Bears (US, 2014) - 5/10 - a weaker entry of Disney's Nature yearly Erath Day special follows a bear with her two cubs try to survive the wilderness
Showing posts with label Film Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Film Review. Show all posts
Monday, May 5, 2014
Heaven Is For Real
Heaven is For Real (US, 2014) - 4/10 - a boring Christian base film about a young boy who after experiencing near death experience said he was in Heaven and meet Jesus.
Ping Pong Summer
Ping Pong Summer (US, 2014) - 3/10 - a disasterous coming of age story set in mid 80s small town Maryland.
Civilian
Civilian (Turkey, 2014) - 6/10 - a young man torture by guilt after killing a man during his military service.
Amazing Spiderman 2
Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2
(US, 2014) - 6/10 - less entertaining sequel put Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man against Electro.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Shit Year
Cam Archer's Shit Year (US, 2010) - 3/10 - Ellen Barkin stars as an actress whose life become aimless after she decide to retire. This not so engaging black and white indie flick premiered at 2010CANdf.
The Railway Man
Jonathan Teplitzsky's The Railway Man ( UK, 2013) - 6/10 - based on true story about a British soldier who survive WW II but must confront his Japanese torturer, 35 years later. Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman stars. 2013SANSic, 2013TOR.
Finding Vivian Maier
John Maloof's Finding Vivian Maier (US, 2013) - 7/10 - after winning a box full of photograph and thousands of film negatives on an auction, a man try to find the story behind it. 2013TOR, 2014BERp, 2014PALM
Walking With The Enemy
Mark Schmidt's Walking With The Enemy ( Hungary, 2013) - 7/10 - Based on true story about a young Jewish Hungarian man who impersonate Nazi officer and saved many lives at the end of WW II Hungary.
Fish
Dervis Zaim's Fish (Turkey, 2014) - 7/10 -
Things turn deadly when a fisherman in small Turkish village resort to illegal fishing method.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Sacha Gervasi's Anvil! the Story of Anvil (US, 2009) - 7/10 - bitter sweet docs on Toronto most influential but under appreciated Heavy Metal rock group from the 80s.
The Raid 2
Gareth Evans' The Raid 2 (Indonesia, 2014) - 8/10 - ultra violence action flick about undercover cop trying to infiltrate mob organizations in Jakarta
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Surfwise
Doug Pray's Surfwise (US, 2007) - 7/10 - surprisingly entertaining, inspiring and philosophical look at the life of surfer guru Dorian Paskowitz and his unconventional ways rearing his 9 children.
The Unknown Known
Errol Morris' The Unknown Known (US, 2013) - 7/10 - informative docs on the political career of Donald Rumsfeld from late 60s to 00s
My Neighbor, My Killer
Anne Aghion's My Neighbor, My Killer ( Rwanda, 2009) - 6/10 - well meaning but tedious documentary about the aftermath of Rwandan genocide from the point of view of its perpetrator and victims as they try to rebuild their lives.
Aileen Wuornos: Life and Death of a Serial Killers
Nick Broomfield's Aileen Wuornos Life and Death of a Serial Killer ( US, 2002) - 7/10 - second and final chapter of Niick Broomfield's exploration on Aileen Wuornos, mentally Ill serial killer who killed 7 men.
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