This is a movie which is just as mysterious as its title. Some would call it a movie about time travel or science fiction, but it really isn’t. In the same vein as Another Earth it takes a science fiction element as a background against which a very personal story is told. Continue reading
After Tarsem Singh’s Mirror Mirror (which I really enjoyed) it was time for me to check out what a more violent and serious interpretation of the classic Snow White story would look like. Is it the princess or the evil witch? Continue reading
I remember having vivid dreams when I was younger in which I had the ability to start flying just by willpower and having the feeling that I finally had the feeling I knew how to do it. Of course I ended up in being disappointed when I woke up and couldn’t. It’s a dream I assume a lot of people have and Chronicle takes the idea of such a dream and makes it a reality. What would you do? Continue reading
It always amazes me that studios always bring out the same type of movies around the same time. If one type of movie is succesful other studios try to bring out something similar. This year it seems to be time for the fairytale movies based on Snow white. Tarsem Singh (The Fall, Immortals) was the first movie to appear and him being known for his unique visual style I was really looking forward to seeing it. Continue reading
After watching Tarsem Singh’s Immortals, which had some stunning looking imagery, I was interested to see more of his work. I had bought The Fall a couple of months ago and hadn’t seen it yet so with my appetite wet I looked forward to jumping into another beautifully shot world. Did it offer more beauty and if so, is that enough? Continue reading
Steam. You might think the good old days when it was used to propel trains and boats are over and that it’s a technology of the past, but you’d be mistaken as it’s still used in nuclear powerplants to get the generators going. To me it’s amazing to think that such an old idea is still in use today. Steamboy is an anime in which steam is seen as the future and can be used for progress. Continue reading
The Shrek franchise has been very profitable for Dreamworks, but as it ended it was inevitable that we hadn’t seen the last of these characters. Puss in Boots was widely loved, so a spinoff was a no brainer. Is it catnip or will it have you coughing up hairballs? Continue reading
I might be repeating myself, but as you know I love Korean movies. What I love most is how unpredictable they are. This movie seemed like a war movie, but it turned out to be much more than that. Continue reading
What would you do if you hear a movie’s name mentioned in the breath as Groundhog Day? I, like many people, love Groundhog day (it’s one of the few movies I’ve ever given a 10), so when Defending Your Life was mentioned in a podcast saying that its concept was worked out in perfection I just had to see it. Since I never heard of it before I was wondering if this would be that hidden treasure that I was now about to unearth and could share with the world. Continue reading
There are some movies I would never watch if it wasn’t for lists like the IMDB top 250. The Princess Bride would be a good example of this. Looking at the summary and some pictures this didn’t seem like my type of movie. When I bought the DVD it was in a “Princesses” box together with another princess movie starring Anne Hathaway. I had the feeling that I was buying something for a little girl as it was all pink, but had to watch this one. Luckily my persistence was awarded with a very nice movie. Continue reading