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DVD Reviews: My Life In Ruins, Sunshine Cleaning, The Univited
Nia Vardalos, the star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, is back on the small screen with another treat
- CP, Writer, Eplus
- Published: 00:00 October 29, 2009
My life in Ruins
Cast Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis
Director Donald Petrie
Genre Comedy
Rating PG-13
Nia Vardalos, the star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, is back on the small screen with another treat: My Life in Ruins. Georgia (Vardalos) is a frustrated professor of classical history that has been forced to work at a travel agency as a tour guide in Greece. She expects visitors to bask in history, marvel at the ancient ruins and reconnect with their souls. Sadly, the tourists have other ideas. It seems they are more interested in hedonistic pleasures, and that includes shopping, dancing and gobbling lots of ice-cream. With her latest group Georgia is assigned a new driver Poupi (Georgoulis) who, with a little help from likable tourist Irv (Dreyfuss), changes her life. She discovers her kefi (passion, joy or spirit) and learns to spread happiness. If you've not been to Greece, this movie provides glimpses of the beautiful country, including views of the Temple of Delphi, Olympia and the Parthenon.
Sunshine Cleaning
Cast Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Steve Zahn
Director Christine Jeffs
Genre Comedy/Drama
Rating 15
Norah Lorkowski (Blunt) trips in the restaurant where she works as a waitress, sends the dishes flying and is soon looking for another job. Her sister Rose (Adams) is a maid, but the salary is not enough to pay the school fees of her seven-year-old son. When Rose's detective friend Mac (Zahn) tells her that there's a lot of money in the biohazard removal business, she ropes in Norah to launch the Sunshine Cleaning company. Yes, the girls can now earn as much as they want to, but the job's a messy one: it involves cleaning up blood and body parts of people who have passed away. But it may just be the opportunity the Lorkowskis need to get their life together.
The Uninvited
Cast Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn
Directors Charles and Thomas Guard
Genre Horror
Rating PG-13
The tag ‘From the producers of The Ring and Disturbia' will pull you in, but if you are a hardcore horror addict you should watch the South Korean original A Tale of Two Sisters.
Depressed after her mother's death in a fire, Anna (Browning) tries to commit suicide and is sent to a mental hospital. She returns home in due course to find that Rachel, the nurse who looked after her invalid mum, is now her dad's (Strathairn) live-in pal. Both Anna and her sister Alex (Arielle Kebbel) are not happy, especially Anna, who starts seeing things which indicate that Rachel is not who she says she is.
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