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Vanity Fair, annual Hollywood issue covers (22 movies items)
“Ever since he came up with the amazing 'The Proposition', all the following directing efforts delivered by John Hillcoat have generated some nice buzz before they were released but, eventually, none of them made much waves after all. This movie was a good example. I mean, it was not bad at all, it w” read more
“I actually already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since I had it on DVD, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, it might be the most hated movie directed by Michael Bay so far. I mean, it is pretty obvious that Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer went way over their head” read more
“To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this movie but I remember it very well. Indeed, it was the first movie directed by Peter Jackson that I had the pleasure to see and I really loved the damned thing. The first time I watched it, I must have been 13-14 years old and I had definitely ” read more
Notes: First of all, even though I did love some movies directed by Jim Jarmusch such as ‘Dead Man’, ‘Ghost Dog’ or ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’, I must admit that I actually had a hard time to care about his other movies, especially his early work from the 80’s. I mean, they were all interesting but it wasn’t just really my cup of tea. In this case, the fact that I always thought that Roberto Benigni was actually more obnoxious than really funny didn’t help either. Fortunately, John Lurie and Tom Waits were fine here and this trio was not bad after all. On top of that, Jarmusch definitely knows how to create a nice unique mood and the black and white cinematography (like his 2 previous directing efforts) was really neat. This time, Jarmusch did use a plot but he obviously didn’t care much about the rules of the jailbreak genre which was pretty nice.
“To be honest, even though I have heard about Amy Schumer, I have to admit that I'm not really familiar with her work but since this movie was available on HBO, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, eventually, it turned out to be a pretty decent watch. Indeed, even though by now, I think I h” read more
“I already saw this movie but, since it was ages ago and since it was available on Netflix, I was really eager to check it out again. Well, amongst all the tremendous masterpieces directed by the great Stanley Kubrick, I have noticed that this one seems to be slightly overlooked but I think it's actu” read more
Notes: I haven't seen this one yet...
“I have always been a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock’s work and since this movie was his last classic I still haven’t watch yet, I was really eager to check it out. On top of that, it was apparently Hitchcock’s favorite movies so I was expecting a lot from the damned thing. Well, to be honest, I ” read more
“To be honest, when I first heard of this movie, I thought it sounded really lame and the only reason I decided to check it out anyway was only because I had a weak spot for Keira Knightley. Indeed, except in Great Britain, who was able to understand what the title actually meant? Furthermore, a foot” read more
“To be honest, it has been a while since I saw this movie and maybe I should check it out again at some point. Apparently, River Phoenix was a huge fan of the book and was linked to this project for a very long time but, eventually, when it finally got made, Phoenix thought he was then too old to pl” read more
Notes: I haven't seen this one yet...
“I actually already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since I had it on DVD, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, I’m glad I gave it another shot. Indeed, the first time around, I thought it was just so lame and, in my opinion, it was one of the worst serial killer thr” read more
![Copycat [1996]](https://pthumb.lisimg.com/image/products/90/B00004CYA5/dvds/B00004CYA5.jpg "Copycat [1996]")
chosen by Johan
Notes: Right now, according to IMDb (Internet Movie Database), this is the best movie released in 2016 so you can't argue that I did not try to show the best movie possible to the film club. It's just a shame that it didn't turn out to be really amazing. I mean, I thought it was visually really neat, Amy Adams gave a solid performance and I really loved the fact that they put the focus on language and on the difficulty and importance to be able to communicate with a possible Alien life form. As a result, it was probably one of the most minimalistic Science-Fiction features I have seen but it wasn't a bad thing, in the contrary. Unfortunately, I'm familiar with this old gimmick of creating an ominous mood and keeping the audience for as long as possible in the dark but, at some point, they have to deliver an explanation and such movies very rarely manage to end up in a satisfactory manner. In this case, it was not bad but I thought that, when this first encounter should have been a worldwide historical event, its impact was reduced to one single human being. What was actually the impact on the rest of the world? In what way was this event something really life changing? Anyway, even though it didn't completely blow me away, it was still a decent SF feature.
(Nov. 2016)
“The funny thing with this movie is that even though it is rather lame, it still managed to become a classic. Anyway, I remember it very well, my wife told me that it was a classic from the 80's and that I should check it out. First of all, the interesting thing about the damned thing is that it woul” read more
Notes: To be honest, I'm not a huge fan of this flick. I mean, every time I watch it, I like it and I'm entertained throughout the whole thing but it never really blows me away. Stil, I have to admit that it is visually impressive with a great mood from the beginning until the end. Furthermore, once again, Sigourney Weaver shows that she is terribly bad-ass which is quite an achievement in the macho action genre. So, what's my problem with this fine picture? In my opinion, just like all the sequels in this franchise, it is actually just a remake of the masterpiece made by Ridley Scott. Sure, they gave it a new look, some impressive action pieces and it felt more like an action flick this time but, at the end, it basically followed pretty much the same plot. Furthermore, except for Ellen Ripley, all the characters were terribly stereotypical and barely interesting which got on my nerves after a while. Still, it is a good flick, no doubt about it.
“Even though this movie didn’t make much waves when it was released, since it sounded quite intriguing, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, what I found most shocking about this movie is the fact that almost everybody in the cycling world apparently actually knew that something was wrong” read more