Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus. 7/10 I really liked this. Be forewarned that it's a bit rambling, and also, it's not really about drugs, although they do figure largely in the plot. Michael Cera is hilarious and awesome, as usual, as is his hair, I might add.
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai "Some people say I done alright for a girl." Melanie Safka
I saw Magic Magic with my cousins last night. There is nothing much to see except the magnificent scenery of Chile. 2/10
The same could be said of Crystal Fairy, hehe, nevertheless I want to see this one, too, Snowqueen. I didn't realize it had been released.Originally Posted by Snowqueen
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai "Some people say I done alright for a girl." Melanie Safka
I stayed up much too late last night to watch An Unbearable Lightness of Being on the box. I've decided that I definitely fancy Lena Olin, and Juliette Binoche is very nice too; they're both good actresses. However, they didn't need to do much acting to keep a chap interested because they seemed to be naked, or nearly naked, most of the time. I thought What's 'is face, the Irish chap, played a rather unsympathetic character whose primary purpose was to fornicate his way through the female cast, who all seemed to be remarkably compliant.
The most interesting part of the film dealt with the Prague Spring of '68, which I remember, and that was gritty, raw and thanks to archive footage neatly spliced in, very authentic. I wish I hadn't stayed up to watch it though. 5/10
Separate Tables (1958)
This black and white rendition of the celebrated play by Terence Rattigan has a tremendous cast including David Niven, Burt Lancaster, Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, Wendy Hiller, Gladys Cooper and Felix Aylmer.
An English seaside hotel has a number of residents, some of whom have the inevitable skeleton in the cupboard and the resultant exposure makes for the dramatic tension between them.
The main problem with the film is that it’s set bound and the entrances and exits betray its stage origin all too obviously but, despite Deborah Kerr’s overplaying the repressed daughter of an overbearing mother, there are some excellent performances from Wendy Hiller, David Niven and Burt Lancaster. Lancaster was in my view one of the most natural actors to come out of Hollywood and turns in a very watchable performance as an American writer trying to come to terms with the failure of his marriage to Rita Hayworth, who turns up at the hotel having tracked him down through his agent.
The main thrust of the film comes from the fact that the resident British army major, played by David Niven, is in reality a confidence trickster who is arrested for molesting women in a cinema.
David Niven and Wendy Hiller won academy awards for their performances.
8/10
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Global Epidemic Exposed - Television Sigil Magik
(free on awakenvideo.org)
10/10
I would really like to know your thoughts on that film, Qimi.
Jeans very nice movie.8/10
Beowulf and Grendel- maybe it's an OK story if you know nothing about this time and haven't read the poem but it wasn't all that good. Just OK. I have a few more Beowulf movies to watch for my B.A. but this one I can use a whole lot so that was good.
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
Pusher trilogy. 10/10. I just loved the films (all of it ) of this director, Nicolas Winding Refn. I've seen his films many times and never seemed to be tired of it.
Blue Jasmine directed by Woody Allen and starring Cate Blanchett. 9/10 I thought this was just going to be a comedy (not that there's anything wrong with that), but this was quite a bit more than that.
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai "Some people say I done alright for a girl." Melanie Safka
An excellent documentary called River of no Return. About the Salmon river wilderness in Idaho where only the salmon return to spun and die. Filmed by a rather unique young couple. Excellent. Available on Netflix.
Have you seen :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_(2007_film)?
I saw Robin Hood with my nieces on Eid and really enjoyed it. They especially loved the songs. 8/10
Also saw another horror film with friends, When the Lights Went out. It’s about a young girl who is possessed by an evil spirit. As the story progressed I realized that her parents were more evil than the evil spirit. I found this film ridiculously funny. 3/10
This Gun For Hire (1942)
A filmed version of Graham Greene's novel A Gun For Sale that remains close to the book's plot except for certain adjustments to accommodate the change of setting from England to Los Angeles. Alan Ladd plays Raven, a hired assassin who is cheated by those who paid him false banknotes to kill the blackmailer of a powerful businessman who is secretly developing poison gas for the Japanese while the US is at war with them. Raven is ruthless in his determination to exact revenge on the mogul despite the cordon of security surrounding him by police unaware of his treasonable activity.
Anyone who has read the book will have to suspend judgement as the quintessential Englishness of the characters is totally submerged beneath this version of the story. On its own level I would give it 8/10
http://youtu.be/GSx-CiuC-QA
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote