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Beyond the Hills is a dilemma between faith and free will
By Jenny Alvarez
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Beyond the Hills, the newest film by Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu and marks the return of Mungiu, five years after his internationally celebrated 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days. His harrowing but starkly beautiful new film is set in an isolated Orthodox convent in Romania where Alina (Cristina Flutur) has been reunited with her childhood friend Voichita (Cosmina Stratan) after spending several years in Germany. Alina wants to leave and go to back Germany, and wants Voichita, a novice nun, to go with her. But Voichita has found refuge in faith and a family in the nuns and their priest (Valeriu Andriuta) and refuses. When Alina challenges the priest in an attempt to win back Voichita’s affection, she is suspected of being possessed. Mungiu based his gripping drama on a case of alleged demonic possession that occurred in a Romanian monastery in 2005.
This film makes a definitive break in terms of subject matter and Church with a couple of young women. Even is long, tough to watch some close captions dull and repetitive in some dialogues. This one makes believable portrait of dogma at odds with personal liberty in a society still emerging from the shadows and the rough weather which remarks aggressive and violent scenes with a crew gathering people with very different degrees of religiosity and some of them convincingly that they have made a good sacrifice. In fact, the film speaks about the side effects of poverty, lack of education and ignorance that ends in a total mess up with destiny of some characters. Definitely invite us to analyze our path in this life with real dramatic progression feels with a truly message: Be yourself without following religions, only spiritual paths where you can help some lost souls.
Demi Moore finally is divorced
By GalaTView Staff
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Demi Moore has filed for divorce from Ashton Kutcher and the latest development says she tried for a mutual settlement with Kutcher but to no avail. Since both sides have lawyered up with big-time divorce-court gunslingers, we could have a nice juicy trial.
Kutcher and Moore were married for six years before they split in 2011 in a highly public separation following allegations that Kutcher had been unfaithful. The actor was reported to have committed adultery with 22-year-old San Diego-based administrative assistant Sara Leal, which was just the latest in a series of infidelity rumors made by media publications against him.
Carrie Fisher speaks about her character
By GalaTView staff
The upcoming “Star Wars: Episode VII” cast, Carrie Fisher has confirmed she will indeed dust off the gold bikini, so to speak, and reprise her role as Princess Leia. “Elderly. She’s in an intergalactic old folks’ home. I just think she would be just like she was before, only slower and less inclined to be up for the big battle” said this famous actress.
Emma Watson probably will play Cinderella
By GalaTView Staff.
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Disney wants to make Emma Watson to play the lead role in the studio’s live-action remake of Cinderella. If Watson is successful in getting the role, she will star opposite Cate Blanchett, who has already agreed to play Cinderella’s evil stepmother.
The latest draft of the script was penned by The Twilight Saga: New Moon director Chris Weitz. Hopefully she can be successful in this new role.
What perfect casting in “Emperor” with Tommy Lee Jones
By GalaTView Staff
The conqueror and the conquered….Gen. MacArthur helped established a democratic Japanese ways of life in which the Japanese people are enjoying now. So the actor, who was nominated for an Oscar this year for his role in Lincoln Tommy Lee Jones will be General MacArthur and will be directed by Peter Webber. “Tommy will bring strength, intelligence and gravitas to the portrayal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, a legendary American hero,” Said Gary Foster, one of the Producers.
Oscar goes to the best Hollywood talent: " Argo "winner Best picture
By: Galatview staff
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Winners Oscars 2013 in different categories for:
Cinematography and visual effects” Life Of Pi”
Costumer design: Anna karenina
Makeup & Hairstyle, Sound Makin : Les Miserables
Foreign language film: “Amour”
Sound Editing Art : “Skyfall” & “Zero Dark Thirty”
Film Editing: “Argo”
Production Design: “Lincoln”
Best Original Score: ” Life Of Pi”
Original music song: ” Skyfall” with singer: Adele Adkins
Adapted screenplay: “Argo”
Original screenplay: ” Django”
Directing: ” Life Of Pi”
Best Actress: ” Jennifer Lawrence”
Best Actor: “Daniel Day Lewis”
Best Motion Picture: ” Argo”
Best actress supporting: Anne Hathaway
Best wishes to Steve Martin and his newborn
By GalaTView Staff
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Steve Martin becomes a father at the age of 67 and his 41-year-old wife, Anne Stringfield, are new happy parents. Steve Martin is an excellent comic, a great writer and a very good musician. So this is a good chance where he will prove to be a good father to the child.
Bullock, will next be seen soon
By GalaTView Staff
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Sandra Bullock will become the world’s first lady super-villain with her voice in Scarlet Overkill, the resident super-villain of “Minions,” the upcoming spin-off of 2010’s “Despicable Me.”
No is not a simple denied statement
By Jenny Alvarez
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When Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, facing international pressure, calls for a referendum on his presidency in 1988, opposition leaders persuade a brash young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. With scant resources and constant scrutiny by the despot’s watchmen, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and free their country from oppression.
This movie is a worthy effort to show how a country really came together and changed its destiny focusing on joy and creativity and trying to leave behind fear and anger. Larraín maintains a studiously ambiguous attitude toward the No campaign, celebrating its success in winning the referendum — though the outcome is known from history, the film still manages to be tense, suspenseful — while asking what was sacrificed in that victory so the director seems to situate the debased state of contemporary politics in this transformation. The No of his title takes on ominous new meaning in that light. Besides, there are some decent ironic moments and the late 1980s ambience is competently brought back to life in costumes and production design. It is a movie that really makes you to think about politics and definitely Pablo Larraín has made interesting films like “Post Mortem” and this one is not an exception.
Are you in love Like someone in Love?
By Jenny Alvarez
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With his new film, Abbas Kiarostami goes to Tokyo and delves even more deeply into the world of artifice that he explored in his last film. The masquerade begins when Akiko (Rin Takanashi), a call girl, and her client Takashi (Tadashi Okuno), an elderly professor, pretend to be granddaughter and grandfather in order to avoid the wrath of Akiko’s jealous boyfriend when they are caught in a car together. Kiarostami builds layers of secrets into the stories that Akiko and Takashi tell each other; their lies eventually become more real and powerful than the truth and increasingly dismissive of the uninitiated third party that is Akiko’s boyfriend.
The film begins very slowly and focus on the girl’s ‘client’ is an friendly, almost doddery old academic who doesn’t seem to be remotely interested in sex; and almost everything else in the movie – not only motives but even events and identities – appear slippery and ambiguous. It’s not that the story is hard to follow; it’s just so delicate, almost evanescent, that it’s difficult to get a firm grasp on it.
Some tension is introduced when Takashi gives advice to Akiko’s mechanic boyfriend Noriaki (Ryo Kase), who claims to be her fiancé, and may now dangerously find out how Akiko makes money. So this story involves mysterious and troubling with ambiguity intentions in sentimental contours and despite of the action takes place in and around cars some characters’ relationships and moral twists you can get a good message from it. It lacks the dark streak of unpredictability end but this film is full of reflections of life in the typical Japanese style.
