Updates to playlist: The 'Vox Variations

petiteflower — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:13:23 -0000

Updates to playlist: Wuthering Heights Revisited

petiteflower — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:39:11 -0000

Updates to playlist: Creepy

petiteflower — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:08:55 -0000

Liberation by Mike Oldfield

petiteflower — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:14:16 -0000

LAST FIVE FILMS

petiteflower — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:12:49 -0000

OSS 117: CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES

The last few French comedies I've seen have left me hot & cold. I really liked "The Dinner Game", but I didn't care much for "My Best Friend" or "The Valet". This spy spoof, however, is very amusing if not exactly hilarious. The charm is mainly in the retro-ambience and Jean Dujardin's mannerisms.

My rating: 7.5/10

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THE FALL

Apparently, this director also made "The Cell". I didn't like "The Cell" but, apart from an emphasis on visual artistry, I wouldn't have guessed it was the same filmmaker. This has a 'story within a story' device similar to "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen", "The Princess Bride", and "Big Fish", alternating between the fantastical and the mundane. While the fantasy segments are sumptuous, it's the 'real' hospital scenes that mesmerized me the most, and that's due to the relationship between the two main characters: an injured stuntman and a five-year-old girl. There is a good dose of humor, but things get heavy towards the end where the subjects of despair, death, and suicide are most prominent. Beautiful and emotive.

My Rating: 9/10

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INDIANA JONES & THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

Only partially entertaining, unfortunately. There are a couple of fun and outlandish chase scenes, but the story gets too ridiculous, at times. The scene where ants drag a Nazi officer down their anthill taking the cake.

My Rating: 5/10

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QUARANTINE

Regardless of technicalities, this is - for all intents and purposes - a zombie movie. And it's a pretty suspenseful one. This film uses 'shaky-cam' and, for me, excessively so. Of course, the hysterical screaming and 'zombies' jumping out from every corner during one sequence added to the silliness towards the end. Still, I enjoyed it enough to make me want to see the original Spanish film "[Rec]".

My Rating: 7/10

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[REC]

This is the movie "Quarantine" was based on. They are nearly identical in most places, though some small story elements were changed. "[Rec]", however, is a little more effective and a little more frightening.

My Rating: 7.5/10

Updates to playlist: All Roads Lead To France

petiteflower — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:47:53 -0000

Doug's Tearful Waltz/First Kiss by David Hirschfelder & The Bogo Pogo Orchestra

petiteflower — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:51:18 -0000

Updates to playlist: Waltz

petiteflower — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:12:52 -0000

Silent Night by Mike Oldfield

petiteflower — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:54:46 -0000

Updates to playlist: Winter Music

petiteflower — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:48:58 -0000