Posted on February 12, 2008 08:30 PM under:
Cinema
Last night, I got to watch 'The Kite Runner', the movie adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's marvelous novel, directed by Marc Forster. 'The Kite Runner' follows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant. As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s, the boys are inseparable. They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever, and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicted....
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Posted on February 9, 2008 06:55 PM under:
Cinema
A few days ago, I got to watch "The Great Debaters", a movie directed by Denzel Washington, starring himself, Forest Whitaker, and a number of upcoming actors. The movie is based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. If you're following me on twitter, you probably already know that I really liked the movie. The directing and acting are very good, and the story is a really nice one that keeps...
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Posted on February 4, 2008 07:05 PM under:
Cinema
Last night, I got to watch "Atonement", a movie featuring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, based on the book by Ian McEwan, and directed by Joe Wright. I read the book a few years ago, and truly enjoyed it a lot, really great book. Needless to say: the book is a lot better than the movie; but well that's always the case; still this is a very good movie, worth watching, especially if you've read the book. The movie is nominated for 7 Oscars this year; of which there is a 'Best Motion Picture of the Year' nomination. The story...
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Posted on January 8, 2008 06:34 PM under:
Cinema
Production begins today in London on Bond 22, with Daniel Craig reprising the role of Agent 007. Ukrainian bombshell Olga Kurylenko will be the Bond girl in this movie, according to a press release issued today by the film studios. Early reports had actress Gemma Arterton as the new Bond girl, but even though Arterton has a role in the new film it is not as large as Kurylenko's. A former model, Kurylenko was most recently seen alongside Timothy Olyphant in last November's "Hitman." The film, which is the 22nd in the series, is due in theaters in November. French...
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Posted on December 18, 2007 09:02 PM under:
Cinema
Great news came out today that Peter Jackson, director of the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy, will be will taking part in the making of "The Hobbit," the prequel to the great series, as well as a sequel to it, after settling disputes with New Line Cinema over LOTR residuals. MGM and New Line will co-finance and co-distribute the two films, “The Hobbit” and a sequel to it, with New Line distributing in North America and MGM internationally. Peter Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh will serve as Executive Producers of these two films based on “The Hobbit.” Both films...
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Posted on December 14, 2007 05:04 PM under:
Cinema
A couple of days ago, I watched "Stardust", featuring Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro and Sienna Miller. I'd heard about the movie on TV a number of times, but there wasn't much that pulled me in to see it. But then a friend at work told me he had seen it and that he actually liked it. So when I got the chance to see it, I was like: why not. It turned out to actually be quite a nice movie, that I enjoyed. It's sort of a light fairy tale about a young man who...
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Posted on November 23, 2007 11:34 PM under:
Cinema
A couple of days ago I finally got to watch the new DreamWorks animation movie "Bee Movie", created by Jerry Seinfeld and voiced by him, Chris Rock, Renée Zellweger and a bunch of other stars. The movie's done well so far at the box office, but other than that, I didn't read any reviews or hear much about it other than through some appearances by Jerry Seinfeld in which he talks about the movie. So I didn't know what to expect really. The movie follows Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, and is disillusioned at...
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Good news related to Tunisian cinema... The Tunisian film "Tender is the Wolf" (Ors El Dhib) received best Arab film Award at the 11 th edition of the San Francisco Arab Film Festival. The Festival aims at featuring alternative representations of Arabs that contradict the current stereotyped pictures of Arabs frequently encountered in the American media. The film which was directed and written by Jilani Saadi, a young Tunisian film maker, is an unsettling, gritty representation of urban life, exploring issues such as the "sexualization" of women, poverty, unemployment and aimlessness. The film also received a number of distinctions at...
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Posted on October 26, 2007 01:55 AM under:
Cinema
I just finished watching the movie Mr. Brooks, featuring Kevin Costner and Demi Moore. The movie is a psychological thriller about a man, Mr. Brooks (played by Kevin Costner), who is addicted to and enjoys murder; he is a serial killer known by the pseudo "The Thumb Print Killer", who continues to be tempted by his alter ego to keep on killing people even thought he wants to quit. Demi Moore plays the role of a devoted police detective who is tracking the footsteps of the thumb print killer, earning his admiration and respect along the way. I found the...
