The film features uniformly amusing performances from the entire ensemble cast with America Ferrara and Julia Stiles the standouts. 'It’s a Disaster' is a terrific comedy of manners, puncturing human foibles in debates about the importance of punctuality, and asking larger moral and ethical questions about the breakdown of society and what heaven is like.

The film, written and directed by Todd Berger (who has a wry cameo as a hazmat-suited single neighbor), is full of hilarious deadpan banter. Secrets are spilled like toxic waste, and relationships - between friends and/or lovers - go nuclear. The guests, who are slightly tetchy to begin with, soon have their own very funny meltdowns. A couples’ brunch goes south fast when a bunch of dirty bombs are set off in Los Angeles. Sure, 'This Is the End' was the apocalyptic comedy of the year, but that’s because it had more stars than 'It’s a Disaster' had viewers. In imagining this horrific true story, Moors generates sympathy for these complex characters.

His poker-faced transformation - the result of John’s insidious influence over Lee - is chilling. He remains mostly silent throughout the film, absorbing everyone and everything he encounters. But the impressionable, angel-faced Richmond is even more impressive.

Walking through his old neighborhood, he rants and huffs about everyone turning into “ghosts” or “vampires.” Washington gives a shrewd performance, making his despair palpable. John “adopts” Lee in part because he is still angry that his children have been taken away from him. Back in America, they pose as father and son in Tacoma, Wash. Lee (Tequan Richmond) is a teenager in Antigua, and John (Isaiah Washington) takes him under his wing. Here are 10 titles from 2013 that should not be missed.ĭirector Alexandre Moors makes an auspicious debut with this hypnotic character study about the Washington, D,C., sniper. But too many of these smaller films received an extremely limited theatrical release and/or were overshadowed by other films. Some outstanding films came out this year, several by important and established filmmakers (Costa-Gavras, John Sayles, Michael Winterbottom) as well as by emerging directors (Alexandre Moors, Todd Berger, Jonathan Gurfinkel). With all the top 10 lists celebrating the cinematic achievements in 2013, there were dozens of comedies, dramas and documentaries that failed to secure the audience they deserved.

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