In Selected Theaters: What Just Happened?, Filth & Wisdom, Morning Light

What Just Happened?
Movies about Hollywood can be grating, self-satisfied and full of inside jokes that make many audiences groan. They can also be The Player. The presence of Bruce Willis in What Just Happened?, a dark comedy about the daily grind of show business, hearkens back to his self-parodying cameo appearance in Robert Altman’s benchmark film, although he looks to have a much more substantial presence, both literally and figuratively, in Barry Levinson’s new project. Ol’ Bruno plays a bloated, bearded version of himself that producer Ben (Robert De Niro) has to haggle with in order to get him in proper leading man shape for his disaster of a picture called Fiercely, starring Sean Penn. Ben’s also dealing with his ex-wife Kelly (Robin Wright Penn) and their counseling sessions, his screenwriter friend Scott (Stanley Tucci) messing around her, the creative differences between wastoid director Jeremy (Michael Wincott) and studio chief Lou (Catherine Keener) and his daughter Zoe (Kristen Stewart) apparently coming of age far too soon for him to be comfortable with.
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Filth and Wisdom
Madonna announces her high profile divorce in the same week that her directorial debut hits theaters in America. Is it possible that this was a calculated move? The ex-Mrs. Ritchie also wrote this story about a group of London bohemians trying to figure out their place in the world, including the struggling Ukranian musician who moonlights in torturing masochists for money, the ballet star slumming in strip clubs whom he secretly loves, the pharmacist swiping drugs for charity and the blind poet obsessed with the books he can’t read.
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Morning Light
Roy Disney gathers together a group of 15 young people to enter the Transpac sailing race from Los Angeles to Honolulu, a 2300-mile stretch of the Pacific Ocean, filming them during training and gearing up for the race itself. Stacy Peralta of the surf doc Riding Giants is on hand to document the unique experience.
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