I found this film very uneven. I think this is a lot to do with the fact that large sections of it are looking pretty dated now. All that hip sixties stuff...
On the whole I have to agree with you on this film although it is just a tad pretentious in its attempt at the surreal. Where I disagree is about the "silly...
Yes, some good points. I think I was a bit flippant in my sixties comment, and put it rather badly. What I meant was that, to me at least, it did not look...
I wasn't really expecting much from this film. Another one of those actor turned director efforts. I had heard, though, that it wasn't too bad. To some...
This film is always a delight. Yes, its sentimental and full of posh accents, but it has a real humanity to it. The script is excellent: finely structured,...
HHmmm Noel Coward was very keen on the idea of marital infidelity but not really surprising as he was not the marrying kind! From the point of view of...
I enjoyed Panahi's "The White Balloon"; this, if anything, is better. The narrative follows various Iranian women in Tehran, in a beautifully realised...
War movies, especially the traditional kind, don't usually do much for me. By some twisted logic, I often find action and adventure stuff quite boring....
Interesting Fact Number One: The American constitution refuses to recognise the status of any ethnic group (i.e. you are either American or you're not), with...
A fine, tender study of a fraught Mother/Daughter/Father relationship. The Mother is dominated by an irascible and selfish Father (who beat both her and his...
Crikey, the last time I was this scared at the cinema, was when the girl at the Prince Charles told me my membership had expired, and that I would have to pay...
Still a priceless film. Watching it yet again, it's still so fresh. The script is sharp, witty, and quite subtle in its characterisations. There are also, of...
Hi All I just joined and wanted to say hi, I have a huge collection of films on VHS PAL video, I am a BIG fan of the Sopranos and Robert De Niro...... more...
Who are your fave actors and do you collect movies starring them? Mine is as I have already said is De Niro and the Sopranos and yes I do collect evrything I...
I don't usually tend to think of favourite actors, more favourite directors. Take De Niro. Great actor, but I prefer him in Scorsese films, rather than some...
Most actors don't have much choice when they play parts. The result is that they can play parts which their hearts really aren't in to. When he was at his...
In the first few minutes of this film, when the camera seemed to be constantly moving about a group of people in a rather ostentatious way, I thought I was...
Has anybody here seen "Perfect Murder"? I watched it on Friday. It's not bad. I saw the outline of "Dial M for Murder" in it. Obiviousy influenced by same....
Ah yes 'Perdition'; I of course assumed 'Roaring Twenties' (in the event 1931), gangsters and all that, must be the same thing as 'Prohibition'. However...
Considering how many films I watch at the cinema, it is someting of an irony for me, that the greatest films I have ever seen, I have only ever caught on the...
A metaphysical science fiction film. Get your head round that one! Clearly influenced by Kubrick's 2001, this is an altogether more intense and claustophobic...
My very personal view... The blurb on the video cover of this film says that Medem is the European answer to Lynch. Well, for my money, Medem is the more ...
Medem is one of my favourite contemporary directors. The recent Sex & Lucia was wonderfully intriguing and enigmatic, and Vacas I thought was a staggering and...
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At solaristhemovie.com, you can see a teaser trailer for the Steven Soderbergh remake. It stars George Clooney and is produced by James Cameron. Soderbergh...
What a fascinating prospect: Soderbergh does Tarkovsky. I'm a big fan of Soderburgh, but I can't quite see him doing Solaris. Should be interesting! Mike ......
What will be interesting (for me at least) is a fairly rare opportunity to see the same basic story told in two very different styles and visual languages -...
