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“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted, I thought I might as well check it out. For Curtis Hanson, this movie was a rather sad way to end an otherwise solid career. Indeed, Hanson actually didn’t manage to fi” read more
“To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this flick but since it was directed by Dick Maas and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, ever since Maas came back in the Netherlands after he didn't manage to break through in the US, his recent movies have all” read more
“To be honest, it didn't seem to be something really original but since I have a weak spot for Shailene Woodley and for such survivalist tales, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it was definitely nothing really groundbreaking but it was still a decent watch. The only thing that I really a” read more
Notes: It has been a while since I have seen this flick and I should definitely re-watch it at some point. To be honest, before watching the damned thing, I was actually completely unaware of its reputation and I think I decided to give it a try just because the review on the TV magazine was really positive. Eventually, I was completely blown away by the whole thing and it turned out to be one of the best cinematic surprises I ever watched. First of all, for some reasons, I have always been fascinated by the pool game and by pool hustlers and this movie is just by far the best ever made dealing with this subject. Indeed, it looked gorgeous, Paul Newman gave one of his best performances and the whole thing was just really damned entertaining. Eventually, 25 years later, they would release a sequel directed by Martin Scorsese and starring both Paul Newman and Tom Cruise but while it turned out to be a decent watch, it never came near the greatness displayed in this flick, I’m afraid.
“To be honest, I wasn’t really interested in this movie but since it had been added in the ‘1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die’ list, I thought I might as well check it out. At first, the whole thing seemed to be a rather misguided passion project of Hugh Jackman (it took the guy apparentl” read more
Notes: It might seem hard to believe but, for many many years, Quentin Tarantino was actually struggling to make his first movie. Eventually, after many failures, he came out with this feature and the rest is now history. I remember it very well when this movie came out, there was a huge buzz around this flick and, if I recall it correctly, it was released for a whole year in Paris in the movie theaters. Anyway, it had a huge impact and it is rightfully consider one of the best directing debuts ever made. In my opinion, it is actually still one of Tarantino's best movies and, as a matter of fact, I do think that he just went downhill from there. Indeed, in my opinion, this movie was such a success because Tarantino couldn't do everything he wanted at the time and he couldn't go on and on in his egotrip that has become most of his recent features. Basically, limited in space, time and money, he produced some of his best work and there was here some amazing writing, directing and acting. Harvey Keitel made with this movie a really impressive come-back here but the rest of the cast were just as amazing and they all provided some really strong performances.
Notes: It has been a while since I have seen this flick and I should definitely re-watch it at some point. To be honest, before watching the damned thing, I was actually completely unaware of its reputation and I think I decided to give it a try just because the review on the TV magazine was really positive. Eventually, I was completely blown away by the whole thing and it turned out to be one of the best cinematic surprises I ever watched. First of all, for some reasons, I have always been fascinated by the pool game and by pool hustlers and this movie is just by far the best ever made dealing with this subject. Indeed, it looked gorgeous, Paul Newman gave one of his best performances and the whole thing was just really damned entertaining. Eventually, 25 years later, they would release a sequel directed by Martin Scorsese and starring both Paul Newman and Tom Cruise but while it turned out to be a decent watch, it never came near the greatness displayed in this flick, I’m afraid.
“I already saw this movie not so long ago but since it was so challenging, I thought I might as well check it out again, especially since I bought a really cool Tarkovsky Blu-Ray box-set. Obviously, since I’m such a major movie buff, I had to watch a movie directed by Andrei Tarkovsky at some point” read more
