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Besson, Reno, Portman, Oldman: 'The Professional' 15 Years Later
18 November 2009 2:23 AM, PST
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Jean Reno and Natalie Portman in The Professional
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Is Luc Besson an overrated filmmaker? I think he's a fine director but reviewing his resume he's usually a pretty average writer and his movies are kind of hit-or-miss. But every once in while he sneaks in an effort that surprises you, makes you take a step back and think, Whoa, where'd that come from? My most recent such reaction came while watching his last directorial effort, Angel-a, a sweet and moving love story dropped into a hotzone trifecta of mediocrity including The Fifth Element, The Messenger and Arthur and the Invisibles. To that point, outside of Angel-a he hasn't made a substantial contribution to the medium since Leon - The Professional, a contribution certainly worth celebrating, and will be done so over the next ten paragraphs.
I didn't see The Professional in the movie theater. I watched it on VHS.
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- Andre Rivas
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DVD release inspirations including Angels and Demons
14 September 2009 5:11 AM, PDT
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Good morning Boxwishers, we hope you’ve had a good, film-filled weekend with new releases like Adventureland, Dorian Gray and Julie and Julia. Or maybe you’ve just been very excited, like us, to see the brand new The Twilight Saga: New Moon trailer premiere yesterday! If all of that’s got you in the movie mood then why not treat yourself to a couple of new DVD’s while you wait for Friday’s cinema releases? New to DVD today are two sequels; complicated mystery Angels and Demons, the sequel to Dan Browns The Da Vinci Code, and the adrenaline fuelled Crank: High Voltage. And new to Blu-Ray is the iconic Léon.
If you see… Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) return to decipher codes and follow clues to solve a murder and protect the Vatican in Angels and Demons.
Why Not Take the official Angels and Demons tour in Italy,
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Stills for Rie Rasmussen's non-linear Human Zoo
10 March 2009 12:40 PM, PDT
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One film I'm eagerly awaiting a trailer for is Rie Rasmussen's Human Zoo, a dual storyline set in both Kosovo and Marseille which ranges from what looks like action to love. Having premiered at Berlinale, we're still waiting but since it's getting a theatrical release on April 1st I'm expecting one any day now. On a side note, Rie Rasmussen played Angel-a in Luc Besson's film of the same name. Hubba hubba! If you haven't seen that one I'd highly recommend it.
Human Zoo is the story of a half Albanian half Serbian girl set in both the time of the worst fighting in Kosovo Serbia, as well as present day Marseille France where being an illegal immigrant is tricky when your "government deemed unfit by the international community make you so" too. Presented like a novel in the non linear storytelling of the two interwoven time lines
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