November 2013 is a rather atypical month as multiple Oscar contenders, normally appearing on the screen in January/February, have already been released in the UK. Also massive blockbusters made November as big as summer months in the box office.
Your humble Russian sampled the latest Hollywood cuisine and here is my verdict.… Read the rest
What victory to one is extinction to another.
Ender’s Game is a film adaptation of the first book in Orson Scott Card’s famous YA sci-fi series. It’s the story of a young boy called Ender Wiggin becoming a commander of the spaceship fleet built to rid the Universe of the race of insectoid creatures called Buggers (coincidence or not, Card is known for his homophobic views).… Read the rest
A still from Thanks For Sharing motion picture
If you have ever been addicted to anything – alcohol, smoking, internet, you name it, you might be interested in a new film called Thanks for Sharing.
The film is focused on sex addiction.… Read the rest
a still image from the Rush motion picture (2013), starring Chris Hemsworth (as James Hunt) and Daniel Bruhl (as Niki Lauda)
New Ron Howard’s film Rush is about the fast and dangerous world of Formula One. Set in the 1970s Rush focuses on the competition between two racers – a reckless, fun-loving British playboy, James Hunt, and a hard-working yet socially inept Austrian driver, Niki Lauda.… Read the rest
The unparallelled Cate Blanchett as Jasmine
Emotions make us human yet when uncontrolled they can ruin our life. Woody Allen’s new film Blue Jasmine is a convincing illustration of that.
Jasmine, breathtakingly performed by Cate Blanchett, used to live a problem-less superficial life, a fairy tale.… Read the rest
Alfonso Cuarón created this gripping sci-fi drama starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock. What happens when the space station is destroyed and you are left adrift in the outer space. What do you do?
Chloe Moritz and Julianne Moore star in this terrifying film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Carrie.… Read the rest