KPCC film critics Peter Rainer, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including The Tourist, The Fighter, The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, All Good Things, and The Tempest, among others. TGI-FilmWeek!
Guests:
Peter Rainer, film critic for Christian Science Monitor
Tim Cogshell, senior film critic for Box Office Magazine
Charles Solomon, animation critic, author and historian for amazon.com
Films Reviewed
The Tourist
An American tourist is mistaken for an internationally known criminal after getting involved with a mysterious woman.
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp and Paul Bettany
Written by: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Christopher McQuarrie and Julian Fellowes
Directed by: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Rated: PG-13
Columbia Pictures
The Fighter
The comeback story of boxer “Irish” Micky Ward and his troubled relationship with his brother and trainer.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams
Written by: Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
Directed by: David O. Russell
Rated: R
Paramount Pictures
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The third Narnia movie finds the royal children on a sea adventure aboard the mystical Dawn Treader.
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes and Ben Barnes
Written by: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeeley and Michael Petroni
Based on the novels by C.S. Lewis
Directed by: Michael Apted
Rated: PG
Fox-Walden
All Good Things
A woman goes missing and her real estate mogul husband is implicated in the mystery.
Based on a true story.
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Ryan Gosling and Frank Langella
Written by: Marcus Hinchey and Marc Smerling
Directed by: Andrew Jarecki
Rated: R
Magnolia Pictures
The Company Men
Three business executives and their families must cope with losing their jobs in a massive economic recession.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper and Kevin Costner
Written and directed by: John Wells
Rated: R
The Weinstein Company
The Tempest
A sorceress queen rules a nearly deserted island while plotting to restore her daughter to the Milanese throne.
Starring: Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones and Djimon Hounsou
Written and directed by: Julie Taymor
Based on the play by William Shakespeare
Rated: PG-13
Touchstone Pictures
Night Catches Us
A young man returns to Philadelphia in the 1970s and must confront his former Black Panther comrades who now distrust him.
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington and Wendell Pierce
Written and directed by: Tanya Hamilton
Rated: R
Magnolia Pictures
Summer Wars
A high school math genius takes a job pretending to be a friend's fiancé only to find himself caught up in a cyber war.
Starring: Maeghan Albach, Chris Ayres and Greg Ayres
Written by: Satoko Okudera
Directed by: Mamoru Hosoda
Not Rated
GKids
Hemingway’s Garden of Eden
During their travels a young writer and his sensual wife meet another woman who complicates their marriage.
Starring: Jack Huston, Mena Suvari, Caterina Murino
Written by: James Scott Linville
Based on a novel by Ernest Hemingway
Directed by: John Irvin
Rated: R
Roadside Attractions
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Starring: Jason Palmer, Desiree Garcia and Sandha Khin
Written and directed by: Damien Chazelle
Not Rated
Inspector Bellamy
A famous Parisian inspector goes on vacation only to be drawn into a new mystery involving his brother.
Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac and Jacques Gamblin
Written by: Odile Barski, Claude Chabrol
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Not Rated
IFC Films
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
A man and his son capture an evil Santa and try to sell him to the oil company whose dig unearthed him.
Starring: Jorma Tommila, Onni Tommila and Peeter Jakobi
Written and directed by: Jalmari Helander
Rated: R
Oscilloscope Laboratories
DVD Releases
On Saturday, December 11th, Charles Solomon will host a Salute to animator Glen Keane at the Cinematheque’s Egyptian theater in Hollywood.
Inception
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page
Written and directed by: Christopher Nolan
Shrek Forever After
Starring: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy
Directed by: Mike Mitchell
Restrepo
Directed by: Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, and Rebel
Starring: Joan Baez, Tony Bennett and Pat Boone
Directed by: Brigitte Berman
Barry Munday
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Judy Greer and Chloë Sevigny
Directed by: Chris D'Arienzo