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"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (USA, 2010, Jon Turtletaub). Already the second (after Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time) blockbuster this season from producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Armageddon, Pirates of the Caribbean, National Treasure), this time a high-budget urban fantasy about a young New Yorker Dave (Jay Baruchel -- “Knocked Up,” “Tropic Soldiers,” “Too Cool for You”), who completely unexpectedly becomes the assistant of the magician Balthazar (Nicolas Cage – “Wild at Heart,” “National Treasure,” “The Wicker Man”), whose immediate plans include saving the Big Apple from the machinations of the rival wizard Maxim (Alfred Molina - “Anna Karenina”, “Spider-Man 2”, “The Da Vinci Code”). There is hope that in this case everything will be much more interesting than the very lean “Prince,” although one cannot help but note that Bruckheimer has been noticeably deflated lately and things are somehow not going well for him with adrenaline. Also starring Monica Bellucci, Teresa Palmer, Toby Kebbell, Omar Benson Miller, Jake Cherry, Nicole Ehinger and Peyton List.“An adult daughter, or Test for...” (Russia, 2010, Mher Mkrtchyan). A seventeen-year-old young lady (Olga Nikolich) is indignant at the too free behavior of her single father (Dmitry Maryanov - “Love”, “Mixer”, “Radio Day”), who does not miss a single skirt, including tight-fitting ones uniforms of my daughter's classmates. But at one relatively wonderful moment, the womanizer father himself will have to grab his head - his daughter falls in love with his business partner (Ilya Shakunov - "Ice", "Flash", "Ferris Wheel"). Also starring Olesya Sudzilovskaya, Evgenia Brik and Sergei Gorobchenko.
“Ajami” (Israel-Germany, 2009, Skandar Kopti and Yaron Shani). Scenes from the daily life of the inhabitants of Ajami, a district of Jaffa where Jews, Muslims and Jews live mixed together, a rare occurrence in Israel. Debut directors Kopti (Arab) and Shani (Jew) worked on the film for seven years, and the time was not wasted: the film was nominated for an Oscar for best non-English language film, received a special mention at Cannes, and earned five major awards Israeli Film Academy and received a fair number of prizes at festivals in Jerusalem, Ghent, Tallinn and Thessaloniki. Starring Shahir Kabaha, Skandar Kopti, Eran Naim, Ibrahim Frege, Fouad Habash, Nisrin Rihan, Youssef Sahwani, Hilal Kabob, Sigal Herel and Ghassan Ashkar.
“Diary of a Lesbian” (Spain, 2009, Jesus Garai). Eighteen-year-old Asia (Diana Gomez - "Lydia's Secret", "Echoes of the Past", "Socarrat") falls into a coma and ends up in the hospital. But the events of the past continue to live in her mind, and first of all, the romance with Eloise (Ariadne Cabrol - “Youth”, “Perfume”, “Zone of the Dead”). A sapphic melodrama from director Garai, whose “Bathroom” (1989) at one time, not without success, bypassed the main fantasy and horror festivals. Also starring Carolina Montoya, Nuria Hosta, Eduardo Farelo, Pau Herrero, Tony Artega and Carlos Sales.
“Rembrandt: I Accuse” (Netherlands - Germany - Finland, 2008, Peter Greenaway). The great Peter Greenaway (“Falling,” “Countdown of the Drowned,” “The Suitcases of Tulsa Luper”) continues to move away from the traditional film forms that disappointed him and looks more and more carefully (in 2007, his “Secrets of the Night’s Watch” was released) peers at Rembrandt’s most famous masterpiece. This time, Greenway proves that the picture hides evidence that can be used to uncover a real conspiracy. Conspiracy art criticism of the highest (as always with Greenway) standard. The film stars Ava Birthistle, Jodhi May, Emily Holmes, Jonathan Holmes, Michael Teigen, Natalie Press, Martin Freeman and Peter Greenaway.