Language: Spanish
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Cast: Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú
Direction: Guillermo del Toro
Music: Javier Navarrete. Very impactful. Will especially help you because you have to read what is being spoken. Beautiful score.
Reasons to watch: Academy award winning movie with awesome CGI graphics. And very terrifying.
Reasons not to: Subtitles
Storyline: A little girl, Ofelia in [...]
Archive for June, 2008
On June - 30 - 2008
On June - 29 - 2008
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Christian Clavier, Nathalie Baye, Gérard Lanvin, Géraldine Pailhas
Direction: Alexandra Leclere
Music: Nice. I don’t remember the music much.
Reasons to watch: It’s a funny movie. You might as well be made to think how you would be if all your money was taken away by the giver. And what percentage of your relationship [...]
On June - 28 - 2008
Language: Japanese
Cast: Ken Ogata, Hana Sugiura, Shota Matsuda
Direction: Eiji Okuda
Music: Sufficient
Reasons to watch: Heart-rendering storyline. Very pragmatic characters. One of the few movies with a socially relevant theme which doesn’t make you critical of the society, nor weary of living in it. But makes you want to understand it and belong to it, and ensure [...]
On June - 25 - 2008
Language: French
Cast: Audrey Tautou
Direction: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Music: GOD! the French Accordions. Yann Tiersen IS GOD.
Reasons to watch: Watch for its screenplay. Watch it for its simplicity. Watch it for its shocking smoothening of cultural boundaries. Watch it to find a little bit of Amelie for yourself. This is a rare case where the movie is not [...]
On June - 24 - 2008
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Cast: Jung-Jae Lee, Gianna Jun
Direction: Lee Hyun-seung
Music: The plot is a little too intriguing to notice. Although the background score is sufficiently beautiful.
Reasons to watch: BEAUTIFUL locations, Unthinkable situations, and the most breathtaking House-by-the-beach you have ever seen.
Reasons not to: Subtitles
Storyline: Il Mare is a beautiful house by the [...]
On June - 22 - 2008
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime/Thriller
Cast: Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Monica Bellucci, Thomas Jane.
Direction: Stephen Hopkins
Music: Nadine Renee, Enrique Iglesias, Michael Stuart
Reasons to watch: Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman, beautiful locales, a very gorgeous Monica Bellucci and an engaging storyline
Reasons not to: Shoddy acting by some supporting actors, the camera gets too artistic at times.
Storyline: Henry Hearst (Gene [...]
On June - 19 - 2008
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror/Fantasy
Cast: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Kirsten Dunst
Direction: Neil Jordan
Music: Elliot Goldenthal’s score is dark and beautiful, with a special ‘Sympathy for the devil’ performed by Guns’n’Roses
Reasons to watch: A super ensemble of some of the finest actors in Hollywood, an excellent book-adaptation and top-notch performances, superb art direction.
Reasons not to: Too [...]
On June - 18 - 2008
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family/Adventure/Wildlife
Cast: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers
Direction: James Hill
Music: John Barry, Frederic Talgorn & The Royal Scottish National Orchestra. This movie won 2 Oscars in 1967 for its music, Best Original Score and Best Original Song, for John Barry.
Reasons to watch: Pure family movie, beautiful landscapes and cute lion cubs, a heartwarming story line
Reasons not [...]
On June - 15 - 2008
Language: English
Genre: Rom-Com/Family/Chick Flick
Cast: Lance Bass & Joey Fatone (from NSYNC), Emmanuelle Chriqui
Direction: Eric Bross
Music: NSYNC, Al Green, Britney Spears, Vitamin C, Melissa Lefton, Jessica Folker
Reasons to watch: NSYNC, cute storyline, good music, a mild take on the influence of media
Reasons not to: Weak acting and weaker plot, predictability and mediocrity rules the roost here
Storyoline: [...]
On June - 14 - 2008
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance/Chick-Flick
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron
Direction: Pat O’Connor
Music: Stevie Nicks, Enya, Robbie Williams, Amanda Ghost, K.D.Lang and more
Reasons to watch: Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves, great supporting actors too
Reasons not to: The acting leaves something to ask for, so do the story and the direction
Storyline: Nelson (Keanu Reeves) is a high-flying, cold, way-too-confident advertising [...]
