Pedro Almodóvar’s films have strong women, transvestites and a lot of feeling.
I believe that some people are just born to do a certain job – or does it just look like that from their Biographies because of their single-minded pursuit of that job? And is it actually the single-mindedness that is necessary for such success?
Waiting for… Shantaram!
You probably have not read the autobiographical book “Shantaram” by Gregory David Roberts. I guess most people haven’t – but Johnny Depp has - and he agrees with me.
No Country For Old Men Blu Ray Review
No Country For Old Men won 4 Oscars. Let’s get that out of the way first. It gave the impossibly talented Joel and Ethan Coen their 2nd, 3rd and 4th Oscars in an already impressive career and introduced Javier Bardem to the world as a pudding-bowl-haircut sporting assassin. It is a quiet film, a thoughtful [...]
Hairspray
The film is set early 1960s Baltimore and follows the story of chubby teenager Tracy Turnblad, who is obsessed with dancing. She dreams of appearing on the TV dance show The Corny Collins Show. The only problem is that she does not fit in as well as other people due to her larger body shape. [...]
Cité des enfants perdus, La - The City of Lost Children (1995)
Cité des enfants perdus, La - The City of Lost Children (1995)
Juno (2007)
Yesterday finally I visited my local cinema to see Juno, the much hyped about new film sensation. I have to say I did enjoy the film a lot although it is the way it is with hyped up films: You end up expecting so much that it leaves you a little disappointed if that is [...]
Birth (2004)
Anna (Nicole Kidman) has lost her husband who suffered from a heart-attack out jogging. Now, after 10 years she is engaged to be married, when she meets a 10 year old boy who claims to be her dead husband Sean.
Although she reacts to that story as anyone would (thinking:”What a load of rubbish”) soon she [...]
Valentine’s Day Special
DVD’s to watch on a romantic night (in)!
• 50 First Dates
• Addicted to Love
• Benny And Joon
• Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain
• Jack And Sarah
• Joe’s Apartment
• Juno
• Notting Hill
• Prime
• When Harry Met Sally
Are you thinking about what to stick in your DVD drive the coming Thursday?
Have a read of my suggestions:
Watch:
1. Juno (2007)
This is [...]
Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
How can you go wrong with this star-studded cast?
This is a musical tragedy/comedy love story set in the working class world.
Nick (James Gandolfini) is married to Kitty (Susan Sarandon), a dressmaker, a very strong and gentle woman with whom he has three daughters.
But his family homelife is seemingly not enough for him, as he is [...]
Divided we fall (Musíme si pomáhat - 2000)
This is a Czech film by director Jan Hrebejk which has been nominated for an Oscar.
Seen as half my family are Czech, this was the film we watched for Christmas with English subtitles for those that do not speak Czech.
Here is the plot:
Marie and Josef live in Czechoslovakia that has just been occupied by the [...]
(4 out of 5)
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