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Decade in Review: 2005 Top Ten

19 December 2009 4:00 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

2009 is almost over and so many magazines and websites have already offered up their best of the year And decade that I'm afraid y'all will get sick of the retrospectives before The Film Experience has chimed on. Remember: the tortoise wins! 2005's top ten list (in its original form) follows. New comments in red.

Public Favorites (Box Office): Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, War of the Worlds, King Kong, Wedding Crashers, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Batman Begins, Madagascar and Mr & Mrs Smith

Oscar Favorites: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night and Good Luck and Munich

My Vote For UnderAppreciated: In Her Shoes, Happy Endings and The White Countess

Top Ten Runners Up (11-15): The Squid and the Whale, Match Point, The New World, Junebug and The Beat That My Heart Skipped. »

- NATHANIEL R

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Susanne Bier Starting Over with 'Which Brings Me to You'

12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

Adapted by Keith Bunin (a writer on television's In Treatment), this is based on Julianna Baggott and Steve Almond's novel which centers on a single man and single woman who meet at a wedding and begin a relationship in which they write letters describing past romances and missteps. - Susanne Bier might have to get another work visa abroad, as it will be highly unlikely that she'll be working on back to back Danish language projects. After working on some false starts post Things We Lost in the Fire, Bier who is currently filming Civilization a.k.a Hævnen (about Sudan’s refugee camps and in a little Danish provincial town) and might jump onto Which Brings Me to You next for Steve Golin and Richard Brown's Anonymous Content. Adapted by Keith Bunin (a writer on television's In Treatment), this is based on Julianna »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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Sandra Bullock's new film Blind Sides New Moon at Us box office

8 December 2009 3:15 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

The Blind Side rose to No 1 in its third weekend on release, giving Sandra Bullock her second box-office chart-topper this year

The winner

It's rare that a movie climbs up to No 1 in its third weekend, so hats off to The Blind Side for pulling it off. True to its name, Warner Bros' true-life drama snuck up and slipped past Summit's leviathan New Moon, adding an estimated $20.4m (£12.4m) to boost its running total to $129.3m. Sandra Bullock plays the mentor of a homeless African-American kid who helps him become an accomplished American footballer. Now there's talk of an Oscar nomination. With the five most likely contenders at this stage being Helen Mirren (The Last Station) Carey Mulligan (An Education), Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) and Abbie Cornish (Bright Star), Sandy Bullock has a shot. Blimey.

Bullock is enjoying the best box-office year of her career when you »

- Jeremy Kay

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tMF Oscarwatch: Brothers, A Single Man, The Lovely Bones...

7 December 2009 10:01 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Three of my most anticipated movies have been released already - Brothers, The Lovely Bones and A Single Man. Two of them, A Single Man and Brothers, seem to be getting the kind of attention and raves they deserved while The Lovely Bones is now considered as one of the most divisive in regards to critics' assessment of the said Peter Jackson film. So what's the latest buzz right this minute?

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- - - A Single Man: The recent win as Best Actor for Colin Firth at the Venice Film Fest appears to be a good omen for Tom Ford's directorial debut. I have yet to read anything 'drastically' negative about it.

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Says Karina Longworth, who is now with INDIEWire:

In his boldest visual choice, Ford manipulates the film's palette to match the evolving emotional tone. George's flashbacks are generally crayon-colored and his present desaturated and neutral, »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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tMF Oscarwatch: Brothers, A Single Man, The Lovely Bones...

7 December 2009 10:01 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Three of my most anticipated movies have been released already - Brothers, The Lovely Bones and A Single Man. Two of them, A Single Man and Brothers, seem to be getting the kind of attention and raves they deserved while The Lovely Bones is now considered as one of the most divisive in regards to critics' assessment of the said Peter Jackson film. So what's the latest buzz right this minute?

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- - - A Single Man: The recent win as Best Actor for Colin Firth at the Venice Film Fest appears to be a good omen for Tom Ford's directorial debut. I have yet to read anything 'drastically' negative about it.

