Yearly Archives: 2005

I saw this movie on Tisha B’av, a Jewish holiday, concerned about commemorating and mourning the destruction of the first and second Temples and the deaths of numerous martyrs of Jeiwsh history. It was a bad date to pick to … Continue reading →

The Hungarian title of this blockbuster was “With a Gray Mercedes”. It had a huge red truck as the central vehicle around which the road story was woven. But the truck driver was color blind, for him everything was gray. … Continue reading →

Excellent summer flick, just what the doctor ordered for a rainy day. We even found a cinema in Budapest, where they played it in English instead of the usual dubbing. Furthermore we waited for the one day of the week, … Continue reading →

I knew nothing of the movie except that it was advertised as a sequel to Amelie. However just because the actress playing the heroine and the director was the same it was a very different movie. I appreciate multi-layer movies … Continue reading →

In my quest to go to the cinema a lot while in Hungary and see European and/or independent movies I sometimes make mistakes. This romantic comedy was one of them. The Don Juanesque middle manager of a department store kills … Continue reading →

The title refers to the problem of the protagonist: narcolepsy: sudden and repeated attacks of sleep. Another comedy. I can’t find any really deep thoughts in it, but it sure was fun. The guy who keeps falling asleep sees action … Continue reading →

This Glasgowian movie was done by a mostly Danish crew. There is indeed a Wilbur in it who keeps trying to kill himself, but he always arranges it in a way that he would be saved, usually by his brother, … Continue reading →