Film Guide – June 29, 2012 – Celebrities Today!
Ice Age: The prehistoric crew is back for a side-splitting adventure of fun, humour and heartfelt messages that make for winning family entertainment. **** TG
Sondheim’s Company: This live theatre production centres on the life of a single man who has commitment issues, the five couples who are his friends and his three girlfriends. (Not Reviewed)
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Seven British retirees discover a newfound lust for life when they retire to India. Beautiful character study, even if the plot is a bit clichéd. *** TS
Catch 44: Weak, clichéd wanna-be crime noir thriller in the mould of Tarantino’s work. It simply falls apart as the story becomes expanded. ** TS
Dark Shadows: Tim Burton brings to life his quirky goth-themed love for movies. Starring Johnny Depp, a 19th century vampire who battles to make sense of his life in a hippie era. **** TG
Journey 2 Mysterious Island 3D: The Rock shows off his pecs in an adventure in which he is teamed up with Michael Caine whose whimsical quips are the best thing about this movie. ** TG
LOL: Demi Moore plays Miley Cyrus’s mother in this coming-of-age film set in the well-heeled side of America. It’s bland and clichéd and already starting to date. ** TS
Madagascar 3: Europe’s most wanted: Bright, highly detailed with a gorgeous set piece which sees the Bronx zoo escapees join the circus. *** TS
Mad Buddies: Leon Schuster teams up with Kenneth Nkosi for a slapstick road trip movie. Crass humour and poo jokes abound. *** if you’re a six-year-old boy; * if you’re not. TS
Men In Black 3: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and now Josh Brolin kick alien butt and save the world – as usual. *** HH
Mirror Mirror: Dressed in gorgeously OTT costumes Julia Roberts and Lily Collins sweep their way through castle and forest respectively in this retelling of the Snow White fairy tale. *** TS
Prometheus: Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created for the Aliens quadrilogy, but this time he goes back to before the beginning. Luscious CGI scenery and gorgeous creature design. *** TS
Salmon Fishing in The Yemen: Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt star as a pair who find a way to make a nearly impossible project work and then they find each other. *** HH
Shame: Michael Fassbender plays an emotionally vacant sex addict. ** HH
Snow White And The Huntsman: A beautifully lensed retelling of the favourite fairy tale goes for a dark edge. We know the story so it’s all about the gorgeous look. *** TS
Snows of Kilimanjaro: An elderly French couple’s ordered life is thrown into disarray when they are burgled. The problem is compounded when they realise they’ve been robbed by someone they know. (Not reviewed)
The Avengers: Iron Man, The Hulk, Hawkeye, Thor, Captain America and The Black Widow fighting a badass Loki and his relentless army. ‘Nuff said. *** HH
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And elsewhere in the world…
For its 35th anniversary the San Francisco Decorator Showcase returned to the Classic Revival mansion on 2020 Jackson Street, which had also been the home of the 1991 showcase. The honey-colored brick structure overlooking the Bay was designed in 1902 by German-born architect Julius E. Krafft (1855-1937), and is being offered for $17.5 million (as of June 2012.) Our Claudia Juestel, of Adeeni Design, gives us a tour…
Designer Geoffrey Bradfield sat with Claudia Juestel for an engaging interview over tea at New York’s Hotel Plaza Athénée. The result is a whilrwind overview of a most glamorous life. Enjoy!
This residence at the Four Seasons Residences has recently gone on the market featuring dazzling views.
Designer Claudia Juestel takes you inside Villa Belvedere, the $45 million Belvedere home that was the setting for the 2012 Marin Diesngers Showcase.
DIFFA’s (Design Industry Foundation Fighting AIDS) Dining by Design returned to the Galleria at the San Francisco Design Center for the 11th year. Once again the most exciting dining environments in town drew support for the Positive Health Program of the UCSF AIDS Research Institute.
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