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Posted on September 4, 2007 01:10 PM under:
Cinema
Last night, I finally got around to watching "1408", a movie based on Stephen King's short story of the same name, and featuring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. I'm a fan of John Cusack's, especially his lighter comedy roles, he's a great actor who can take on many different roles so naturally, and who picks his roles really well; so I try to never miss a movie he's in. I can't claim to be a big fan of Stephen King though; I loved some of his works and their movie adaptations, but I was also let down a number...
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Posted on July 28, 2007 10:21 PM under:
Cinema
CNN's The Screening Room have released a list of their top 10 animated feature films. Their list goes as follows: 1. Toy Story/Toy Story 2 2. Princess Mononoke 3. Sleeping Beauty 4. Akira 5. The Jungle Book 6. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 7. Grave of the Fireflies 8. Fantasia 9. Watership Down 10. The Triplets of Belleville I've seen most of the animated films on their list and do agree that they're some of the best out there, but I'm not sure my list would turn out the same. I'm quite sure there'd be more Pixar films on...
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Posted on July 23, 2007 05:18 PM under:
Cinema
This past weekend, I watched Evan Almighty, featuring Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman. The movie is a sequel to Bruce Almighty; In this one God (Freeman) contacts Congressman Evan Baxter (Carell) and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood; You can imagine the rest. I saw the trailer for this movie a long time ago, I liked the idea and what I saw in the trailer, and thought it looked like a very promising funny summer comedy. I was a bit dissapointed though because even though it has some good laughs here and there, it...
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Posted on July 20, 2007 05:23 PM under:
Cinema
Last night, I also watched "Ratatouille", Pixar's latest film, written and directed by Brad Bird, who also worked on 2004's "The Incredibles". I'm a big fan of Pixar and their animation movies, they've got the best animations, the best stories and the best characters hands down. Personally, Ratatouille is now my favourite Pixar movie, I simply loved it. It's such a fun and cool movie. Remy, the rat, is just so cute and adorable as a main character, the story is a very nice one, and the animation is perfect as usual. The story follows Remy, a young rat who...
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Last night, I popped in one of my favourite comedy movies "Office Space" into the DVD player and laid back to enjoy. I just thought I'd share with you a couple of quotes from the movie that I think a lot of people in the IT field will relate to. Peter Gibbons: Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about about mission statements. and... Joanna: So, where do you work, Peter? Peter Gibbons: Initech. Joanna: In... yeah, what do...
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Posted on June 4, 2007 03:38 PM under:
Cinema
So let's give this guessing game another turn... The following are a number of quotes from a famous and cool movie that has achieved cult film status. See if you can guess the movie from the quotes; should be quite easy for any movie fan. - I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. - Every day above ground is a good day. - In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women. - All I have in...
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Posted on April 13, 2007 07:37 PM under:
Cinema
A friend of mine and I went to see 300 at the cinema yesterday. I've heard many mixed reviews about this movie, a lot of people loved it, and many others said it was a waste of time, void of meaning or purpose. Curiosity pushed me to go and see it for myself and then build my own opinion on whether it's a good or bad movie. I didn't go in expecting much, which is good, because I generally get a good surprise with the movie turning out better than I expected; The same held in this case. I have...
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Posted on March 19, 2007 06:19 PM under:
Cinema
Well, every once in a while I'm in the mood for a little game of guessing or what if, ...etc; This time I thought why not put it on the blog. The following are a number of quotes from a really cool movie that has achieved cult film status, and which is among my personal faves of all time. See if you can guess the movie from the quotes; should be quite easy for any movie fan. - What the cops never figured out, and what I know now, was that these men would never break, never lie down, never...
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Posted on February 26, 2007 09:56 AM under:
Cinema
The Oscars were on last night, and here are the results for the main categories: Best Picture: The Departed Best Directing: Martin Scorsese for "The Departed" (At last!) Best Leading Actor: Forest Whitaker for "The Last King Of Scotland" Best Leading Actress: Helen Mirren for "The Queen" Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin for "Little Miss Sunshine" Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for "Dreamgirls" Best Animated Feature: Happy Feet Best Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth Best Music (Score): Babel Best Music (Song): An Inconvenient Truth Best Visual Effects: Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest For the full list of winners...
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Posted on February 7, 2007 11:13 AM under:
Cinema
On monday night, a friend of mine and I went to see Mel Gibson's latest movie, as a director/producer, Apocalypto. The story is set in the Mayan era; A small village in the jungle is attacked and brutally overrun, its residents slaughtered and abducted by a ruling tribe that needs a bunch of slaves and human sacrifices. We follow the steps of the warrior Jaguar Paw as he tries to get away to go back and save his pregnant wife and son. Most of the film is set in the dense jungle, with the middle of the movie being in...
