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I am very tired and I’m pretty sure with today starting at 11:30 that I’ll be even more tired by the end of tonight. The Danes have made a good showing at the festival this year with 4 films — 3 with good reviews and one that I’ve already seen and I know will do well, so they’re 4 for 4. Becky almost punked out and went home before the midnight slot but the challenge of getting home unescorted forced her back into the theater for our most unpleasant viewing so far.

• Just Another Love Story – It was slow to develop but once this film got to the point, it was an intriguing thriller. Rae (who introduced the film) had the best description for it, so I’ll steal hers: imagine While You Were Sleeping except the lead roles are reversed, and everyone’s life is totally more f’d up. (Dane film #1, btw.)
• El Senor Puppe – A short film about a lonely old ventriloquist who argues with his puppet, mainly about the young pretty woman who just moved in next door. Cute, but a little senseless.
• The Substitute – A boy whose mother recently died and his middle school buddies realize their teacher is an alien. This is one of my top films of the festival so far. Outrageous and funny, shot really well. I look forward to Hollywood buying the rights and re-making it in English. (Dane film #2.)
• Eagle Eye – This great actioner from the director and star of Disturbia delivers on the popcorn promise of its trailers. If you are planning on seeing this then see it soon so you don’t get anything spoiled.
• JCVD – Unquestionably my favorite film of the festival, so far. If you love really good acting then you have to see this film as Jean Claude Van Damme plays himself at a post office that is being robbed. His performance is unexpectedly nuanced. Don’t question me on this one, though that may be easy to do. Go see this wonderful film.

• Deadgirl – Two opportunity-challenged high school boys skip school and find a dead girl in the basement of an abandon asylum. If that sounds like the start of your favorite kind of creepfest then you will probably enjoy this well-crafted horror movie. If you feel otherwise then (like me) you will find this film to be another solidly violent misogynist not-quite-torture-porn.