Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Nicer Hitler

Behind the scenes footage of one of the funniest men alive and his crew. I laughed out aloud oftentimes even though the documentary also deals with the more serious side of show business. Conan O'Brien's wit and wisdom and discretion and deadpan humour never cease to amaze me.

My name is Sam Hall and I hate you all

Sam Shepard's rugged appearance and seasoned face are perfect for a gun-toting gringo Butch Cassidy. The movie ain't worth a nit really, an average western at best, the Bolivian landscapes are its strong suit.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Thus always to tyrants

Robert Redford's film certainly looked the part, probably was historically accurate and all. It's just that it was a bit of a slow-moving side.

A car fell out from the sky

Riding the 127 Hours bandwagon, with a vigilante twist. And logic gone seriously missing. Say, you are dropped into a vast forest and you're seriously wounded, what are the chances you accidentally come across a cell phone, beef jerky, medicine, dead body and a dog? Better still, you've also driven into this forest, with a car, and you still can't find your way out.

Wisdom to know the difference

Pointless, boring and shallow story of a time in a psycho ward.

Friday, February 24, 2012

You shit-fucking animals

If Nicolas Cage - God bless his soul - didn't do brainless junk of movies, he wouldn't be Nicolas Cage, but Nicole Kidman? Well, I guess now is as good time as any to shit on your career.

How do you like them apples

Maybe I have shit for brains, but I had a blast with this one. Despite some bad press I had seen, I truly enjoyed the movie.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Pavlov's dogs

Quite an astonishing and, at the same breath, horrible marketing movie. Pure funny faction that a little insight and dose of depth would have done some miracles.

Heroes don't bloody exist

They've smoothly moved Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tales to modern world. Sherlock Holmes' science of deduction is smart and funny and Dr. John Watson (played by Martin Freeman) is the more mellower down-to-earth sidekick.

21.2.2012 SSC Napoli vs. Chelsea FC (3 - 1)

Saw lots of memorable games in the Africa Cup of Nations, but without a doubt this was the best football match of the year so far. Full-on attacking strategies on both sides, goals galore, fair tackles, rough tackles, wet pitch, blood and sweat, the works. Champions League is the king of all sports.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Saturday, February 18, 2012

They was all fixin' to shoot us

As far back as I can remember, I've always liked westerns. But somehow I've not read much western novels. Sure, I've read them Elmore Leonard stories and, also, Trevanian's Incident at Twenty-Mile comes to mind, and Charles Portis' True Grit, but off the top of me head, that's it. Bought this book for a buck or something and it was a fucken pleasure. I've liked Robert B. Parker's crime novels, that detective stuff, aplenty, but these lovelable lawmen characters Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch beat everything to pulp. Mightily cool.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Through a frozen eye

In general, I like these WWII movies with nazis and panzers and the whole Luftwaffe thing, but this piece lacks an effort, it just isn't powerful enough.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Whatsa matter

Not the worst of comedies, I laughed at couple of bits. But when the math's done, it wasn't that fun.

Stay cool in a shithouse

Well, it wasn't bad, not close to bad to think of it, but somehow it being made in U.K. took the best of it. An otherwise effective depiction of the latest Iraq war took all the ins and outs of a standard British drama.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Life is no brief candle

And Tom Hanks hits rock bottom. Julia Roberts likewise. And everyone else involved as well.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

All work and no play

It's Sunday - and I usually take no chances with my Sunday movies.

Peace never an option

Didn't expect fuck all. But, despite some overly long scenes, it was an enjoyable a piece.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

The only thing to shut her up

Right from the beginning I knew I was going to enjoy this. Gruffy tragicomedy with slightly offbeat characters and razor-sharp dialogue that is excellently interpreted by various quite brilliant actors.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Orange or lemon

Somewhat a different breed of a war movie, it's Dutch for one thing and it's more, say, epic than gun-blazing bang bang.

Rage into calm

Three romantic Italian episodes. Harmless mush. Pretty easy-going and nicely shot. Rather stupid too. And there's De Niro.

Sunday, February 05, 2012

Utopian plaster

Tad surreal, tad perverse, kinda trademark Almodovar.

Behold and despair

There are movies which make you physically ill. This is one of those movies. There is absolutely nothing to highlight, it's bad on all areas. Horrible.

Friday, February 03, 2012

A mountain top water drop

Not exactly Orson Welles' War of the Worlds, now is it? This pseudo-documentary only works as a counterpunch against all them hip hop artists (Justin Timberlake, 50 Cent, Eminem, LL Cool J et al.) turning professional actors overnight.

All this and more

A stand-up comedian struggles to co-parent his autistic son. A simple story, seen many times before, but solid and entertaining little flick...