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Posted on January 26, 2007 07:28 PM under:
Cinema
Upon recommendation from my friends at the DVD rental store, I saw the movie "The Guardian" last night, featuring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. Personally, I wasn't planning on renting the movie until they told me what a great movie it was. I'm a big fan of Kevin Costner and his movies, I actually think he's one of the best actors out there, still some of his latest movies haven't been as good as I expected, and always quite long. With that in mind, and the fact that I wasn't expecting much from a movie about coast guards, I didn't...
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Posted on January 8, 2007 10:51 AM under:
Cinema
Last night, I finally watched M. Night Shyamalan's last movie "Lady In The Water", featuring Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard and M. Night Shyamalan himself. The reviews I read after the movie's release were pretty mixed, and even a friend who saw it last week told me that it was so-so, but personally, I really really liked it. The movie is about a depressed apartment superintendent who discovers a narf, a sea-nymph out of a bedtime story, who may hold the key to humanity's hopeful future. What I really liked about the movie is that it talks to the inner...
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Posted on December 7, 2006 06:40 PM under:
Cinema
The Guardian compiles a list of the world's 40 best directors. Personally, I don't fully agree with their list, and there are many cited directors whose works I'm not familiar with, but here's how it goes according to them: 1. David Lynch 2. Martin Scorsese 3. Joel and Ethan Coen 4. Steven Soderbergh 5. Terrence Malick 6. Abbas Kiarostami 7. Errol Morris 8. Hayao Miyazaki 9. David Cronenberg 10. Terence Davies...
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Posted on December 4, 2006 11:16 AM under:
Cinema
I must be one of the biggest James Bond fans; I grew up watching and enjoying James Bond movies, and have seen every single one of them multiple times. My favourite Bond remains to this very day Sean Connery, followed by Pierce Brosnan; I think they embodied the character better than all the others. My worst Bond was George Lazenby, I think a lot of people agree with me on that, the guy was just plain boring. With "Casino Royale", a new Bond is introduced to us, and the story takes us back to the beginnings of James Bond, just...
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Posted on November 21, 2006 10:51 AM under:
Cinema
In a letter to TheOneRing.net Peter Jackson, director of the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy, officially announced that he would not be directing the movie incarnation of the LOTR prequel "The Hobbit" even though he wishes to. The main reason why he and his company Wingnut Films won't be making this movie is a financial dispute with NewLine over the money made from "The Fellowship of the Ring". Wingnut believe they deserve a bigger cut of the profit and are suing NewLine for it. NewLine offered to tie the settlement of the dispute with the making of "The Hobbit" and...
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Posted on November 2, 2006 12:50 PM under:
Cinema
You know how when you hear about how bad a movie is, and how much it sucks, and it gets you curious to see how bad it could really be? Well that's what happened to me; I was at the DVD rental shop and among the available movies I found "Snakes On A Plane" featuring Samuel L. Jackson, and I simply got curious. To say the truth, I've seen movies that were worse than this one, but still it doesn't really make it any better. It's B-movie, straight to television material at best. It's true there are some ok sequences...
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Posted on October 10, 2006 03:14 PM under:
Cinema
A couple of days ago, I watched "Miami Vice" upon the recommendation of my friend, the owner of the rental store, who said he enjoyed it a lot. The movie features Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, and is written and directed by Michael Mann. After seeing it, this is one movie on which I agree with the movie critics who gave it a hard time. It has almost nothing to do with the 80's series, other than the names of the series, the city and the main characters; it feels like it goes nowhere, and it's quite boring for an...
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Posted on October 7, 2006 01:21 PM under:
Cinema
I finally got to rent and watch "Click", featuring Adam Sandler, Kate Beckingsale and Christopher Walken. "Click" tells the story of a workaholic architect who gets hold of a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices wrecking havoc to his life. I saw the trailer for this before its release and it looked really cool, then it came out and was met with mixed reviews, some positive and some not so, but me being an Adam Sandler fan, I kept looking forward...
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Posted on October 5, 2006 11:15 AM under:
Cinema
Last night, I finally got to watch the third installment of X-Men movies; X-Men: The Last Stand (X3). This movie was directed by Brett Ratner after Bryan Singer, who directed the first two movies, left the franchise and moved on to the Superman movie franchise. I wasn't expecting much from the movie, especially that the feedback I got from some people I know who saw the movie before me wasn't that positive, but well it turned out a lot better than I thought, and I ended up really enjoying it. In fact I think this is the X-Men movie I...
