May 2010 Basel Cinema Review

Brooklyn's Finest, Dir. Antoine Faqua, starring Richard Gere and Ethan Hawke Three cop plot and a drug dealer (Snipes). (Studio Central).

Brothers, Dir. Jim Sheridan, starring Jake Gylenhall and Toby McGuire (Pathe Kuchlin). Sam a Marine Captain and brother Tommy an ex-bank robber in post-traumatic stress disorder.

Green Zone, Dir. Paul Greengrass, starring Matt Damon (Pathe Kuchlin). Bourne policy failure on WMD.

Special Feature - Nothing Personal, Dir. Urszula Antoniak, starring Lotta Vorbeck and Stephen Rea (Kult. Kino Atelier 2. Life’s search and the wish sometimes to be alone. Silver Leopards at the Locarno film festival. A young girl sets out on a hike around the wild Irish countryside with rucksack, tent and sleeping bag in search of inner peace. Her life changes when she meets a man called Mulligan who asks her to work on the farm with him.

Look out for; the block buster sequel - Iron Man 2, Dir. Jon Favreau, starring Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke. (Capitol).The Road with Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron. Robin Hood, Directed by Ridley Scott, with Russel Crowe, Cate Blanchett, and Ben Kingsley.