Latest Bellwether Films: 6 June 2010
Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher in 'Killers'
Get Him to the Greek - Hollywood entertainment goffball comedy
An ambitious record company flunkie (Jonah Hill) gets the career-making dream assignment of escorting his personal rock god idol (Russell Brand) from London to LA’s Greek Theater for his anniversary concert kick-off of a $100-million world tour. Along the way he must coax, lie, cajole, facilitate and put his relationship with his true-love girlfriend (Elisabeth Moss) at risk to contend with all the distractions, side trips, brawls and hedonistic indulgences of his charge. Upshot: Raunchy humor about the perils of debauchery. Satisfaction rating: ABOVE AVERAGE - 77
Marmaduke - Hollywood anthropomorphic kid-friendly comedy
When his human family moves from Kansas to the OC in Southern California, a lovable Great Dane tries to fit in with the pedigreed canines at the dog park while completely oblivious to the unintended havoc left in his wake. Upshot: Talking animal wit and scatological humor served up in family-friendly fashion with the voices of Owen Wilson, Fergie, George Lopez, Emma Stone and Kiefer Sutherland. Satisfaction rating: GOOD - 45
Killers - Hollywood espionage action romantic-comedy
On the rebound from a failed relationship, a beautiful young computer tech (Katherine Heigl) falls for the man of her dreams (Ashton Kutcher) while vacationing on the French Riviera. Three idyllic years of marriage later, the neighbors suddenly start trying to kill her husband to collect a $20 million bounty. Turns out, he forgot to mention that he had been an international super-spy. Now, between dodging bullets, they must find out who wants him dead and why. Upshot: Guilty pleasure for fans of the charismatic leads in an also-ran Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Satisfaction rating: BELOW AVERAGE - 31
Splice - Hollywood speculative-present horror science-fiction
Using gene splicing in the search for medical cures, two young scientists (Adrien Brody, Sarah Poley) create a part-human, part-animal creature (Delphine Chaneac) that threatens all humanity. Satisfaction rating: GOOD - 49
Vincent will meer (Vincent wants the sea) - German road trip comedy drama
His mother’s last wish was to see the sea once more. But now his estranged politician father (Heino Ferch) wants him returned to the institution. So the 27-year-old Tourette’s sufferer (Florian David Fitz) grabs his mother’s ashes and, together with his anorexic (Karoline Herfurth) and compulsive (John Allmayer) friends, sets off on a madcap cross-country race to the Italian coast to cast his mother’s ashes adrift before they get caught. Satisfaction rating: ABOVE AVERAGE - 75
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World's Favorite Films 2010
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World's Favorite Foreign Language Films 2010
Aftershock (Chinese)
L'arnacoeur (French)
The Borrower Arietty (Japanese)
Ip Man 2 (Chinese)
Pokemon: Phanton Ruler Zoroark (Japanese)
Confessions (Japanese)
My Name Is Khan (Bollywood)
Nodame Cantabile 2 (Japanese)
Blood Brothers: Secret Reunion (Korean)
Doraemon: Mermaid Adventure (Japanese)
Raajneeti (Bollywood)
Little Big Soldier (Chinese)
La Rafle (French)
Les Aventures Extraordinaire d'Adele Blanc-Sec (French)
Io, loro e Lara (Italian)
Liar Game (Japanese)
Our Rossiya (Russian)
Moss (Korean)
71 - Into the Gunfire (Korean)
Housefull (Bollywood)