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Posted on August 22, 2006 03:28 PM under:
Cinema
After much anticipation, I got to watch "The Sentinel" last night, featuring Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger and Eva Langoria. I had some high expectations for this movie after the reviews that I read and all, but even though this is a really good movie, it was just a bit below my expectations. The movie is basically a thriller about a plot to assassinate the president, with an insider from the secret service being part of the plan. The pace of the movie was quite fast and the plot an exciting one, but still the bad guy was easily...
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These past days I've been seeing a lot of advertising for an animated movie called "Viva Carthago - Les Naufragés de Carthage" (Viva Carthago - The Shipwrecked Men of Carthage) which will be released on September 18th. The animated feature begins in 146 BC when the city of Carthage is destroyed by Roman legionnaires. Ten-year-old Sedik and his co-adventurers escape, boarding a ship they call Carthago, and embark on a magical journey through Mediterranean antiquity. The movie takes a more or less educative approach to telling the history of the Mediterranean region through the adventures of Sedik and his four...
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Posted on August 14, 2006 12:16 PM under:
Cinema
One of the movies I watched this weekend was Transamerica starring Felicity Huffman. The movie is about Bree/Stanley, a pre-operative male-to-female transexual awaiting gender-reassignment surgery who learns she has fathered a son named Toby, who is in jail. When her therapist strongarms Bree into facing her past, before getting to go through with the operation, she bails Toby out of jail and they end up on a road trip across the country. I don't know why I wasn't expecting much from this movie, maybe it's because I didn't know what to expect, but well, it turned out to be quite...
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Posted on August 7, 2006 12:45 PM under:
Cinema
Last night, I got to watch Suspect Zero, a crime thriller, featuring Ben Kingsley, Aaron Eckhart and Carrie-Anne Moss. The movie is about a mysterious serial killer, who belonged to a secret FBI program before he dropped out and started hunting down other serial killers, and one FBI agent who suspects there may be more to the vigilante than they imagine. The movie reminded me of Seven in its style and ideas, even though I think Seven remains a slightly better movie than this one. The name of the movie "Suspect Zero" is a reference to this theory that the...
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Posted on July 26, 2006 11:32 AM under:
Cinema
Last night, I rented and watched "Lucky Number Slevin" featuring an all-star cast with Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman and Lucy Liu. I'm going to quote IMDB's plot outline for this one because it says it as it should be said without ruining the movie: A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as the infamous assassin...
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Posted on July 6, 2006 06:16 PM under:
Cinema
The Yacoubian Building, a movie based on Alaa Al-Aswani's bestselling novel, is to be reviewed by the Egyptian parliament after 112 MPs demanded censorship of the homosexual scenes in the movie. They have criticised the movie saying it defames Egypt by portraying homosexuality, terrorism and corruption. MP Mustafa Bakri, who led a campaign against the film, said it was "spreading obscenity and debauchery". He added: "As a citizen I felt hurt when I watched it. This is complete nonsense and it makes me sick: all the novel and movie do is reflect, through the interlinked lives of the residents...
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Posted on June 26, 2006 01:42 PM under:
Cinema
I finally got to watch "V for Vendetta" this weekend, and I have to say I just loved it. I heard the following quote in the trailer that I saw a few months ago, and ever since then I've been dying to see the movie. "People shouldn't be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." The movie is by the Wachowski brothers, the duo behind the Matrix, was directed by James McTeigue and features Hugo Weaving (as V, doing a great job "talking", reminding us of Agent Smith) and Natalie Portman. The movie is based...
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Posted on June 22, 2006 10:52 AM under:
Cinema
Last night, I watched the movie adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, directed by Michael Radford, featuring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes. I read "The Merchant Of Venice" a long time ago, back when I was in school, I think, and I remember really liking it. And as the guy I rent movies from is a big fan of Jeremy Irons and Al Pacino, he's been pushing me to see this movie adaptation of it ever since he knew me. I heard the movie didn't do that well, but eventually I gave in and rented it....
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Posted on May 24, 2006 12:02 PM under:
Cinema
Just like I predicted and hoped for in my review of the book "Angels & Demons" by Dan Brown, author of "The Da Vinci Code", the book is going to be made into a movie too, following the success of "The Da Vinci Code" movie in cinemas. The Da Vinci Code movie took $224m around the world in its first weekend, despite poor reviews and controversy over its religious subject. So now, Columbia Pictures, the studio behind the film, has ordered an adaptation of Angels and Demons. Akiva Goldsman has been drafted in to write the script, having penned the...
