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Director: Andrew Adamson
Stars: Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley (Full Cast)
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesThe Plot: The Pevensie children return to Narnia one year after their first adventure in the magical land. Soon after entering the kingdom, however, they learn that 1,000 years has passed here, and all is not well since an evil king ascended to the throne. The children and allies both old and new band together to help restore the kingdom to its rightful heir, Prince Caspian (Barnes). THE BUZZ: Remember how popular The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was -- how it literally was twice as successful as the Golden Compass worldwide and, of course, how the "Lazy Sunday" video reignited "Saturday Night Live"'s creative streak? How exactly Prince Caspian has failed to generate much advance hype is a question for marketing types to research and blogger types to get snarky about, but I will assert that Wardrobe was a slow, unmemorable movie, and that might be part of the reason there's a general lack of excitement for Caspian. That said, the second chapter's ratcheted-up action might help reignite the franchise, even if Disney's thinking of ending the story after The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ... I have to imagine there'll be lots of talk about future Narnia adventures soon after Caspian's opening-weekend numbers are announced. Message Boards: wow, getting ahead of themselves, hmm? [pic of caspian-susan kiss] | How come there are no people of color in the chronicles of Narnia? Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews |
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Director: Joachim Trier
Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Espen Klouman-Høiner, Viktoria Winge (Full Cast)
Studio: Red Envelope EntertainmentThe Plot: A look at what happens -- and also what could have happened -- after best friends Phillip (Lie) and Erik (Klouman-Høiner) drop their respective manuscripts into the same mailbox, both of them hoping their first novels will be picked up for publication. THE BUZZ: Norwegian Joachim Trier's first film has impressed the harshest critics and has been called one of the best movies about making art in some time. Twitch Film says: "... Trier proves himself remarkably adept at moving between moods, flitting easily between comedy, romance and tragedy - simply refusing to delineate these different elements into neat little compartments because this is simply not how life happens." Read the rest of their review here and watch the trailer over here
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Director: Georgina Riedel
Stars: Elizabeth Peña, America Ferrera, Lucy Gallardo (Full Cast)
Studio: Maya EntertainmentThe Plot: Residents of a sleepy Arizona town find plenty to gossip about when three generations of women from a local family experience sexual awakenings over the course of a summer. THE BUZZ: Short-film director Georgina Riedel finds her 2005 debut feature picked up by fledgling distributor Maya Releasing (who has the Independent Spirit Award-winning August Evening on deck for later this summer). Why? America Ferrara's one of the leads, and Garcia Girls has been compared to the young star's first film, Real Women Have Curves in terms of its themes and overall good cheer. Message Boards: Novel | Sequel? Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews |
