Parker. You 'been parked enough?

"Parker", as an adaptation of a classic book, is a regular action movie with lots of gunplay, even more blood, mafia-like encounters and a little bit of socialism. Oh yes, and a long, wonderful advertising campaign for Palm Beach's sightseeings, especially if you're a millionaire...

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Hansel & Gretel : Witch Hunters, or the Fantastic Two?

When the Brothers Grimm wrote "Hansel and Gretel" probably thought normal that some, in the future, would remake their fairytale in variations. As it indeed happened. What they never imagined was that the two poor siblings would sometime become Marvel Comics heroes. They also never...

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Side Effects, of being both depressed and a criminal

To my surprise, Side Effects gave something more than a dull, predictable narration of how destructing people with mental issues are for others and themselves. In fact it's a story about deception, acting and the rotten nature of today's financial and stock market system.   Emily...

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Killing them softly, or perhaps too softly

Surely a film beginning with pre-election statements by Obama promises a lot of problems. These problems are directed for 2 hours by Andrew Dominik in this story called “Killing them Softly”. This guy must be constantly living a conflict of values and a philosophical quest, which...

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Blockbusting theory #2

Once again I found another example of wise-paper rolling on the market floor.   This super long titled paper ("The Differential Effects of Online Word-of-Mouth and Critics' Reviews on Pre-release Movie Evaluation" by Chakravarty, Liu and Mazumdar) explains how people's comments affect other people's willingness to go watch a new film.   Even though in the beginning I found it interesting, it turns out to be another exploitation...

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No, no, no. No Maggie here.

A rather short, poor old lady narrates us the awesome life of Margaret Thatcher. Oh yes, this version of Meryl Streep is supposed to be Maggie in 2012, or at least the Maggie shaped by Phyllida Lloyd’s imagination. Quite a commercial success and a personal achievement of Oscar winner...

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Stand down grandpa!

Certainly a film starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin can be considered as “vintage”. Three decadent gangsters catch up with each other and recall old times. One is still fresh from jail, the other left adventure to be a sunset painter and the third is wired up on...

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