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...love of his life, Latika (Freida Pinto).But what could have been a tragedy about poverty in India becomes instead a tale of triumph over adversity told with infectious joy by director Danny Boyle. Boyle is not exactly in the same realm of either drug-addled “Trainspotting?? or zombie-loving “28 Days Later,” but his ability to create fully-realized worlds within his films is still on full display. The slums of Mumbai are a brightly colored fantasy world in which boys ride on top of trains and industry...
Frank Redmond (Peter Mullan, “Trainspotting??), like many other leading men in feel-good films, is rebelling against the stagnation of middle age. Recently fired, totally unable to communicate with his family, and grappling with a painful past, Frank decides to screw what everyone else thinks and pursue an absurd personal goal: he wants to swim the English Channel...
...Masterpiece Theater” meets “Airplane” period slapstick of the novel’s scenes, the drama behind-the-scenes is too tonally different. Coogan has to choose between his girlfriend-with-child named Jenny (the heavenly Kelly Macdonald of “Trainspotting??) and the hip young production assistant Jennie (played by Naomie Harris, the “28 Days Later” heroine...
...sleeper hit this summer, 28 Days Later is a low-budget British horror import that produces genuine scares. Directed by Trainspotting??s Danny Boyle, the film opens with England devastated by the “rage” virus—everyone seems to be dead, except for Jim (Cillian Murphy), who must survive zombie attacks and find the few survivors that are left. The story gets a bit too over-the-top by the end, when it veers into Heart of Darkness territory, but overall it provides entertaining thrills and chills. The music and cinematography are great...
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