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Says Karina Longworth, who is now with INDIEWire:

In his boldest visual choice, Ford manipulates the film's palette to match the evolving emotional tone. George's flashbacks are generally crayon-colored and his present desaturated and neutral, »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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tMF Oscarwatch: Brothers, A Single Man, The Lovely Bones...

7 December 2009 10:01 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Three of my most anticipated movies have been released already - Brothers, The Lovely Bones and A Single Man. Two of them, A Single Man and Brothers, seem to be getting the kind of attention and raves they deserved while The Lovely Bones is now considered as one of the most divisive in regards to critics' assessment of the said Peter Jackson film. So what's the latest buzz right this minute?

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- - - A Single Man: The recent win as Best Actor for Colin Firth at the Venice Film Fest appears to be a good omen for Tom Ford's directorial debut. I have yet to read anything 'drastically' negative about it.

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Says Karina Longworth, who is now with INDIEWire:

In his boldest visual choice, Ford manipulates the film's palette to match the evolving emotional tone. George's flashbacks are generally crayon-colored and his present desaturated and neutral, »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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tMF Oscarwatch: Brothers, A Single Man, The Lovely Bones...

7 December 2009 10:01 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Three of my most anticipated movies have been released already - Brothers, The Lovely Bones and A Single Man. Two of them, A Single Man and Brothers, seem to be getting the kind of attention and raves they deserved while The Lovely Bones is now considered as one of the most divisive in regards to critics' assessment of the said Peter Jackson film. So what's the latest buzz right this minute?

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- - - A Single Man: The recent win as Best Actor for Colin Firth at the Venice Film Fest appears to be a good omen for Tom Ford's directorial debut. I have yet to read anything 'drastically' negative about it.

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Says Karina Longworth, who is now with INDIEWire:

In his boldest visual choice, Ford manipulates the film's palette to match the evolving emotional tone. George's flashbacks are generally crayon-colored and his present desaturated and neutral, »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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tMF Oscarwatch: Brothers, A Single Man, The Lovely Bones...

7 December 2009 10:01 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Three of my most anticipated movies have been released already - Brothers, The Lovely Bones and A Single Man. Two of them, A Single Man and Brothers, seem to be getting the kind of attention and raves they deserved while The Lovely Bones is now considered as one of the most divisive in regards to critics' assessment of the said Peter Jackson film. So what's the latest buzz right this minute?

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- - - A Single Man: The recent win as Best Actor for Colin Firth at the Venice Film Fest appears to be a good omen for Tom Ford's directorial debut. I have yet to read anything 'drastically' negative about it.

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Says Karina Longworth, who is now with INDIEWire:

In his boldest visual choice, Ford manipulates the film's palette to match the evolving emotional tone. George's flashbacks are generally crayon-colored and his present desaturated and neutral, »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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tMF Oscarwatch: Brothers, A Single Man, The Lovely Bones...

7 December 2009 10:01 PM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

Three of my most anticipated movies have been released already - Brothers, The Lovely Bones and A Single Man. Two of them, A Single Man and Brothers, seem to be getting the kind of attention and raves they deserved while The Lovely Bones is now considered as one of the most divisive in regards to critics' assessment of the said Peter Jackson film. So what's the latest buzz right this minute?

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- - - A Single Man: The recent win as Best Actor for Colin Firth at the Venice Film Fest appears to be a good omen for Tom Ford's directorial debut. I have yet to read anything 'drastically' negative about it.

- - -

Says Karina Longworth, who is now with INDIEWire:

In his boldest visual choice, Ford manipulates the film's palette to match the evolving emotional tone. George's flashbacks are generally crayon-colored and his present desaturated and neutral, »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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Review: "Brothers"

7 December 2009 7:21 PM, PST | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Seen on: December 1, 2009

The players: Director: Jim Sheridan, Writer: David Benioff, Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard

Facts of interest: Remake of Susanne Bier's "Brodre."

