One of the most acclaimed novels of all times, Midnight's Children, by the highly controversial author, Salman Rushdie , has been put on screen by another Indian, who lives in Canada now, Deepa Mehta. I have read the book a few times, it's the best book ever written by Rushdie, and it's also the most awarded of his entire creation. He is partly famous because of a major controversy, created by his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, which provoked protests from Muslims in the whole world. Death … [Read more...]
Team America: World Police
Team America: World Police is a metaphor expressed as a parody. It shows a high sense of humor and the most rare of all senses, the sense of ridicule. There aren't many people gifted with that. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, two of the best comic creators alive, are known by you from South Park. There's another quirk with South Park. You like it or you hate it. I think that in between can sneak the guys who don't get it (like the ones who don't get Twitter, an army, actually). This is humor, … [Read more...]
The Family
The Family is a dark action comedy directed by the French famous Luc Besson. Besson is lately more a producer than a director, but we can always remember him for Subway, Le Grand Bleu, Nikita, Léon: The Professional, or The Fifth Element. If Quentin Tarantino became of originally reference across movie genres, Luc Besson is highly original before Tarantino. His movies and ideas were adapted in Hollywood for the American public taste. [source] The Family, because of Besson, is considered … [Read more...]
The Last Castle
Not a big fan of the military in general, nor military life, I have chosen to watch this movie (and respectively to review it) because of James Gandolfini. I have been pleased by the "Art of War" played in The Castle, it was quite entertaining. You know that I don't like to reveal the subject in any review I do, but here, everything is predictable, and I liked the play a lot. The castle itself is a little bit supra realistic and slightly steampunk-ish, but they needed a nice locale, … [Read more...]
The Human Contract
“The Human Contract” seems to be a cookie baked in the Smith family. Jada Pinkett Smith is the writer, director, and actress, Will Smith is an executive producer. It catches the viewer, because it starts almost abruptly in a bar, with the handsome "Julian Wright" (played by “Zero Dark Thirty” and not only, Jason Clarke), in a sort of “light but not so light” flirty conversation with the alluring "Michael" (Paz Vega). The woman seems experienced in all sort of psychological handling, and Julian … [Read more...]
The Film Independent Spirit Awards 2014
Because I decided a few months ago to group all my awards posts in a separate category, I consider normal to feature The Film Independent Spirit Awards too. They started in 1984 as "Findies" (Friends of Independents) by Jeanne Lucas and Anne Kimmel, President of IFP/West (now Film Independent) to thank individuals and organizations for their support of independent filmmakers. The awards were first voted on by a nominating committee. In 1986, "Findies" is renamed Film Independent Spirit Awards, … [Read more...]