{"id":1122,"date":"2007-11-16T01:43:47","date_gmt":"2007-11-16T00:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2007\/11\/16\/the-cinema-review-american-gangster-beowulf-brick-lane\/"},"modified":"2007-11-19T23:45:22","modified_gmt":"2007-11-19T22:45:22","slug":"the-cinema-review-american-gangster-beowulf-brick-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2007\/11\/16\/the-cinema-review-american-gangster-beowulf-brick-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cinema Review: American Gangster \/ Beowulf \/ Brick Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we review American Gangster<\/strong>, Beowulf<\/strong> and Brick Lane<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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American Gangster<\/strong><\/a> is the true life story of New York crime boss Frank Lucas<\/a> (Denzel Washington<\/a>) who created a drug empire in the early 70s by importing cheap heroin direct from Asia. Directed by Ridley Scott<\/a> it explores how a New York cop Richie Roberts<\/a> (Russell Crowe<\/a>) discovered and exposed his operation.<\/p>\n

Beowulf<\/strong><\/a> is the big budget animated version of the old English poem<\/a> about a medieval warrior (Ray Winstone<\/a>) who travels to a kingdom plagued by a monster named Grendel<\/a>. When Beowulf defeats it, he has to deal with the mother (Angelina Jolie<\/a>), who is an altogether different proposition. Using motion capture technology, director Robert Zemeckis<\/a> creates a 3-D<\/a> version of the tale.<\/p>\n

Brick Lane<\/strong><\/a> is the adaptation of Monica Ali’s best selling book<\/a> about a Bangladeshi woman (Tannishtha Chatterjee<\/a>) who settles in East London with a loveless marriage to her husband (Satish Kaushik<\/a>). Feeling isolated and trapped she has an affair with a younger man (Christopher Simpson<\/a>). Directed by Sarah Gavron<\/a>.<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/podcast\/get.php?fla=podcast-2007-11-16-90996.mp3]\n

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