Category film review
Genre Grandeur: Sunshine (2007)
For the month of January, the genre of choice for Movierob‘s Genre Grandeur series was sci fi, chosen by Natasha of Life Of This City Girl. I decided to watch and review a film I’d never seen before, but had heard excellent things about – Danny Boyle’s Sunshine (2007). You can find the rest of […]
Blindspot 2016: The Witches (1967)
I usually save the weirdest films for earlier on in my Blindspot series posts, and this film is no exception. The Witches (1967), also known in its native Italian as Le Streghe, is presented by Dino de Laurentiis. It is a film composed of five short films within, each by a different director. The films-within-films are […]
The Remembering Barbara Stanwyck Blogathon: Clash By Night (1952)
A drama with film noir elements set in the fishing village of Monterey, California, Clash By Night (1952) is one of Austrian-German director Fritz Lang’s later films; Lang mainly being known for his earlier films such as Metropolis (1927) and M (1931). Clash By Night tells the story of Mae Doyle (Barbara Stanwyck), who has […]
Resolutions 2016: First Blood (1982)
With another new year comes the promise of new and fantastic blogathons to come. One in particular that I have been looking forward to is Cara of Silver Screen Serenade‘s Resolutions series – where bloggers get together to discuss films they’ve always meant to see. In 2015, I watched Best Picture winner The Artist (2011) […]
What We Do In The Shadows (2014): “I think we drink virgin blood because it sounds cool.”
A mockumentary with clasically deadpan New Zealander humour plus vampires? I’m in. What We Do In The Shadows (2014, dir. Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi) is, believe it or not, a mockumentary about vampires set in New Zealand. Viago (Taika Waititi), Vladislav (Jemaine Clement), Deacon (Jonny Brugh), and Petyr (Ben Fransham) are four vampires of […]
Blindspot 2015: The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The final film in my 2015 Blindspot series! I have been wanting to watch The Night of the Hunter (1955, dir. Charles Laughton) for a very long time indeed. Did it meet my expectations? Read on! Its synopsis is as follows: A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell […]
Together (2000): Quick-shot review!
Directed by Lukas Moodysson, Together (2000), also known in its native Sweden as Tillsammans, is at once a comedy and a critique on the leftist politics of the 70s in Sweden. It tells the story of Elisabeth (Lisa Lindgren), who after a domestic violence incident with her partner Rolf (Michael Nyqvist, of Dragon Tattoo fame), […]
Genre Grandeur: Joyeux Noel (2005)
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The theme for MovieRob‘s Genre Grandeur series of December 2014 was holiday films, which is a perfect choice for one of the most holiday-dense months of the year. So many excellent reviews were featured during December’s Genre Grandeur. I chose to write about Joyeux Noel (2005, dir. Christian Carion), a…
Two Short Films: Bag Man (2014); The Heart of the World (2000).
I haven’t watched any short films for a while now, as I haven’t seen much that I’ve been interested by. However, today that changed when I watched two films which are quite different to one another – Bag Man (2014), and The Heart of the World (2000). Both differ in terms of story construction, direction […]
Chronos (1985): Quick-shot review!
It is my intention to watch all of the famous “time-lapse footage set to music” films. So far, I’ve watched Koyaanisqatsi (1982), but I also need to watch the next two in the Qatsi trilogy, and also Samsara (2011) and Baraka (1992). I love watching this style of film because they are generally relaxing, and […]
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