Rescue Dawn

Christian Bale's character finds himself in trouble when his flight gets shot down in Laos. The communists capture him and puts him in a makeshift prison along with a couple of other American soldiers and American sympathisers. While it seems that the spirit of the others have been broken, Lt. Dieter Dengler is not ready to give up and escapes the prison. A true story and impressively made as it focuses on the right things - about a soldier plotting to escape in trying circumstances. One notch higher does rise Christian Bale.

Rating: * * +

Shattered Glass

A true story of a rogue journalist, Stephen Glass, who made up stories for The New Republic magazine and passed them off as factual investigative pieces. Though seemingly interesting, it bordered on the 'zzzzzzzz...' category of films. But my two favourite actors were there in it: Steve Zahn and Chloë Sevigny.

Rating: * +