Far From Heaven: Julianne Moore is magnificent in Todd Haynes' hommage to Douglas Sirk, but in the end it’s more like a museum exhibit of a “1950s household, social issues included” than a slice of real life.
posted by June @ 11:18 PM
El Crimen del Padre Amaro: A priest gives in to the temptations of the flesh, as the bourgeouis world goes to hell in a cesta.
posted by June @ 10:10 PM
Frida: A relatively faithful retelling of Frida Kahlo’s life story, with some decent acting, a lot of business in the directing—some of it successful, and a smattering of bisexual thrills.
posted by June @ 6:55 PM
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Better than the first Harry Potter movie, but still too determined to provide a literal reproduction of the book. The cast, a roll call of the great genre actors of the last quarter-century, is criminally underused.
posted by June @ 3:25 PM
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