tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67041748084763014182024-03-13T11:39:19.128+00:00Movie ProjectMovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-84047581889178746532012-08-15T17:29:00.001+01:002012-08-15T17:29:25.481+01:00The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
I realize it has been a long time since I last
posted on this blog. Blame it on a hectic life and a long holiday! It was
actually during a long flight to my holiday destination that I watched The BestExotic Marigold Hotel, released in 2011. The film was directed by John Madden
and features a stellar cast: Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), the excellent Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith (MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-74855687166776504862012-07-14T12:11:00.002+01:002012-07-14T12:12:08.056+01:00Fame
Yes, I
know, it has been an extremely long time. As I love musicals, and teenage
movies such as the John Hughes movies, I decided to watch Fame, released in
1980 and directed by Alan Parker, wich stars Irene Cara (unforgettable
interpreter of the movie song Fame) and Paul McCrane
as Montgomery McNeil (and incidentally, Dr Romano in ER !), among others.
Basically,
the movie MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-9430215700284596682012-05-28T18:37:00.001+01:002012-05-28T18:37:32.640+01:00OUT OF AFRICA
This is one
of those DVDs that’s been sitting at my home for ages, yet I had never watched
it. And of course, now I cannot understand why! Out of Africa is a movie
released in 1985, based on the novel of the same name by Isak Dinesen (aka
Karen Blxen), which recounts her story. Directed by Sydney Pollack, the movie
stars Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, and won 7 Oscars.
At the
beginning MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-70659524014284880342012-05-13T15:29:00.001+01:002012-05-13T15:29:16.033+01:00LAST TANGO IN PARIS
I’ll start with this: Marlon Brando looked good
in A Streetcar Named Desire, but years later he was a wreck. Last Tango inParis, released in 1972 and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, stars Marlon Brando and
Maria Schneider.
Jeanne, 20-year old and about to get married,
meets Paul, a 45-year old widower, while visiting a flat in Paris. No word is
exchanged and the two of them have aMovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-86958737951746425432012-04-28T14:43:00.002+01:002012-04-28T14:43:45.857+01:00Dirty Harry
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MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-56020728281762693672012-03-18T16:25:00.000+00:002012-03-18T16:25:07.278+00:00Schindler's List<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-36058151689056320162012-02-25T13:38:00.001+00:002012-02-25T13:42:06.423+00:00ALIEN
Time to get scared…. Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott, is a good film for a bit of horror without losing too much sleep afterwards. Cast is limited: Sigourney Weaver, Harry Dean Stanton, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto.
Indeed, story is what I’d call ‘behind closed doors’. A crew of seven people on a spaceship sent out there to mine and process ore MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-40793016759152525272012-02-18T11:44:00.000+00:002012-02-18T11:44:13.635+00:00Footloose Man, I love the 1980s. I really do. Which is why I cannot understand why I had never heard of Footloose before a month or so ago. Film was released in 1984, directed by Herbert Ross, and stars Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Plot is easy and fairly predictable: Ren (Kevin Bacon) is a teenager who comes from Chicago and arrives with his mother in a small MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-66829983579381391422012-02-04T16:01:00.000+00:002012-02-04T16:01:05.875+00:00Lost in TranslationI have a feeling I may not be open-minded enough to see such a film : Lost in Translation, released in 2003, directed by Sophia Coppola, and generally acclaimed by the public. And it makes me sad. With so many positive opinions, I really thought I could pull it off.
Bob Harris (Bill Murray) is an ageing actor in Tokyo for a commercial. Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) is in Tokyo with her husband MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-51666570403443103112012-01-22T17:44:00.000+00:002012-01-22T17:44:56.746+00:00The Graduate<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-48645071074473097012012-01-15T16:34:00.001+00:002012-01-18T07:17:44.395+00:00All the President’s Men
Based on the book of the same name by journalists turned investigators Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men, released in 1976 and directed by Alan J Pakula (Sophie’s choice) and starring Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) and Robert Redford (The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), is an account of the coverage by The Washington Post of the Watergate scandal.The story of MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-56315329791860200982012-01-08T16:15:00.000+00:002012-01-08T16:15:18.669+00:00Away We Go
What a better way to start yet another year with an inspiring movie. I had much expectations about Away We Go, directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Revolutionary Road), released in 2009. They say “journey is the reward”, and what a journey! Vera and Burt are very much in love and expecting their first child. An eccentric couple, they embark on a journey to find the place where they MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-71814366684447129212011-12-25T10:05:00.003+00:002011-12-29T07:33:44.401+00:00Love Actually
Merry Christmas! A movie I like to watch at this time of the year is Love Actually, released in 2003 and directed by Richard Curtis (Notting Hill, Bridget Jones). First thing to note is the incredible cast: Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, UK stars Rowan Atkinson, Bill Nighy and Martine McCutcheon, appearances by Billy Bob MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-28088363305236386572011-12-19T19:00:00.002+00:002011-12-21T07:13:49.914+00:00Gran TorinoAfter Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, released in 2008, is directed by Clint Eastwood, who also plays the main character.Walt Kowalski is a grumpy widower who still holds a grudge against Asian people after his service during the Korean war. He possesses a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in perfect condition. When a Hmong family (Asian immigrants from Vietnam, Thailand and Laos) moves next to him in MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-91146659442481183942011-12-11T12:47:00.000+00:002011-12-11T12:47:33.325+00:00Citizen Kane<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-8055370936877888342011-12-03T13:40:00.000+00:002011-12-03T13:40:47.006+00:00The Great Gatsby<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-29030676608302276432011-11-24T19:24:00.001+00:002011-12-21T07:15:21.497+00:00Memoirs of a Geisha
A story like mine should never be told. For my world is as forbidden as it is fragile. Without its mysteries it cannot survive. I certainly wasn't born to the life of a geisha. Like so much in my strange life, I was carried there by the current.Memoirs of a Geisha, released in 2005 and directed by Rob Marshall, has an outstanding cast of beautiful women: Li Gong, Michelle Yeoh, and discovery (MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-18770020415221721192011-11-06T08:37:00.000+00:002011-11-06T08:37:50.055+00:00The Dirty Dozen<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-61558682440417798102011-11-05T16:38:00.000+00:002011-11-05T16:38:23.599+00:00Last Night<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-20390762336405716252011-10-18T12:59:00.000+01:002011-10-18T12:59:23.296+01:00Lawrence of Arabia<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-48335186580477135732011-10-17T14:28:00.000+01:002011-10-17T14:28:24.354+01:00Some Like it Hot<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-25909341043498490752011-10-06T10:43:00.000+01:002011-10-06T10:43:26.537+01:00Eat Pray Love<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-87206984522426165852011-09-27T10:04:00.000+01:002011-09-27T10:04:59.028+01:00Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas)<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-50135766343672536852011-09-15T10:50:00.000+01:002011-09-15T10:50:34.106+01:00Bullitt<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704174808476301418.post-81674795657338776382011-09-12T16:35:00.000+01:002011-09-12T16:35:17.249+01:00Cat on a hot tin roof<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>MovieFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16386452563404739709noreply@blogger.com0