Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: The real heroes: Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone
When a great story of real heroes who risked their lives to save civilians turned in to a really bad boring film.
Film Review – English
Film Review:All the Money in The World 2017 (6/10)
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Williams, Charlie Plummer
A very interesting real story about the kidnaping and release of the grandson of one of the richest men in history (J Paul Getty).
While the core of the story is negotiating the release of the billionaire grandson, this particular incident reveals a lot of the personality and life of this rich man which was a really interesting character. Christopher Plummer who played the role of Getty at 88 years of age was really brilliant. He has left his print on this film and really deserves to win in each award he was nominated for. Of course, we have to mention he had to do all this in few weeks following replacing Kevin Spacy which is even more impressive.
Film Review: The Mountain Between Us 2017 (5/10)
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Starring: Kate Winslet and Idris Elba
This film relies totally on the charm of the main lead performers Kate Winslet and Idris Elba plus the beautiful scenery of beautiful mountains covered in snow. However, neither the story was deep nor the plot was convincing.
Film Review: Get Out 2017 (4/10)
Director: Jordan Peele
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, Lakeith Stanfield, and Catherine Keener.
I try my best to give a spoiler free review , but this time I have to apologies in advance as this time it was not possible. So you could possibly read to the point where you see the warning. Continue reading
Film Review:The Post 2017 (9/10)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenlirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood,
This is really an incredible film by all standards. One of those films that I think will be a cinema classic for many years. Not only it highlights the heroic role played by brave journalists and reporters through history in bringing the truth to the public but it also goes beyond that to show the powerful role of wise women in a male dominant society where women were repeatedly marginalized.
Film Review:Darkest Hour 2017 (9l10)
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, and Ronald Pickup.
Absolutely brilliant …. It is one of those films that has everything right …. Of course, this is if you are someone like me who enjoys good history films combined with outstanding performance by all cast. It is just like an orchestra.
Film Review: The Disaster Artist 2017 (7/10)
Director: James Franco
Starring: James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogan, Zac Efron
This film is a bit like a surprise, and unexpectedly nice. I agree James Franco deserves recognition as it is amazing how a story of failure and disappointment can be transformed in to a good entertaining film.
This film is about the aspiring actor and film maker Tommy Wiseau and his journey of making a really bad, probably the worst ever film which becomes the cult movie “The Room”.
I have not watched the film “The Room” neither have heard of Tommy Wiseau before, but James Franco and his brother and co-star Dave Franco has managed to show a story of friendship, empathy and passion in addition to some comedy in style.
For me it is like seeing James Franco acting for the first time, I can hardly recognize him while he is completely absorbed in to the lonely, strange, bruised weird character including the strange accent.
My rating of 7/10 is mostly based on the performance of James Franco
The film has received two nominations for the Golden Globe Award in the categories of Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and won the later with no nominations for the Bafta
Film Review: Crooked House 2017 (6/10)
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Starring: Max Irons, Terence Stamp, Glenn Close, Gillian Anderson, Stefanie Martini and Christina Hendricks
This is the second time this year we see a film based on the crime novel by Agatha Christie only few weeks following the release of (Murder on the Orient Express) and this is no surprise to anyone who have read Agatha Christie novels as all are very well written with a perfect plot and well described characters. I would love to see this as a start to a series of more Agatha Christie adaptations.
Film Review:Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2017 (8/10)
Director: Jake Kasdan
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Bobby Cannavale
Light, entertaining and funny ….. I was quite surprised to find it a really nice entertaining film with great cast, scenery, lots of fun and well-designed plot…. really highly recommended
Having previously enjoyed the original Jumanji in 1995, I didn’t think the come back will be as good, but the film was made cleverly by changing the board game featured in the original film in to a video game where the kids are transformed in to the game characters. This is probably the first big blockbuster film for the director Jake Kasdan.
Film Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2017 (7.5/10)
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy & Sunny Suljic
This film is a multilayer philosophical, thought provoking, disturbing psychological thriller. It’s one of those films you want to watch again but do not dare to. While watching you keep on edge and wonder what is going on?
The film is about a successful heart surgeon with beautiful home, wife and two lovely children, everything is almost perfect except for the teenager whom he has taken under his wings and the really strange robotic way in which the characters speaks. Later we start also noticing the strange relationship between him and his wife.
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