Starring: Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollack Directed by: Bryan Singer Plot: A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup. But is it any good? To be [...]
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach Directed by: Sergio Leone Plot Three gunmen set out to find a hidden fortune. Who will walk away with the cash? But is it any good? Hrm. Well, let’s start by comparing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly with Once Upon a Time in the West because I watched [...]
Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott Directed by: Stanley Kubrick Plot: An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. But is it any good? The line “No fighting in the War Room” is enough to make this film great. But it’s much [...]
Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen Directed by: Steven Spielberg Plot: Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant, before the Nazis. But is it any good? In my opinion, the first 15 minutes of Raiders are brilliant. The weighty cobwebs, the subtle booby traps that [...]
Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino Directed by: Fernando Meirelles Plot: Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. But is it any good? I watched this movie (called City of God in English) a few years ago at an [...]
Starring: Henry Fonda + 11 Angry Men Directed by: Sidney Lumet Plot: 12 jurors sit in a hot room and argue about whether someone is guilty or not guilty. It starts raining. But is it any good? I knew nothing about this film and then made the mistake of consulting my weighty ‘History of Cinema’ [...]