13 June 2010

REC 2 Spain, 2009 ☆☆☆☆
Je Suis Heureux Que Ma Mère Soit Vivante France, 2009 ☆☆
Fish Tank UK, 2009 ☆☆☆

27 May 2010

Humpday USA, 2009 ☆☆
Two best friends meet after many years. During a party that they both go to they decide to make a porn movie. The whole discussion of how and why takes up most of the movie and at the end nothing really happens.

09 May 2010

North by Northwest USA, 1959 ☆☆☆☆

No one does movies like this one nowadays. There is a superb music score with orchestra, beautiful and talented actors, an interesting plot and the direction of Hitchcock make up for a very good suspense movie. A man is mistakenly kidnapped. While trying to flee this mess, he gets caught up more than he expected with unexpected consequences.

06 May 2010

The Corporation Canada, 2003 ☆☆☆

A scalpel-like view of how a coporation works and the reasons for its existence. It might have a very pessimistic look on businesses in general, but the examples given in this documentary are up-to-date and very relevant to our modern chaotic world.

11 April 2010

The Big Lebowski USA, 1998 ☆☆☆

I had not seen this movie before. One of the Cohen's brothers funniest movies. A story where things go from bad to worse. It is hilarious all the way to the end.

06 April 2010

The Band's Visit Israel, 2007 ☆☆☆

An Egyptian police music band has been invited to play at an arts center in a small city in Israel. They get the wrong city the first day and have to stay for the night at this small town. The band members end up making friends in this desolate Israeli town.
The Last House on the Left USA, 2009 ☆☆☆☆

A remake of Wes Craven's 1972 movie. A strong and disturbing situation where two parents take revenge on their daughter's murderers.

29 March 2010

Il Divo Italy, 2009 ☆☆

28 March 2010

Mary & Max Australia, 2009 ☆☆☆☆☆

27 March 2010

The Blind Side USA, 2009 ☆☆☆☆

26 March 2010

Shutter Island USA, 2009 ☆☆☆☆☆

25 March 2010

The Invention of Lies UK/USA, 2009 ☆☆

28 February 2010

The Hurt Locker USA, 2008 ☆☆☆

The war in Irak has inspired many filmmakers, and this one tells us the daily life of a bomb squad whose mission is to disactivate bombs everyday. Any day can be the last day for these soldiers. You could not have a more stressful job, if you ask me. The movie also shows us how cultural differences prevent us from cooperating and understanding each other as well as we wished.

27 February 2010

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire US, 2009 ☆☆☆☆

The tragic story of Precious, a 16 year-old who struggles through life with one child and another soon to be born. Left along by her parents, she finds guidance in a social worker and a teacher who make her realize that it is going to take much more to move forward. The dream sequences are amazing, the acting superbe also.

26 February 2010

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus UK, 2009 ☆☆☆

Terry Gilliam brings to the big screen another fantasy story about Dr. Parnassus and his dream world. As is typical of Gilliam, nothing is at it seems, there are midgets and giants, big movie stars and an epic story to be told.

24 February 2010

The White Ribbon Das Weisse Band, Austria-Germany, 2009 ☆☆☆☆

A small village in pre war Germany is witness to horrible crimes. Who is responsibler? The moral rules and Protestant society back in those years made people lead a pretty harsh life. We get to see who the criminals are, and the answer is as disturbing as a typical Michael Haneke film.

22 February 2010

A Single Man USA, 2009 ☆☆☆☆

The life of a lonely professor whose companion dies in a car accident is poetically told by director Tom Ford. Expect a master piece score by the same composers of the theme song of In the Mood for Love.

20 February 2010

Capricorn One USA, 1978 ☆☆☆

A NASA mission to Mars will not work, and the whole program is endangered. What to do? Let's fake the Mars landing. That is exactly what happens, but it has terrible consequences for the government when the astronauts decide to run away and tell the truth to everyone. Good entertainment.