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Movie Infos Title: Chicago Year: 2002 Director: Rob Marshall In 1924 Chicago, Belva Gaertner, a cabaret singer, allegedly shot a man in her car. Less than a month later, Mrs. Beulah Annan killed a man who “tried to make love to her” then played a foxtrot record for two hours. Both were acquitted after trials which were covered extensively in the local press, notably by…
The absorbing tale of District attorney Jim Garrison, the man who tried to solve the JFK conspiracy. Relentless, he keeps on interviewing different people, trying to figure out what the hell happened exactly on that famous day. This movie is just great. The plot is always thickening and there are lots of unexpected twists. The screenplay is so damn well written. After seeing JFK, you…
Movie Infos Title: One Down, Two to Go Year: 1983 Director: Fred Williamson Starring: Jim Brown Fred Williamson Jim Kelly Richard Roundtree … Ah! Blaxploitation! Some badass mofos, cool clothes, funky music and white jerks getting beat up. In this film, there are four black cats. Chuck and Ralph are from a Californian martial arts school. They come to New York with their best student…
Movie Infos Title: North by Northwest Rating: Year: 1959 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writer: Ernest Lehman Starring: Philip Ober Josephine Hutchinson Martin Landau Adam Williams Edward Platt … Hitchock is an odd case in cinema history. Despised for years by critics as nothing but a gimmicky director, he was recognized when European filmmakers like Truffaut expressed their admiration for his work, and now, decades after his…
Movie Infos Title: Signs Rating: Year: 2002 Director: M. Night Shyamalan Writer: M. Night Shyamalan Genre: Sci-fi thriller While calling him the new Hitchcock or the next Spielberg is premature, you have to admit that M. Night Shyamalan is not so quietly emerging as one of the most distinctive and resonant voices in popular moviemaking. The Sixth Sense, his first major feature (after the smaller,…
After the North American premiere presentation at Fantasia, director Lucky McKee recounted how they had announced they were making a movie called “The Woods” in 2003, then M. Night Shyamalan announced he was also making a film with that title, so they had to tell him he couldn’t do that and he had to change it to The Village. “And what a great movie that…
Movie Infos Title: Panic Room Year: 2002 Director: David Fincher Writer: David Koepp Starring: Jodie Foster Kristen Stewart Forest Whitaker Jared Leto Dwight Yoakam … Genre: Thriller Blah. It’s not that I expected David Fincher to top his “Se7en” or “Fight Club”. I didn’t expect his latest film to be anything else than what it aspires for, namely suspense. But Christ, who knew Fincher had…
I’m divided when it comes to big popcorn movies. In a way, I’m saddened by how Hollywood denaturalizes the art of cinema with shallow, predictable, undaring movies fueled by easy gags and special FX. That feeling is real strong when I come across lazy, audience-underestimating crap flicks like “ID4”, “Godzilla” or “Deep Impact”. But you gotta admit that some blockbusters are effective in what they…
It starts out decently enough, first with a nifty titles sequence led by James Newton Howard’s atmospheric score then with quick but effective introductions of the main characters: mind-reading shrink Henry (Thomas Jane), mind-reading teacher Jonesy (Damien Lewis), mind-reading car salesman Pete (Timothy Olyphant) and mind-reading wisecracking sidekick Beaver (Jason Lee, who else?). They’ve been best of friends since twenty years ago when, as kids…
On December 14, 1959, Berry Gordy, Jr. founds the Motown record label in his hometown of Detroit at the encouragement of songwriter Smokey Robinson. Through much hustling, scheming and plain good businessmanship, he not only makes local stars of his African-American artists but also allows them to crossover into the national pop charts, entertaining audiences black and white alike. One of Motown’s signature acts is…