Kathryn Martin
The Pundit 2006 Reviews »
Set on the idyllic German Baltic Coast, Summer ’04 is a complex story of manners, morals and emotions. Miriam (Martina Gedeck) and her husband Andre are spending the summer in their tranquil seaside cottage. When their teenage son Nils brings his sexually precocious 12-year-old girlfriend Livia to stay for the summer, it initially raises no eyebrows. However when Livia begins brazenly flirting with an older man named Bill, Miriam feels obliged to intervene. The result is unexpected, with a sudden tragedy throwing all the relationships astray before neatly wrapping them …
The Pundit 2006 Reviews »
Shooting Dogs grips your heart and mind in the opening scenes and does not let go until the closing credits. The story focuses on two English men living in Rwanda and their struggle to survive the tragically brutal acts of genocide in 1994. Christopher (John Hurt) is a priest who runs a local school in Kigali. Joe (Hugh Dancy) is a passionate, young teacher who is desperate to make a difference. The two men share a bond that proves to be a godsend in the harrowing situation they are thrown …
The Pun 2006 Reviews »
I don’t consider myself a racist person, yet I have been known to have a laugh at politically incorrect content in the past – so knowing what to expect from I Heart Racism, I knew how I would respond was a pretty grey area. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the rest of the audience felt the same. While we started off chuckling quietly, by the end we were all laughing loudly, comfortable in the knowledge that its underlying message about racism is a positive one.
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