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Interpreting film noir essentially as a mindless frenzy of shabbily dressed lunatics slicing off each other’s limbs with machetes, The Book of Eli fails to build credibility as the refined genre work it purports itself to be.
Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar-nominated The Hurt Locker is perhaps one of the best war films ever made – and quite certainly the definitive cinematic work dealing with the current war in Iraq.
Greenlandic film Nuummioq to premiere at Sundance
Published January 11th, 2010 in Film News and US & Canada. 0 Comments
Greenland’s first-ever feature film to receive international attention, Nuummioq is set to have its US premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival on January 23
Pierre Morel to shoot sci-fi adaptation Dune
Published January 5th, 2010 in Film News and US & Canada. 0 Comments
With his new action film From Paris with Love about to hit theaters, Pierre Morel – of Taken (2008) fame – will soon be directing an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel Dune after Hancock (2008) director Peter Berg left the project in fall 2009.
With its collapsible giant mushrooms, predatory pterodactyl-types and rhinoceros-like hammer-headed creatures, Avatar is every bit as good as promised and sets a clear example of what sci-fi movies should be like.
Jason Reitman’s Oscar-nominated new film Up in the Air with master charmer George Clooney in the lead role is a multilayered and unusually complex work that clearly intends to make its audience think after viewing and perhaps even ponder their own beliefs.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona Review
Published December 27th, 2009 in Europe & Russia, Reviews and US & Canada. 0 Comments
Much like tasting premium wine, taking a stroll through a botanical garden on a sunny afternoon or savoring a serving of very fine chocolate, Vicky Cristina Barcelona delivers a delightful and highly sensual experience likely to stay with its audience long after the credits have finished rolling.
Clooney visits White House to talk about Darfur
Published October 31st, 2009 in Other News and US & Canada. 0 Comments
George Clooney, a U.N. messenger of peace, met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on 23 February to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region.
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