The plot: Brothers Sam and Tommy have a decent relationship until Tommy comforts Sam's wife after he goes missing in Afghanistan and is presumed dead for weeks. 

Our thoughts: Jim Sheridan’s “Brothers” doesn’t feel as intense as Susanne Bier’s original film of the same title, but a handful of surprisingly solid acting performances give this remake a dramatic touch that’s hard to ignore. I wouldn’t count it among my favorite films of the year, but as a drama about a family struggling with loss and loneliness, “Brothers” works. »

- Franck Tabouring

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Brothers - Movie Review

7 December 2009 12:49 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Brothers is a remake of the Danish film by Susanne Bier by Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan, an avowed fan of the American Story. He places two brothers in an unidentified snowy locale somewhere in the Midwest or slightly more west; but the gripping story loses nothing in the shift. The Cahill brothers are Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal) just released from a prison for bank robbery, and Sam, the family hero/military man. Sam is four days from deployment to Afghanistan the day he goes to fetch his brother. Tommy is on high alert against recrimination, in stark contrast to Sam.s loving, calm acceptance and joy at seeing his brother free again. A celebratory family dinner that night is difficult. The »

- Anne Brodie

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Review: Brothers

4 December 2009 11:21 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

If there were ever a milieu made for Jim Sheridan, a military town amid the current war in Iraq is it. Throughout his prestigious career, in movies as different as In the Name of the Father and In America, the Irish filmmaker has specialized in portraits of families under siege and the male psychology pushed to the brink. In Brothers, the David Benioff scripted remake of the 2004 Susanne Bier film, the two elements blend with such natural precision it’s a wonder Sheridan hadn’t set out to chronicle a small sliver of the American home front before. In a narrative rife with emotions both heightened and subtle, Sheridan and Benioff zero in on an everyday military family facing an all too common burden. Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) leaves his wife Grace (Natalie Portman) and his daughters behind when he’s sent to Iraq. His body disappears after a terrible helicopter crash, leading »

- Robert Levin

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Review: Brothers

4 December 2009 10:32 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Susanne Bier's 2005 melodrama, Brothers, was just that, a simple soap opera between a war vet, his wife and his brother, and while Jim Sheridan's update isn't terribly different at its core, its all-American setting quietly places a firmer emphasis on the toll of our current war at home.

Just as Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal) is getting out of another stint in jail, his brother Sam (Tobey Maguire) is about to ship off to Afghanistan for another tour of duty. His wife, Grace (Natalie Portman), wishes him well, as does everyone, but soon enough, his helicopter is taken down by enemy fire and news comes that Sam was among the casualties - although he is actually a prisoner of war. Tommy, out of guilt, and Grace, out of need, draw closer to one another, close enough to rile up the suspicions of a changed Sam once he returns home. »

- William Goss

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Movie Review: Brothers

4 December 2009 6:57 AM, PST | MovieRetriever | See recent MovieRetriever news »

Dec 04, 2009

I try and go into every film with a blank slate, but I must admit that I simply do not understand the desire to remake Susanne Bier's Brothers, especially by a director as talented as Jim Sheridan (In America, In the Name of the Father). Ignoring the commercial imperative, what is the creative reason to remake a film in the first place? The foreign films that have been successfully remade over the years are almost always ones that featured stories strong enough that they needed to be told in ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com »

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Movie Review: Brothers (2009)

4 December 2009 1:48 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brothers

Photo: Lionsgate Sam (Tobey Maguire) is the good brother. He followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Marines. He married Grace (Natalie Portman) and has two young daughters. Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal) is the bad brother. He just got out of jail and enjoys a good drink (or six) at the local bar. Jim Sheridan's Brothers, a remake of Susanne Bier's 2004 film, uses the differences between the two siblings to establish a setting for a devastating domestic melodrama highly proficient in telling its story, but it will send you home in a heap.

