Director Jirà Menzel and novelist Bohumil Hrabal teamed up with Oscar-winning results for the classic CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS, and this Czech film repeats their pairing. I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND follows Jan Dite through his life which, as a man living in 1930s Czechoslovakia, has more than its share of highs and lows.
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This indie film at once fuses animation with live-action and fairy tales with modern life. In THE YEAR OF THE FISH, Ye Xian (An Nguyen) has just arrived in New York City from China, but her hopes for the American dream are soon dashed. When she won’t provide clients at the massage parlor where she works the requisite “happy ending,” her boss (Tsai Chin) relegates her to cleaning and laundry. However, the gift of a goldfish from an odd man (Randall Duk Kim) and a budding relationship with a jazz musician (Ken Leung) help to give Ye Xian some hope. This contemporary take on Cinderella was shot on video, but digital painting in post-production gives the film a beautiful, dreamy look.
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Fans of the side-splitting spoofs of MEET THE SPARTANS and DATE MOVIE will get plenty of laughs from this film from directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. The directors reunite with Carmen Electra, and their film also features Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Kim Kardashian, and comedian G Thang.
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Drake Bell of Nickelodeon’s DRAKE AND JOSH grows up with this raunchy comedy about a trio of high school seniors on a college visit. When they arrive on campus, the three teens are recruited by a party-loving frat with hilarious results.
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