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"Avatar: Special Edition" (USA, 2009, James Cameron). All competitors have long been blue with envy, but here it is again - great! Less than a year after its premiere, “Avatar” again usurps the world’s movie screens (not excluding IMAX theaters) – in an updated version. However, one cannot count on a radical change in the meaning of the main blockbuster of all times due to the appearance of a “special version”. Tea, not Blade Runner! To what has already been seen by everyone on the planet, without exception, only 480 seconds were added, in which, according to the creators, additional battle scenes and several previously unseen inhabitants of the planet Pandora could fit in. But there is still no doubt that record box office receipts will increase - if not by an order of magnitude, then still quite significantly. Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Wes Studi, Joel Moore, Laz Alonso and Matt Gerald.“Truce” (Russia, 2009, Svetlana Proskurina). A film about existential quests in the ghostly and disturbing spaces of modern provincial Russia, which was awarded two Kinotavr prizes this year - the Grand Prix and an award for the best actor played by Ivan Dobronravov ("Taiga", "Return", "Short Circuit" ). Other roles include Yuri Itskov, Alexei Vertkov, Nadezhda Tolubeeva, Andrei Feskov and Sergei Shnurov, who also wrote the music for the film.
“The Double Life of Charlie San Cloud” (USA-Canada, 2010, Burr Steers). A mystical melodrama based on the novel by Ben Sherwood, staged by a rather strange, but in many ways interesting actor and director Steers (“Igby Goes Down,” “Daddy’s 17 Again”). The title character, young Charlie Sun Cloud (Zac Efron - "Hairspray", "High School Musical", "Daddy's 17 Again"), gets a job at the cemetery where his younger brother (Charlie Tahan - " I am a legend", "Night in Rodanthe", "Mescada"), and gets the opportunity to see spirits. The brothers continue to communicate until a very real girl Tess (Amanda Crew - "Final Destination 3", "Sex Drive", "The Haunting in Connecticut") appears in Charlie's life. Also starring Miles Chalmers, Kim Basinger, Paul Chevreau, Paul Duchar, Dave Franco, Marcy House and Julia Maxwell.
“Unrequited Love” (USA, 2010, Jason Epperson). Having turned 18, troubled teenager Ben (Michael Welch - "American Son", "Day of the Dead", "Twilight") returns home after several months in a boarding school. At home, he discovers that his girlfriend Jessica (Sarah Gabel - "The Butterfly Effect 3", "Roll", "American Virgin") has started dating someone else, and finds nothing better than to kidnap his beloved. Also starring David Keith, Claire Carey, Gregory Alan Williams, Justin Baldoni, Brett Rice, Bruce McKinnon and Emmy Hess.
“Policeman, adjective” (Romania, 2009, Corneliu Porumboiu). A drama about a policeman, Christie (Dragos Bucur - “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu,” “Youth Without Youth,” “The Other Irena”), who found himself in a difficult situation by refusing to arrest a boy who tried to sell drugs to his classmates. Last year the film won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Also starring Vlad Ivanov, Ioan Stoica, Irina Saulescu, Cosmin Selesi, Serban Gheorghievici, Alexandru Sabadac and Radu Costin.
“Piranha 3D” (USA, 2010, Alexander Azha). A very free and dashing remake of the classic trash film of 1979: as a result of tremors, a brood of prehistoric piranhas rose from the bottom of an American lake and began to devour unsuspecting holidaymakers. It was for this kind of film that three-dimensional glasses were once invented, but, unfortunately and surprisingly, an almost flawless picture from perhaps the most interesting horror maker today, Aja (“Dangerous Relationships,” “The Hills Have Eyes,” “Mirrors”) last week had a more than modest start at the American box office. So now all hope is for global distribution, where “Piranha” simply must be appreciated. Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Kelly Brook, Christopher Lloyd, Cody Longo, Dina Meyer, Jerry O'Connell, Wing Rhames, Paul Scheer, Elisabeth Shue and Eli Roth.