Using the war in Afghanistan as the catalyst to tell this bleak and depressing story we are entrenched as Sam is presumably killed and lay witness to the resulting depression his death causes at home. Predictably, Tommy helps Grace around the home and the two form something of an ambiguous relationship. »

- Brad Brevet

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Brothers Review

3 December 2009 9:25 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

I’m not sure why Brothers is so shallow.  The plot of a man leaving to fight in a war, presumed dead, his wife developing an emotional connection to his brother, and then the resulting conflict which occurs when the man comes home alive.  The story feels almost biblical but Brothers prefers obvious emotional markers rather than create real conflict between the characters.  In the end, what should be a thematically rich and tense film becomes the story of a man who sacrificed his humanity in order to return to the human relationships that he now finds meaningless.  Thankfully, that man is played by Tobey Maguire who manages to build a full character while everyone else is left to function as plot devices.

Sam Cahill (Maguire) is a good father, husband, and soldier.  His brother Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal) is the black sheep of the family, but Sammy loves him.  While »

- Matt Goldberg

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Brothers Movie Review

3 December 2009 6:41 PM, PST | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »

Moviegoers are not interested in war films, yet three of the best movies of 2009 have the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan as their backdrop. The Hurt Locker, The Messenger, and Brothers are solid, somber, and timely films which likely won't find any success at the box office. But that's due to the timing of their releases and not due to the artistic merits of each of the three films.

Brothers is the Americanized remake of the 2004 Danish film, Brødre, co-written and directed by Susanne Bier (Things We Lost in the Fire). I'm not familiar with Bier's original film so I can't compare how writer David Benioff (The Kite Runner, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) has adapted Bier's work or how Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In America) stands up as director next to Bier. I can say this Brothers took me completely by surprise with its unflinching look at the affects of war on returning U. »

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Film: Review:Brothers

3 December 2009 12:03 PM, PST | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »

Fun fact: Five years separate Susanne Bier’s Danish film Brødre and the English-language remake, yet the defining trauma of both melodramas remains the war in Afghanistan. (And should the Danish want to remake the remake again in a few years, the script likely won’t need a rewrite.) Scripted by 25th Hour writer David Benioff and helmed by In The Name Of The Father director Jim Sheridan, the new Brothers more or less transcribes Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen’s love triangle between a military professional, his wife, and his screw-up brother—a dynamic that shifts radically before »

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Brothers Reviews

3 December 2009 2:21 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

The trailer for this flick is heavy, and on the surface the movie appears to be an Oscar contender. Plus, Tobey Maguire looks a heck of a lot like Travis Bickle (from Taxi Driver, nominated for Best Picture in 1977). What do the critics think so far?

"The film is gripping — an honorable and beautifully acted addition to the tradition of homefront war stories."

— Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

"Brothers isn't badly acted, but as directed by the increasingly impersonal Jim Sheridan (In America), it's lumbering and heavy-handed, a film that piles on overwrought dramatic twists until it begins to creak under the weight of its presumed significance."

— Owen Gleiberman, Chicago Tribune

"...a solidly accessible, admirably serious yet not entirely realized picture."

— Justin Chang, Variety

"...remake of a Danish film has much to admire but never comes together with the impact of the original."

— Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

"Jim Sheridan's remake »

- reelz reelz

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Brothers (review)

2 December 2009 3:13 PM, PST | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »

I hate that, because movies about the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have failed to catch the interest of audiences, I feel like I have to say, “Oh, don’t worry, Brothers isn’t really about what’s happening to our soldiers in the Middle East, and what’s happening to them once they come home.” Sure, it’s true that this is a movie primarily about family, and sure, it’s true the experiences in Afghanistan that change Tobey Maguire’s Marine and inadvertently alter the family dynamics back at home could just as easily have been the result of something other than war: it could have been a terrible crime that impacts everyone here, or a horrible accident. But let’s not be disingenuous: Susanne Bier’s 2004 Danish film of the same name [Region 1] [Region 2], upon which this is based, sprang from the fact that Western soldiers have been deployed in the Middle East. »

- MaryAnn Johanson

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