician called Svet-Ake (the "light thief" of the title), who is expert in tapping the electricity supply to provide for his hard-up village. Director-star Aktan Arym Kubat has come up with an illuminating parable about the clash of tradition and modernity: Svet-Ake finds himself a pawn in a bigger game, as besuited businessman Bekzat (Askat Sulaimanov) attempts to get himself elected as the local deputy, with dark plans to grab hold of land ownership. Kubat is a relaxed screen presence, and his film meanders along – until the jolt-ending, that, in truth, seems slightly out of step with what has gone before.
Rating: 3/5
World cinemaDramaComedyAndrew Pulver
guardian.co.uk...
- 7/28/2011
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
#18. The Light Thief Director: Aktan AbdykalykovCast: Aktan Arym Kubat, Taalaikan Abazova, Askat Sulaimanov, Asan Amanov, Stanbek Toichubaev Distributor: Rights Available. Buzz:It played at Cannes this year and was probably sprinkled at several other fests such as Locarno, I'm looking at Abdykalykov's film much in the same way I think about films like Tulpin and Turtles Can Fly -- films that transport Western audiences into foreign lands, unknown scapes and uncommon human interactions. The Gist: A funny and touching portrait of small-town politics in a rapidly globalizing world that follows Svet-ake, an electrician in a small Kyrgyz village who has been stealing electricity to help the impoverished local residents. When Bekzat, a wealthy land developer and former villager arrives to buy up the land for a group of Chinese investors, Svet-ake shares with him his dream to populate the valley with modern windmills—but soon Svet-ake realizes that not everyone has...
- 9/8/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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