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Posted on April 5, 2006 07:00 PM under:
Cinema
One of the movies I got to see in Paris was Memoirs Of A Geisha, a movie I've been wanting to see ever since its release and even more after reading the book. Anyway, even though the movie was a good one, I was a bit dissapointed. Maybe the book is just too good for its magic to be caught on film. I don't know, but it just didn't match the way I saw it all in my head while reading the book. One thing I'm sure of though is that the movie didn't develop the characters well enough,...
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Posted on April 5, 2006 12:41 PM under:
Cinema
I just came across this following plot for the next Spider-Man movie on imdb. Third film in the highly successful "Spider-Man" series sees several new villains and a new woman enter Peter Parker's life. With his secret now revealed to both Mary Jane and Harry, Peter must face the consequences of his actions and his new life together with Mary Jane as they finally form a relationship. Yet their newfound open display of love has yielded some unfortunate results, not the least of which is Peter's upset boss determined to make his life hell for causing his son emotional distress....
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Posted on April 4, 2006 01:02 PM under:
Cinema
Empire Online have released a list of the Top 50 Greatest Independent Films. Among the listed movies, here are the ones I've already seen: - Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino's first, real cool) - Donnie Darko (Huh? What was that about? Certainly your first reaction.) - The Terminator ("I'll be back"... Well you shouldn't have come back for the 3rd.) - The Usual Suspects (Great great movie. Love it.) - Memento (Really cool movie. I truly like.) - The Evil Dead (Saw this when I was a kid, scared the shit out of me.) - Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola's second, really...
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As a cinema lover, it's really about time I wrote about this. It's an issue that's been eating away at me for ages. When the hell are Cinemas in Tunisia going to get their act together?! Ever since I was a child, the state of cinemas in Tunisia has only been getting worse and worse. Not one new cinema has opened, yet a number of old ones have closed. The only somewhat happy event was the re-opening of a cinema in La Marsa, Al Hambra, in the Zephyr shopping center. The Habib Bourguiba road in downtown Tunis is lined with...
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Posted on March 6, 2006 09:55 AM under:
Cinema
So the Oscars are over and the winners in the main categories are: - Actor in a leading role: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) - Actor in a supporting role: George Clooney (Syriana) - Actress in a leading role: Reese Witherspoon (Walk The Line) - Actress in a supporting role: Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) - Animated feature film: Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit - Best Picture: Crash (Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman) - Directing: Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee) - Music: Brokeback Mountain (Gustavo Santaolalla) - Visual Effects: King Kong (Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers...
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Posted on February 10, 2006 12:35 PM under:
Cinema
Last night while zapping through satellite TV channels, I came across this scene in a movie with Dick Van Dyke and Benny Hill. My wife and I automatically detected it and knew it was from a movie that was a big favourite for both of us in our childhoods: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It's a movie we've both seen tens, if not hundreds, of times as kids, and it brought back a flood of sweet childhood memories. We remembered the bits we loved, the bits that bored us and the bits that scared us with that damn childcatcher lollypop man....
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Posted on January 28, 2006 09:44 PM under:
Cinema
Last night, I finally got to watch the new King Kong movie, by Peter Jackson, featuring Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody. I've read a lot of mixed reviews about this movie, some though it was a great movie, and some didn't like it saying that the only good thing in it was the special effects. Personally, I really liked the movie and enjoyed it. It was a bit long, but who cares when it's good. The special effects were amazing, some of the best I've ever seen on film. As for the story, well I disagree with the...
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Posted on January 23, 2006 03:34 PM under:
Cinema
On Saturday, we watched "Flightplan", featuring Jodie Foster, Sean Bean and Peter Sarsgaard. I saw the trailer for the movie a couple of times, and it looked like an ok movie. Anyway, when we were in London, it was playing there, and I didn't think it was worth paying two cinema tickets for, so I just decided to wait and rent it on DVD. The movie is a drama/thriller about a bereaved woman and her daughter who are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane. I...
