Controversial filmmaker, Michael Haneke, is reunited with Isabelle Huppert, the star of ... more
'The Piano Teacher', in this nightmarish vision of a post-apocalyptic world in which society has completely broken down. Huppert plays Anne, who flees the city with...
Michael Haneke directs this nightmarish vision of a post-apocalyptic world in which ... more
society has completely broken down. Isabelle Huppert plays Anne who flees the city with her husband Georges and their two children in the hope of finding safe refuge ...
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Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Advantages: Classic 80's movie Disadvantages: None
Teen Wolf
One of my favourite 80?s movies of all times has to be Teen Wolf. It?s one of those that you know all the lines to and can watch over and over again and still not get bored. I think it combines that classic 80?s cheesiness with the perfect mix of teen angst, and love and friendship to bring you a great film.
The basic plot for the show involves a Scott Howard, a high school student who is struggling with the fact that he is able to transform into a werewolf. He keeps this to himself for a while but upon divulging it to his father, finds out that he too is a werewolf and gives him advice on how to deal with it. Scott doesn?t really take his advice as he finds that, after some initial reservations from the other students it now gives him a edge at high school and he becomes the popular kid. Throw in a couple love interests ...
Spottydog11 23.03.2009
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Advantages: Sophiscated storyline, unpredictable and swaying viewer's opinions throughout. Disadvantages: Some under developed characters. Not for the classic slasher fans.
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The film begins with meeting a wealthy English boy called Owen. He was sent to American's boarding school by his father, as the only thing that revolves around his life is his job, so he has little time for Owen. As for his mother, there was no sight or mention of it.
On Owen's first day at school, he met a confident and popular girl called Dodger. She is attractive, yet obviously cunning and is troubled. But Owen was grateful that Dodger would even speak to him and was willing to take him under her wings. During the film, you will also meet Tom, Owen's roommate, who coincidently belongs to Dodger's gang. One night, Tom wakes Owen up to meet his gang in the school chapel. This was obviously forbidden, but the thrill of it seduced Owen to go there.
On the meeting of the gang, who they called ...
Moogiekupo 27.08.2006
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Advantages: Tense, psychological horor in the main Disadvantages: Can get a bit gruesome for some maybe?
Australia, land of dreams, beach parties, barbecues and back packers. A country where 30,000 people go missing every year (or so this film tells us), fortunately 90% of them turn up or are found within a month. That still leaves 3,000 people who vanish, never to be seen again, or possibly are found after one month? The Australian outback is an unforgiving place and it is possible some of these missing people just got lost there and were never found again, but then it is just as possible that what happened to them is just a little bit more down to who they met rather than where they were.
Wolf Creek tells the story of what happened to some of those missing people and is based, take note of that word, on a true story.
We open in Broome, a pleasant looking coastal town where two British girls, Chris & Lizzy, are nearing the end ...
Ailran 06.10.2005 (07.10.2005)
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Theatrical Trailer, Cast And Crew Filmographies, Making Of Documentary, Cannes Featurette
Aspect Ratio
Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 French
Professional reviews
Review
"...Its moral severity and visual power make it bleakly compelling..." (Sukhdev Sandhu) (Daily Telegraph, )
"...Astonishing cinematography..." (Geoff Andrew) (Sight and Sound, )
"...Challenging and demanding. As ever with Haneke, it's extreme cinema withut anaesthetic..." (Peter Bradshaw) (The Guardian, )
"...This masterful film... driven by Huppert's superb, largely wordless performance...[has] extraordinary final moments..." (Scott Foundas) (Variety, )
DVD Description
Michael Haneke's TIME OF THE WOLF is an emotionally riveting film that takes place in post-apocalyptic rural France. Keeping the film at a constantly tense level even though the characters are for the most part calm and logical, Haneke has mastered the art of controlling his audience. Viewers will find it hard to look away from the screen--or even move in their seats--as they sit frozen by the powerful performances of Isabelle Huppert and Anais Demoustier. The story follows a family of four who load up their supplies and retreat from Paris after a disaster leaves the water contaminated and livestock sickened, causing the government to put sanctions of food and fuel. Arriving at their country house, the family is attacked, their patriarch is murdered, and their supplies are stolen, leaving Anne (Huppert), Eva (Demoustier) and the fragile young Ben (Lucas Biscombe) to wander the bleak countryside in a fervent search for justice and protection. Settling into a makeshift commune in a railroad station, the threesome struggle to make it through each day among chaos, prostitution and rape, competitive barter for food and water, and long episodes of their companions screaming or sobbing. Depressing and frightening, yet totally compelling, TIME OF THE WOLF is a myth with epic feeling. Most of the action takes place off-screen as the protagonists react, and this method of storytelling infuses the film with natural suspense. The result is one great big deep and eerie shiver.
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