Perfect Murder
Credits: Directed by Andrew Davis
Details: (MA15+), 105 mins, United States, English
Synopsis: Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor (Michael Douglas) has everything except what he craves most - the love and fidelity of his wife Emily (Gwyneth michael kors factory outlet Paltrow), his most treasured acquisition. But Emily wants and needs more than just a role as a dazzling accessory in her husband's world. Brilliant and sophisticated, Emily, who works as a multi-lingual translator and aide to the US Amabassador to the United Nations, has been involved with David Shaw (Viggo Mortensen), a talented but michael kors handbags uk struggling artist. When Steven learns the truth, a scheme as complex as a lethal board game is put in motion. A perfect murder - with Emily as the target.
Some people might think that if you`re going to remake a film by Alfred Hitchcock then you`d better up your game and do it better. Well, the team behind A Perfect Murder have made the attempt. A Perfect Murder is based on Frederick Knotts` play Dial M For Murder which Hitchcock filmed in 1954 with Ray Milland, Grace Kelly and Robert Cummings. In A Perfect Murder it`s only a basic plot point which remains the same, the names and the location and the style really are quite discount michael kors different. Attempting to update the story with such a major plot change has merely made every single character in the film singularly unappealing. It was thrilling enough the way Hitchcock told it, but basically the story is too thin and too incredible for 90`s consumption. Andrew Davis - of The Fugitive fame - was the director and he brings a certain glossy style to the film, we see how the rich live in New York and Paltrow is an elegant clothes horse. Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow are rather cold in their roles, we obviously don`t warm to him but we don`t to her either. Viggo Mortensen has a charismatic presence on screen but even he can`t inject much intelligence into Shaw`s character. British actor David Suchet does the most interesting work in the film as an Arab-American cop.
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This multi-award winning film tells of an impossible gay relationship between a young Israeli and a young Palestinian viewed through the lives of three young Israelis - two gay men and a young straight woman - who share an apartment in a trendy suburb of Tel Aviv. Award at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival. Directed by Eytan Fox and stars Ohad Knoller, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid and Daniella Wircer. (From Israel, in Hebrew, Arabic and English) (Romance) (2006) (Rpt) MA (S)
In picturesque Montmartre in 1942, three children wearing a yellow star play in the streets, oblivious to the darkness spreading over Nazi-occupied France. Their parents do not seem too concerned either, somehow putting their trust in the Vichy Government. But beyond this view, much is going on. Hitler has demanded that the French government round up its Jews and put them on trains for the extermination camps in the east. Directed by Rose Bosch and stars Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent and Gad Elmaleh. (From France, in French and German) (War) (2010) M (A)
Gianni, a middle-aged man with mounting debts, is forced to entertain his 93-year-old mother and three other feisty michael kors crossbody women during Italy's biggest summer holiday. The other women include the mothers of his landlord and doctor, who will forgive his debts in exchange for his service. Winner of the Pasinetti Award for Best Film at the 2008 Venice Film Festival. Directed by and stars Gianni di Gregorio. Also stars Valeria De Franciscis and Marina Cacciotti. (From Italy, in Italian) (Comedy) (2008) PG
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