One of my Top 10 movies of all times, The Usual Suspects is a cult mystery crime thriller released in 1995, written by Christopher McQuarrie, and directed by Bryan Singer. It doesn't have to make sense, actually, because it is too catchy on the whole. Everything started with and from a police lineup. McQuarrie made all up while working for a lawyer. The movie was shown first at Cannes Film Festival in 1995, out of the competition. After that it had a very reduced distribution in America, but … [Read more...]
2015 Golden Globe Awards
Here is the full list of nominees and winners! No comments from me, this is how I've taken it from the press. I have to mention that the ceremony has been brilliantly presented the third time in a row, by the same comical and hilarious former SNL ladies, Tina Fey and Amy Pohler, good friends in real life too. No video this year, I mean, you have to look for the video on your own. George Clooney has been there yesterday night, with his human rights lawyer wife, and received in person the Cecil B. … [Read more...]
Romantic Drama
Yesterday, after seeing a very bad romance (a pity for Anne Hathaway, very talented and very good even in this soap), I remembered My Sassy Girl with Elisha Cuthbert and Jesse Bradford, a romantic drama which went deeper than expected. Usually these are not my kind of films, but a good movie, a real good one, touches me. Of course sometimes it depends on my moods, and I think that is happening with all of you. Our moods define our tastes, if they aren't major ones. On such a trivial subject as … [Read more...]
Glengarry Glen Ross – The Real Estate Movie
What ever was thought about the Real Estate business, one needs schooling, one needs spontaneity and presence of spirit along with the little spark of luck necessary everywhere in life, it is indeed, “a tough rocket”, as Alec Baldwin says here in one of the best performances he ever did on the big screen. In the small and undeveloped countries where the newbie thinks he can make a living by selling real estate, is even tougher, because the average guy doesn't have the education to make a … [Read more...]