3 films to see on the week of Feb. 5-12, 2012
400 Days
WHEN FOUR people are locked up for 400 days as part of an experiment preparing them for a real trip to Mars, their mental state begins to deteriorate when they lose all communication with the outside world. Directed by Matt Osterman, the film stars Brandon Routh, Dane Cook, and Caity Lotz. Michael Rechtshaffen of the Los Angeles Times says the film “Tosses out a lot of potential what-ifs but never commits to any of them.”
MTRCB Rating: PG
Accidental Love
“IT’S AN UNMITIGATED disaster, not even worth a spin as a curiosity piece,” is the Chicago Sun-Times’s Richard Roeper’s view of Accidental Love, a screwball comedy about what happens when a freak accident leaves a young woman with a nail lodged in her head causing erratic — and erotic — behavior. “The race for the worst film of 2015 is officially on,” declares Entertainment Weekly’s Chris Nashawaty. The film is directed by David O. Russell and stars Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal, and James Marsden.
MTRCB Rating: R-13
Lakbay2Love
SET AROUND the time of typhoon Yolanda, this film, megged by Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil, tells the story of a heartbroken videographer (played by Solenn Heussaff) who is convinced by a friend to take up a new project as a way to help her move on from a breakup. While working on a film about biking and the environment, she meets an environmentalist (played by Dennis Trillo) and they fall in love.
MTRCB Rating: G
