A guy walks through the forest, swims from one bank to another, lights a fire, mumbles, then goes to his home, wanders around, changes to some women’s dress, takes a shot gun and again wanders around. This is the first 20 minutes of the film. No dialogues, no background score, nothing. After that some meaningless [...]
Max Payne
One of the games I just loved playing.
The poor man’s Brad Pitt
That’s what I like to call Benicio Del Toro. He has always reminded me of Brad Pitt; a less polished, more intense version of him. Intense, that would probably be the best way to describe him in a word. I’ve never seen Benicio disappoint. He’s been fantastic in all his roles – be it in [...]
Sunshine
I like Danny Boyle. He did a great job with Trainspotting, which was humorous while being an uncomprimising story about addiction. I specifically remember the scene where Ewan McGregor is on the bed, dealing with withdrawal hallucinations, when he starts imagining his dead baby crawling on the room’s walls. Scary as hell. He again stood [...]
Un long dimanche de fiançailles
A Very Long Engagement is a movie only the French can make.
A story of Mathilde, played sweetly by Audrey Tautou, Un long.. is beautiful. With a love story as lush as its stunning cinematography, it has the innocent romance of Amelie, and the hard-hitting war honesty of Saving Private Ryan, making it a deeply [...]
Movie Previews: ‘Reservation Road’, ‘Right At Your Door’..
I can always tell a good movie from a bad one from its trailer, eventhough most people think all trailers look good. For instance, I have a strong feeling ‘Shoot ‘Em Up’ is gonna suck in hell, which will most probably turn out to be true.
OK back to this post! Terry George, director of [...]
