Monthly Archives: September 2008

Finally I saw Kirk Douglas at his top. He is/was a great actor; something I always suspected but didn’t have the opportunity to confirm for myself until I saw Ace in the hole. I also think that the role he … Continue reading →

My expectations were more than met with Hancock. Based on the preview I thought it would be a superhero movie with comic elements and I was right on both account. I knew that Will Smith as a clochard with an … Continue reading →

I kept watching Frank Capra‘s Arsenic and old lace as an original situational comedy, but kept getting disturbed by some of the deeper in themes in it. On the surface the comedy is built around three items with built-in comic … Continue reading →

I would watch almost anything with Morgan Freeman. His deep voice can be funny, scary, and mysterious at the same time or in any combination. His solid, slow demeanor often suggests coldmindedness and that was exactly the idea in The … Continue reading →

It’s amazing how much office culture and workplace ethics have changed since the 1950′s. In The Apartment, Jack Lemmon‘s character can move up on the corporate ladder, because he lets the higher ups use his apartment for trysts. Hence the … Continue reading →

I noticed that most of my reviews are of US made movies from the last three years. I want to change this trend and I want to watch good movies, including more older and foreign ones. In the first round, … Continue reading →

The biggest challenge with Cloverfield was to avoid getting it spoiled for me. Considering all the marketing and hype surrounding it, this was not small treat. It came out in January and I managed to watch it in September without … Continue reading →

I had three reasons to check Anamorph out. First the description at IMDB sounded fascinating, “A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a … Continue reading →

Roland Emmerich, the director of 10,000 BC sure likes to make epics with fantastic tints. After all he directed The Day After Tomorrow, Godzilla, Independence Day, Stargate and is now working on 2012. This movie fits in the epical series … Continue reading →

(The Adventures of) Jack London is a good movie to get a peak into some of the events in Jack London’s life, but not the best source to get an accurate picture of his whole career. The movie opens with the … Continue reading →