“I Do” is a timely condemnation of DOMA. After his brother’s untimely death a young
gay man looks after his sister-in-law and niece for some eight years. He then learns his visa is expiring and will
not be renewed. It is suggested he marry
his long time gal pal. She agrees, they
move in together and shortly thereafter he falls for a charming architect. His gal pal gets cold feet, his architect
lover returns to Spain to care for his ailing father and despair enfolds our
hero. It may seem that I am making light
of it but this is a well-imagined vehicle for exposing how truly cruel DOMA is.
White Tiger is a ghost story, or is it an allegory? As the Russian army heads for Berlin a
mysterious white tank appears and disappears as it decimates the Russian tank
corp. Their only hope to stop this
phantom is placed in the hands of a mystic tank mechanic who claims the tanks
talk to him and the tank god has instructed him to destroy the White Tiger. Yeah, I thought so, too. It is beautifully filmed, well acted and
would have been a fine film without the weirdness.
The latest incarnation of Great Expectations is as good a
version as I’ve seen. Everyone is great
to look at, the costumes, locations and sets are lavishly seedy. Helena Bonham Carter is suitably weird as
Miss Havisham, Ralph Fiennes as Magwitch and Robbie Coltrane as Jagger are also
fresh off the Harry Potter express as is the director, Mike Newell. After 200 years Dickens can still tug the
heartstrings.
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