The Last Exorcism 2010 PG-13 USA Directed by: Daniel Stamm Screenwriter by Huck Botko and Andrew Gulrland Cast: Patrick Fabian, Iris Bahr and Louis herthum.
Plot: A troubled evangelical minister agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew.
Running time: 87 minutes
Direction: *
Script, overall story: *
Cast performance: *
Music: *
Cinematography: *
Overall Production: *
Final chouski rating: Oneski Reviewed by Super RIC
Please Give 2010 R USA Directed by: Nicole Holofcener Screenwriter by Nichole Holofcener Cast: Rebecca Hall, Catherine Kenner and Olover Platt.
Plot: In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in apartment the couple owns.
Running time: 90 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Go Get Some Rosemary aka Daddy Longlegs 2009 R USA Directed by: Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie Screenwriter by Ben and Joshua Safdie Cast: Ronald Bronstein.
Plot: A recently divorced guy meets the woman of his dreams. Then he meets her son.
Running time: 100 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Threeski
“Io sono l’amore” 2009 R Italy Directed by: Luca Guadagnoino Screenwriter by Luca Guadagnoino Cast: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti and Edoardo Gabbriellini.
Plot: A tragic love story set at the turn of the millennium in Milan. The film follows the fall of the haute bourgeoisie due to the forces of passion and unconditional love.
Running time: 120 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski
Cyrus 2009 R USA Directed by: Jay and Mark Duplass Screenwriter by jay and Mark Duplass Cast: John C Reily, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei.
Plot: A recently divorced guy meets the woman of his dreams. Then he meets her son.
Running time: 92 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Solitary Man 2009 R USA Directed by: Brian Koppelman and David Levien Screenwriter by Brian Koppelman Cast: Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny Devito, Mary Louise Parker and Jenna Fischer.
Plot: A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
Running time: 90 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Threeski
The Kids Are All Right 2010 NR USA Directed by: Lisa Cholodenko Screenwriter by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg. Cast: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo.
Plot: Nic and Jules had the perfect family, until they met the man who made it all possible.
Running time: 104 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Wai dor lei ah yut ho Dream Home 2010 NR Hong Kong Directed by: Pang Ho-Cheung Screenwriter by Pang Ho-Cheung Derek Tsang and Jimmy Wan.Plot: Cheng Li-sheung is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally ready to invest in her first home. But when the deal falls through, she is forced to keep her dream alive – even if it means keeping her would-be neighbors dead.
Running time: 96 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: ****
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
The Tillman Story 2010 NR USA Documentary Directed by: Amir Bar-Lev Screenwriter by Mark Monroe
Plot: Pat Tillman never thought of himself as a hero. His choice to leave a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military wasn’t done for any reason other than he felt it was the right thing to do. The fact that the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool is unfathomable and thoroughly explored in Amir Bar-Lev’s riveting and enraging documentary.
Running time: 94 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski
Waiting for Superman 2010 PG USA Documentary Directed by: Davis Guggenheim Screenwriter by Davis Guggenheim and Billy Kimball.
Plot: Award documentary Davis Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education system in the wealthiest county in the world.
Running time: 102 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Splice 2009 R Canada/France/USA Directed by: Vincenzo Natali Screenwriter by Vincezo Natali and Antoinette Terry Bryant Cast: Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley.
Plot: Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named “Dren”, the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators – only to have that bond turn deadly.
Running time: 104 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski
Winter’s Bone 2010 PG USA Directed by: Debra Granik Screenwriter by Debra Granik and Anne Resellini base on Diniel Woodrell Cast: Jennifer Lawrence and John Hawkes.
Plot: An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
Running time: 100 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski
Zona Sur or Southern District 2009 NR Bolivia Directed by: Juan Carlos Valdivia Screenwriter by Juan Carlos Valdivia Cast: Ninon del Castillo and Pascual Loayza.
Plot: In La Paz -as opposed to many other cities- the rich live below, which is the Southern District. Life goes on without major mishaps in a large house surrounded by a beautiful garden. It is a wonderful world, a great bubble of comfort, where different personal spheres coexist: the mother, along with her three children and the Aymara inhabitants of the house. The drama surfaces slowly, without narrative ploys, observing day-to-day activities until internal and external forces make the bubble burst. The film relates the story of the final days of an upper-class family, at a time when the country is undergoing social changes.
Running time: 108 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: **
Music: **
Cinematography: ****
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Nowhere Boy 2009 R UK Directed by: Sam Taylor Wood Screenwriter by Julia Baird and Matt Greenhalgh Cast: Aaron Johnson and Kristin Scott Thomas.
Plot: A chronicle of John Lennon’s childhood.
Running time: 98 minutesDirection: ****
Script, overall story: ****
Cast performance: ****
Music: ****
Cinematography: ****
Overall Production: ****
Final Super RIC rating: Yakuza
Casino Jack and The United State of Money 2010 R USA Directed by: Alex Gibney
A probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies.
Running time: 120 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: **
Music: **
Cinematography: **
Final Super RIC rating: Twoski
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