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MOSQUITA Y MARI
This a cute latino coming-of-age story. Set in L.A.’s predominately immigrant Huntington Park area it tells of two Mexican teenage girls who become neighbors. One of them Yolanda, who’s nickname is Mosquita, is a good girl who lives in a nice home with hard-working pushy parents who are proud of their daughter who gets straight…
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EASY MONEY
Although I no longer watch any TV programs at all, even I know that ‘The Killing’ has been a hit series on both sides of the Atlantic. Although naturally the US were not content with Danish original so they shot an American version. Into this they cast Joel Kinnaman as a sullen scruffy Detective, and…
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SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED
The editors of a Seattle magazine are desperately clutching at straws to find enough stories to fill their next issue. Jeff, one of the journalists, mentions an anonymous advert that he has spotted asking for a time-travelling companion. It reads ‘must bring your own weapons’ and finishes with ‘safety not guaranteed’. Given the go-ahead to…
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THE WELL DIGGER’S DAUGHTER
This sentimental old-fashioned French melodrama oozing with charm is a faithful remake of the 1940 original movie penned and directed by novelist turned playwright Marcel Pagnol. This time it is helmed by veteran award winning actor Daniel Auteuil making his directing debut and taking the starring role too. There are no CGI, (computer generated imagery)…
