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I Was Cured Alright

Advantages: Amazing
Disadvantages: Drags at points

..."The Shining", Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange is one you do not want to miss. Back in 1971 this was a big hit and is not praised enough nowadays for it's awesome plot and acting. For those of you who watch Britain's Got Talent, the main character in this movie can be seen singing "Singin' in the rain" numourous times during the movie, which i love! Plot - A Clockwork Orange is set in future London in 1995 (It was the future at the time, back ...
...droogs Georgie, Pete and Dim. They hang out in the Milk Bar drinking milk full of narcotics. The gang are tough and set about alot of people during their travels. They beat up an old drunken man on their way to a theatre then drive a stolen vehicle to a big house in the country. They use their cunning skills to get them in, where they attack the owners. Alex is defiantly put forward to the audience as the leader and often tells his droogs what ...

quiche_nufc 25.06.2008 · Read full review
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Discover the best of European cinema

Advantages: A fantastic collection of shorts.
Disadvantages: None.

...1996 - Nanni Moretti. A cinema vérité-like short that focuses on Nanni Moretti himself, playing an anxious and slightly over-the-top manager, in charge of the Nuovo Sacher cinema, meticulously preparing the opening day for Abbas Kiarostami's Close-up. It's a charming look at a passionate man, madly in love with cinema; in other words a film director acting the part of a devotee of another film director. Very special. 8. Gisèle Kérozène - Holland ...
...A wonderful DVD that should be considered an imperative buy for all world cinema lovers. Each short has a wonderful and unique feel to it; Cinema16 is the perfect European shorts collection. A must have. * (Written by myself - no violation, no lifting, no breach of copyright) ...

gantzgraf 26.08.2006 · Read full review
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2046

Advantages: well above expectations
Disadvantages: not many really

The movie was well above my expectation and definitely worth a wait. Tony Leung plays the same man with "In the Mood for Love" but has a different character. The movie is also vaguely related to "Days of Being Wild" in 1990, co-starred by Leslie Cheung and Maggie Cheng. All three films are about the mixture of hustle-bustle and weariness of Hong Kong in 1960s. Tony's performance in this film was again brilliant. Faye Wong performed in WKW film for ...
...in 1994, also co-starred by Tony Leung) and made this film one of a kind. Mysterious gambler Gong Li was also attractive. Zhang Ziyi gave me a positive surprise. The film's technical level (costumes, music, photography etc.) is also very high. Someone suggested 2004 Cannes Palm d'Or should have gone to this film instead of "Fahrenheit 9/11" and now I can totally agree. The number "2046" is the metaphor of Hong Kong's destiny, which implies the last ...

emzily777 02.09.2007 · Read full review
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Three Colour:Blue- A brave tale.

Advantages: Concept.beautiful acting and direction
Disadvantages: A tad slow.Subject might not interest many.

...symbolizing the colours of france.All three films were released in a short span of two years(1993-94) and focusses on different attributes of life. Julie(Juliette Binoche) loses her world famous composer husband and her child in a traffic accident and decides to live a rather independent life of her own. To make things easier for herself,she decides to sell off all the previous belongings and moving to a new neighbourhood where she can channel all ...
...to keep the tragedy out of her life and tries to take a new look at life. Soon Julie realises she needs to work on one of her husband's last work as a musician and on her journey comes to know new things about him that she never knew. Its a film which has a rather strong impact visually when you watch it.The director sets the story beautifully and the whole ambience works for the film.I loved how he kept the colour blue throughout the film;it was ...

aadnan613 16.11.2009 · Read full review
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A Sweet, Innocent Yet Corrupted Man

Advantages: Excellently acted and written, great storyline, great ending
Disadvantages: None

...having heard excellent things about Lolita it is likely that I would have stayed up to watch it anyway. Although the subject matter sounded a bit perverse, the fact that the film is over forty years old and is still hailed as being brilliant made me more than a little interested to watch it. So I settled down with a couple of friends at 1am to watch a classic film about paedophilia. No, really. 'Lolita' is the 1962 film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's ...
...Sue Lyon playing Humbert and Lolita respectively remaining believable and true to character throughout. Sue Lyons was a pretty teenager, but not overwhelmingly gorgeous, which makes Humbert's infatuation seem more innocent and childlike than if she'd been an overly beautiful girl. Lyons plays the part of Lolita superbly, and is utterly convincing as a tease with a mix of maturity and immaturity that makes her a fascinating character. Ok, so many ...

charlsayslol 16.12.2009 · Read full review
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