Heroes has been described as a good series for those who don’t usually like super-heroes. Well, that may be but I do like super heroes and I love Heroes too. I love nothing better than watching seemingly ordinary people discover that they possess special powers like being able to fly or read people’s minds. That’s why I loved the first half of Spiderman I, before he started fighting the Green Goblin and the special effects got out of hand. Heroes, feels like one big first half of Spiderman I

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From supporting roles in Oliver Stone’s “Platoon” and the various films with Tim Burton, Johnny Depp has always proven himself a good actor, but without a doubt, the Pirates franchise has launched him into superstar status. It is rather sad then, to see that Depp appears to be out of energy for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End , the third entry into the franchise, which filmed back to back with last year’s Dead Man’s Chest. There are points in this film where something supernatural has to happen because it is a requirement, and that’s alright, so long as the film itself is a stack of fun. World’s End only gets mildly fun in the last half hour of two and a half hours, with the energy coming not from Depp or Orlando Bloom, but from Geoffery Rush and Keira Knightley, the latter who not only has nice costume changes but also gets more of the swashbuckling action than most of the guys.
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Some political films are naturally provocative, like Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. Death of a President, however, is unnaturally provocative, where every frame of film feels forced. Sure, curiosity peaks when a film fictionalizes the assassination of President Bush. Yet after five minutes into this film, curious viewers will realize that the whole thing is a publicity stunt and nothing more. The greatest sin that Death of a President makes, isn’t the distasteful content, but how painfully boring it is.
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Lolo’s Tapas restaurant stands in a suburb of Barcelona. In it and around it the lives of several local residents (of the human and animal variety) mix, mingle, converge and separate. With their debut film, directors José Corbacho and Juan Cruz won nine awards at several Spanish and international festivals.
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Adolf Hitler was born on April 20 1889, so 20-04-1889. 2 + 0 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 8 + 8 + 9 Makes 32. On September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland and therefore set in motion World War II. 1 + 9 + 1 + 9 + 3 + 9 Also makes 32. An adult human being has 32 permanent teeth. In Judaism there are 32 Kabbalist Paths of Wisdom. It was OJ Simpson’s uniform number and the supposed age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified. 32 Is also the occult opposite number of 23, which brings us to the proof (courtesy of Wikipedia) that this disastrous disaster movie starring Jim Carrey and Virginia Madsen might as well been called The Number 32, if it wasn’t for the fact the number 23 is the centre of a Discordian belief that links the number to several tragic or shocking events or facts.
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There are many people who refer to their pet dogs and cats as “the other children”, and with good reason. We give our pets names, we give them shelter, feed them, and as a result, the animals adore us as much as we adore them. They also give us responsibility, and for others, they keep us company. They are, in essence, a part of the family. When tragedy strikes, there are those who are separated from the family dog or cat, as human lives are more favored. However, during and after the events of Hurricane Katrina, the treatment of some of the left behind pets is called into question by filmmaker Tom McPhee in this heartbreaking documentary.

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Fans worldwide nearly begged David Lynch on their knees to finally release the second season of his cult hit show Twin Peaks. The first season, released on DVD in 2001, ended with the shooting of agent Dale Cooper. Copyright issues and other legal mumbo-jumbo caused the six year delay. It is so much fun to finally see the second season of what many perceive to be the best TV show ever on DVD. Last October, when I was in New York City at a special screening of INLAND EMPIRE in attendance of the director he announced the second season and the fact they were rounding up the extras and featurettes (that eventuallty turn out rather disappointing). Warning: some minor spoilers ahead.
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This Turkish film describes life in a small mountain village, as seen through the eyes of three teenagers. Ömer, the imam’s son, his best friend Yakup and their female friend Yildiz all encounter different hurdles on the way to adulthood. Bes Vakit is a coming of age story with universal appeal: being a teen is an awkward experience, regardless of where you live. The alienation, the loneliness, the miserableness are apparently the same everywhere.
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In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, director of Swedish descent Lasse Hallström, proved he was capable of more than just directing a bunch of ABBA music videos, when he delivered some successful Swedish dramas and the intense What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. His 1999 film, The Cider House Rules, based on a John Irving novel was a decent drama with similar acting performances. However, the film starring Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron and Michael Caine, also set in motion Hallström’s newly found tendency to direct tame and prudent dramas, usually based on novels akin. His An Unfinished Life was kept on the shelves for over two years (usually the best thing to do with a film starring J-Lo anyway) and Hallströms previous endeavour, Casanova, was just not enticing and funny enough to really enthral an audience.
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The sequel to the widely successful indie horror film 28 Days Later… could have been written off as a sequel in name only. Anyone expecting anybody to return from the first film might be slightly disappointed. Given what happens in the follow up, maybe it’s a good thing the characters from the previous film didn’t show up. It’s not that Weeks is a bad film, it isn’t. But rest assured, the onscreen body count is upped, the blood spits out more, neighborhoods get gassed, streets are set on fire and many characters come to bad ends.
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