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The Cosmopolitans: The Cosmopolitans (2014)
Promising Pilot
An excellent little Pilot, produced by Amazon as part of their original programming. Audience feedback will determine whether this gets picked up and turned into a full season. But certainly the Pilot is promising. The only problem is it's too brief. We want the rest of the Season for binge viewing right now! Beautiful people in the Beautiful city with Beautiful dialogue. What's not to like? Particularly strong performances from Adam Brody and Chloe Sevigny. The Italian actor is also very sympathetic.
This is the Whit Stillman of Metropolitan but now updated for the 21st Century and set against the backdrop of the ever-alluring Paris. An intriguing idea from Amazon. More please!
Cold Mountain (2003)
Disappointing
The only reason I didn't walk out after 30 minutes is that my girl-friend seemed to like it. In retrospect, walking out would have been the rational thing to do. Very little in this film works. It's atrocious that most of the cast have no idea how to pull off a Southern accent. Law in particular, despite his valiant attempt at pretending to be Tom Hanks, was an utter failure. Don't go see this movie, it's a waste of your time.