George Lucas and Steven Spielberg‘s classic movie did not invent adventure, as it was largely inspired by old serials, pulp magazines and B-movies, but it certainly revamped our conception of big screen adventure. Even “Star…
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2005 LOG (11)
(1 Nov) Strangers on a train (1951, Alfred Hitchcock) 91 [ “Wanna hear one of my ideas for a perfect murder?” Naughty boy Bruno wants to get rid of his father, tennis player Guy needs…
Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
OPENING FILM: Reste avec moi (Robert Ménard)17 [ More likely to win him yet another Aurore than a Jutra, Robert Ménard’s latest is a shamelessly, nah, obscenely melodramatic, manipulative, hammy, preachy, unsubtle, cloying and…
Enemy of the State
Ah Tony Scott… king of schlock filmmaking. Yet this ain’t a film from the 80s Tony Scott from the “Top Gun” days, but the slightly edgier, more stylish 90s Tony Scott, post-“True Romance” (his collaboration…
Six Feet Under
Lauren Ambrose – Claire Fisher Michael C. Hall – David Fisher Peter Krause – Nate Fisher Frances Conroy – Ruth Fisher Six Feet Under – “Pilot” (2001, Alan Ball)92 “How’s it going?” “Great, great….
Ichi the Killer
How do you turn what begins as a romantic comedy about a middle-aged widower who decides to hold auditions to find himself a new wife into a gory mindfuck that would shock even David Lynch?…
Vantage Point
Before their release, certain movies seem to have it all: the best actors, the most exciting premise, and an awesome preview. Once those movies open in theaters though, most of them turn out…
Robert Zemeckis
1978 I Wanna Hold Your Hand 32 [ Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust, but 40 years ago it was in full outbreak as the Fab Four first came to the US to play…