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I can't sacrifice princes
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“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (USA-UK, 2008, Andrew Adamson). The second part of the fantasy saga based on the books by Clive Lewis (by the way, “The Prince” is not the second, but the fourth story in the series, although it was written just after “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”). Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmond return to Narnia to help the people there free themselves from the oppression of King Miraz (Sergio Castellitto - "Flesh", "Paris I Love You", "The Lost Star") and return the rightful heir to the throne, the prince, to the throne Caspian (Ben Barnes - "Stardust"). And, of course, it will not do without the help of the lion Aslan, faith in whom has practically disappeared in the vastness of Narnia. Also starring Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, Vincent Grass, Simon Andre, Cornell John and Alicia Borracero.“Oh, mommies!” (USA, 2008, Michael McCullers). A comedy on the increasingly fashionable topic of surrogacy (remember the recent “Juno”). Businesswoman Kate (Tina Fey - “Saturday Night Live,” “Mean Girls,” “Beer League”) decides to have children for once, but it turns out that she has virtually no chance. So she hires Angie (Amy Pechler - Mean Girls, Envy, Blades of Glory), a common girl, to give birth to her baby. But it turns out that Angie has nowhere to live, and therefore both mothers - both the present and the future - have to live under one roof and together endure all the hardships and joys of the “situation”. Also starring Greg Kinnear, Romany Malco, Dex Shepard, Maura Tierney, Kurt Carlson and Sigourney Weaver.
“Lie Down in Bruges” (UK-Belgium, 2008, Martin McDonagh). Two hitmen, Ray (Colin Farrell - "Alexander", "Miami Vice", "Daredevil") and Ken (Brendan Gleeson - "The Secret Forest", "Harry Potter", "Beowulf"), fail an important mission in London , and for the time being they were sent to sit out the troubles in Bruges, Belgium. But, however, even there, in the European silence, they cannot count on a quiet life. Especially when it turns out that one of them must kill the other... An excellent crime comedy, the feature-length debut of director and famous playwright McDonagh, who several years ago became an Oscar winner for the short film Six Shooter. Also starring Ralph Fiennes, Ciren Hinds, Jeremy Regnier, Clemence Poésy, Mark Donovan, Sachi Kimura and Zeljko Ivanek.
“College Mischief” (USA, 2007, John Poll). A witty and vulgar teen comedy about a boy, Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin - “Hearts in Atlantis,” “Cruel Men,” “Alpha Dog”), who is forced to transfer from a prestigious private school to the most ordinary one. Of course, a very uniquely thinking major is not particularly welcome there. But Charlie finds a way to become one of his own - he begins to conduct psychotherapy sessions with his classmates, understanding teenage problems no worse than a real analyst, and in the process he also supplies those in need with antidepressants, which doctors prescribe to him... It seems that all this is not so much “American” pies" as much as "Napoleon Dynamite" or "Rushmore". Also starring Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Kat Dennings, Megan Park, Tyler Hilton and Stephen Young.
“Youth without youth” (USA - Italy - Germany - France - Romania, 2007, Francis Ford Coppola). Coppola's long-awaited film (the last time the classic sat in the director's chair was eleven years ago) is an adaptation of the novel by the famous ethnographer, philosopher and traditionalist Mircea Eliade about an elderly professor of linguistics (Tim Roth - "Dark Water", "My Blueberry Nights", " Territory of Virgins"), which is struck by lightning in 1938, after which it begins to literally grow younger, and also acquires several more amazing qualities. However, this is not at all like a superhero story or anything like that - everything is much more dramatic, esoteric and elegiac... Also starring Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Andre Hennicke, Marcel Jures, Alexandra Pirichi and Matt Damon .