The Switch may have Jenifer Aniston as top billing on all the marketing, but it’s not really her film. It actually belongs to her male co-star Jason Bateman who steals the show as her neurotic best friend.
Jean Reno has had a bit slump of late. His seminal performance is undoubtedly 1994’s Léon where he played the titular honourable hitman for hire. Since then, he’s not really had much to write home about, appearing in a number of films which will quickly fade from public consciousness (Armoured anyone? Couples Retreat?).
Is it real or is it fake is the intriguing central theme that runs throughout elegant art-house film Certified Copy (hence the title), starring the ever-talented and beautiful Juliette Binoche. The power of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s latest, more commercial offering than late is in the skilled direction that requires a certain patience to allow it to breathe and develop because where it goes is anyone’s guess.
Low-budget Brit indie-pic looks to shake up the middle-classes in this taut suspense thriller/horror about a couple who are held hostage by a group of violent kids searching for their son.