Browsing Category 'Genre'

Space Battleship Yamato 2010 Japan

The human race faces extinction in 2199. War has been raging for the past 5 years with an unknown foe. Humanity is losing badly, aliens have bombarded the earth with asteroids, making the surface uninhabitable. Driven underground, survivors have little to hope for.

Snabba Cash (Easy Money) 2010 Sweden

Stockholm is home to three men involved in various parts of the criminal underworld. Two are lifelong criminals, the other a poor but bright finance student aspiring to raise his status in life. A drug shipment coming to town that unsettles the criminal power base. The dream of a big score entangles the three.

Que pena tu vida (Fuck My Life) 2010 Chile

Javier’s life sucks, he’s an out of work Creative Director and his relationship of 3 years with Sofia is over. He’s the only one that is oblivious to the reasons. He’s unlikeable but entertaining. He’s that jerk everyone knows but are still friends with.

Autoreiji (Outrage) 2010 Japan

Written, directed and starring Takeshi (Beat) Kitano, Outrage is a complex and constantly unfolding restructuring of a Japanese crime family.

Freetime Machos 2009 Sweden

4/10 A documentary about male bonding in Finland, steam rooms, a blowup mascot, piss poor rugby and lots of gratuitous slow motion sport shots.  This is all you really need to know about this film.  If made more like a comedy, this would have at least fit the tone of how poorly these men play [...]

Intouchables 2011 France

8/10 It seems like the French have a knack for making great films about disabled people. Like 2007′s The Diving Bell and Butterfly, Intouchables is also about a paralyzed man but takes a lighter approach to the situation.  It’s both serious, funny and affirming all around. François Cluzet plays privileged Parisian, Phillipe.  His great wealth [...]

Attack The Block 2011 England

When aliens invade South London, the only thing between them and world domination is a gang of thugs. They live in the government social housing otherwise known as council housing or as the kids refer to it: The block.

The Syrian Bride 2004 Israel

Being a bride is never easy, but being betrothed to a Syrian, in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights is doubly hard. Anyone leaving to marry someone in Syria, becomes a Syrian citizen and isn’t allowed back into the country. The film combines the political complexities of the occupied territories with with an equally challenging family drama.

La Casa Muda (The Silent House) 2010 Uruguay

An old country house is put up for sale. Laura and her dad Wilson are hired by Nestor the owner to clean and repair it. When the father investigates noises emanating from upstairs, Laura hears a struggle and finds her dad dead and that she’s locked in with the killer. The entire film is done in a single long take.

Red Eagle 2010 Thailand

It’s 2016 in Bangkok, the near future is rife with corrupt politicians and the criminal overlords that control the country. Even the Prime Minister is involved as he pushes for an unwanted Nuclear Power plant despite wide spread public opposition. Only one man stands in their way; the vigilante Red Eagle.

2033 2009 Mexico

In the future Mexico City is renamed Villeparisio. The country has become a totalitarian regime. It pacifies it’s citizens with mind control drugs. In it lives Pablo, a well to do young man with a mother who is about to marry the government’s head of security. He has everything handed to him, yet he numbs himself with with drugs and alcohol.

The Big Bad Swim 2006 USA

At a local Connecticut recreation center, an adult swim class learns more than blowing bubbles. All sorts of people take the course. Some are doing it to spend time with their family, overcome a childhood fear, enjoy their a new pool, prove something to themselves, meet someone, or just learn how to swim.