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wood and Warner Bros. elected to move tion of P.D. James’ book harkens back to the Letters up from February 2007 and place cinema of the early 1970s, when Hollywood it in limited release in order to qualify for was hellbent on churning out nightmarish the Oscars. Initially smacking of misplaced visions of the future in such works as THX egotism, the move proved sound: Letters 1138, Z.P.G., The Omega Man and Soylent From Iwo Jima is far superior to Flags of Our Green (the latter two starring Heston). Yet Fathers, and coming out the gate it manwhereas several of the 70s sci-fiers have ripaged to snag Best Picture accolades from ened like cheese over time, it’s impossible both the Los Angeles Film Critics Assoto envision Children of Men ever reaching ciation and the National Board of Review. similar camp status. Director Alfonso CuaWhereas Flags entirely provided the Yankee ron, building a remarkably diverse filmograpoint of view, Letters gives us the perspecphy (Y Tu Mama Tambien, A Little Princess, tive of the Japanese soldiers who fought even a Harry Potter sequel), is an absolute and, for the most part, died in this bloody master behind the camera, and aided by skirmish. Wisely, Eastwood and scripters spectacular cinematography and set design, Paul Haggis and Iris Yamashita (adapting he creates a future world (the film is set in Tadamichi Kuribayashi’s book, Picture Let2027) that is utterly believable and quite ters From Commander In Chief) frightening, not least stay away from the because it looks so politics of the war in much like our presthe Pacific, choosent-day world. The ing instead to focus premise here is that Winter Movie Fest on the humanity of women haven’t been Films about the creatures that live in the the Japanese men reable to get pregnant world’s oceans and along the coast of Georquired to defend this in nearly 20 years, gia. Every Sunday in January and Februisland from a U.S. meaning that huary at 1 p.m. at the Tybee Island Marine takeover. Warhawks mankind is on its Science Center, 1510 Strand, Tybee Island. will object -- how way out. As a result, Cost is $5, which includes admission to the dare Eastwood inchaos is the order of aquarium. 786-5917 or info@tybeemsc.org. dividualize our enethe day, and only in mies! -- but the film’s London does there Savannah Film Society approach is a comexist a pretense of a Presents 10 Items or Less mensensical one: (barely) functional This film stars Morgan Freeman as an outIf we condemn all society. But when of-work and adrift actor who finds himself foreigners who were it’s revealed that an visiting a run-down supermarket and depressed into fightimmigrant (Clarecides it is the perfect place to engage in one ing in a war they Hope Ashitey) of his favorite pastimes -- observing human didn’t start or care to somehow finds herbehavior. Sweet and funny, this film brings join, then we must self carrying a child, to light the simple, everyday things in life. likewise apply that it’s up to a working Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre. $8 at mode of thinking to drone (Clive Owen the door. Call 525-5050. w our own American in a forceful perfortroops, particularly mance) to protect those innocent boys her from the various and girls losing their political factions lives in Bush’s reprehensible Iraq folly. The that would exploit her for their own cynical name actor attached to Letters is the magmeans. The multi-tentacled storyline begs netic Ken Watanabe, who earned a well-defor a mini-series length that would allow for served Oscar nomination for overshadowing a detailed exploration of this society’s clashTom Cruise in The Last Samurai. Here, he ing politics, philosophies and social orders, plays General Kuribayashi (the author of the but armed with only a feature-film running film’s literary source), a sensible leader who time, Cuaron still manages to pack a lot of knows that he and his army are doomed incident into this exciting tale of our world but still does the best he can in an imposas one gargantuan war zone. sible situation. Kuribayashi is presented as Little Children 1/2 a decent man and a compassionate leader A richly textured and profoundly pensive -- unlike many of the other officers, he sees drama that missed making my 10 Best list nothing cowardly in soldiers retreating and by one slot, Little Children finds Todd Field often suggests it over the expected norm of returning to the battlefields of Everytown, honorably committing suicide -- yet the real USA, that marked his startling directorial heart of the story rests with Saigo (Kazunari debut, In the Bedroom. An adaptation of Ninomiya), a baby-faced baker who had to Tom Perrotta’s novel, Little Children offers leave a pregnant wife behind when his gova petri dish dissection of several of the resiernment ordered him to pick up arms and dents of a Massachusetts suburb in which defend the fatherland. most of the adults’ lives are defined by the Children of Men manner in which they relate to the kids who scamper around the margins of both 1/2 their lives and the movie itself. Sarah Pierce No matter how closely I scoured each (Kate Winslet) and Brad Adamson (Patrick scene in Children of Men, I couldn’t find Wilson) are both unhappily married stayCharlton Heston lurking anywhere in the at-homes who engage in an adulterous tryst background. Yet a Heston cameo would scheduled around outings to the pool and have been apropos, given that this adaptathe park with their small fry. First, though,
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