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The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
I have not seen a descent movie come out of Romania in decades. The best movies I’ve seen was 1976 “Toate pînzele sus”, 1988 “Morometii” (Moromete Family”) and a very nice 1981 fairytale “Maria, Mirabella”, with most of the credit for latter belonging to USSR. I had crossed over the Romanian [...]
Tags: DVD · Dark comedy · Drama · Foreign · Movies · Romania
After the Sunset (2004)
I‘ve seen this movie in theatre couple of years ago, and now it was again on TNT in HD. I remember from the first time I saw it that there was a lot of confusion because at the same exact time there was a movie called “Before Sunset”.
Pierce Brosnan and Salma Hayek [...]
Tags: Adventure · Comedy · DVD · Movies · Romance · TV
Stardust (2007)
Went to see it late last night with friends. I did not know what the movie is about. I heard from completely forgettable commercials that the movie has Michelle Pfeiffer and De Niro in it, so I thought it might be worth a look. Well, it’s one of the strangest movies I’ve seen. For the first [...]
Tags: Adventure · Fantasy · Movies · Romance
Cold Summer of 1953 (1987)
I think I have seen this grim movie once about 20 years ago. It’s the last role and last film starring Anatoli Papanov, one of the greatest and beloved Soviet actors. The plot is quite simple. In 1953, after Stalin’s death, Nikita Khruschev became secretary general of the Communist Party, and [...]
Tags: Drama · Foreign · Movies · USSR · War
War (2007)
The plot: Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) is an FBI agent from Asian crime division seeking revenge for the murder of his partner (John Lone) and his family. Although his 3 year-long quest for vengeance cost him his marriage, he doesn’t stop looking for a mysterious and illusive assassin called “Rogue” (Jet Li), who has [...]
Tags: "Guy" Films · Action · Movies
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Mexican director Guillermo Del Torro, who is familiar to American audience for directing Hellboy and Blade II, has written and directed “El laberinto del fauno”, which in 2007 has been nominated for Oscar in six categories and won in three: Best Achievement in Art Direction, Best Achievement in Cinematography and Best Achievement in [...]
Tags: DVD · Fantasy · Foreign · Mexico · Movies · War
Zubeidaa (2001)
Bollywood’s Shyam Benegal directed this low budget, but beautiful film. Although the film flopped on the big screen, mostly due to low profile of Shyam Benegal, it gained quite a cult when it was released on video.1951 (around the time of decolonization?). The movie begins with a Zubeidaa’s (Karisma Kapoor) funeral. The rest of the movie [...]
Tags: Cult Films · DVD · Drama · Foreign · India · Movies · Musicals · Romance
The Lost City (2005)
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
A film by Andy Garcia starring himself, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray and Elizabeth Peña - quite a constellation of stars. It begins in 1958 in one of pre-revolution Havana’s (though film is shot in Dominican Republic) club’s room. We are witnessing a typical “fathers and sons” conflict. The family is torn by conflicting [...]
Tags: DVD · Drama · Epics/Historical · Movies · Romance
Black Dog (1998)
I must have seen this movie a 100 times already, but I can watch it more. It’s one of my favorite movies along with Rush Hour (1), The Police Academy (1) and Lethal Weapon (1). And probably the best movie the dirty dancer Patrick Swayze was ever in. It’s just as cheesy as Die [...]
Tags: "Guy" Films · Action · DVD · Movies · Road Films · TV
The Sentinel (2006)
Michael Douglas is playing a Secret Service agent who was credited with saving president Raegan’s life, and the beautiful Kim Basinger is playing president’s wife. Michael Douglas (don’t remember the name of his character, Pete I think it was) is to protect the First lady. And they have an affair that probably began [...]
