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Plot Summary: Chaos ensues at a family funeral when secrets, misunderstandings, and unexpected revelations come to light. What starts as a somber gathering quickly turns into a farcical series of events, including the accidental ingestion of hallucinogens, a blackmail attempt involving a shocking secret about the deceased, and escalating comedic disasters. This black comedy perfectly balances absurdity and emotion, offering plenty of laughs and heartfelt moments. Director: Frank Oz Producer: Sidney Kimmel Screenplay: Dean Craig Starring: Matthew Macfadyen as Daniel Rupert Graves as Robert Alan Tudyk as Simon Peter Dinklage as Peter Keeley Hawes as Jane Ewen Bremner as Justin   ***SPOILER ALERT*** A British Black Comedy Gem British Black Comedy, do I even need to say more? You already know it’s going to be good, especially with Frank ...

Plot Summary: The film follows Sayan, a talented student and boxer in Almaty, Kazakhstan, during the post-Soviet 1990s. Drawn into the criminal underworld, Sayan rises through the ranks as an extortionist, facing tough decisions and moral dilemmas. The film portrays his journey through violence, betrayal, and the harsh realities of life in a lawless environment. Director: Akan Satayev Screenplay: Timur Zhaksylykov Starring: Sayat Isembayev as Sayan Murat Bisembin as Ruslan Zhan Baizhanbayev as Jan Saken Aminov as Aman   ***SPOILER ALERT*** First Impressions and Setting Second movie of the week, and now we are finally in Kazakhstan. This movie also starts with a newborn baby crying, what's up with that? My initial thoughts were that this felt like a Guy Ritchie-style film, but without the plot complexities. I'm a sucker for those stylish shots and quick montages that seamlessly trans...

Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura Producers: Yasushi Utagawa Screenplay: Kotaro Isaka (novel), Yoshihiro Nakamura, Kenichi Suzuki Starring: Gaku Hamada as Shiina Eita Nagayama as Kawasaki Seki Megumi  as Kotomi Keisu Tamura as Dorje Music: Yukio Kikuchi Cinematography: Takashi Komatsu Editing: Hideyuki Ohata Release Date: June 23, 2007 (Japan) Running Time: 110 minutes Language: Japanese   ***SPOILER ALERT*** Introduction to Yoshihiro Nakamura's Adaptation Hello fans of Japanese cinema! Today's treat is Yoshihiro Nakamura's adaptation of Kotaro Isaka's work in "The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker." This film continues Nakamura's trend of weaving intricate plots with significant twists, prominently featuring Bob Dylan's ...

Plot Summary: Hector is an ordinary man who's moving to a new house with his wife. One evening, while he's looking through his binoculars, he sees a naked girl in the woods. He decides to go there just to find that same girl laying on a rock. Suddenly, a man with a pink bandage covering his face, stabs Hector in his arm with scissors... Director: Nacho Vigalondo Writer: Nacho Vigalondo Starring: Karra Elejalde Candela Fernández Bárbara Goenaga Nacho Vigalondo ***SPOILER ALERT*** A Mind-Bending Time Loop PRESET C: Timecrimes is a mind-bending thriller about a guy who travels back in time while running from his future self that is trying to make him become him. Confusing already? It might be, but it's actually a very entertaining story. The time-continuum paradigm here is one similar to Back To The Future, where one is led to think that if the past doesn't h...

Planet Terror is a 2007 American action horror science-fiction film directed by Robert Rodriguez, about a group of people attempting to survive an onslaught of zombie-like creatures as they feud with a military unit. A tribute to the zombie film genre, Planet Terror stars Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Naveen Andrews, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, Stacy Ferguson and Bruce Willis. In addition to directing the film, Rodriguez also wrote the script, directed the cinematography, wrote the musical score, co-edited, and produced it. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Terror After an experimental bio-nerve gas is accidentally released at a remote U.S. military base in Texas, those exposed to the gas turn into flesh-eating, mutating zombies out to kill. An assortment of various people who include stripper Cherry, her shady mechanic ex-boyfriend Wray, a strong-willed doctor, the local sheriff, and an assortment of various people must join forces t...

