A baggy, dead-end story of a Parisian garage DJ straining for Peter Pan agelessness, Eden bumps along with all the live-for-tonight randomness of its characters’ twilight habits. That is, until the bill comes due in a somber final act that belies much of the ecstasy- and champagne-fueled exaltation and romance that came before. One could […]
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Le Week-End
Like many movies about couples who treat their relationship as a sparring ring, Roger Michell’s Le Week-End dares you to choose sides. Do you plunk down your support for the affable but retiring bookish bloke Nick (Jim Broadbent)? Or do you take the side of the skittery and cat-like Meg (Lindsay Duncan). He pokes at […]
3 Days to Kill
Even if you didn’t read the credits, it would only take a few minutes to realize that 3 Days to Kill has writer/producer Luc Besson’s fingerprints all over it. Elaborate action scenes set in the streets of Paris, a macho hero with a special set of elite skills, a generic family subplot — all his […]