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“I really had no idea what ot expect from this movie but since I always had a weak spot for James Mash's work, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I was actually amazed about how half-baked the damned thing actually turned out to be. I mean, it's not that it was a bad movie, t” read more
“In 2017, Ridley Scott will come up with another installment for this franchise and, hopefully, it will be better than 'Prometheus' which seemed to be at first really promising but eventually it turned out to be rather disappointing. In the mean time, I thought I might as well re-watch this first ins” read more
“I already saw this movie but, the first time around, it was on the BBC without subtitles so I thought I might as well check it out again with subtitles this time to see if I could then get a better grip on the damned thing this way. Well, to be honest, I was amazed by how little I actually remembere” read more
Brothers in Art
Notes: I haven't seen this one yet...
“Since I really loved the first season of ‘True Detective’ and ‘Beasts of No Nation’ as well, I was quite eager to check Cary Joji Fukunaga’s directing debut. To be honest, I thought it was rather tricky to judge this movie. Indeed, a couple of years ago, I saw ‘La jaula de oro’ which” read more
Swearsaurus
Notes: This movie would be the last one directed by Paul Verhoeven before he left the Netherlands and it is my favorite one from this period just behind 'Turks Fruit'. Above all, I thought that the story was just fascinating and, in my opinion, I believe it was in fact a better version of 'Basic Instinct'. Indeed, to be honest, I always had some mixed feelings about 'Basic Instinct' because, even though the set-up was great, the plot was after all really far-fetched and rather half-baked. Here, Verhoeven gave us another erotic thriller about a man falling in love with a seemingly dangerous woman but the end-result was this time much more rewarding, at least, that’s my opinion. Instead of Rutger Hauer, the lead was played this time by Jeroen Krabbbé and he gave a really solid performance. Above all, Paul Verhoeven was just at the top of his game at the time and delivered a steamy dark and spellbinding thriller.
“To be honest, I had absolutely no idea what this movie was about before watching it but since it was suggested by one of my favorite Listal members, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, I’m glad I gave it a shot because I really liked the damned thing a lot and, in my opinion, it provid” read more
“I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I was quite eager to check it out again. In fact, even though it seems to be rather forgotten nowadays, I remember quite well when it was released. Indeed, back in those days, it became quite a cult-classic following the new hype around drag-qu” read more
Notes: Among all the masterpieces Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese made together, it is one of the least appreciated ones and it was a flop when it came out which is not really surprising. Indeed, it is a comedy but the whole thing is just so dark, so sardonic, it can't be compared to your average commercial comedic feature. That's probably why I enjoyed it whereas I usually don't care much about comedies. Once again, the directing was really awesome with here and there some pacing issues but nothing major and some amazing performances. It is also gives a grim and, I'm afraid, realistic view on the whole fandom/stalker concept. The great thing about this movie is that you never know if you should laugh or be afraid by the whole thing which is probably why the average audience dimissed it and it is exactly why I actually enjoyed it so much.
“Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this movie, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, after an impressive career going over more than 2 decades, Julianne Moore was finally awarded her first Academy Award and, after watching the damned thing, it is pretty obvious that she really des” read more