Tag Archives: 4/5
Game of Thrones – Season 4 Episode 10: “The Children”
The last episode of season four! Let’s get right into it. As always, please watch the episode before reading this, as this recap/review is filled to the brim with spoilers.
Last Year At Marienbad (1961): “Stairs, steps. Steps, one after the other. Glass objects, objects still intact, empty glasses.”
At once a mystery, a surrealist exploration of the nature of truth, and one of the most mindblowingly confounding films made, Last Year At Marienbad (1961, dir. Alain Resnais) tells the ambiguous story of a man and woman who may or may not have met before. It sounds like such a simple premise – two […]
IMDb Top 250 Challenge Blogathon: District 9 (2009)
I wrote this review for the amazing Cinema Parrot Disco‘s IMDb Top 250 Challenge Blogathon series, which has been continuing in its excellence since it started up a couple of months ago. Lots of wonderful and critically acclaimed films have been highlighted, so it’s well worth checking the reviews out! I previously wrote a review […]
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007): Quick-shot review!
Who would have thought a documentary about people sitting down and playing old school arcade games could be so riveting? The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007, dir. Seth Gordon) is a quirky and interesting documentary about a passionate rivalry between two Donkey Kong enthusiasts, who are battling it out to claim the […]
Game of Thrones – Season 4 Episode 5: “First of His Name”
This episode marks the mid-point of the season, and certainly ensures that everything is set up for the rest of the story arcs for each and every character. Except Stannis. As always, this recap/review/reflection is filled with spoilers so please don’t read if you haven’t seen the episode yet!
Game of Thrones – Season 4 Episode 4: “Oathkeeper”
In this episode, we see many interesting things that didn’t happen in the books. Now I understand how people who haven’t read the books feel when watching this show. It is totally exhausting. Lots of spoilers in this post – please watch the episode before reading!
The Screenkicker Olympics: Representing Melbourne, Australia – On The Beach (1959)
The Sochi Winter Olympics may be over, and it may be a while until the next Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but the competition between nations has not finished. The amazing Mikey at Screenkicker! is hosting a special blogathon called the Screenkicker Olympics, to showcase cinematic talent from all over the world. There’s going […]
Tokyo! (2008): Transformation, anarchy, rebirth.
Tokyo! (2008) is a collection of three short films, tied together by their location and surreal overtones. Three visionary directors team up for this bewildering film, each needing no introduction whatsoever – Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-ho. Each of the three short films has its own visual quirks, and is set up in […]
CPD’s John Hughes Blogathon: Baby’s Day Out (1994)
Who would have guessed that Baby’s Day Out (1994) was written and produced by John Hughes? Here’s another review for Cinema Parrot Disco‘s amazing John Hughes blogathon! As always, do check out all the other reviews and posts in this blogathon as they have been excellent. Lots of wonderful music, quotes, and reviews of eminently […]
Man With A Movie Camera (1929): Quick-shot review!
In Dziga Vertov’s experimental silent film Man With A Movie Camera (1929), we follow a cameraman as he films everyday scenes in Soviet life – busy streets, beaches, haircuts, birth, marriage, divorce, a funeral, working with machinery. We also see ‘behind the scenes’ as the film itself is being edited. The film shows both 24 […]
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