In the first reel of Peter Bratt's LA MISSION we follow Che Rivera (picture left, embodied by Benjamin Bratt) through his typical day as a bus driver, lowrider enthusiast, recovering alcoholic, tough guy and respected man on the street in San Francisco's Mission district. Just when you begin to worry that the film is way too marinated in macho sweat -- you'll lose track of the number of "bros" uttered, fists bumped -- we're introduced to Che's teenage son Jes (Jeremy Ray Valdez) who happens to be secretly shacked up with rich white boy Jordan (Max Rosenak). The upcoming conflict is clear. How will the macho ex-con father ever deal once he finds out about his one and only son?read the rest @ my weekly Towleroad column ...
...for my take on La Mission, Date Night and the tense Australian crime film The Square. I'll have a few more things to say about Christina Ricci's latest feature After.Life as soon as I can get to it.
In other theatrical news, apparently The Runaways is expanding back to its opening weekend size again. Which wasn't very big to begin with. I haven't a clue why that film (a rock biopic with two big stars) opened with such a small theatrical count or why they let the theater count drop for two weeks before re-expanding to opening weekend size. What is going on with that films release, Apparition? This is not as arthouse as Control. Why treat it like it wouldn't have mass appeal? If you haven't seen it yet it's definitely worth a look. It's at least on par if not better than its Oscar nominated blood relations (Ray, Walk the Line) though it's too youthful and edgy to incite similar golden showers. Wait! That came out wrong. Golden Showers. haha. Well, in my defence, Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) does pee on a guitar.*
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Golden showers eh nat,that says a lot,i know you like hairy butts but wee wee aswell.
ewww gross. I did not say i LIKED golden showers. get yo mind out of the gutter.
Well, on the Oscars, although they have good taste, it's not great. They should be: An eternally young International Film Institute focused on heavily innovative films. They are: A body interested primarily in clever, but not innovative, American films.
I knew there was something weird going on with the Runaways release when Apparition chose to premiere the theatrical trailer a mere two weeks before opening day.
I just saw The Runaways and I really liked it and it is superior to Ray, there's a strange charm coming out of the 3 characters I fell in love with them...
"La Mission" is really such an amazing movie .
But I love to watch new released movies ..
This month I have seen new released movies :
Letter To God
The Dark Night
Superb Movies.........
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