Posts Tagged ‘Mila Kunis’

Short Take: Aronofsky does it again

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Screenwriters: Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John J. McLaughlin

Cast: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder, Barbara Hershey

Length: 1h 48m

Synopsis: Nina Sayers (Portman) is a young and promising ballerina trying her best to earn her big break. The company she works for has decided to open its new season of performances with a new rendition of Swan Lake, which will be a version unlike most others because director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) wants the same dancer to play both the white and black swan. After dealing with much stress Nina is cast in this once-in-a-life-time role, but that stress only builds on itself more and more the closer she gets to opening night. Fellow ballerina Lily (Kunis) befriends Nina during this time, but Nina suspects she has ulterior motives. And if that weren’t enough, Nina’s mother gradually overwhelms her with even more pressure to succeed. Drowning in anxiety Nina’s real challenge isn’t performing in the ballet but surviving long enough to do so.

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Short Take: A film of conviction and faith whose statements about religion are rife with controversy

Directors: Albert and Allen Hughes (From Hell, Dead Presidents)

Screenwriter: Gary Whitta (Debut)

Cast: Denzel Washington (Training Day), Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight), Mila Kunis (Extract)

Length: 1h 58m

Synopsis: In post-apocalyptic America, decades after a natural disaster involving the sun and a subsequent war destroyed almost all life on earth, a man treks west in search of a civilization that will put what he has to good use in order to save mankind. What he has there is only one of anymore, and that is a copy of the King James Holy Bible. On his way west he finds a town that’s run by a very dangerous man who seeks to find his own copy of the bible and use it to control the minds of the ignorant and desperate. When the two men meet it ignites a struggle between good and evil that could alter the face of human civilization forever. Read the rest of this entry »

The Ugly Truth

Marisa –

The Ugly Truth starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler debuted on July 24, 2009.  Like any other film, the usual slew of reviews appeared; according to RottenTomatoes.com only 15% of critics recommended the film.  While reading many of the reviews yields the impression that the film is a sign of the death of the romantic comedy, there is an even more interesting trend that becomes clear regarding the course language used in the film.  Quite a number of critics complained of the film’s vulgarity not because it was more offensive than the average film, but because it was so unexpected in a romantic comedy aimed mainly at women.
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Extract

Director: Mike Judge (Office Space, Idiocracy)

Screenwriter: Mike Judge (Office Space, Idiocracy)

Cast: Jason Bateman (Juno, Arrested Development), Mila Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), J. K. Simmons (Juno, Spider-Man trilogy), Kristen Wiig (Adventureland), Ben Affleck

Length: 1h 31m

Synopsis: Joel (Bateman) owns a factory that manufactures cooking extracts, and reluctantly manages the workers of that factory with loyalty and patience despite their continual incompetence and insolence. One day an accident occurs which leaves one worker permanently scarred. Being a loyal worker he at first only accepts a large insurance payment from the factory, but after crossing paths with a seductive and opportunistic young thief named Cindy (Kunis) who decides he’s her next mark, he threatens to sue the factory into bankruptcy.

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