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CARNAGE Movie Review By: RAMA

CARNAGE Movie Review By: RAMA What did RAMA think of the comedy CARNAG E? Make sure to follow him on Facebook and Twitter . CARNAGE is a sensational character comedy that keeps on giving. With four of the greatest actors of our generation, a director whose talent is undeniable and a script that’s smart, outlandish, exciting and aggressive all in one, you are in for a laugh out loud marital dynamics satire unlike anything that’s ever been done in cinema… Set in contemporary Brooklyn, New York, Carnage centers on two pairs of parents one of whose child has hurt the other at a public park, who meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. However, as the evening goes on, the parents become increasingly childish, resulting in the evening devolving into chaos. If I could simply describe CARNAGE , I’d say that it’s like watching Everybody Loves Raymond , it starts out with people having a conversation, the problem at hand could be easily resolved in the first 5 minutes of t...

Roman Polanski Must Face The Judge

Roman Polanski Must Face The Judge A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge has denied Roman Polanski's effort to be sentenced in absentia, which his lawyers saw as a possible avenue for him to resolve his 1977 sex case. Judge Peter Espinoza said on Friday that Polanski "needs to surrender" is he is to be sentenced in the case, and if there is to be a hearing on the directors' contention that now deceased Judge Laurence Rittenband engaged in judicial misconduct back then. Bart Dalton, one of Polanski's attorneys, said that they would seek a remedy from a state appeals court. Polanski is in Switzerland under house arrest, awaiting a decision from authorities there on whether he will be extradited. In a contentious and caustic hearing, the director's lead attorney, Chad Hummel, argued that Polanski already had served the time that Rittenband had promised --- some 42 days in a California prison where he underwent a psychiatric assessment. The length of his sentence wou...

Roman Polanski Arrested

Roman Polanski Arrested L.A. County district attorney's Finally able to get their man? Now will he be heading back to the United States and Brought to justice? Swiss authorities arrested Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski in Zurich on Saturday at the request of U.S. authorities, who have sought the Chinatown director's arrest since he fled the States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a female minor. Polanski, 76, was in Switzerland to receive an award at the Zurich Film Festival and now faces possible extradition to the U.S., which has sought his arrest abroad since 2005. According to The Los Angeles Times, the L.A. County district attorney's office planed the filmmaker's arrest after learning last week that he would be at the film festival. Polanski's statutory-rape case was documented in the HBO documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. Polanski had sex with a 13 year-old girl in 1977 at the home of Jack Nicholson wh...