While this follow-up lacks the wicked surprises of the original — it’s a sequel, after all — Bob Odenkirk’s nebbishy super-assassin and Sharon Stone’s deranged super-villain make for an amusingly violent late-summer trifle.
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The Boy from the River Drina
Past traumas are at the center of Zijad Ibrahimovic’s documentary ‘The Boy from the River Drina’, screened in Locarno’s Panorama Suisse section.
Freakier Friday
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reteam for an amiably laugh-filled comedy that brings the body-switch hi-jinks to a new generation of misunderstood teenagers.
The Naked Gun
The gags fly fast and furious as Liam Neeson and director and co-writer Akiva Schaffer revive the outrageous film and TV franchise from Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Marvel’s original superhero team once again falters in a big-screen adaptation, one that’s heavy on period gloss but light on engaging characters.
Smurfs
The occasional bursts of visual style and clever humor come too few and far between in this dreary do-over of the big blue franchise.
Palestinian Cinema Lights Up the 6th Amman Festival
Stories told “honestly and unapologetically” proved a winning strategy at the 6th Amman Intl Film Festival – Awal Film, an intimate, carefully programmed showcase for cinema from the Arab countries and beyond that is asserting itself as a major cultural event in the region.
Yalla Parkour
When documaker Areeb Zuaiter in the U.S. stumbles across the Internet videos of daredevil Ahmad, a teenage parkour athlete in Gaza, they begin a heartfelt long-distance friendship that becomes entwined with the filmmaker’s sense of belonging to her mother’s Palestinian homeland, in the fascinating and revealing meeting of worlds, Yalla Parkour.
The Royal Film Commission Rides the Waves
From a cash rebate up to 45% for foreign productions shooting in Jordan to educational programs to develop filmmakers and audiences, Jordan’s Royal Film Commission has become a leading force in the MENA region for film culture.
18 Awards at Amman Film Industry Days
With 150 film submissions, it’s already a win to be among the projects selected at the Amman Film Industry Days.