July 3, 2011 · 8:23 pm

Rabbit Hole

Director: John Cameron Mitchell, Main cast Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest

How to deal with the worst parents’ nightmare: the loss of a child? The movie tries to answer the question with a realistic view of what life is: always bittersweet and never monotone. The strong and measured performance of the main cast prevents slips into the melodramatic and avoids cliches. — 7/10

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July 3, 2011 · 8:19 pm

También la lluvia (Even the rain)

The parallel stories of indios oppressed in a film on Cristoforo Colombo and the citizens of Cochabamba, Bolivia, who fights against the privatisation of their water supply. Bernal is the film’s director with a vision and Tosar is the cynical producer…and the latter is the real scene-stealer!  — 7.5/10

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July 2, 2011 · 2:06 am

Biutiful

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Main cast: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez and Hanaa Bouchai

Bardem’s character struggles between his role of responsible father of two with a bi-polar wife and his “job” as “investor” in borderline legal activities in Barcelona. Interesting views of the underground world of illegal immigrants from Africa and China in Europe.  Bardem delivers a great performance, as always when is not forced in the role of the sexy hunk (Mare Adentro, No Country for Old Men, Before Night Falls, etc.) — 8/10. 

If you like  Iñárritu’s style Amores Perros and 21 Grams are a must-see!

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July 1, 2011 · 4:57 pm

Top 5 of the month: June

Just a recap of my favourite movies of the past month:

  1. Midnight in Paris
  2. Be Kind Rewind
  3. X-Men First Class
  4. 127 Hours
  5. Source Code

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June 30, 2011 · 10:45 pm

So this is it

Welcome to my brand new blog!

I watch a lot of movies…really a lot…not counting also all the TV shows episodes…and a friend suggested that I might write about what I see.
So this is it, ramblings of a cinephile: my very personal views on films and tv shows with the odd top 5 list and favorite quote thrown in the mix, enjoy!

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