KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Rio, Scream 4, The Conspirator, Henry’s Crime, Atlas Shrugged Part I, American: The Bill Hicks Story and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
Guests:
Henry Sheehan, film critic for KPCC and henrysheehan.com
Tim Cogshell, film critic for KPCC and Box Office Magazine
Charles Solomon, film critic for KPCC and amazon.com
Films Reviewed:
Rio (In 3D) A pet macaw from rural Minnesota meets an independent female bird and has adventures in Rio de Janeiro.
Starring: the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway and George Lopez
Written by: Don Rhymer
Directed by: Carlos Saldanha
Rated: G
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Scream 4
A woman returns to her hometown and finds that a masked killer has resurfaced after 10 years.
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette
Written by: Kevin Williamson
Directed by: Wes Craven
Rated: R
The Weinstein Company
The Conspirator
Eight people are arrested and charged with a conspiracy in the wake of Lincoln’s assassination.
Starring: James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline and Evan Rachel Wood
Written by: James D. Solomon
Directed by: Robert Redford
Rated: PG-13
Roadside Attractions
The Princess of Montpensier
A young heiress in an arranged marriage longs for another in 16th-century France.
Starring: Melanie Thierry , Lambert Wilson and Gregoire Leprince Ringuet
Written by: Jean Cosmos, Francois Olivier Rousseau and Bertrand Tavernier
Directed by: Bertrand Tavernier
Not rated
IFC Films
Henry’s Crime
An ex-con joins a theater troupe in order to execute a bank heist.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, James Caan and Judy Greer
Written by: Sacha Gervasi and David White
Directed by: Malcolm Venville
Rated: R
Moving Pictures Film and Television
My Perestroika
(Sunset 5)
Follows the lives of five people who grew up during the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Directed by: Robin Hessman
Not rated
International Film Circuit
Atlas Shrugged Part 1
A railroad heiress tries to discover the cause of a crumbling society in the 1950s.
Starring: Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden and Graham Beckel
Written by: Brian Patrick O'Toole and John Aglialoro
Directed by: Paul Johansson
Rated: PG-13
Rocky Mountain Pictures
American: The Bill Hicks Story
(Sunset 5)
Tells the story of outspoken and ribald comedian Bill Hicks.
Starring: Mary Hicks, Kevin Booth, Dwight Slade and David Johndrow
Directed by: Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas
Not rated
Variance Films
Le Quattro Volte (The Four Times)
(Nuart, April 15-21)
A sickly elderly shepherd observes the cycles of life in medieval Italy.
Starring: Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano and Nazareno Timpano
Written and directed by: Michelangelo Frammartino
Not rated
Kino International
Wretches and Jabberers
Two men autistic men embark on a global journey to educate people about autism.
Starring: Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette
Directed by: Gerardine Wurzburg
Not rated
Unknown distributor
DVDs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
Directed by: David Yates
Country Strong
Starring: Garrett Hedlund, Gwyneth Paltrow and Leighton Meester
Directed by: Shana Feste