Showing posts with label Film Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Film Review. Show all posts

Monday, May 5, 2014

Bears

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

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

Fire Storm

Alan Yuen's Fire a Storm (Hong Kong, 2013) 6/10 a violent cop and robber thriller stars Andy Lau

Nymphomsniac Volume 2

Lars Von Trier's Nymphomaniac Volume 2 (Denmark, 2013) 7/10 

Make Your Move

Make Your Move 5/10 Derek Hough and BoA stars in generic rip off of Step Up series

Sunday, April 20, 2014

2 States

Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt stars as two star cross lovers. 8/10

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.