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Rated R , for graphic crude and sexual behavior, violent images and strong language — all involving puppets What more do you need to know? “Team America: World Police” might be the most oddball concoction to ever grace thousands of movie screens. Who knew Jerry Bruckheimer flicks, marionettes and the War on Terror could combine into such a great film? There are no words to…
What’s in a chick flick? This is often a derogative denomination, but sometimes it’s just a descriptive referring to a genre. So many films revolve around men that when all the main characters are women, it does feel particular. Not that this also means only women can enjoy a so-called chick flick. In the case of “In Her Shoes”, it wasn’t even made by a…
Between the shooting and the release of “An Unfinished Life”, Lasse Hallström had time to direct a whole other film, “Casanova”, presented at the last Venice Film Festival. When a studio keeps pushing back the release date of one of its productions, it never inspires confidence. Then again, the Swedish filmmaker’s (next-to) latest isn’t particularly inferior to his previous work. Those who can’t stand the…
“The director is always the guy who says, ‘Go with me up that hill, even though there is a machine gun stuck there shooting at us’.”1974 Dark Star 21 “They are bored, their machines are falling apart, and even though it was a complete fantasy, it seems to me that ‘Dark Star’ was telling some kind of truth regarding our lives.” [ “2001“ without the…
Movie Infos Title: The Professional Year: 1994 Director: Luc Besson Writer: Luc Besson Starring: Jean Reno Natalie Portman Gary Oldman Danny Aiello Peter Appel … Léon (Jean Reno) ain’t a regular guy. He left France and settled down in New York to work… as a hitman. Well, it worked out fine for him. He’s really, really good at his job, and money piles up almost…
Movie Infos Title: Soldier Year: 1998 Director: Paul Anderson Writer: David Webb Peoples Starring: Kurt Russell Jason Scott Lee Connie Nielsen Sean Pertwee Michael Chiklis … I’ve had countless bad experiences with science-fiction. The worst was when I paid 5 bucks to see Mario Van Peebles in “Solo”, a crap film that sucked worse than anything had sucked before. After other mishaps like this, I…
Joe Cabot (the monumental Lawrence Tierney)’s an old timer who’s been into crime for a long time. He likes to do things his way. This time, he planned the perfect crime. He picks up 6 strangers. They don’t know anything about each other, not even their name. Cabot gives them everything they need to know to rob a jewelry store without any complication. But when…
“Parce que moi je rêve, moi je ne le suis pas.” Loosely translated, “since I dream, I am not that”. That saying has become some kind of mantra for young Léo Lozeau (Maxime Collin), who prefers fantasy to the harsh reality. He lives in the then-poor of Mile-End neighborhood with his family, a dysfunctional group of people close to insanity. His grandfather (Julien Guiomar) is…
I don’t understand the recent coronation of Bill Murray by film critics. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that Bill Murray isn’t great; I just don’t see what’s so special about his recent work. Lost in Translation, The Life Aquatic and “Broken Flowers” all use Murray as the sad clown figure at the centre of a pseudo-hip existential dramedy, never getting more than a disaffected “Meh” from me. Ghostbusters, “Scrooged”, Groundhog…
“You’re only as healthy as you feel.” Travis Bickle’s not a happy man. He’s a Vietnam veteran who just got back in New York. He doesn’t really need money but he becomes a cab driver anyway because he can’t sleep at night. His mind is playing tricks on him, and he’s got some baaad ideas in his head. He hates the city, the filth, the…