High-quality, intelligent sci-fi action movie, feels like a modern update of Terminator, with Bruce Willis as an aged time-travelling killer instead of Arnie’s relentless robot, Emily Blunt as the protective mother, etc. Wlil probably not achieve the cultural impact of T1/T2, but recommended viewing nonetheless for fans of smart thrillers
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Looper (2012, dir. Rian Johnson): Terminator for the millennial generation
Chinglish (2011, play by David Henry Hwang): cleverly written comedy of cultural errors
Cleverly written comedy exploring cultural differences between China and the US – business, relationships, language, etc. Hilarious dialogue, plot foreshadowing and twists – and despite half the play being in subtitled Mandarin, the mostly Caucasian audience was in stitches by the climactic ‘courtroom’ scene. Good stuff
The Intouchables (2011, dir. Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano): watchable French dramedy
Watchable French dramedy based on a true story of the improbable friendship between a rich quadraplegic and a lower-class young man from the ghettos. Will inevitably be remade by Hollywood (the Weinsteins already bought the rights), though some of the best lol moments will have to be rewritten – they were quite un-PC 🙂
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