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Friday, March 29, 2013
Genre: DramaStarring: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Demi Moore, Asif Mandvi, Stanley TucciThe 2008 banking financial crisis, shook the entire world and brought almost everything to a standstill. Re-enacting the crisis and how...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Today the release of the parallel Cannes section poster, perhaps because is a black and white photo or maybe because is an excellent composition but I'm finding 2013 Cannes graphic identity outstanding as the Festival de Cannes poster is amazing and now this section releases another...
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Today was the award ceremony which was live streamed for a while (suddenly the live stream turned into another TV show!) but truth is that without Cristian Mungiu's Beyond the Hills the awards lost interest for me. Nevertheless most tech awards went to Undeva La Pilula so imagine...
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Sunday, March 24, 2013
Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama/MusicalStarring: Amanda Syfried, Meryl Streep, Stellan Skarsgard, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Rachel McDowall, Ashley Lily, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, Dominic CooperMusicals are annoying, very annoying, at least for me. And when you have a song...
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
Today at the awards ceremony winners were announced and as expected by me, Ursula Meier's Sister won big, including the top award.Winners are in *BLUE. To check winners in all categories go here.1/31/13Last night the Federal Office of Culture announced the contenders for this edition....
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Genre: Drama/Comedy/CrimeStarring: Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani, Amrita Rao, Saurabh ShuklaThe usual rags to riches story of young lawyer. Jagdish Tyagi aka Jolly (Warsi) is a small-time lawyer who has decided to leave his town of Meerut and try to make it big in Delhi. However, life...
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Friday, March 22, 2013
A few minutes ago the official festival poster was announced with American movie icons Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman in a 1963 photo from the shooting of Melville Shavelson's A New Kind of Love.The following is what the festival announced about the original photo and the poster.The...
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Genre: Action/Crime/MysteryStarring: Jason Statham, Ryan Phillepe, Wesley Snipes, Henry Czerny, Justine Waddell, Nicholas LeaWhenever the words, 'Jason Statham' appear in the cast of any movie, you know exactly what to expect; action and loads of it. Police Detective, Quentin Connors...
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Starting today people living in Germany can vote for their favorite 2012 movie from the twelve nominated films that were announce today by organizers. Voting is open from today until April 22.The following are the nominated films.Türkisch für Anfänger by Bora DagtekinRussendisko...
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A few hours ago the award ceremony spread out the wealth to several films but is Lou Ye's Mystery which won the top award and none other than Takeshi Kitano who won the Best Director for Outrage Beyond. Also worth mentioning is that Bahman Ghobadi's Rhino Season won several tech...
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Genre: Action/Crime/Drama/Comedy Starring: Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, Madeline Carroll, Will Shadley, Alina Foley, Magnus Scheving, Billy Ray Cyrus, George LopezAn agent from the Chinese Intelligence has been loaned to the CIA for a secret operation. Bob Ho (Chan) is in pursuit...
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
Yesterday Filmmedarbejderforeningens had their award ceremony with awards spread out over several films.Big winner is Kaprigen (A Hijacking) a good mainstream entertaining film that at times can be thrilling, but in general for me is a drama that deals more with corporate behavior...
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Genre: Western/Action/Comedy/CrimeStarring: Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Dwight YoakamDuring the end of the 19th century, large American corporations wanted a share of undeveloped Mexico. One such American land lord, Tyler Jackson (Yoakam) had his eyes on the Mexican...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Genre: Crime/DramaStarring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Eileen Brennan, Robert Earl JonesThere are con movies and then there is this. A movie which has perfection, realism and a great suspense is the almost perfect recipe for a good con movie. Johnny...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Genre: Comedy/Drama/RomanceStarring: Rob Schneider, Anna Faris, Matthew Lawrence, Rachel McAdamsSo how many movies have you seen where a girl becomes a guy and a guy becomes a girl? Many, right? Well this movie is no different and is just like the rest. Jessica (McAdams) is a an...
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Genre: Romance/Drama/ComedyStarring: Chris Rock, Kerry Washington, Gina Torres, Steve BuscemiEvery married man goes through a mid-life crisis at least once. The moment they start ogling at other women, when their wife is not pretty anymore and when their life is a complete bore....
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Friday, March 8, 2013
Genre: Action/Science-fiction/Crime/AdventureStarring: Keanu Reaves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano, Marcus ChongWhat if the world that we live in isn't true? What if you were told that what see today is all artificial and not true? The Matrix...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Genre: Crime/Drama/Adventure/Action/ThrillerStarring: Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff, Connor HillSince we have all heard and read about hijacks, lets learn a bit about this movie called Carjacked. Lorraine Burton (Bello) is a recent divorcee who is fighting for her divorce and is utterly...
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More interesting is to learn this year's Eagle award winners as the Polish Academy spread the wealth among many films. Big winner of last night ceremony was Manhunt by Martin Krzyształowicz (photo) which collected four awards including the high profile Best Picture.Best Picture:...
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Last Saturday the Czech Academy had the annual award ceremony and not surprisingly In The Shadow by David Ondříček, which was Czech Republic submission to 2013 Oscar, swept the awards by winning 9 of the 11 categories in which was nominated. Bohdan Sláma's Four Suns, which got the...
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Monday, March 4, 2013
For L’Atelier’s 9th edition, 15 projects from 14 countries have been selected. Since its creation in 2005, L’Atelier has been stimulating creative filmmaking and encouraging the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers. By inviting directors and their producers to meet hundreds...
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Rebelle (War Witch) by Kim Nguyen (photo) was the big winner of the night as won 10 of the 12 categories for which it was nominated. Winners are not yet at official site but from news these are the winners for some categories announced last night. If you wish to learn winners in...
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Winter is almost over so let's recall some of the movies I have seen during the cold season.Infancia Clandestina (Clandestine Childhood), Benjamín Ávila, Argentina, Spain and BrazilKnown for his documentary Nietos (Identidad y Memorial) Avila debuts with his first feature film about...
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Friday, March 1, 2013
Genre: Action/Crime/Mystery/ThrillerStarring: Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn, Don Gordon, Simon OaklandA true-blue cop movie from the '60s, Lt. Frank Bulitt (McQueen) is assigned the task to protect a Johnny Ross, a key witness in an upcoming trial on organised crime....