Est. 1998
Mmm. This one of these really borderline movies. You sometimes feel like it’s the worst film you’ve ever seen, but sometimes you’re like, well, it’s not that bad, I’m having a good time. It’s one of those countless 90s buddy cop movies that rip off classics like “48 Hours” and “Lethal Weapon”. The recipe is simple. You take two stars that appear to be opposite,…
1942, right in the middle of World War II. France, and most of Europe is occupied by the Nazis. A lot of people want to leave for America, but the only way out is by going from Paris to Marseilles, then taking a boat to Oran, crossing to Casablanca and finally getting on a plane in Lisbonne. Yet, to leave for Lisbonne, you need a…
Movie Infos Title: Election Rating: Year: 1999 Director: Alexander Payne Reese Witherspoon stars as Tracy Flick, one of these overly perky overachieving, gogetting girls you find in every school. All that matters to her is pursuing her dream, some vague notion of success that asks for constant effort and overwhelming ambition. While she’s in high school, that also means missing out on social fun. Students…
Weird movie! This contemporary version of the 60s cartoon about some dumb Tarzan has some very cool direction and visual style for a Disney family movie. The narration is totally wacked-out, and the storyline is very fun to follow, even though it’s not, say, riveting. The camerawork is very impressive. There is also lots of cool in-jokes and references, and the soundtrack is great. There…
“Bully” is the latest from Larry Clark, who had been working as a photograph for decades documenting visually wasted youths before he made “Kids” in 1995. I couldn’t stand that movie, but in a way I could appreciate Clark’s ultra-realistic, unflinching depiction of aimless New York teens. I figured that while I loathed everything about the characters and their lifestyle and was barely able to…
Ok, so I’m gonna bitch a lot through this review because of how disappointed I am, but right from the get-go, let me clarify that this doesn’t mean that I hated the film. Despite all its flaws, it remains a pretty good little comedy which made me laugh quite a bit… But just not nearly as much as most of Kevin Smith‘s other movies, which…
Movie Infos Title: 15 Février 1839 Year: 2001 Director: Pierre Falardeau Writer: Pierre Falardeau Time: 120 min. Genre: Drama Here in Quebec, Pierre Falardeau is a real character, a caricature even. You see him regularly here and there, the eternal cigarette in mouth, the “common man” wardrobe, the Gainsbourg-style messy beard and hair, Falardeau being his belligerent self, bitching about everything, citing obscure writings, talking…
“How neat,” thought the film critic to himself, “here I am with two screenings to attend and what do you know, both are animated features. Of course they’re still very different in nature, but that’s the beauty of it. Here is an opportunity for a study of opposites.” In the blue corner we have the brand new, state-of-the-art FINDING NEMO coming at us from…
Here we go again! Three years after “The Phantom Menace”, another “Star Wars” prequel is coming out. The film begins with a bang, literally, as an assassination attempt is made against Senator Padmé Amidala (Nathalie Portman). Not overly startled, she still meets with Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) to oppose the creation of an army to protect the Republic against disgruntled Separatists led by former Jedi…
Why is that people assume that movies starring teenage girls are made only for them? After all, ninjas aren’t the only ones watching kung-fu movies, and you don’t have to be a gay cowboy to like Brokeback Mountain (not that I like Brokeback Mountain, but that’s another story). Basically, you can be a guy in his twenties and still love Mean Girls, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants or, in the…