Kaerlighed pa film aka Just Another Love Story 2007 NR Denmark directed by: Ole Bornedal. Screenwriter by Ole Bornedal Cast: Ander W. Berthelsen and Rebecka Hemse
A case of mistaken identity after a car accident turns violent and seedy.
Running time: 100 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Surrogates 2009 PG-13 US directed by: Jonathan Mostow. Screenwriter by Michael Ferris and John D. Brancato Cast: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell and Rosamund Pike.
FBI agent investigate a murder of a college students links to a high tech surrogate phenomenon that allows people to purchase robotic versions of themselves.
Running time: 88 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Twoski
The Boys Are Back 2009 PG-13 Australian/UK directed by: Scott Hicks. Screenwriter by Simon Carr base on Allan Cubitt Cast: Clive Owen Laura Fraser and George MacKay.
A sports writer becomes a single parent in tragic circumstances.
Running time: 104 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Gigante 2009 NR Uruguay/Argentina/Germany/Spain directed by: Adrian Biniez. Screenwriter by Adrian Biniez Cast: Ignacio Alcuri and Fernando Alonso.
A supermarket security guard’s obsession with a late-shift janitor.
Running time: 84 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Victoria Day 2009 NR Canada directed by: David Bezmozgis. Screenwriter by David Bezmozgis Cast: Mark Rendall and Holly Deveaux.Over the course of one week in 1988, the search for a missing teammate, parental expectations, a burgeoning sexual awakening and the rock concert of the century all threaten to jolt a 16-year-old into adulthood.
Running time: 87 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: **
Music: **
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski
Mother and Child 2009 R USA directed by: Rodrigo Garcia. Screenwriter by Rodrigo Garcia Cast: Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Jimmy Smit and Samuel L. Jackson.
A drama centered around three women: A 50-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption 35 years ago and an African American woman looking to adopt a child of her own.
Running time: 125 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Fish Tank 2009 NR UK directed by: Andrea Arnold. Screenwriter by Andrea Arnold Cast: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender and Kierston Wareing.
Everything changes for 15yr old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
Running time: 124 minutes
Direction: ****
Script, overall story: ****
Cast performance: ****
Music: None
Cinematography: ****
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Yakuza
Perrier’s Bounty 2009 NR Ireland/UK directed by: Ian FitzGibbon. Screenwriter by Mark O Rowe Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jodie Whittaker, Jim Broadbent and Brendan Gleeson.A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.Running time: 88 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: **
Music: **
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski
Partir aka Leaving 2009 NR France directed by: Catherine Corsini. Screenwriter by Catherine Corsini, Gaelle MaceCast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Dergi Lopez and Yban Attal.Suzanne is a well to do married woman and mother in the south of France. Her idle bourgeois lifestyle gets her down and she decides to go back to work as a physiotherapist. Her husband agrees to fix up a consulting room for her in their backyard. When Suzanne and the man hired to do the building meet, the mutual attraction is sudden and violent. Suzanne decides to give up everything and live this all engulfing passion to the fullest.
Running time: 90 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: **
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski
Love and Other Impossible 2009 R USA directed by: Don Roos. Screenwriter by don Roos Cast: Nataile Portman, Scott Cohen and Lisa Kudrow.
A drama that details the story of a woman’s difficult relationship with her stepson.
Running time: 119 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: **
Cast performance: **
Music: **
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski
Excited 2009 NR Canada directed by: Bruce Sweeney. Screenwriter by Bruce Sweeney Cast: Cam Cronin, Laara Sodiq and Gabrieel Rose.
A romantic comedy about premature ejaculation.
Running time: 83 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***|
Music: **
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Fri os fra det onde aka Deliver Us from Evil 2009 NR Denmark/Sweden/Norway directed by: Ole Bornedal. Screenwriter by Ole Bornedal Cast: Lasse Rimmer, Lene Nystrom and Jens Andersen
A father returns to his old hometown with his young family. Events force him to face the small town’s xenophobia.
Running time: 93 minutes
Direction: ****
Script, overall story: ****
Cast performance: ****
Music: ***
Cinematography: ****
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Yakuza
White Material 2009 NR France directed by: Claire Denis. Screenwriter by Claire Denis, Marie N Diaye Cast: Isabelle Huppert and Christophe Lambert.
In a unnamed African country torn by a rebellion, a fearless white woman refuses to abandon her coffee crops.
Running time: 102 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Micmacs a Tire-larigot aka Micmacs 2009 NR France directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Screenwriter by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant Cast: Dany Boon, Andre Dussollier, Nicolas Marie and Jean-Pierre Marielle.
A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers.
Running time: 105 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ****
Overall Production: ****
Final chouski rating: Threeski
Le Refuge aka The Refuge 2009 NR Frence directed by: Francois Ozon. Screenwriter by Francois Ozon and Mathieu Hippeau Cast: Isabelle Carre.
Louis is dead of an overdose, and his girlfriend who is pregnant decide to keep the baby.
Running time: 88 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story: *
Cast performance: **
Music: *
Cinematography: *
Overall Production: *
Final chouski rating: Oneski
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