Such a pity that I haven't seen Alan Tudyk in enough movies... He is a scene stealer, like his colleague from A Kight's Tale, Paul Bettany. Speaking of Bettany, I've recently watched Mortdecai, and I liked it, the movie, the acting, everything. But on Mortdecai, details maybe in a future post. Death at a Funeral, is a British comedy released in 2007 and directed by Frank Oz. It was so hilarious, that the Americans wanted in, and made a remake only three years after. Unfortunately, it was not as … [Read more...]
The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman
I have been impressed in a very pleasant way, by this special movie. I may be influenced that it is a Romanian co-production, but I am not. Of course I'm always minimally subjective when I judge a movie, and sometimes it depends on my moods more than the artistry, or if the movie makers respected the manual. I do not have a diploma related with the industry. Actually I consider that there are very few venues where one really needs a stamped paper to be a specialist in a subject or other. If … [Read more...]
Chef, a 2014 Delicious Movie
I love cooking, I love good food, I love good eating. Even if I consider that I can eat almost anything, I hugely appreciate something really well prepared. Cooking is an art, but not all cooks are artists, and not all artists are built for everyone's taste. Like Anthony Bourdain, of whom I'm a very big fan, I appreciate more the craftsmanship of cooking, than the artistry. The movie Chef, created by Jon Favreau in 2013, and timidly released in 2014, is not a comedy in the classic sense, but it … [Read more...]
Mr. Nice, a Very Cool Movie
Mr. Nice is a British and Spanish co-production released in 2010, largely based on the best seller autobiography with the same name, by Howard Marks. The movie has a much lower degree of good appreciation than it deserves, which is very unfortunate. A certain pattern of education is implemented along the lines that the cannabis is bad and must not only be avoided, but has to be forbidden. Users and more than them, the merchants, must be punished through extermination. [source: imdb] It … [Read more...]
Valley of Flowers
Valley of Flowers (La Vallée des fleurs) is a 2006 French-German-Indian Independent Film directed by Pan Nalin of Samsara fame. This is one of the best movies I've ever seen, it is beautiful, catchy, passionate, and spiritual. I think that it is unfortunately not known at large. I feel that writing about it, is revealing enough to spoil the surprise. [source of all pics: imdb] It is an adventurous romantic drama, it is a love story of at least two centuries, started at the beginnings of … [Read more...]
My Grasp on the Oscars 2015
I haven't got the time to watch Selma and Wild, and I'm not going to comment on them yet. Maybe I'll do it another day, long after the Oscars 2015. Not a big deal, I suppose. None of them are big favorites for the Best Picture, and Selma, for sample, doesn't have a nomination on other important categories either. Too bad for them. [source: imdb.com] All in all, it wasn't a spectacular year for Oscars. There is one exception though, The Grand Budapest Hotel, my only full 10 on the whole … [Read more...]
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