remembering the films that the audience forgot
“I didn’t read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I’m older. I read them all.”
— Steven Spielberg
In 2007 the Coen brothers gave us No Country For Old Men which was a masterpiece. Then in 2008 they gave us Burn After Reading which was kind of fun and entertaining, but ultimately disappointing and unsuccessful as a complete film. In 2009 they gave us A Serious Man and wth it the Coen brothers were back on track.
Read MoreDries is a famous writer. One day three losers ring his buzzer and ask him to be the drummer in their band. Sounds like that could be the start of a funny, family-friendly rock and roll movie right? Well, IT ISN'T! It’s the start of the flemish film, Ex Drummer.
Read MoreThis was a film I watched back over a decade ago and the only reason I watched it was because of the director. This was a film I watched back over a decade ago and the only reason I watched it was because of the director. During a typical movie-channels roaming session I came across the film and while the title somewhat rang a bell, it was once I saw, “Directed By Bruce McDonald” that I knew this was going to be my evening viewing.
While the name probably doesn’t mean much to most film goers, Canadian director Bruce McDonald is the film-maker behind a good little film called Roadkill and the director of the 1996 film, Hard Core Logo - which, along with This Is Spinal Tap, is the best fake rockumentary I have ever seen... anyway, back to The Tracy Fragments...
Read MoreThe Secret Life Of Words is about Hannah, a hearing impaired factory worker (Sarah Polley) who is forced to take her first holiday in years and ends up traveling out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man, Josef, suffering from severe burns who is also temporarily blind (Tim Robbins). There are six other people on the rig, which has been shut down due to the accident that led to Josef's injuries.
Read MoreThe film takes place in Buenos Aires in 1999 as retired Argentinian federal justice agent Benjamín Espósito is writing a novel, using an old closed case as the source material. The case happened 25 years ago and it’s one that he has never been able to forget. The film cuts back and forth between present day (1999) and the mid-70s as events unfolded.
Read MoreDarren Aronofsky's The Wrestler is the story of an aging ex-pro wrestler, Randy ‘The Ram', as he works his way through the independent circuit, works in a grocery store and tries to reconnect with the daughter he estranged years ago.
Read MoreTimofey, a worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium to sell on Moscow's black market. He meets a bumbling criminal with problems of his own who tries to help him in order to help himself. Welcome to PU-239.
Read MoreIt’s 50 years in the future and the sun is dying. A team of astronauts, scientists and experts were sent to reignite the sun and save humanity on earth. They failed and were never heard from again. Now, seven years later another group is sent on the same mission. Sunshine is their story. From director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland - the team behind 28 Days Later - comes this really interesting sci-fi experience.
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