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Department of Romance Languages, at
the 700 screening
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (R) It
Charles Dickens had set any of his
littlest-orphan-makes-good epics
in the stums of Mumbai and on the
uncomfortabte future-chic stage of the
Indian TV show "Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire’.' Slumdog Millionaire.
winner of the Golden Globe tor Best
Drama, would tie a near perfect adapta
tion of that unwritten classic from
one of literatures most popular mack
daddies Given the circumstances.
Oscar winners director Danny Boyle
and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (The
Full Monty) have merely adapted
Indian author Vikas Swamp's Q & A
into an uncommon feel-good movie
that accomplishes its uplifting objective
without resorting to clingy cliches that
leave the emotions sugar-sticky from
their manipulative tumblings
TAKEN (PG-13) Recently retired ‘pre
venter,’ Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson).
has given up his dangerous, globetrot
ting profession to be closer to his
teenaged daughter. Kim (Maggie Grace,
“Lost'). Shortly after turning 17, Kim
asks her dad for permission to travel
to Paris for the summer Well aware
of the dangers lurking in the shadows
of the City of Lights, Bryan reticently
agrees As soon as you can translate “I
told you so’ into French. Kim and her
pal have been kidnapped by human
traffickers from Albania. Bryan goes all
commando on Paris, threatening to tear
down the Eiffel Tower if he has to You
can easily imagine how this venge
ful mission goes, but director Morel
makes the trip feel fresh and new Its
a quick, tough movie that your parents
might even enjoy thanks to the toned-
down. PG-13 violence.
THEATER OF WAR (NR) 2008 John
Walter's documentary examines the
life and ideas of playwright Bertolt
Brecht as it goes behind the scenes
of The Public Theaters 2006 produc
tion of Mother Courage that starred
Meryl Streep in the title rote Pad
of CiniS Anniversary Film Festival
Co-sponsored by the German and
Slavic Studies Department at UGA with
an introduction by Dr Martin Kagei,
Professor of German and Department
Head of the Germanic and Slavic
Studies Department at UGA
TWILIGHT (PG-13) Fortunately
Twilight isn't the unmitigated disaster
t anticipated Thanks to a writer and
director who took the Romeo and Juliet
courtship of a vampire and a human
seriously, the film rises above giggle-
inducing dialogue, groan-inducing
vampire super-speed and strength, and
a simplistic makeup-and-snarl depic
tion of its central monsters
TWO LOVERS (R) See Movie Pick
UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE
LYCANS (R) Probably the best entry
in this underwhelming franchise.
Underworld Rise of the Lycans won't
win any new fans but should please
those already in like with the eternal
war between vampire and werewolf
THE UNINVITED (PG-13) The ghost
of Anna Rydelfs (Lemony Snickets
Emily Browning) dead mother warns
her that her fathers new girlfriend,
Rachel (Elizabeth Banks), isn't what
she seems to be I won t hold The
Unmviterfs being a remake of A Tale
of Two Sisters against it considering
the connection is pretty tenuous The
British Guard brothers (Thomas and
Charles) make their feature directing
debut with this PG-13 horror flick With
David Strathairn and Anelie Kebbel
(The Grudge 2)
UNNATURAL CAUSES NR) The
2009 Unnatural Causes Film and
Discussion Senes addresses the
inequities and discrimination that exist
in American healthcare The second
episode of the series. “When the Bough
Breaks." examines the subsiantiaily
higher meant mortality rates tor African
Americans.
WATCHMEN (R) My inner-fan pf Alan
Moore and Dave Gibbons landmark.
Hugo Award-winning graphic novel
adored what director Zack Snyder fash
ioned from the script by David Hayter
and Alex Tse My outer critic noted
several flaws Thankfully, none of them
threaten the films structural stability
Watchmen is not the greatest comic
book movie of all time, yet consider
ing the height of its twin measuring
sticks, such expectations may have
been too great to begin with A vicious
hard R-ratmg and a deep philosophical
cynicism practically ensure its failure
as a box office juggernaut and award
contender Yet Snyder has pulled off
the impossible Watchmen—a perfect
capstone for the present superhero
renaissance—has been brought to
beautiful, ambitious, art stic. flawed
and extremely watchable tile
WHERE GOO LEFT HIS SHOES
(NR) 2007 Writer-director Salvatore
Stabiles film follows Frank Diaz's
struggles to find a job and a place to
live after he and his family are evicted
from their New York City apartment
Winner of the Human itas Prize tor Best
Feature Film at the 2007 Sundance
Film Festival
THE WRESTLER (R? Academy
Award-nominee Mickey Rourke may
be the best thing in The Wrestler, hut
he's also the worst His performance,
the best ot last year and one of the
strongest in recent memory, is so bril
liant that it eclipses the overall excel
lence ot acclaimed filmmaker Darren
Aronofsky's fourth feature The Wrestler
leaves 2008 s squared circle with the
championship belt held high in the
air as blood streams down its face
No other film matched its virtuality, its
seeming recreation of a real person
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