10s Movie Review - No

Director: Pablo Larraín
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 118 minutes
Year: 2012
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Nestor Cantillana, Antonia Zegers

Description: An advertising executive (Gael Garcia Bernal) comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile’s 1988 referendum.

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Review: René Saveedra is doing well: his career is running smoothly and he makes commercials for anyone who offers enough money. He is a man who deep inside still has ideals but manages to hide them away within his professional life. We meet him in 1988 on the eve of a referendum that will decide the country’s future. The United Nations has forced the dictator Pinochet’s regime to call this referendum: with a simple yes or no. Chileans must decide whether or not to keep the man who has been the country’s undisputed leader since 1973.

René is asked to collaborate in the no campaign. The campaigns gets to fill 15 minutes each day leading yp to the referendum with a message against Pinochet’s regime. René knows that taking this job may mean losing his well-to-do position in society but lets his ideals overcome him; he accepts the challenge. He will have to endure much, the main obstacles being the intimidation of the Pinochet regime and the divisions within the members of the No campaign: a motley crew of communists, democrats and anarchists.

Director Pablo Larraín has tried to capture the zeitgeist of the 1980s with every detail of the film. Every little detail has been thought of: fro the clothes and the way the characters speak to the film material used. Parts of the film were filmed with the U-Matic video format. U-Matic was the name of a video cassette that recorded in analog. The footage shows little detail bit is functional. This gives the film an authentic feel and resembles a documentary shot at the time of the No campaign. Gael Garcia Bernal, who plays René, is fantastic in the film. He is an underrated actor.

“No” is a bit slow at times, which is the only downside to the film. This movie is a great study of a period in history not known to many people.

Rating: 4/ 5

Movie Trailer Sunday (65)

This weeks trailers are about a couple with problems and seeking someone elses comfort, the apocalypse, the different lives of two men, a man fighting against Pinochet and a maniac.

To the Wonder
Description: Marina (Olga Kurylenko) and Neil (Ben Affleck) meet in France and move to Oklahoma to start a life together, where problems soon arise. While Marina makes the acquaintance of a priest and fellow exile (Javier Bardem), who is struggling with his vocation, Neil renews a relationship with a childhood sweetheart, Jane (Rachel McAdams).
Director: Terence Mallick
Starring: Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem
Trailer: Trailer "To the Wonder"
Comment: This trailer gave me goosebumps, it looks so beautiful.

This is the End
Description: We follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. As the world unravels outside, dwindling supplies and cabin fever threaten to tear apart the friendships inside. Once they discover that they are experiencing the Apocalypse, they must come to terms with why they were left behind. Eventually they are forced to leave the house, facing their fate and the true meaning of friendship and redemption.
Director: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Starring: Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Emma Watson
Trailer: Trailer "This is the End"
Comment: It's only a teaser, but anything with James Franco gets my attention.

The Place Beyond the Pines
Description: A motorcycle rider Luke (Ryan Gosling)makes a fateful decision to commit a crime to support his child. The incident renders him targeted by policeman Avery (Bradley Cooper), and the two men become locked on a tense collision course which will have a devastating impact on both of their families in the years following.
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Rose Byrne, Bruce Greenwood, Ray Liotta
Trailer: Traler "The Place Beyond the Pines"
Comment: I love Ryan!

No
Description: When Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, facing international pressure, calls for a referendum on his presidency in 1988, opposition leaders persuade a brash young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra (Gael García Bernal), to spearhead their campaign. With scant resources and constant scrutiny by the despot's watchmen, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and free their country from oppression.
Director: Pablo Larraín
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Ant�nia Zegers, Marcial Tagle, N�stor Cantillana, Jaime Vadell, Pascal Montero
Trailer: Trailer "No"

Maniac
Description: The owner of a mannequin shop develops a dangerous obsession with a young artist.
Director: Franck Khalfoun
Starring: Elijah Wood, Norah Arnezeder
Trailer: Trailer "Maniac"