The Brothers Grimm

"The Brothers Grimm," from
director Terry Gilliam (other
films: "Brazil," "The Adventures
of Baron Von Munchausen"),
stars Matt Demon and Heath
Ledger as Wilhelm and Jacob
Grimm, the legendary brothers
who are on an enchanted
adventure set in a world of
heroes and villains, witches and
trolls, undying evil and true love,
- a realm the two storytellers
thought was just fantasies... until
it came into their world to get
them. Now both Brothers are
set to confront all that their
imaginations brought to life,
as they are caught up in a
battle between fantasy and reality.

The film is gorgeous-looking and filled with excellent cinematic effects.
But still an all-pervading emptiness fills the heart as we watch the film
progress toward its end. Somehow the story and the script and acting
(with doses of overacting everywhere) could not live up to the mark.
It is lots of effort without producing any magic that it promised to
bring about.

The film is rated PG-13 and its website is grimmfilm.com .

Hitchcock's Birthday

Today is Alfred Hitchcok's
birthday. In 1899 on this
day Hitchcock was born in
Leytonstone, England.

He was the son of East End
greengrocer William
Hitchcock and his wife
Emma and was raised as a
strict Catholic and attended
Saint Ignatius College run by
Jesuits. His first job
outside of the family
business was in 1915 as an
estimator for the Henley
Telegraph and Cable
Company. His interest in
movies began at around this
time, frequently visiting the cinema and reading US trade journals.

Broken Flower

Here stands Bill Murray whose
name, for the time being, is Don
Johnston. Don has just been
dumped by his latest lover,
Sherry. Don resigns himself to
loneliness. While getting
submerged into the long hours
of being alone, a mysterious pink
letter reaches him and compels
him to reflect on his past.

The mail is from an anonymous
former lover and informs him
that he has a 19-year-old son
who may now be looking for his
father.

Winston, Don's closest friend
and neighbor urges him to investigate origin of this 'mystery' letter.
Don finally breaks the static state of his life and embarks on a
crosscountry trek in search of clues from 4 former flames. Unannounced
visits to each of these unique women hold new surprises for Don as he
confronts both his past and present and travels into an unchartered
territory of his mind and life.

"Broken Flower" is the newest film from acclaimed writer/director Jim
Jarmusch, winner of the Grand Prix at the 2005 Cannes International
Film Festival. A few of his other films are "Coffee and Cigarettes" (2003),
"Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet" (2002), "Ghost Dog: The Way of the
Samurai" (1999) , "Year of the Horse" (1997) , "Dead Man" (1995).

"Broken Flower" is rated "R". Here is its website: brokenflowersmovie.com

My Date With Drew

Brian Herzlinger won $1,100 on a game show and all he wanted was to
shot a film on Drew, his dreamgirl. And that is what he did. He shot the
entire film for $1,100 and named it "My Date With Drew".
The production used a camera purchased on credit from Circuit City, and
then returned under the store's 30-day refund policy. On his journey to
woo Drew to give him a date, Herzlinger consults a psychic for love
advice, hires a Drew look-alike to practice his date etiquette and crashes
the world premiere of "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" simply to steal a
glance at his dream girl.

Supporting Herzlinger's quest with anecdotes and advice are several
Hollywood insiders who appear as themselves including Eric Roberts,
Corey Feldman and "Charlie's Angels" screenwriter John August.

Is it a feature or documentary? Well! It is winner of Audience Award for
best feature film in HBO comedy arts festival as well as in New York
General Arts Festival. And it was also the winner of best documentary in
Vail Film Festival.

It's Rated PG-13 and releasing on August 5th. We really like a low-budget
film when someone makes it putting one's heart into the job. It is one of
those rarest films that suddenly greets you coming from nowhere and you
get overwhelmed by the sheer joy that it presents. You will really enjoy it!