FilmWeek: KPCC film critics Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com and Lael Loewensten of Variety join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including Hereafter, Red, Conviction, Down Terrace and Almar, among others. TGI-Filmweek!
Films reviewed:
Hereafter
A reluctant psychic, a French journalist and a British boy each ponder life after death.
Starring: Matt Damon, Cécile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard, Derek Jacobi & Jay Mohr
Written: by Peter Morgan
Directed: by Clint Eastwood
Rated: PG-13
Warner Brothers
Red
Three former CIA operatives plan to reveal conspiracies in order to embarrass the Agency.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich & Helen Mirren
Written: by Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber
Directed: by Robert Schwentke
Rated: PG-13
Summit Entertainment
Conviction
A woman works to overturn her brother’s murder conviction.
Starring: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver, Juliette Lewis & Peter Gallagher
Written: by Pamela Gray
Directed: by Tony Goldwyn
Rated: R
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Almar
A Father teaches his young son about his Mayan heritage.
Starring: Jorge Machado, Roberta Palombini, Natan Machado Palombini,
Néstor Marín “Matraca”
Written and Directed: by Pedro Gonzalez Rubio
In Spanish and Italian with English subtitles
Unrated
Film Movement
Letters to Father Jacob
Recently released from prison, a young woman takes a job as a personal assistant for a blind priest.
Starring: Kaarina Hazard and Heikki Nousiainen
Written & Directed: by Klaus Haro
In Finnish with English subtitles
Rated: unrated
Olive Films
Down Terrace
A Father and son from a small crime family are recently released from prison and must deal with infighting and betrayal within their ranks.
Starring: Robert Hill, Robin Hill, Julia Deakin, Kerry Peacock and Tony Way
Written: by Robin Hill and Ben Wheatly
Directed: by Ben Wheatly
Rated: R
Magnet Releasing
Inside Job
Documentary examines the global financial crisis of 2008.
Narrated: by Matt Damon
Written & Directed: by Charles Ferguson
Rated: PG-13
Sony Pictures Classics
Jim
A man contemplating suicide decides to clone his dead wife from her frozen eggs
Starring: Dan Illian, Vanessa Morris-Burke, Abigail Savage, Michael Strelow, Atticus Cain
Written & Directed: by Jeremy Morris-Burke
Unrated
TinMouth Films