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“Even though this movie seems to be rather forgotten nowadays, in my opinion, from all the movies directed by Sam Raimi, it is actually probably the best one he has delivered if you put aside the Evil Dead trilogy. As a matter of fact, it was hardly a personal project as Raimi was not even the first ” read more
Notes: To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this movie and I should give it a 2nd chance at some point. Sure, when it was released, it was critically heralded , it was even nominated for 11 Academy Awards (it won none eventually) but even though it was loved by many viewers, I thought that the whole thing was actually rather disappointing. Indeed, basically, I thought it was a decent drama but nothing really amazing and, in my opinion, it was pretty obvious that it was Steven Spielberg's first attempt at this genre. Indeed, it tends to get rather over-sentimental and it downgrades some important aspects in this story such as the lesbian relationship which was reduced to a chaste kiss whereas, in the book, it went a little bit further than that and in full details. Still, for a first drama, it was not bad at all and, like I said before, many people really love this movie so it is still definitely worth a look.
“Even though the 2nd sequel of ‘The Karate Kid’ franchise seemed to be a critical and commercial failure, for some reasons, they still decided to come up with a new instalment, this time, with a girl playing the lead character. Well, right from the start, it seemed to be a really misguided projec” read more
“To be honest, it is another rather obscure feature and I wonder how I actually ended up watching the damned thing. My guess is that I decided to check it out because there was such an interesting cast involved (Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Parker Posey, Phoebe Cates, Kevin Kline, John C. Reil” read more
“To be honest, it has been ages since I have seen this movie but, if I recall it correctly, I actually saw it in the movie theater when it was released. Anyway, in my opinion, the masterstroke was to have Rupert Everett playing one of the main characters. Indeed, back then, I had a huge weak spot f” read more
Notes: To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of costumes dramas. Indeed, even though they can be entertaining, I always have a hard time to care about all those white rich people whining about they so-called difficult life. I mean, when they are complaining about the fact that they can’t marry the woman/man/dog/whatever they love, most of the common folks were starving and working for hours to make sure the privileged one could sustain their life style. Still, I have to admit, some movies in this genre are really good and this flick is one fine example. Not surprisingly, it was directed by James Ivory, the grand-master of the genre. The story was for once intriguing and the directing by Ivory was just really solid just as usual. Eventually, the main attraction was to see Helena Bonham Carter and Daniel Day-Lewis in their breakthrough performances. Above all, I was once again really impressed by Day-Lewis. Indeed, if you are familiar with his work, you’ll notice that what he has created here (a repressed, snobbish Edwardian upperclassman) was really different than his other characters but it was still completely convincing and just impressive to behold. 
“I remember it very well, when I was a kid growing up in the 90’s, AIDS was everywhere. In the news, at school,… There was this constant warning and, if in the past, your girlfriend might get pregnant if you were not careful when having sex now, suddenly, you might eventually even die so sex was ” read more
“I already watched this movie in the movie theater when it was released but, since it was available on Disney+, I was quite eager to check it out again. Not so long ago, I saw 'Zootopia' again as well and I was still amazed about how underwhelming the whole thing was. I mean, sure, I have to admit th” read more
“The other day, I was fooling around on YouTube and I came across this movie and since it was on the list '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die', I thought I might as check it out. Well, I was seriously impressed, that's for sure. First of all, I have always been interested in documentaries so it ” read more
“To be honest, I wasn't really sure what to expect from this movie but it sounded like an intriguing story and since there was a nice cast involved, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, since it was dealing with probably the most notorious hitman that ever existed, there was definitely some poten” read more
