Captain Abu Raed: A Review

Captain Abu Raed is a 2007 Jordanian drama movie, it won numerous awards at several film festivals.

The movie follows Abu Raed, a poor guy from a poor neighborhood. He is a very simple and kindhearted man, and you learn that from the very start. He becomes the neighborhood's storyteller when he is mistaken for a pilot by one of the kids. I deliberately will not talk more about this movie, I have it, watch it. Satisfaction guaranteed or your 100 minutes back (yes, I can restore time!)



I really recommend this movie. Some of the acting is a bit off, and it has a few slow point that's why I give this movie 8.5/10 awesomes.

Middle of Nowhere: A Review

I've previously mentioned that here at walle3a, we are devout fans of Robert Downey jr. Another face we are finding ourselves following is Anton Yelchin; we loved him in "Alpha Dog" and "Charley Bartlett" and loved how different the characters were.

The movie follows Dorian (Yelchin), who is shipped by his parents to a small town to live with his uncle to build character and learn to be responsible. Dorian meets Grace, an aspiring med student with a destructive mother who spent all her money preventing Grace from going to college. Dorian lets Grace in on a little money making through dealing weed.

The movie flows very nicely and you warm up to the main characters rather quickly. Everyone's acting is spot on, and although this is an indie flick, you will find the destructive mother is played by Susan Sarandon.

The movie is not your typical summer-pre-college-finding-yourself-fling. Strong performances and a good story make this a movie very much worth watching.

7/10 awesomes

Fifty People, One Question

Fifty people, one question is a very nice idea; go to a place, ask 50 people the same question and film their response.

From their website: 'The project started in New Orleans, LA and received such a warm response that we decided to do it again in New York City. Now we're traveling to more cities (sister cities to be exact) and asking new questions. Always just trying to capture a little slice of humanity. Whatever happens … happens.'

This is the first video in New Orleans:



Go to their Youtube channel for the rest of the videos.

Ink

Ink follows the life of Emma and her father, John, in an alternative world where dreams and nightmares come as one. There isn't much about Ink online (which is probably a good thing) but I feel its going to awesome!

One review, which may contain some spoilers, said that it's a mix of The Matrix, Dark City, Donnie Darko and Brazil, which all rocked.



Trailer #2

Release date: August 20

The Cove

mass slaughter of dolphins that are sold for food encouraged some filmmakers to create this thriller documentary to expose this practice in japan...



official site

release date: upcoming screenings

Music Within

The movie follows the true story of Richard Pimentel, a Vietnam veteran who was left severely impaired after the war, who upon learning to live with his disability embarks on a journey to speak up on behalf of all the Americans with disabilities.

The movie is from back in 2007 and somehow slipped under our collective radars (shneaky shneaky movie)