Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

The film gently starts with a group of men wandering around the beautiful rural countryside near an Anatolian town. The group consists of a few cops, a prosecutor, a doctor and a murderer.  The object of the wandering is to discover the whereabouts of a body that the murderer promises to show. Except the suspect is a bit confused about the exact location. Slowly the ebbs and tides of the case are revealed over the course of the night in the usual unhurried style of Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Very little is spelled out for the viewer as you are forced to pay attention to the subtle nuances in the tale. At the end you are left with a rich canvas to ponder over drinks with like minded viewers.

Rating: * * * +

Underworld: Awakening

The films takes off months after end of Evolution. The humans are fighting back after capturing Selene (Kate Beckinsale) and systematically going about purging vampires and lycans. The lycans are extinct and the vampires are on the brink. But Selene escapes with the help of a mysterious young girl and things start to go bump in the night. Like its predecessors, the movie is perfect when the mood calls for ass kicking by a woman in leather tights. There is a very little complications as far as the plot goes but just enough to keep you engaged in between the action sequences.

Rating: * *