The Films of August 30th, 2013
PASSION
Running Time: 94
minutes
Passion is the newest film from director Brian de Palma. De Palma
is well known for directing classics such as Carrie, Scarface, and The Untouchables. However, his recent
films such as Mission to Mars and The Black Dahlia haven’t been as well received.
He hasn’t made a film since the 2007 war drama Redacted.
It
stars Rachel McAdams, who appeared in films such as The Notebook and Sherlock
Holmes. Passion also features Noomi Rapace, who starred in Prometheus and the original Swedish
versions of The Girl with the Dragon
Tattoo trilogy.
The
somewhat bland title doesn’t tell you much about the plot. McAdams plays an
advertising executive named Christine and Rapace is her assistant Isabelle.
They butt heads and Christine steals some of Isabelle’s ideas. Isabelle
eventually has an affair with Christine’s husband. The film is a remake of Alain
Corneau’s 2010 film Love Crime. Corneau
died shortly after the film was released.
Passion
has received mixed reviews so far. It currently has a 42% rating on Rotten
Tomatoes. Alonso Duralde of The Wrap gave it a mostly negative review, saying
that it “smacks of self-parody” and he “found myself laughing out loud at his
[de Palma’s] shamelessness.” The trailer looks pretty cheesy; I don't see de Palma turning around his recent misfortunes with this one.
The
film is rated R.
GETAWAY
Running Time: 90
minutes
Getaway is a drama starring
Ethan Hawke as a former race car driver whose wife gets kidnapped. He is
assisted by an unnamed character played by Selena Gomez. Jon Voight is also a
part of the cast.
Getaway
is directed by Courtney Solomon. He’s only made two previous films, An American Haunting and Dungeons and Dragons. He’s also the CEO
of After Dark Films, an independent studio.
It was
written by Sean Finegan and Gregg Maxwell Parker. Neither of them have any
previous writing credits on IMDB.
Getaway is rated PG-13 and has not yet been
the subject of any reviews.
CLOSED CIRCUIT
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Closed Circuit is an upcoming British film produced by Working
Title Studios. It stars Eric Bana (Munich,
Star Trek) and Rebecca Hall (Iron Man 3, The Town) and the director is John Crowley (Is Anybody There?, Boy A). The script was written by
Stephen Knight (Eastern Promises).
The
plot summary on IMDB is as follows:
“A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together
two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and
placing their lives in jeopardy.”
So far,
it has not been getting good reviews; it’s at 38% on Rotten Tomatoes as of
August 27th. Furthermore, it only has a score of 44 out of `100 on
Metacritic.
THE LIFEGUARD
Running Time: 98
minutes
The Lifeguard is a romantic drama
starring Kristen Bell, Mamie Gummer, and Martin Starr. Liz W. Garcia was the
director. This is her first feature film but she has written for Dawson’s Creek and Cold Case.
This movie is getting highly
negative reviews currently. It has an abysmal score of 11 percent on Rotten
Tomatoes.
ONE DIRECTION: THIS
IS US
Running Time: 92
minutes
This is a concert documentary
about the pop band One Direction. Surprisingly it was directed by Morgan
Spurlock, known for documentaries such as Super
Size Me. It’s rated PG and has a 71% on Rotten Tomatoes at the moment.
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