With the hope that the miserable situation of the winter season will change with the opening of summer movieshalls and distribution offices are preparing for a warm summer, betting on strong premieres and attractive reissues. For this week, however, the options are limited to just four new movies, from which the subversive action comedy “Ta Panta Ola”, with Michel Geo, stands out. Also screening are the thriller “The Memory of the Murderer”, with Liam Neeson, the children’s animation “Ainbo: Princess of the Amazon” and the Turkish mystery film “Kerr”, while for fans of good old cinema there is a reissue of the award-winning with an Oscar for the dramatic film “The Garden of Finzi Contini”, by the great Vittorio de Sica.
Everything Everywhere All at Once. Comedy, American production of 2022, directed by Daniel Cowan and Daniel Sinert, with Michelle Geo, Stephanie Hsu, Ke He Cowan, Jenny Slate, Jamie Lee Curtis and others.
Another unpredictable movie from the unconventional art studio A24, from which we saw the horror film “X” a few weeks ago. A production, which is based largely on the sharp and genius editing of Paul Rogers, but also on the well-written – although sometimes reaching the limits of “American” – script and the interpretation of Michel Geo (“The Tiger and the Dragon”).
The two young directors Dan Cowan and Daniel Sinert, try to combine different forms and cinematic genres, as they go from satire to superhero adventure and existential comedy, with subversive mood and fun results.
It all starts when a tired middle-aged Chinese woman running a washing machine gets involved with the tax authorities and comes to terms with the terror of being checked at the financial services offices. Despair will give her the strength to jump into parallel and different universes, with unexpected adventures and results.
The finding of terror in front of the registrar – in this case, a rigid and tough as a marble clerk, played enjoyablely by the almost unrecognizable Jamie Lee Curtis – is the wick for the film to catch fire and with a demon montage the heroine to live , with frantic rhythms, incredible adventures, with the parallel universes simultaneously unfolding within each other, in an inner journey, which highlights the power of the big heart. And all this adorned with a humor that, although it looks very American, does not lose its penetration and sharpness.
To a large extent, however, it is also a film by Michelle Geo, who, although approaching 60, manages to be reborn from a tired woman to a heroine, transmitting energy and vitality to the film, taking the bite from the mouth of the most likeable, but standard , Tsaki Chan, for whom the leading role was originally intended.
IN A FEW WORDS Έ Evelyn, an exhausted Chinese-American, not only can not get along with her father, husband and daughter, but can not even pay her taxes. When she is given the opportunity to jump into other universes, nothing has prepared her for what awaits her.
The Memory of the Murderer (Memory). Thriller, American production of 2022, directed by Martin Campbell, with Liam Neeson, Guy Pierce, Monica Bellucci, Harold Torres, Ray Stevenson, Taj Atual, Ray Firon and others.
Another dynamic adventure, a thriller for Liam Neeson, but this time a production that does not fall to the level of the familiar rapper, for the once great protagonist, as it has a decent script and an experienced director, such as Martin Campbell (“Casino Royale”, “The Mask of Zoro”, “At the End of the Thread”).
Campbell’s solid film, a remake of a 2003 Belgian film, starts with a load and constantly raises the tension and agony, offering a pleasant two hours to the fans of the genre, without of course going a step further or giving something more than the basics to characters, but without leaving them completely hanging, as usual.
Here we are dealing with a famous executioner, who refuses to complete a murder for a criminal organization and while he has begun to lose his memory he will become the target of both ruthless criminals and FBI agents.
In short, an adventurous thriller, with some good sequences, well-tuned rhythm and twists, but without adding anything remarkable to the afflicted genre in recent years.
Apart from Liam Neeson, in a tried and not so indifferent role, the adequate Guy Pierce also co-stars, while Monica Bellucci also has a decorative role.
IN A FEW WORDS Ά Alex Lewis is an experienced performer, renowned for his discreet accuracy. When he refuses to complete the work for a dangerous criminal organization, he becomes a target and has to chase those who want him dead. Veteran FBI agent Linda Amisted and Mexican spy Hugo Marquez undertake to follow the pile of corpses left by Alex. Chased by criminals and the FBI, Alex has all the supplies to escape, except for one – he struggles with memory loss that affects his every move and makes it difficult for his target. As details blur and enemies approach…
Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon. Peruvian and American children’s animated film of 2021, directed by Jose Zelanda and Richard Klaus.
Adventurous, enjoyable animation from Peru, which our little friends will love and will not leave the older ones completely indifferent. The well-designed film satisfactorily conveys the wealth of the Amazon, a wild nature threatened by human activity. Thus, a small native decides, gaining the necessary faith in herself, to do what she can to save the natural wealth of her place, as of course the existence of her tribe.
Embellished with humorous touches from the cute spirits of the forest and its permanent inhabitants, the animals, the film flows pleasantly, although sometimes it gives the impression that it operates an invisible cutter, for the deeper causes of the destruction of the Amazon and the planet in general. profitable human pursuits.
The film is screened dubbed with the voices of Elena Delakoura, Andrea Evangelatou, Ouranias Fourlanou, Petros Spyropoulos, Vinas Papadopoulou, Giannis Yfanti, Akindynou Gika, Vangelis Rokou and Nikoletas Kounenidaki.
IN A FEW WORDS 13 13-year-old Ainbo lives in the depths of the Amazon with her tribe. One day, Ainbo discovers that her race is in danger. Not only is it threatened by the evil spirit of Yakuruna, but the entire jungle is being destroyed by people who exploit it for industrial mining. Together with the comic duo of spiritual guides, the adorable Dilo and the good Waka, Ainbo decides to save her race.
The movies are still being shown:
The Garden of Finzi Contini (ll Giardino dei Finzi-Contini). Vittorio de Sica’s excellent anti-racism drama, which won the 1970 Academy Award for Foreign Language Film and the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, in a reissue and digitally edited copy. Maybe the film of the father of neorealism Vittorio de Sica does not reach the value and power of the classics of the film “The Bicycle Thief”, “Umberto D.” and “Shoe Polisher”, but half a century after its premiere it remains a remarkable anti-racist drama, a study of man, a tip for the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie, the penetration of fascist views and practices even in seemingly inaccessible places and of society. Vittorio de Sica’s camera invades the flower gardens of the villa of an aristocratic Jewish family in Ferrara, in northern Italy, in 1938, when Mussolini ruled. The emotional adventures of the children of the rich family will become even more complex and their endurance will be tested when the new racist laws are implemented.
The film, which should probably not surprise us that although with 50 years on its back it remains largely ageless and definitely the best choice of the week, stars Dominic Santa, Lino Capolitsio, Helmund Berger, Fabio Testi, Romolo Vali, Katina Morisani, Barbara Pilavin et al.
Kerr. Allegorical Turkish psychological thriller by Taifun Pirselimoglou, which was awarded the “Golden Orange” at the 58th Antalya Film Festival and is -apart from Turkish- and Greek-French production (2021), as the photo is by the experienced musician Nien Andre . The story wants a man to return to the city for his father’s funeral and one strange event follows another, as he becomes the only witness to a murder, the police trap him, the acquaintances and friends of the deceased put him even deeper into the mystery , while in the city a traffic ban is declared, due to angry dogs. Starring Erdem Senochak.
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