The War with Grandpa
Tim Hill, the director of the family comedies Alvin and the Chipmunks and Garfield 2: A Tale of Two Kitties, released the film "Tough Grandfather".
Starring Oscar-winning Robert De Niro, who often shines in comedy roles.
The essence of the film is reflected in its original title - The War with Grandpa ("War with Grandpa").
In the story, the hero De Niro, at the insistence of his daughter (Uma Thurman), moves to her house.
The man gets the room of his grandson (Oaks Feegley), and the boy is sent to live in a dusty and cluttered attic.
The child is not ready to put up with his fate and declares war on his grandfather, and the relative readily accepts the challenge.
During the confrontation, the heroes constantly find themselves in comical situations.
True, according to Variety author Owen Gleiberman, the battle between grandson and grandpa is not exciting.
“The confrontation in the film looks neither funny nor tense.
Tough Grandfather is like a replay of Home Alone, where the characters set traps for each other on the way, and does not reach anything more than a harmless eccentric comedy, ”concluded Gleiberman.
"Blackbird"
In the family drama "Blackbird," premiered last year at the Toronto Film Festival, Roger Michell ("Notting Hill") tackles the complex subject of euthanasia.
The main character of the film, Lily (Susan Sarandon), is diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
The woman decides to end her life before her condition becomes even more serious.
Before her death, Lily gathers the whole family to spend the last days with her.
Close heroines, however, do not agree with her intentions.
In parallel with the main storyline, another drama unfolds: Lily's daughters recall their long-standing conflicts and risk disrupting the collective farewell planned by their mother.
In addition to Sarandon, the roles in the film were performed by Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska, Sam Neal, Rain Wilson and Lindsay Duncan.
The King of Staten Island
The plot of the dramedy "King of Staten Island" is centered around 24-year-old Scott.
He lives with his mother and does all sorts of nonsense: uses soft drugs, plays video games, has fun with friends and gives them dubious tattoos.
All his life goals are reduced to the idea of opening a "tattoo restaurant".
Scott's mother, who has long experienced the death of her husband, a firefighter who died 17 years ago in the line of duty, enters into a new relationship.
Scott refuses to accept such a change and interferes with the mother's relationship.
The main role in the film was played by American comedian Pete Davidson.
At the same time, he practically played himself: the artist grew up on Staten Island, lives with his mother.
He has over a hundred tattoos, some of which are not quite neat.
In addition, the actor's father was a firefighter and died on September 11, 2001.
The plot of the film is based on the artist's real injuries and his experience of dealing with them.
In an interview with Screenrant, Davidson said that he decided to share his story with viewers in the hope that it will help him overcome the crisis and move on.
The director of the film Judd Apatow ("The Forty-Year-Old Virgin", "Hooligans and Nerds"), in turn, stressed that he was interested in the project by the idea of self-sacrifice.
“Write about his family and the sacrifice his father made for others.
Heroes ... His mother worked as a nurse in the emergency room throughout his childhood.
This is the most interesting thing in this story ", - quotes the director of Screenrant.
"Dr. Lisa"
Physician, philanthropist, public figure and founder of the Fair Aid Foundation Elizaveta Glinka used the pseudonym Doctor Lisa for her blog.
Under this name she became known throughout Russia.
Director Oksana Karas, screenwriter Natalya Kudryashova and their co-authors tried to tell about Glinka using the example of one day in her life.
On this day, Doctor Lisa will have to solve many problems of strangers - despite the fact that she planned to devote time to her family.
No one can help the sick, listen to the homeless and negotiate with influential people the way the main character does.
Most of the situations shown in the film are based on real events.
Doctor Lisa's widower, Gleb Glinka, took part in the filming.
The main role was played by Chulpan Khamatova - not only an actress, but also the founder of the Gift of Life foundation.
At the Kinotavr festival, the film Doctor Lisa received the Audience Award.
Read more about the film in RT.
"Deeper!"
What will happen if a talented theater director takes on the shooting of porn?
On this topic in the satirical comedy "Deeper!"
the three-time winner of "Kinotavr" Mikhail Segal dreamed up.
The events of the tape unfold around the theater director Roman (Alexander Pal).
The director's work is distinguished by an incredible depth that has no place in contemporary art.
The director loses his position and finds himself in such a dire situation that he agrees to take up pornography.
At the same time, he approaches the new work with full dedication and works out the characters and details so carefully that his project turns into a real drama, which is compared with the paintings of Tarkovsky.
As a result, deep porn is recognized all over the world, and the hero's skills turn out to be useful in other areas of the media industry.
It is noteworthy that there are no explicit scenes in the film, and children from 16 years old can watch it.
© Still from the film "Deeper!"
(2020)
"Love without size"
The comedy "Love Without Size" is the first full-length work by Maria Shulgina, known primarily as a screenwriter.
She has worked on projects such as East-West and Let's Get Divorced!
The latter on one of the "Kinotavrov" was awarded the prize named after Grigory Gorin for the best script.
In the story, backing vocalist Masha is faced with an unexpected problem: her breasts no longer meet the standards of the stage.
If a girl wants to continue to build a career on stage, she will have to decide on plastic surgery.
Masha has no money for an expensive procedure, and she turns to a friend for help.
For a new bust, they go to the Caucasus.
The trip prepares many adventures and new acquaintances.
The main roles in the film were played by Svetlana Khodchenkova and Maxim Lagashkin.
Yang Ge, Ivan Kolesnikov, Sofya Lebedeva, Dmitry Astrakhan, Yulia Aug and other artists are also involved in the project.
"The conference"
On the eve of the 18th anniversary of the hostage-taking at the Theater Center on Dubrovka, Ivan Tverdovsky's drama Conference will be released.
The film's heroine, nun Natalia, is going to hold a prayer service on the anniversary of the terrorist attack.
To do this, under the pretext of a "conference", she rented the hall in which the hostages were held.
The viewer is exposed to the difficult personal story of Natalia, who was one of the witnesses of the terrible events of October 23-26, 2002.
According to Tverdovsky, the terrorist attack is covered in the film only indirectly.
“Like any bleeding wound in the life and fate of every person, the terrorist attack itself is viewed as an extra-national event that could have occurred anywhere in the world ... The picture speaks of the feelings of people, a person who once made a mistake, trying 18 years later to find understanding and justification his deed ", - quotes the director" KinoPoisk ".
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