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Posted on January 18, 2006 11:12 AM under:
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"Paradise Now" won the award for the Best Foreign Language Film category in the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards, that were held on Monday. The film was directed by Palestinian Hany Abu-Assad from a screenplay he cowrote with Bero Beyer, the film's Dutch producer, both of whom ascended to the podium to collect the award. Paradise Now chronicles the 48 hours before two best friends in Nablus are sent on a suicide mission to Israel. The New York Times said it “accomplishes the tricky feat of humanising the suicide bombers depicted in the film”. The paper dubbed the film "a...
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Posted on January 15, 2006 08:29 PM under:
Cinema
Today, I finally got around to seeing "Chocolat", a movie featuring Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina and Carrie-Ann Moss. I heard a lot about this movie, and I know that it was nominated for 5 Oscars, and I know that it has great actors in it, but I don't know why I only chose to rent it yesterday and see it today. As the name suggests, this is quite a delicious light movie. Very nice story, good acting, cool music and a little lesson behind it all. The movie is about a woman and her daughter, who open a...
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Posted on January 11, 2006 07:17 PM under:
Cinema
Today I watched "The Brothers Grimm" featuring Matt Damon, Heath Ledger and Monica Bellucci. The reviews I read about the movie weren't that good, but I went on and rented it anyway, I don't know why. And no, it's not because Monica Bellucci is in it. Maybe it's because I was a fan of the Grimm tales when I was a kid. Anyway, the reviews were right, this movie sort of sucks. It tells the story of brothers Will and Jake Grimm who are travelling con-artists, and how they encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires genuine courage instead of...
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Posted on November 26, 2005 02:21 AM under:
Cinema
Actor Pat Morita, best known for helping teach a boy martial-arts mastery through household chores as the wise Mr. Miyagi in hit movie "The Karate Kid," has died. He was 73. There were conflicting reports about the cause of death. His daughter Aly Morita said he died Thursday of heart failure at a Las Vegas hospital; longtime manager Arnold Soloway said the actor died of kidney failure at a hospital while awaiting a transplant. His role in the 1984 film defined his career. As Kesuke Miyagi, the mentor to Ralph Macchio's "Daniel-san," he taught karate while trying to catch flies...
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Posted on November 23, 2005 09:23 AM under:
Cinema
Last night we watched Madagascar, a DreamWorks SKG animation, voiced by Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith and Cedric the Entertainer. The movie is about a gang of four spoiled zoo animals that find themselves on an adventure in the wild of Madagascar. I've seen the trailer a number of times and have been really looking forward to watching it. And it turned out really cool, even though I thought it would be just a bit funnier, but I really enjoyed it. I loved the psychotic penguins, they totally rock and are so funny! They have to...
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Posted on November 21, 2005 10:10 AM under:
Cinema
Last night I watched Stealth, an action, adventure thriller, as they call it, featuring Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx and Josh Lucas. The movie turned out better than I expected. The trailer actually doesn't do it justice. I really liked the flight scenes, they were very well shot, and the fighter jets looked awesome in action. The explosions looked cool too. The characters were pretty well developed for an action movie, which is good for a change. Other than that, the story isn't something that extraordinary, revolving around three pilots and a renegade AI driven fighter jet. The movie was directed...
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Posted on November 14, 2005 09:56 AM under:
Cinema
Last night we watched Crash, featuring a great cast with Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe and a number of other talented actors. I first heard about this movie when Jason reviewed it, and I thought it sounded like a cool movie. And well it didn't let me down, it's a really interesting and good movie, that I truly enjoyed. It's one of those movies where Hollywood actually does things right. The movie is about several characters of different racial backgrounds who collide in one incident, The different stereotypes society has created...
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Posted on November 12, 2005 01:04 PM under:
Cinema
At last, I got to watch "Batman Begins", a movie I've been wanting to see even before its release. Before its release, I wasn't expecting something really big, but then the reviews started coming in and they were positive, which made me want to see it even more. And well, I wasn't dissapointed at all, I have to say that I think this is one of the best Batman movies up to now. As with all superhero movies, the part I love most is the beginning, so this movie hit that spot with me, and then went on developing the...
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Posted on November 11, 2005 04:05 PM under:
Cinema
Yesterday, we finally got to watch "Robots", an animation from Fox studios, about a really cool robot world. In this robot world, a young idealistic inventor travels to the big city to join his inspiration's company, only to find himself opposing its evil new management and bringing hope back to the robots. This is one of my favourite non-Pixar animations, putting Fox studios right behind them and ahead of Dreamworks. It's really well done, the story is a nice one, enjoyable by kids and grown-ups alike, the humor is good, and the characters are cute too. I also like the...
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