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9/30/2011

Creation (2009) Review

Creation (2009)
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I have a standing rule not to pay more than $23 for any Blu-ray movie (no need to encourage Hollywood marketeers). That said, I broke that rule for this movie after hearing an interview with the writer and producer on NPR (National Public Radio) then discovered that this disc was worth every penny. One thing you will come away with is the fact that there were many similarities between life in 1859 and today. For example, people of both times were split between theism, deism, and atheism. (Contrary to popular belief, Darwin was somewhere between deist and theist). So does "Darwin's Theory do away with God" as Huxley said, or does it "replace the Genesis story with something more pragmatic"? I prefer to believe that later but you should make up your own mind.

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From director Jon Amiel ("The Singing Detective," ENTRAPMENT) and writer John Collee (MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD) comes CREATION. A psychological, heart-wrenching love story starring Paul Bettany (A BEAUTIFUL MIND, MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD) as Charles Darwin, the film is based on 'Annie's Box," a biography penned by Darwin's great-great-grandson Randal Keynes using personal letters and diaries of the Darwin family. We take a unique and inside look at Darwin, his family and his love for his deeply religious wife, played by Jennifer Connelly (A BEAUTIFUL MIND, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM), as, torn between faith and science, Darwin struggles to finish his legendary book 'On the Origin of Species," which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology. The film co-stars Toby Jones (FROST/NIXON, INFAMOUS) and Jeremy Northam (GOSFORD PARK, AMISTAD), and was produced by Jeremy Thomas (THE LAST EMPEROR, SEXY BEAST) at Recorded Picture Company with BBC Films and Ocean Pictures.

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7/04/2011

The Tourist (2010) Review

The Tourist (2010)
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Most likely this movie will work for true fans of film from the 1950's and 1960's. The Tourist harkens back to a time when stories were presented as a sophisticated genre. What? No instant answers? No blood and flames and explosions? You have to be engaged with not only the senses but also the brain to fully enjoy this hat tip to an earlier era of film-making.
To set some information straight about the characters, Jolie's character is named Elise - not Elsie. Depp plays his role of bumbling traveler to a T and Rufus Sewell adds a thread of mystery that has you guessing.
If you haven't watched many foreign or Hitchcock suspense films set in the jet-set locals of Europe or been enamored by the slow pace of The Day of the Jackal, then you may find this film out of synch with your typical expectations. This film is rich with scenery, fashion, wealth, and low key twisty intrigue. What it lacks compared to today's heavy handedness of a Borne Identity type film is exactly what makes this refreshing. The cinematography is stellar.
The best: Lush backgrounds and lean, well dressed characters with a higher level of vocabulary than the typical language du jour of most recent films. The worst: Probably too slow paced for the run of the mill viewer. The in-between: Drop the expectations of a Hollywood cookie cutter film adrenaline high and be entertained by the locale, the language, and the intrigue.
This is worth seeing if you are a serious film buff.

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Frank (Johnny Depp), a mild-mannered American on vacation in Venice, Italy, is befriended by Elise (Angelina Jolie), a breathtakingly beautiful woman with a mysterious secret. Soon, their playful romantic dalliance turns into a complicated web of dangerous deceit as they are chased by Interpol, the Italian police, and Russian hit men in this suspense-filled, international action thriller.

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