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Beauty in Trouble (2006)

abhiram — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:57:03 +0000

Pupendo and Up and Down director Jan Hrebejk thoughtfully ponders the effect of contemporary events on traditional Czech culture with this engrossing tale of the unlikely romance shared between a desperate young mother and a kindly, but much older, Czech expatriate. Effectively rendered destitute by the floods that washed through Prague in 2002, struggling young father and husband Jarda (Roman Luknar) eventually resorts to stripping stolen cars as a means of supporting his impoverished family. Jarda’s wife Marcela (Anna Geislerová) is having difficulty accepting her husband’s nefarious new career, though, and before long she is packing her bags and rounding up the kids to seek shelter with her mother. Life at her mother’s house isn’t easy thanks to the constant presence of her mean-spirited stepfather Richard (Jiri Schmitzer), but it simply seems as if there is no place left to go and Marcela’s options have run dry. Meanwhile, aging Czech émigré Benes (Josef Abrhám) is traveling to Prague from his home in Tuscany in order to reclaim a house that was previously seized by the communists. When Benes and Marcela meet in a chance encounter and the benevolent older man clearly takes a liking to the beautiful young woman, the prospect of securing a stable future for her young children soon prompts the confused Marcela to consider leaving her beloved husband behind in order to make a permanent home with the elegant but elderly foreigner. ~ Jason Buchanan

Balkan Erotic Epic (2006)

abhiram — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:55:24 +0000

Yugoslavian artist Marina Abramovic created this video-art project aimed at exploring Balkan history and tradition through sexuality. The short was created for the erotic anthology film Destricted, which features contributions from Matthew Barney and Larry Clark, among others. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Ball & Chain (2006)

abhiram — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:54:05 +0000

Two young Texans locked in a pre-arranged marriage do their best to convince their parents to call the impending nuptials off in a omantic comedy directed by Shiraz Jafri and featuring Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle star Kal Penn. Ameet (Sunil Malhotra) and Saima (Lisa Ray) were more than happy apart when their marriage-minded parents insisted that they spend the rest of their lives together. Now, with their engagement cemented and the wedding frenzy kicking into overdrive, Ameet, Saima, and Ameet’s best friend Bobby (Penn) must break every rule in the book to prove that their marriage will only spell misery for all involved. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Arthur’s Missing Pal (2006)

abhiram — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:52:23 +0000

Arthur, the youthful aardvark whose adventures have been the basis of a series of successful children’s books by Marc Brown and a popular animated series on PBS, gets a new look in this computer-animated feature for the whole family. Arthur (voice of Carr Thompson) is thrown for a loop when his pet dog Pal goes missing. With the help of his best friend Buster Baxter (voice of Daniel Brochu), Arthur turns private eye as he tries to track down the missing pooch. Their adventures send Arthur and Buster on a wild goose chase that takes them all over town, including a trip through a shuttered ice cream plant. But is it possible that Pal hasn’t run away after all? And why is Arthur’s sister D.W. is such a grumpy mood lately? Arthur’s Missing Pal was the first feature-length story starring the Arthur characters, and the first time Arthur and his pals have been rendered in three-dimensional digital animation rather than the conventional pen-and-ink process

Caress (2006)

arun — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:28:23 +0000

A bittersweet poem of loneliness, rage and unfulfilled longing. A twisted lullaby acts as background to a world inhabited by feelings of misplaced tenderness, crawling around as insects lost in a desert of human skin

Being Erica Season 2 Episode 12

ajay — Sun, 23 May 2010 02:17:26 +0000

Being Erica: Erica has to make some big decisions that she needs help with.

Being Erica Season 2 Episode 11

ajay — Sun, 23 May 2010 02:17:18 +0000