Estômago, a Gastronomic Story, is a 2007 Brazilian–Italian film directed by Marcos Jorge. The film won several awards. It was shot in several locations of Curitiba, Paraná. The cast: João Miguel, Fabiula Nascimento, Babu Santana, Carlo Briani and Zeca Cenovicz. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%B4mago In the great restaurant of life, there are those who eat and those who get eaten. Raimundo Nonato finds an alternative way, a life of his own: he cooks in order to survive and find a place in society. He arrives in town without a penny in his pockets and starts working as help in a decadent bar, a nasty place, lost amid the urban desert. He sleeps in the storage room on the back, and under a cold neon light learns how to fry "pastel" and "coxinhas", outdoing his "master", Zulmiro, the owner of the bar. Nonato is ignorant, but talented. He knows how to work the kitchen, soon others realize it too. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt10...

Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a 2007 rockumentary film following filmmakers Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi as they track down the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda amidst the Iraq War. In 2003, the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda were the subject of a Vice magazine article. With the magazine's help, they were able to stage a sell-out show in 2005 despite the recent ousting of Saddam Hussein. Filmmakers from Vice returned to Iraq in 2006 to track down the band. Upon their return, they discovered the multitude of death and destruction, including rehearsing studios destroyed by bombs. Candid interviews with the band members allow an insight into a subsection of society steeped in American pop culture and the hostilities this attracts. The film was shot over three years. Filming locations included Baghdad and Erbil in Iraq; Beirut, Lebanon; and Damascus, Syria. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_in_Baghdad ***SPOILER ALERT*** Don...

Punk's Not Dead is a 2007 documentary film directed by Susan Dynner, an American hardcore punk fan. On the edge of the 30th anniversary of punk rock, Punk's Not Dead takes you into the sweaty underground clubs, backyard parties, recording studios, and yes, shopping malls and stadium shows where punk rock music and culture continue to thrive. Thirty years after bands like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols infamously shocked the system with their hard, fast, status-quo-killing rock, the longest-running punk band in history is drawing bigger crowds than ever, "pop-punk" bands have found success on MTV, and kids too young to drive are forming bands that carry the torch for punk's raw, immediate sound. Meanwhile, "punk" has become a marketing concept to sell everything from cars to vodka, and dyed hair and piercings mark a rite of passage for thousands of kids. Can the true, nonconformist punk spirit still exist in today's corporatized culture? Featur...

Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who is a 2007 documentary by Murray Lerner and Paul Crowder about the English rock and roll band The Who. The film features new interviews with band members Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Kenney Jones, and Pete Townshend, as well as Sting, The Edge, Noel Gallagher, Eddie Vedder, Steve Jones, and others. It also includes rare photos of the four members of the band and archival live footage of performances dating back to 1964. A soundtrack accompanying the film also serves as a greatest-hits compilation for the band. The two-DVD set includes footage not seen in earlier documentaries, including film from the 1970 Leeds University appearance, never-before-seen footage of a show in Copenhagen that shows Daltrey leaving the stage because the performance of the other members of The Who broke down into chaotic noise due to amphetamines—which resulted in a fight between Daltrey and Moon backstage and Daltrey being kicked out of the band temporarily—and a ...

Lust, Caution is a 2007 espionage thriller film directed by Ang Lee, based on the novella of the same name published in 1979 by Chinese author Eileen Chang. The story is mostly set in Hong Kong in 1938 and in Shanghai in 1942, when it was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army and ruled by the puppet government led by Wang Jingwei. With this film, Lee won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival for the second time. The film's explicit content resulted in an NC-17 rating in the United States. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust,_Caution_(film) During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808357/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** JUST KILL THE GUY ALREADY!!! What's with the ladies and hairy armpits? 3rd movie this week where that happens! ...