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Posted by GPR79 on 04/10/06 18:04
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Thumbsucker (R1 USA) £8
Cover: http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c376/GPR79/thumbsucker.jpg
"A sterling cast--including Vince Vaughn, Keanu Reeves, Vincent
D'Onofrio, and especially Tilda Swinton--lifts this coming-of-age story
above the norm. Justin (Lou Pucci, Personal Velocity) is 17, yet he
still sucks his thumb. Depressed, he frets that his parents (D'Onofrio,
Full Metal Jacket, and Swinton, Orlando) are going to split up, that he
has no focus in life, and that the girl he longs for can never love
him--until his orthodontist (Reeves, The Matrix) hypnotizes Justin into
quitting his thumbsucking, and a questionable diagnosis of Attention
Deficit Disorder results in medication that launches him into a wave of
over-achievement. The script, though it has some clever flourishes,
never lifts beyond typical adolescent turmoil, but thanks to wonderfully
vivid and multi-layered performances (including Vaughn, Wedding
Crashers, as a debate teacher with hair issues), the movie never flags.
Swinton also executive-produced the movie; she clearly saw in this
suburban mother a character she could invest with as much emotion and
intensity as the angel Gabriel (Constantine) or the White Witch of
Narnia (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe). It's rich, intricate
acting, never showy, yet mesmerizing. Thumbsucker also features Benjamin
Bratt (Pinero) and Kelli Garner (Man of the House)."
DVD Features:
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Conversation with director Mike Mills and novelist Walter Kirn
Commentary with writer/director Mike Mills
Behind The Scenes Documentary
Director's Blog
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When Will I Be Loved (R1 USA) £7
Cover: http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c376/GPR79/when.jpg
"Neve Campbell is an arresting enigma in When Will I Be Loved, one of
writer-director James Toback's most mysterious and successful minimalist
dramas about sex, deception, and mutable identities in New York City.
Campbell plays twentysomething beauty Vera, whose nude shower scene
during the film's opening credits looks more like mythic preparation for
a soon-to-be-fateful day than brazen exploitation. Ensconced in a
fantastic loft paid for by her parents (Barry Primus, Karen Allen), the
unemployed Vera embarks on an odyssey that begins with a mutually
deceitful job interview with a college professor (Toback), leads to
misadventures in questionable perception in Central Park, and climaxes
with Vera's successful manipulation of two powerful men, one a craven
lover (Fred Weller) and the other an Italian billionaire (Dominic
Chianese) trying to get her in bed for a lot of money. Provocative as a
good urban legend, the film sticks with one for a long time."
DVD Features:
Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Scene sexplorations with Neve Campbell and director James Toback
Commentary with director James Toback
Original theatrical trailer
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