Monthly Archives: August 2009

In April I gave the first real break to my wife from our then 10 months old baby. It was the first time I had the baby on my own for hours. She used the chance to go to the … Continue reading →

I heard so many reference to Steve McQueen being the prototype of relentless and rebellious cop in Bullitt that I knew I had to watch it eventually. The time came and I realized it was too late. I am already … Continue reading →

I wanted to see a light movie so I got Super capers, which primrosed to be a parody of superhero movies. It was a bad choice. The acting was awkward, the action predictable and the jokes flat. the script was … Continue reading →

Lord Richard Attenborough will be 86 years old on Saturday. To celebrate I watched one of his early movies: Brighton Rock, aka Young Scarface. In it the Attenborough plays a young but cruel criminal who works in the shadows of … Continue reading →

Adam Brody–who has been acting for 14 years and even in successful series but I have never seen before–plays a 26 year old lad who goes to the countryside to help/live with his ailing grandmother to recover from being dumped … Continue reading →

On the surface Close to home is a deceptively simple film. It shows two young women’s growing friendship while serving in the army in Israel. One of them seems to be careless and rebellious and the other is subdued and … Continue reading →

I really liked Larisa Oleynik as a child in the “Alex Mack” and as a teenager in the “3rd rock from the Sun” series. So I thought it’s time to check her out in one of the movies she made … Continue reading →