FOTV – Saturday 2804 to Friday 0405
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Apr 26, 2012, 11:30:37 AM4/26/12
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Just a few films you may find of interest (rated * to ****)
Saturday 2804
*** CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON / Wo Hu Zang Long (US/Chinese/
Taiwanese 2000) C19, 1930-2200; Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang
Ziyi, Chang Chen; Expensive, intricately plotted, classily done (and
very successful) martial arts film directed by Ang Lee (known here for
"Sense And Sensibility"). CY and MY make an impressive leading duo,
and ZZ is sensational as a sassy, strong heroine.
**½ CLERKS (US 1994) C19, 2200-2355; Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson,
Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith.
Sunday 2904
*** CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON / Wo Hu Zang Long (US/Chinese/
Taiwanese 2000) C19, 1330-1600; see above.
**½ TEA WITH MUSSOLINI /Te Con Il Duce (UK/Italian 1999) C3, 1625-1835
(C33, 1725-1935); Maggie Smith, Cher, Lily Tomlin, Joan Plowright,
Judi Dench, Baird Wallace.
*** GET CARTER (UK 1971) C24, 2200-0015; Michael Caine, Britt Ekland,
Ian Hendry, Geraldine Moffatt; Original version.
Monday 3004
** BREAKFAST ON PLUTO (UK/Ireland 2005) C15, 0115-0335; Cillian
Murphy, Stephen Rea, Liam Neeson, Eva Birthistle, Ian Hart, Brendan
Gleeson, Liam Cunningham.
Tuesday 0105
*** LOLITA (UK/US/French 1997) C15, 2330-0210; Jeremy Irons, Dominique
Swain, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella; Director Adrian Lyne's remake
is a more meaningful film than Stanley Kubrick's original. But that's
largely because of the times: in 1962, Kubrick wasn't allowed to be
liberal by the censors and the puritans. In case you don't know the
plot, middle-aged professor JI lodges with MG simply to be near her
underage daughter(DS).
Thursday 0305
**½ THE ONLY SON (Japanese 1936) C15, 1100-1240; Choko Iida, Shinichi
Himori, Yoshiko Tsubouchi; CI, who once made many sacrifices to raise
her son(SH), visits him in Tokyo years later and discovers him living
on the breadline. There isn't enough to this pre-war Japanese film to
deem it better than 'ordinary', but it shows wonderful clarity in the
way it tells the story, moving at just the right speed slowly to avoid
you misunderstanding its gradually revelatory narrative
** TSOTSI (UK/South African 2005) C2EWS, 0010-0140; Presley
Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi; Excessively violent fairy
tale adapted from a book by Athol Fugard, in which a boy steals a car
from a prosperous Johannesburg suburb, but realises later that there
is a baby in the back seat.
Saturday 2804
*** CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON / Wo Hu Zang Long (US/Chinese/
Taiwanese 2000) C19, 1930-2200; Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang
Ziyi, Chang Chen; Expensive, intricately plotted, classily done (and
very successful) martial arts film directed by Ang Lee (known here for
"Sense And Sensibility"). CY and MY make an impressive leading duo,
and ZZ is sensational as a sassy, strong heroine.
**½ CLERKS (US 1994) C19, 2200-2355; Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson,
Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith.
Sunday 2904
*** CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON / Wo Hu Zang Long (US/Chinese/
Taiwanese 2000) C19, 1330-1600; see above.
**½ TEA WITH MUSSOLINI /Te Con Il Duce (UK/Italian 1999) C3, 1625-1835
(C33, 1725-1935); Maggie Smith, Cher, Lily Tomlin, Joan Plowright,
Judi Dench, Baird Wallace.
*** GET CARTER (UK 1971) C24, 2200-0015; Michael Caine, Britt Ekland,
Ian Hendry, Geraldine Moffatt; Original version.
Monday 3004
** BREAKFAST ON PLUTO (UK/Ireland 2005) C15, 0115-0335; Cillian
Murphy, Stephen Rea, Liam Neeson, Eva Birthistle, Ian Hart, Brendan
Gleeson, Liam Cunningham.
Tuesday 0105
*** LOLITA (UK/US/French 1997) C15, 2330-0210; Jeremy Irons, Dominique
Swain, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella; Director Adrian Lyne's remake
is a more meaningful film than Stanley Kubrick's original. But that's
largely because of the times: in 1962, Kubrick wasn't allowed to be
liberal by the censors and the puritans. In case you don't know the
plot, middle-aged professor JI lodges with MG simply to be near her
underage daughter(DS).
Thursday 0305
**½ THE ONLY SON (Japanese 1936) C15, 1100-1240; Choko Iida, Shinichi
Himori, Yoshiko Tsubouchi; CI, who once made many sacrifices to raise
her son(SH), visits him in Tokyo years later and discovers him living
on the breadline. There isn't enough to this pre-war Japanese film to
deem it better than 'ordinary', but it shows wonderful clarity in the
way it tells the story, moving at just the right speed slowly to avoid
you misunderstanding its gradually revelatory narrative
** TSOTSI (UK/South African 2005) C2EWS, 0010-0140; Presley
Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi; Excessively violent fairy
tale adapted from a book by Athol Fugard, in which a boy steals a car
from a prosperous Johannesburg suburb, but realises later that there
is a baby in the back seat.
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