At The Movies: w/c 8 January 2010
Out on general release in the UK from today we have vampires, an exam, the end-of-the-world, romance, and sex and drugs and rock and roll...
DAYBREAKERSHorror-drama. In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.
Directors: Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig Starring: Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Isabel Lucas & Willem Dafoe
Tomatometer: 61% (Fresh; based on 66 reviews) "Though it arrives during an unfortunate glut of vampire movies, Daybreakers offers enough dark sci-fi thrills -- and enough of a unique twist on the genre -- to satisfy filmgoers."
EXAMThriller. Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation...
Director: Stuart Hazeldine Starring: Luke Mably, Adar Beck, Chris Carey, Gemma Chan, Nathalie Cox, John Lloyd Fillingham & Jimi Mistry.
Tomatometer: 58% (Fresh; based on 12 reviews)
IT'S COMPLICATEDRom-com. During his son's college graduation, Jane hooks up with her ex-husband, Jake, who's married to a younger woman...
Director: Nancy Meyers Starring: Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell, Rita Wilson & Mary Kay Place
Tomatometer: 53% (Fresh; based on 139 reviews) "Despite fine work by an appealing cast, It's Complicated is predictable romantic comedy fare, going for broad laughs instead of subtlety and nuance."
THE ROADDrama. A post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible.
Director: John Hillcoat Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce, Molly Parker, Garret Dillahunt & Michael K. Williams
Tomatometer: 74% (Fresh; based on 164 reviews) "The Road's commitment to Cormac McCarthy's dark vision may prove too unyielding for some, but the film benefits from hauntingly powerful performances from Viggo Mortensen and Kodi McPhee."
SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLLDrama. A biography of Ian Dury who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founder of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.
Director: Mat Whitecross Starring: Andy Serkis, Naomie Harris, Olivia Williams, Ray Winstone, Mackenzie Crook, Toby Jones, Noel Clarke, Bill Millner, Ralph Ineson & Luke Evans
Tomatometer: 87% (Fresh; based on 15 reviews)
