Impossible is nothing to Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) as he’s able to accept missions where reaching results seem to be unachievable but he manages to succeed every time. The previous three spy movies in the series have had a lot of memorable action scenes. Does this fourth installment entertain as much? 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
As you know I stay away from horror movies and looking at the images of this it was a movie I skipped and wasn’t planning to watch. A friend of mine brought it along and insisted on watching it though and told me that this is not a scary movie. So we decided to watch it. Continue reading
I have a question for you (and it’s not even Monday). Do you ever have the feeling when you are watching a movie that it strongly reminds you of some other movie or that the style is very similar to a movie done by a specific director? I think it happens to all of us and as the number of movies you watch increases it’s a feeling that will happen more often as well. I had it very strongly with this movie. It seems that writer and director Aaron Harvey has been watching a lot of Quentin Tarantino movies. With a lot of focus on dialogue, a non linear storyline, similar music choices, grindhouse style cuts and some very violent scenes Catch .44 offers a lot of the same. Does it manage to reach the same level as Tarantino’s movies? Continue reading
I love going into a movie knowing as little as I can about it. It’s not always possible to at least have a general idea, but movies usually surprise me. Point Blank is a French movie someone recommended to me which I didn’t know anything about and that in this case was great as I wasn’t prepared for the rollercoaster it took me on. If you don’t like to know anything at all about this movie just go check it out (it’s good) and else continue reading after the jump. Continue reading
Recently I asked Jack Deth if he would be interested in writing a guest review. I always enjoy contributions and was happy that he was willing to write something about a movie he could choose, here are his thoughts on The Big Combo (which does contain lots of spoilers):
First of all, I would like to thank Nostra for the invitation to be a guest reviewer. It is not often that one gets a chance to flex their muscles on such a delightful site.
That said, for those who have come across my comments elsewhere. My comfort zone is older films. Predominantly Black & White. With specific interest in Film Noir. To that end, please allow me to wax long and poetic about what I consider to be one the the essential films of the genre. 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
As you may know I’m a big fan of movies that have to do with time travel that make you think about what happened. Movies like Donnie Darko, Primer and Timecrimes are some of them which I can’t get enough of. Triangle is another one that can be added to this list. Continue reading
John Hull: How much is this?
Betty McCutcheon: Do you know anything about ethnic art? Have you ever been in a store like this? See, we don’t put price tags on our merchandise. So if you have to ask, then obviously you can’t afford it.
John Hull: In that case I’ll take two of them.
This is one of my favorite movie quotes. It comes from Deep Cover in which cop Russell Stevens (Laurence Fishburne) applies for a job as undercover cop. He becomes John Hull and his job is to infiltrate a drug cartel and get the right information in order to take down the big bosses who are running it. Of course he has to start at the bottom, which means street dealing in order to get attention from David Jason (Jeff Goldblum). Continue reading
Last week the Monday Question was about Revenge movies. Dan Heaton from the Public Transportation Snob blog (which is an excellent movie blog worth checking out by the way) suggested Point Blank, which I had never seen. My thoughts on it after the break. Continue reading