Allied (2016)
Let’s get that damn elephant out of the room. The private lives of our silver screen stars theoretically have no place in the judgement of the cinematic products we consume,…
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The Congress (2014)
More thematically and stylistically audacious than any other films you’ll clap your eyes on this year, The Congress melds live-action with 70’s retro animation to often breathtaking effect, purposefully fusing…
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Blu-ray: Man of Steel (2013)
Superman is so deeply embedded in popular culture that the possibility of reconfiguring its mythology is like rewriting the New Testament which would no doubt result to hordes of puritans…
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Milius (2013)
Anyone alive during the 1970’s would remember the name of John Milius, perhaps the most infamous renegade of New Hollywood movie brats of which include directors Scorcese, Spielberg, Coppola and…
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LFF 2013: The Congress
One film I completely ignored missed during my exploits in Cannes Film Festival earlier this year was Ari Folman’s The Congress, relegated in the Director’s Fortnight where films apparently unworthy…
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The Canyons (2013)
Much has been made about this Paul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis collaboration that nearly everyone on Earth predicted its nosedive into the bleeding gutter even way before its production…
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Roman Holiday (1953)
Roman Holiday must seem fresh and fabulous back in 1953, but unlike most timeless comedies, there aren’t much going for William Wyler’s Euro caper aside from largely two distinctive reasons,…
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Man of Steel (2013)
Superman is so deeply embedded in popular culture that the possibility of reconfiguring its mythology is like rewriting the New Testament which would no doubt result to hordes of puritans…
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Nine (2009)
What promises to be a bombastic musical with a shamanic alignment of megawatt star-power ends up with barely a bang. Rob Marshall’s Nine, despite of its lavish, slick production, gorgeous cinematography and art direction that oozes with 60’s retro chic, is a film of misfired ambitions. Far from Fellini’s original 8½, this is a mediocre, passable, if not entertaining, affair.
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