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Open Five 2 focuses more on the on again off again relationship between Kentucker and Caroline (Caroline White, who played Kentucker’s ex-girlfriend in Open Five). The film begins with their relationship at a crossroads as she discovers that she is pregnant. While Open Five 2 still retains a loose structure, it feels more deliberate and more assured than the first film. It also feels extremely intimate and with the way it plays with levels of reality it can at times be a bit fascinatingly uncomfortable.

I recommend viewing the two films back to back as it does add to the experience, particularly as the second film folds back on the first. Since each film is just a little over an hour long, it is not too daunting of a task to watch them together. In addition, don’t forget to check out the other offerings at NoBudge.
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New releases for July 12th

Fruitvale Station: Winning both the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at Sundance, Fruitvale Station was dubbed this year’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, the indie movie that could be a factor come Oscar nomination time. Based on a true story, Michael B. Jordan (The Wire, Friday Night Lights) plays Oscar Grant, a young man who was shot by transit police on New Year’s Day 2009. The film traces Oscar’s day leading up to the tragic incident.

The Hunt: Mads Mikkelsen, who has most recently been seen playing Dr. Hannibal Lecter on the television show Hannibal, won the Best Actor award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival for his performance as a teacher whose life is destroyed by a lie. When a friend’s young daughter says that he exposed himself to her, the small community where he lives immediately deems him guilty and brands him a sex offender. The Hunt puts a spotlight on the damage that a false charge of child sexual abuse can have.

Killing Season: The Killing Season was able to bag two big stars as Robert DeNiro and John Travolta play two veterans of the Bosnian War. DeNiro plays Ford, an American soldier who fought on the front lines while Travolta plays Kovac who fought in the Serbian army. Twenty years later, Ford has retreated to a remote cabin in the Rocky Mountains, trying to forget the painful memories of the war. When Kovacs shows up looking for revenge, the two men are pitted against each other in their own personal war against the forbidding wilderness.
Available at Vudu

V/H/S/2: The omnibus horror film returns with a mostly new set of directors contributing (only Adam Wingard returns from V/H/S). The sequel includes contributions from Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project), Gareth Evans (The Raid), and Jason Eisener (Hobo with a Shotgun).
Available at Amazon
Available at iTunes
Available at Vudu

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