Est. 1998
A remake of “The Karate Kid”? Produced by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith and starring their son? Sounds like a pointless, ego-driven, “let’s cash in on the nostalgia factor while also giving our boy the chance to be the lead in a movie” venture, right? Maybe, but after having seen it, I can assure you that whatever the producers’ intentions were, the end result is…
Movie Infos Title: Home Alone Year: 1990 Director: Chris Columbus It might be dumb and corny, but I actually liked this flick. The plot’s unbelievable, but who cares: it’s funny! Macaulay Culkin plays 8 year old Kevin, a misunderstood kid who lives in a big ass house with his family. They’re about to leave for Paris, where they’re gonna spend Christmas. About 20 people are…
I haven’t seen the original, but from what I hear all this remake shares with the 1969 Michael Caine vehicle is a title and the use of Mini Coopers in the big chase scene. The plot is pretty simple: dudes steal gold, dudes get gold stolen from them by other dudes, dudes try to steal the gold again from dudes that stole it from them….
A not too distant future. Genetic engineering has become more than common. People decided that if science was advanced enough to create genetically perfect beings, why not do it? Who cares about God’s mysterious ways or Nature after all? Parents can now assure that their offspring will only inherit the best of them. DNA has become the only thing that matters. Right from birth, scientists…
For his follow-up to the extremely stylish, epic and psychedelic “The Fountain”, Darren Aronofsky does a complete 180 here. “The Wrestler” is low-key, intimate, down to earth… It’s not quite a Dardenne brothers film, but it’s a close parent of “Rocky Balboa”, Stallone’s surprisingly gritty and heartfelt farewell to the iconic boxer character that made him famous. Mickey Rourke stars as Robin Ramzinsky, aka Randy…
Ben Stiller stars as Mel Coplin, a neurotic New York entomologist in the middle of an identity crisis. He’s having problems with his wife Nancy (Patricia Arquette, so sexy and round and wonderfully womanly), with whom he had a baby 4 months ago yet they haven’t named him yet… and they haven’t had sex since. And then there’s Mel’s adoptive parents (George Seagal and Mary…
Movie Infos Title: Four Rooms Year: 1995 Director: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodrigez, Quentin Tarantino Everybody says it’s crap, but that’s not quite the case. Oh, the first two rooms are indeed pure crap, but the second half of the film, while not as good as the directors’ separate films, makes for a funny enough comedy anyway. Basically, it’s about a very weird night…
I was expecting some sort of cheap, unoriginal, After-school special type of harmless romantic comedy, so I was quite surprised when the movie started to find out that it’s actually an art-house import from Sweden, made in the setlines of the (in)famous Dogme 95, meaning all handheld cameras, natural lighting, real locations, no make-up and so on. This approach can be unsettling for audiences used…
Movie Infos Title: The Truman Show Year: 1998 Director: Peter Weir Writer: Andrew Niccol, Patrice Chereau Starring: Jim Carrey Ed Harris Laura Linney Noah Emmerich Natascha McElhone … Time: 103 min. Genre: Fantasy / Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi Truman Burbank is a pretty regular guy. He lives in Seahaven, an island where life sure is good. He has a decent job in insurance, a…
“The White Ribbon” is a great film, but… I feel it is a tad overrated, which I attribute to, amongst other things, the fact that it launched at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the coveted Palme d’Or. You see, I have this theory that for most critics, not following the party line when it comes to Palme d’Or winners is equal to heresy….