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On Each Side, a review by Danae Cassandra

On Each Side  (A cada lado)
Year of Release: 2005
Directed By: Hugo Grosso
Starring: Juan Pablo Geretto, Luis Machin, David Olmos, Emanuel Rojas, Amalia Costa
Genre: Drama

Overview:
Evocative and lyrical, On Each SideOn Each Side is the story of a bridge that not only transverses a river but spans the traditional and the modern, the past and the future.

My Thoughts:
This is a film about connections. Connections between cities; connections between people. It's about our desire for true connection, and what keeps us from making that. A son prioritizes work over dinner with his father, losing the opportunity for a last true connection. A man finds that he waits too long to reveal certain things about himself, thereby losing the opportunity to truly connect with his lover. A young man finds himself unremembered; a photographer detached from the community. Even as the bridge promises to bring the communities together, the choices people make drive them apart.

The mostly amateur cast does a good job, though some seem more natural than others. While you can tell the budget was low, the camera work is quite good, especially the parts about the bridge. That interjected documentary footage of the bridge building adds interest to the film, and could be seen as a metaphor for how much work achieving true connection is - and in its destruction of the natural environment how one can cause damage with people as well. It's an interesting film, with some pointed observations; recommended only to regular watchers of foreign films however. For those weaned on a diet of Hollywood blockbusters this film would look cheap, disjointed and dull.

Bechdel Test: Fail

Overall: 3/5

(From March Around the World 2016 on March 10th, 2016)

(500) Days of Summer, a review by Tom

(500) Days of Summer (2009/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (Germany) Director: Marc Webb Writing: Scott Neustadter (Writer), Michael H. Weber (Writer) Length: 95 min. Video: Widescreen 2.35 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French: DTS 5.1, Portuguese: DTS 5.1, German: DTS 5.1, Italian: DTS 5.1, Spanish: DTS 5.1, Czech: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hungarian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Polish: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Other, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish

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Stars:Plot:Zooey DeschanelJoseph Gordon-LevittAwards:
Won:

National Board of Review Awards, USA (2009)

Spotlight Award (Marc Webb)

Nominated:

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2010)		Best Comedy Movie
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2010)		Best Screenplay, Original (Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber)
Golden Globe (2009)		Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
Golden Globe (2010)		Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
Golden Globe (2009)		Picture - Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe (2010)		Picture - Musical or Comedy

Extras:

• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Music Videos
• Scene Access

I quite enjoyed this movie. I liked the non-linear narrative, which makes this movie refreshing. Zooey Deschanel is lovely as always. Also Joseph Gordon-Levitt was good. I can imagine Chloe Moretz winning the role of Hit-Girl because of her performance in this movie (I don't know if that was the case though).

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on February 4th, 2011)

The IT Crowd: Version 3.0 - (mini) marathon, a review by Achim

5. Friendface
Social network Friendface on the internet has everyone going crazy. Roy reconnects unwillingly with an old girlfriend of his, whom Jen suggests he should tell in person why they broke up. Jen on the other hand meets old school friends and is invited to the reunion. Intending to show off she takes Moss to pretend ot be her husband. All this plays out with an array of good jokes and on the side mocks social networks and the problems they create.



(From The IT Crowd: Version 3.0 - (mini) marathon on July 31st, 2009)