The Film Buzz

Chloe is a very intriguing Drama/Thriller that caught my eye – starring Julianne Moore (Children of Men), Liam Neeson (Taken) and Amanda Seyfried (Jennifer’s Body).

Julianne Moore stars as Catherine alongisde Liam Neeson who plays David as the “perfectly married couple” with a teenage son but when David misses a flight and his surprise birthday party – Catherine starts to suspect that there is more than meets the eye. Her imagination runs wild with thoughts of David cheating on her and she decides to hire an escort to test his loyalty. Catherine employs attractive young Chloe and directs her encounters with David and Chloe reports back exactly what goes down in those encounters. However, as the meetings multiply, descriptions get more graphic and things start to get very out of control…

Directed by Atom Egoyan who previously brought us Where the Truth Lies (2005), you are fore-warned that the sexual scenes are going to be of graphic nature, however fear not, it’s not trashy porn material – we are reassured that the eroticism is tastefully done.

If that doesn’t persuade you to see this erotic thriller – Julianne Moore gives a truly excellent performance whilst Amanda Seyfried is absolutely stunning as the steamy “seductress” – 100 times better than her performance in Jennifer’s Body.

The Film Buzz Anticipation Rating: 7/10

UK Release Date: March 26th 2010

Director: Atom Egoyan

Writer: Erin Cressida Wilson (screenplay), Anne Fontaine

Links: IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes

Dear John is the love story of John (Channing Tatum of Step Up) and Savannah (Amanda Seyfried from Mamma Mia).

John meets Savannah while on leave from the army, in a nutshell he helps her out and the two quickly fall in love, but alas John decides to go back to the army and the two keep in touch over time  by letters.

Based on the book of the same name written by Nicholas Sparks the author of The Notebook, you just know this is going to be a mushy, weepy, romantic but touching story. I thought the same thing about The Notebook and now it’s probably in my list of the top 300 films I’ve seen that didn’t suck even though I thought it would.

We can expect to see this in theatres in February 2010 – better stock up on those tissues.

The Buzz Anticipation Rating: 6/10

Release Date: February 2010

Director: Lasse Hallström

Writer’s: Jamie Linden & Nicholas Sparks

Links: IMDB