Watching Dark City makes you think you’re watching a mixture of The Matrix and Sin City. While Dark City might not have the finishing touch which is present in both mentioned movies, it does have respectively the “wat-if-the-world-is-not-what-we-think-it-is” story line and the comic scenery.
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March of the Penguins
The March of the Penguins or “Marche de l’empereur, La” is a movie about the March of emperor Penguins to their breeding ground. The event is intriguing and the camera work is great, but movies tries to make the penguins more human than they are. You see for example a lot of shot of a… Continue reading March of the Penguins
Phone Booth
Stuart (Colin Farrell) hasn’t been totally honest. In fact, he’s about the most dishonest man you’ll meet. Everyday, at the same time, he goes to a phone booth in NYC to call his girlfriend (Katie Holmes), so that his wife (Radha Mitchell) can’t trace the phone call. Today is no longer just an ordinary day.… Continue reading Phone Booth
Volver
Penelope Cruz is one of the most attracting women in the Hollywood movie scene. In Volver she’s the absolute center of the movie. And that’s good! She makes the movie worth watching. The strange combination of a very attractive Hollywood star with some unknown mediocre actresses fits in the strange story line. It’s just a… Continue reading Volver
Kingdom of Heaven
Some things never change. During the Crusades, in the Middle Ages, the Christians and Muslims fought about the holy city of Jerusalem. Kingdom of Heaven is located between the second and third Crusade. To make the situation more interesting, a hero (Orlando Bloom) is created. Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the crusades of… Continue reading Kingdom of Heaven
The Departed
In South Boston, the state police force is fighting Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello’s confidence, Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer… Continue reading The Departed
James Bond: Casino Royale
James Bond is back. Daniel Craig is the new 007. Literally. In Casino Royale you get to know how James Bond became 007. Bond movies have always been created to be seen in the cinema. Also in Casino Royale, there are lots of special effects within great action scenes that suck you into the movie… Continue reading James Bond: Casino Royale
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Sacha Baron Cohen, alias ALI G, alias Borat, has made a new movie, or a “movie film” as Borat calls it. This time the character Borat leaves his home country for a trip to America in order to “Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”. After an enormous media campaign and a good experience with Sacha… Continue reading Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Zwartboek (Black Book)
Finally a Dutch movie on World War 2 where with a little nuance in the German characters. This movie by Paul Verhoeven is not about fighting the Dutch fighting the Germans. That’s only the context in which a story is situated about people in a war situation. Carice van Houten and Sebastian Koch play a… Continue reading Zwartboek (Black Book)
La meglio gioventu
Have you got some time to see a movie? If you don’t, make some! You’ve got to see this six hours during masterpiece. La megio gioventu tells the story of the changing of Italy from a messy and wild country in the sixties, till the modern civilization it is now. It’s a story of love,… Continue reading La meglio gioventu