Est. 1998
This very good comedy is about life after death. Daniel Miller is a regular guy. He’s not perfect. He lives his life without much excitement. That’s until the day he drives into a bus and, like, dies. He’s transported to some sort of transition place between Heaven and Earth: Judgment City. The place looks like an American city: hotels, restaurants and buses are seen everywhere….
What’s wrong with me? Before the film started I looked around and saw that, unsurprisingly, I was at least ten years older than anyone else in attendance! More so, I was clearly the most excited about seeing the flick. Screw “The Hulk”, this is the movie I’ve been anticipating ever since it was greenlighted – barely six months ago. That’s right, in the tradition of…
At least three times during “Pathfinder”, I found myself on the verge of tears. It being a nearly plotless, endlessly brutal adventure flick, this must come as a surprise to anyone reading this. But here’s the thing: I wasn’t really moved by the story or characters (though the hero’s final cry of pride did get to me), but by a kind of nostalgic joy as…
People often say that they don’t understand critics, and I can’t blame them. Even though I’m one myself, I don’t always follow the party line. I dislike many films every other critic loves and vice versa. In any case, I generally find it suspicious when the critical reaction is too homogenous, as in the case of the initial reception of “The Da Vinci Code”. To…
Oh Daesu is a loser. A puny man who misses his daughter’s birthday to get drunk and cheat on his wife. His name might mean “getting along with people”, but he’s still considered an asshole who “talks too much” by most. One day he’s abducted and put into a cell, where he will spend the next 15 years. He’s fed, cleaned, shaved and provided with…
Movie Infos Title: The People Versus Larry Flynt Year: 1996 Director: Milos Forman Here’s a movie I’d really love to love, but that I ultimately am unable to. I have respect for it, maybe even admiration, but there’s something about it that just doesn’t work with me. “The People Versus Larry Flynt” is a film about the all too important issue that is freedom speech,…
Movie Infos Title: Trainspotting Year: 1996 Director: Danny Boyle Writer: Irvine Welsh, John Hodge Starring: Ewan McGregor Ewen Bremner Jonny Lee Miller Kevin McKidd Robert Carlyle … Time: 84 min. Genre: Drama Another great movie from the guys who did “Shallow Grave”. It’s based on the brilliant Irvine Welsh book of the same name. Mark Renton is a junkie totally addicted to heroin. He hangs…
Movie Infos Title: Stephen King’s It Year: 1990 Director: Tommy Lee Wallace That film is a shame. The filmmakers tried to adapt the best book ever written, and man, did they failed miserably! There’s absolutely no way you can love this movie. If you read the book, you’ll be frustrated that it was turned into such an inane piece of garbage. If you haven’t read…
PREVIOUSLY IN THE BOURNE TRILOGY… The Bourne Identity [ Adapted from the Robert Ludlum novel (which also inspired a 1988 TV movie starring Richard Chamberlain!), this spy thriller is built on the clever spin that the mystery the protagonist is trying to solve is in his own head. Found drifting in the sea with two bullets in the back, he (Matt Damon) wakes up with…
M. Night Shyamalan is probably the most hated brilliant filmmaker in Hollywood right now. I think this has to do not so much with his films, which are hardly dismissible even if they’re not one’s cup of tea, but with his perceived arrogance. I mean, I get it, it’s kind of obnoxious to hear a guy compare himself to all-time greats like Hitchcock, as Shyamalan…