REVIEWS BY CINEMA DAVE: Trouble the Water,The Lucky Ones & Play the Game

[Rachel Galvin]

REVIEWS OF THREE FILMS SHOWN AT FLIFF----BY CINEMA DAVE--- Trouble the Water

With Danny Glover and Michael Moore listed in the credits, "Trouble the Water" has all the prejudices that one would expect from a documentary screened at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival. Yet "Trouble the Water" is timely. This documentary puts into perspective today's headlines about the worst economy since the Great Depression. Today's passive aggressive financial woes seem less important in light of smelling the odor of a dead body next door. For more, go to: http://cinemadave.livejournal.com/323103.html

The Lucky Ones

On the night that I went to the screening of "The Lucky Ones," Commanding General David Petraeus formally transferred his command in Iraq. Given the success of his mission in Iraq, it was ironic to see Tim Robbins in this movie about Iraqi war veterans. Expecting another limp wristed Hollywood antiwar protest fest, I was pleasantly surprised to see a modern movie with old fashioned American values. For more, go to: http://cinemadave.livejournal.com/318579.html
Play the Game

"Play the Game" is a film made for the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (CENTERPIECE FILM -- NOVE 5 AT 8 P.M & NOV. 6 AT 6 P.M. SEE WWW.FLIFF.COM FOR DETAILS)Essentially there are two stories that feature two sets of romance for the young and old. While the young ingenues Paul Campbell and Marla Sokoloff thread the motion picture, it is the senior citizens that steal the motion picture and makes this film memorable. For more, go to: http://cinemadave.livejournal.com/320152.html