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Year: 1962 Director: Jean-Luc Godard Stars: Anna Karina (Nana Kleinfrankenheim), Sady Rebbot (Raoul), André S Labarthe (Paul), Guylaine Schlumberger (Yvette) Genre: Drama Vivre Sa Vie is a film I almost decided I was going to like before I really saw it. You know when you just know something is going to speak to you? Quite …
Director: Marc Forster Stars: Brad Pitt, Peter Capaldi, Daniella Kertesz Expectations and assumptions. They can make or break a film. World War Z, based on the popular novel by Max Brooks, has been rolled out as a zombie movie. Now, there are several expectations and assumptions one makes when approaching a zombie movie; scares, gore …
Director: Richard Linklater Stars: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick There's something extremely satisfying about watching Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) growing older together. From the full-blown romantic flush of their first meeting in 1995's Before Sunrise, through the more pragmatic (but beautifully balanced) 2004 reunion Before Sunset, and now with Before Midnight, their lives reflect …
Director: Joss Whedon Stars: Amy Acker, Fran Kranz, Alexis Denisof It must be a lovely thing to work with Joss Whedon. For one thing you get the privilege of knowing one of the finest wits in Hollywood, a perennial golden boy - or golden manchild, he'd probably prefer that - whose films and TV shows …
Director: Ariel Vromen Stars: David Schwimmer, Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder There are names you can depend on. Michael Shannon's is such a name. For years now he has been raising the quality of whatever he's in. His - sigh - 'unconventional' looks have generally sidelined him to parts two or three rungs down the ladder, …
Year: 1981 Director: Brian De Palma Stars: John Travolta (Jack Terry), Nancy Allen (Sally), John Lithgow (Burke), Dennis Franz (Manny Karp), John Aquino (Det. Mackay) Genre: Thriller Generally speaking, my rule of thumb with this series has been to only pick from movies I've watched again and again, the ones that stand up to scrutiny, …
Director: Régis Roinsard Stars: Romain Duris, Déborah François, Bérénice Bejo Below is a list of words that appeared when feeding the word 'charm' into an online thesaurus in preparation for this review: Allure, agreeableness, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, beauty, beguile, bewitchery, captivate, charisma, chemistry, delightfulness, desirability, enchantment, enrapture, ensorcell, glamour, grace, inveigle, magic, magnetism, please, sorcery, …
The Lost Highway Hotel 