Two Tiff Tuesday #2

It's Tuesday, which means it's time for me to review the TIFF movie listing and select two films that I'd like to see.

Asian Gangs

Here's the synopsis:

In 1994, Grade 5 student Lewis Bennett got into a schoolyard fight that resulted in a stern warning from his principal. "Change your ways, or you'll end up in an Asian gang." Seventeen years later, Bennett (still Caucasian) revisits his past in this comedic documentary to determine if he took a wrong turn along the way.

I love a good documentary and I cannot stop laughing at the "still Caucasian" part in the summary.  Added bonus is that this is a Canadian film.  You can view other videos by Lewis Bennett here on Vimeo.

I kind of want to pick Dredd 3D as my second film because I love Karl Urban and enjoy how terrible the 1995 Judge Dredd film is...however, this seems more like a Netflix type of film.

Cloud Atlas

The official synopsis for Cloud Atlas describes the film as an epic story of humankind in which the actions and consequences of our lives impact one another throughout the past, present and future as one soul is shaped from a murderer into a savior and a single act of kindness ripples out for centuries to inspire a revolution.

The film written and directed by Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer and Any Wachowski has been adapted from the 2004 novel of the same name.

I may try to read the novel beforehand but we'll see.

Thanks for stopping by,

Alex & Arthur