Film (2012)
Directed by Susanne Bier
Astrid and Patrick are a young Danish couple preparing for their wedding in Italy. Various parents arrive in unpredictable patterns and begin to interact on their own terms, including Ida, a hairdresser, and Philip, an executive, survivors of different kinds of loss.
Movies
The Great Gatsby
Film (2013)
Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Screenplay by Baz Luhrmann and
Craig Pearce
Based on the novel by
F. Scott Fitzgerald
With Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire
A lot of visual effects in 3D supersede the psychological ones in this lollapalooza production that is more likely to interest CGI fans than literary ones.
Iron Man 3
Film (2013)
Directed by Shane Black
With Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle,
Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Ben Kingsley
Another installment in the bionic odyssey, carried forward by computer graphic imagery in megadoses and reasonable portions of seasoned and tasteful acting by a roster of capable thespian chefs.
Kon Tiki
Film (2012)
Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg
Screenplay by Petter Skavlan
A sweepingly epic treatment of the pioneering journey from Peru to the South Seas by Thor Heyerdahl and crew in 1947.
Mud
Film (2012)
Written and Directed
by Jeff Nichols
With Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Sam Shepard
A superbly wrought film about a man on the edge encountered by two fourteen year old boys and the various attempts at love, devotion and self-reliance which surface in the wake of their meeting.