Inglourious Basterds: Not dastardly enough!
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
Now this was disappointing. Nowhere as uproariously kickass as one’s made to believe it is [the publicity machine, the trailers, the interviews... everything], but still, has enough chops and enough amusing detail with casually humoured irreverence for it to be counted one of the best of the year (yes that’s how mediocre 2009 has been [...]
Posted at 8:25 am on October 5, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: 2009, I, Movies | Tagged: Action, Brad Pitt, Christopher Waltz, Eli Roth, Harvey Weinstein, Historical, Melanie Laurent, Movie review, Quentin Tarantino, Spoof | read on
A Christmas Tale (French): Dysfunctional family h(e)aven?
★★★★★★★★☆☆
Now how unassumingly elegant is this! Imagine The Royal Tenenbaums [without Wes Anderson's screaming "oh we are so quirky and dysfunctional, look at us: we are so funny!"] meets Noam Baumbach via some over-plotting courtesy Almodovar. Apologies for the references to communicate this movie’s flavour, but Arnaud Desplechin’s work has eluded me till now, and [...]
Posted at 6:51 pm on October 4, 2009 | 1 comment | Filed Under: 2008, A, Movies | Tagged: Arnaud Desplechin, Christmas, French, Mathieu Amalric, Medicine, Movie review, Un Conte De Noel | read on
