Takashi Miike is known as a controversial filmmaker with his extremely violent movies, like Ichi the Killer. It’s not a movie I have seen myself as I don’t enjoy watching shocking things just to shock. So it was a conscious decision not to see it. The Great Yokai War is also made by him and is supposed to be a movie for kids. Did he manage to succeed? Continue reading
If you have been reading My Filmviews for a bit longer, you have probably noticed that I’m a big fan of Alfred Hitchcock movies. A while ago there was a sale with a lot of his movies in one box and of course I just had to pick it up. I now take my time to slowly work through all these films. One of them was The 39 Steps. A title that doesn’t say a lot about the film itself, but luckily a title isn’t the only reason to decide whether or not a movie is worth seeing.
The 39 Steps is about a man (played by Robert Donat) who meets this woman during a show who tells him that she’s in great danger. She asks if she can go home with him to hide for a while until she feels safe again. It doesn’t take long before he finds out that he’s in danger as well and because of the information he received from the woman he is forced to flee and go on a search to save both his own life and England. Continue reading
The Nest, as this movie is also known, is a movie which I knew nothing about. I can’t remember where I read it, but someone described it as a French version of Die Hard. Which for me was enough reason to track down this movie to find out if this was the case. Continue reading
Just like the excellent City of God, this Brazilian film (also known as Elite Squad) is set in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. It’s 1997 and police captain Nascimento (Wagner Moura) and his special team called BOPE are very busy with tracking down criminals in preparation of the pope’s visit. Nascimento wants to stop working, but first needs to find a good replacement. Continue reading
The original title of this Korean movie is Madeo, which can be translated into two meanings, both mother and murder are possible as the characters in the language are the same. Hye-ja Kim stars in this movie, in which her son Yoon Do-joon (Bin Won) is being suspected of a crime. As Yoon Do-joon has some mental issues, it’s hard for her to find out if he really has committed the crime. As a mother she’s willing to do anything to find out the truth and get her son out of jail. Continue reading
I’ve been watching quite a lot of Korean movies lately and with almost every movie I’m pleasantly surprised by its quality. They have strong stories, are usually quite unpredictable and not comparable to the big Hollywood productions. Is The Man From Nowhere another movie which didn’t disappoint? Continue reading
Nope, it’s not a typo, this movie is really called The Good The Bad The Weird. It’s got nothing to do with Sergio Leone and you won’t see Clint Eastwood acting in it. Despite this it is very clear that The Good, The Bad and The Ugly has had a big influence on this Korean Western. South Korea has a big movie industry and manages to deliver some great quality film like Old Boy. Is this western just as good? Continue reading
Horror movies. It’s one of the few genres I really don’t watch. I just don’t like to voluntarily be uncomfortable for an hour and a half watching gruesome stuff. It’s something I just don’t need and go out of my way to find. So it’s a genre which I just am not interested in.
So Zombieland was a movie I never planned on watching as the title was enough reason to stay clear from it. This change when a colleague told me that this really wasn’t a “scary” movie, but a comedy. Reluctantly I decide to give this film a chance. Continue reading
127 Hours is tells the true story of Aron Ralston, a mountain climber who had an unfortunate fall, where a rock fell onto his right arm, trapping him. (for those who don’t know the story there is a spoiler following, highlight to read) [spoiler]In the end he had to cut of his own arm to survive.[/spoiler]
Even if you do know the story, is this film is worth watching? Do you really want to be stuck in one place for almost an entire movie, like we’ve seen in Buried? Continue reading
Julia Roberts and Clive Owen starring in a spy movie? I thought it was a weird combination, but as I really like spy films I decided to give it a chance. Is it worth watching? Continue reading