Acquired Taste (Various Artists)

Advantages: A good cure for insomnia
Disadvantages: Might just put you off sex! Sex scenes are smutty and grubby.

...with the corpulent Marcos. Perhaps I missed the point that Reygadas was trying to make, or maybe there wasn't a point and it was just art for art's sake. Overall I didn't appreciate this as an art film although my research tells me that this is what it is supposed to be. For me it was lacking in artistic merit and came across as being a bit 'grubby' to say the least. Cast: Marcos Hernandez Anapola Mushkadiz Berca Ruiz Director and Screenplay and Production: Carlos Reygadas The Co production Office/ NoDream Cinema/Arte France Cinema-Tartan Films. 97 minutes. Mexico /France/Germany/Belgium/ Netherlands 2005 Released: 28th October 2005 Cert: 18 No extras on the DVD Summary: Grubby, wannabe art film, an acquired taste!... Read review

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Advantages: Great direction and camera work, brilliant casting
Disadvantages: The far-fetched plot and dream sequences may not appeal to everyone

...as a slightly mad, arty friend. The bizarre plot is enhanced further by the use of dream/fantasy sequences, which admittedly are an acquired taste and won’t appeal to everyone, but for anyone who likes something slightly removed from run of the mill stories with a beginning, middle and end, they can only add to your enjoyment of the film. They also allow the Coen brothers to indulge in some fantastic camera work, along with some of the reality scenes at the bowling alley where we are treated to shots of shiny bowling balls, mechanical processes behind the scenes and pins flying left right and centre. If you like your movies to be a visual treat then you will certainly not be disappointed. I strongly recommend The Big Lebowski to any discerning film fans, so why not mix yourself a White Russian (that’s Vodka, Kahlua and Milk, for the uninitiated... Read review

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Advantages: fun for children and adults
Disadvantages: the performances are on different languages

...History overview *** Puppets, are all-time favorite toys of children as well as adults, come in many sizes, shapes and varieties? Early types of puppets include shadow puppets, glove puppets, stick puppets and marionettes. Early shadow puppets were most likely silhouettes set in motion by the firelight against the sides of nomad’s tents & caves. Puppets acquired limbs, becoming movable stick puppets eventually acquired by strings, evolve into a marionettes. But today, in 21st century, the art of puppetry still blossoms. Honestly, puppeteering requires a lot of practice; it’s a craft. Puppeteers must be good performers, storytellers, technicians and perhaps artists. They must be actors that can create reality on a stage. As storytellers they must get the audience involved in the show, as the audience are most likely children... Read review

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