Still haven’t been to the movies to see Hobbit, part 2? Sauron knows about that… (boo)
December holiday season is an ideal time to watch films released throughout the autumn, especially because many of them are contenders for winning Oscars.
Captain Philips was the first for me to catch up with since it’s been released in October.… Read the rest
D. Bruhl as Daniel Berg and B. Camberbatch as Julian Assange in the Fifth Estate motion picture
What is freedom?
Is this an ability to act according to one’s wishes without fear of being punished? Can you call something freedom when it takes freedom from the others?… 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
if there is anything flat about Wolverine, it’s Hugh Jackman’s stomach (credit: 20th Centry Fox)
After the whole spring of commercially successful ‘bombasters’ like Man of Steel and Iron Man-3, we witnessed poor performance of several other high-budget blockbusters, among them Wolverine (the lowest grossing film in the X-men franchise so far) and The Lone Ranger, only partially rescued by audiences in non-US markets.… Read the rest
In 1889 Anton Chekhov wrote this in his letter to a friend: “One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it”.
Indeed, if something is not used in the story, it should be thrown out.… Read the rest
Carnage (directed by Roman Polanski, USA, 2011). Witty Dahl-esque comedy.
Still of Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz in Carnage – © 2011 – Sony Pictures Classics
Two kids have an argument and one of them hits another on the face with a stick.… Read the rest