now playing 07/13

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L I M I T E D

Hula Girls This was Japan's Oscar entry last year
Interview Sienna Miller (left) and Steve Buscemi play talking heads in this indie. I don't know how to phrase this heavily qualified question but re Sienna: Isn't she now the most famous actress in the world to have worked consistently whilst never deriving any portion of her fame from her actual film work? I'm genuinely curious. I don't think she's a bad actress but the fame level is really high considering...
My Best Friend Daniel Auteuil in a French comedy about a businessman who discovers he has no friends. I like Auteuil but my Francophilia is heavily drama based. Comedy is another story though I should note that the first French movie I ever saw was Les Comperes in 1984 with Gerard Depardieu and I thought it was rilllly funny (at the time)

Talk to Me Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda) takes on another true story, this time it's lighter: the story of "Petey" Greene Jr, a DJ and social activist in DC. Is it wrong that when I see him going for laughs in period garb all I can think about is his sad but comic character beats in Boogie Nights --god, he's so good in that one.
Time (right) Kim Ki-Duk's (3-Iron, spring summer fall winter and spring) intriguing looking tale of a desperate woman, plastic surgery, and the evolution of romantic relationships

W I D E

Captivity [no link on purpose] I'm so sick of hearing about this movie. I don't wanna say another word except this. I laughed at this line on Reel Fanatic "I had originally intended to list the 100 or so things I'd rather do with Elisha Cuthbert than torture and abuse her..." hee

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix I get confused by the public hysteria over this series. I understand why people love it having read two of the books... but I don't understand the L-O-V-E. I found the first book super fun and the second exactly like the first so why continue? --this conversation is brought to you by 2001 it's 2007 I'll shut up now --here's my point/question: the accompanying fervor for Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) and Emma Watson (Hermione) offscreen...? Huh!? They haven't made other movies. They're completely unterrible in the roles but neither are they exactly [ahem] Oscar worthy --it's easy to imagine dozens of other young actors being just as good or better. So... yeah... no. don't get it. I can only assume it's like television fame: you're super famous but only in connection with your character and as soon as you're off the air the fame evaporates into "he was in that television show!" which is a vaguely eternal but unhysteric fame and far more comprehensible to the non fan.

I'm probably only talking about this because I'm still just freaked out by how awful Daniel looks in that new Details photo shoot. He's suddenly like an ugly mutated version of Elijah Wood at his freakiest looking. When did that happen? Who approved that shot?