KPCC film critics Andy Klein and Claudia Puig join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Sanctum, The Other Woman, Waiting for Forever, Troubadours and more. TGI-FilmWeek!
Guests:
Andy Klein, film critic for KPCC and Brand X
Claudia Puig, film critic for KPCC and USA Today
Peter Rainer, film critic for KPCC and The Christian Science Monitor
Films Reviewed:
Sanctum (in 3D)
A group of extreme cave divers try to escape a labyrinthine cave when a flash flood cuts off their route to the sea.
Starring: Richard Roxburgh, Rhys Wakefield and Ioan Gruffudd
Written by: John Garvin and Andrew Wight
Directed by: Alister Grierson
Rated: R
Universal Pictures
The Other Woman
A newlywed law school graduate struggles with the death of her daughter and a new stepson.
Starring: Natalie Portman, Scott Cohen, Lisa Kudrow and Charlie Tahan
Written and directed by: Don Roos
based on a novel by Ayelet Waldman
Rated: R
IFC Films
Waiting for Forever
A lovable and eccentric slacker attempts to woo his childhood best friend who has become a successful actress.
Starring: Rachel Bilson and Tom Sturridge
Written by: Steve Adams
Directed by: James Keach
Rated: PG-13
Freestyle Releasing
Troubadours
Traces the dawn of the singer/songwriter era and its connection to LA’s legendary music venue, The Troubadour.
Starring: Lou Adler, Peter Asher, James Taylor, Carole King, Elton John, Jackson Browne and Paul Body
Directed by: Morgan Neville
Not Rated
Unknown Distributor
Twelve Thirty
A self-centered young man gets mixed up in the lives of each member of his dysfunctional family.
Starring: Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer, Karen Young, Reed Birney, Barbara Barrie and Halley Feiffer
Written and directed by: Jeff Lipsky
Not rated
Unknown distributor
Zenith
A man uncovers a conspiracy while investigating his father’s life.
Starring: Peter Scanavino, Jason Robards III and Ana Asensio
Written and directed by: Vladan Nikolic
Not rated
Cinema Purgatorio
Kaboom
A slacker college student’s lackadaisical lifestyle is disrupted after the events of a fateful night.
Starring: Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Juno Temple and Chris Zylka
Written and directed by: Gregg Araki
Not rated
IFC Films
What Women Want
A Chinese remake of the 2000 romantic comedy in which a man acquires the ability to hear women’s inner thoughts after an accident.
Starring: Andy Lau, Gong Li and Li Yuan
Written and directed by: Daming Chen
based on the screenplay by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa
Not rated
China Lion
DVDs
Let Me In
Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz and Richard Jenkins
Directed by: Matt Reeves
The Tillman Story
Starring: Pat Tillman and Richard Tillman
Directed by: Amir Bar-Lev
Enter the Void
Starring: Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta and Cyril Roy
Directed by: Gaspar Noé