The Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse 2004 R, 99 min. Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Olivier Dahan Cast: Jean Reno, Benoit Magimel, Camille Natta, Christopher Lee, Johnny Hallyday, Serge Riaboukine, Augustin Legrand, Gabrielle Lazure, Andre Penvern, Cyril Raffaelli
In the process of investigating a series of murders, Commissaire Niemans (Jean Reno) teams up with young policeman Reda (Benoit Magimel), and they uncover a superhuman group dressed as monks and calling themselves "The Angels of the Apocalypse."
|  | |
Look at Me 2004 PG-13, 110 min. Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Agnes Jaoui Cast: Marilou Berry, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnes Jaoui, Laurent Grevill, Virginie Desarnauts, Keine Bouhiza, Gregoire Oestermann, Serge Riaboukine, Michele Moretti, Jean-Pierre Lazzerini, Yves Verhoeven
Lolita (Marilou Berry) is a gifted singer but suffers from low self-esteem. The fact that Lolita's father (Jean-Pierre Bacri) is a self-obsessed writer and publisher who ignores her doesn't help her problem. When Lolita determines to move out from her father's shadow, the effort does not prove to be an easy task.
|  | |
Mondays in the Sun 2002 R, 113 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama aka: Los Lunes al sol
Director: Fernando Leon de Aranda Cast: Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, Jose Angel Egido, Nieve de Medina, Enrique Villen, Celso Bugallo, Joaquin Climent, Aida Folch, Serge Riaboukine, Laura Dominguez, Andres Lima, Pepo Oliva, Fernado Tejero, Antonio Mourelos, Cesar Cambeiro
Out-of-work shipyard workers in Spain gather in a bar where they commiserate with each other over the closing of their town's shipyard. Santa (Javier Bardem) sees hope for the future and wants to move to Australia, while Jose (Luis Tosar) feels insecure about his marital status because it is his wife (Nieve de Medina) who is bringing in the money to support them. Amador's (Celso Bugallo) wife left him awhile ago, and he is depressed but assures the others that she will be returning. Lino (Jose Angel Egido), unlike the others, keeps searching for employment. But, for all of them, each day is an idle day with no job on the horizon.
|  | |
Time of the Wolf 2003 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Michael Haneke Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Maurice Benichou, Lucas Biscombe, Anais Demoustier, Olivier Gourmet, Patrice Chereau, Brigitte Rouan, Beatrice Dalle, Rona Hartner, Hakim Taleb, Serge Riaboukine, Florence Loiret
When Anna (Isabelle Huppert) and her family arrive at their cabin, they are confronted by strangers. Gun shots fly, and the father is killed. Anna and children Ben (Lucas Biscombe) and Eva (Anais Demoustier) flee into a hostile world that suddenly lacks any apparent social order. After wandering through the eerie countryside, they arrive at a railroad station where they encounter other refugees waiting for salvation that may or may not come.
|  | |
| 1. The Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
2. Look at Me (2004)
3. Mondays in the Sun (2002) aka: Los Lunes al sol
4. Time of the Wolf (2003)
In The News
|