Broken City

Un film cu tenta politica in care gasesti perfect combinatia dintre mister, crima si santaj. Filmul prezinta un oras care este corupt dintr-un capat in altul. Este un film reusit, cu un scenariu caracterizat de suspans si dinamism, chiar daca subiectul se repeta, insa nu-ti ofera timp in care sa te plictisesti, ceea ce e bine, cursivitate +. Actorii sunt impecabili ca prestatie, lucru normal dupa ce observi numele lor, plus ca se vede ca au avut si alte roluri mai grele de interpretat, lucru ce a facut ca aceste roluri sa le vina ca o manusa.

Nota: 9/10

Broken City

In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with an important evidence and Billy is declared non-guilty by the judge but he leaves the police department. Seven years later, Billy is a private detective that lives his girlfriend Natalie Barrow, who is an aspirant actress and the sister of Mikey's victim. His secretary Katy Bradshaw (Alona Tal) is trying to collect part of the debts to save their business. In the week of the elections, Hostetler summons Billy and offers US$ 50,000 to investigate his wife Cathleen Hostetler that he believes is having a love affair. Billy discovers that Cathleen is meeting Paul Andrews, who is the coordinator of the campaign of Jack Valliant, the opponent of Hostetler and favorite in the election. When Paul is found dead on the street, Billy finds that he had been double-crossed by Hostetler and he decides to investigate ...

Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Filmul prezinta o poveste trista insa nu este un SF cum apare el incadrat in majoritatea locurilor unde il vezi. Are un mesaj puternic, acela al conditie umane, transmis cu emotie si cu un scenariu original si cu o punere in scena destul de buna per ansamblu, exceptionala de catre fetita care joaca impecabil pentru varsta ei, pe langa atitudinea adoptata si modul ei de a iesi in evidenta in film. Modul in care ea povesteste inamplarile te plaseaza intr-o viziune interesanta asupra subiectului abordat. Prezinta foarte bine doua calitati necesare omului, curajul si creativitatea. La varsta la care alti copii stau in puf si se joaca printre zeci de jucarii, altii supravietuiesc printre ramasite si din orice lucru realizeaza ceva util... multe s-ar putea scrie intr-un review, dar mai bine descoperi singur vizionand filmul.
Filmul a fost nominalizat la Oscar insa mi se pare ca esti un pic fortata nominalizarea acestuia.

Nota: 9/10

Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in the Bathtub, a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink's tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he's no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack, temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink's health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother.

Arbitrage

Un film care iti este demonstrata ipoteza simpla in care nimic nu este deasupra banilor. Povestea nu aduce nimic nou, insa filmul este prezentat si regizat foarte bine, te poti atasa lejer de personajul principal in special chiar daca este de partea raului, inseala si este vinovat. Richard Gere joaca foarte bine rolul sau, un loc in care trebuie sa prezinta o serie de trairi emotionale. Finalul putea fi altfel totusi, nu cred ca sunt singurul care nu este de acord cu ideea gandita de regizor (No spoiler :D). In concluzie scenariul este foarte bun, de asemenea si actingul, mesajul insa e acelasi. O replica trebuie retinuta dupa vizionarea acestui film : 'World events all revolve around five things. M O N E Y'

Nota: 9/10

Arbitrage

Robert Miller is a successful financial businessman with a loving wife and a smart daughter ready to take over the family business. Professional secrets involving illegal fraudulent activities start coming out at the same time that Robert's personal secrets take a turn for the worse and threaten to derail everything he has achieved.

About Cherry

Povestea prezista drama unei tinere care traieste intr-o familie saraca si care este nevoita sa faca rost de bani printr-un mod sau altul. Astfel ii ofera cineva ideea de a poza mai provocator, iar de aici pana la a juca in filme pentru adulti mai este doar un pas, pe care-l realizeaza in momentul in care se muta intr-un oras mai mare. Actiunea nu e foarte antrenanta, are un curs chill, lejer, sunt si destule momente incitante, actrita din rolul principal arata chiar foarte bine :>  insa nu este un film extraordinar, este fad, lipsit de orice traire, chiar plictisitor pe alocuri. Filmul este pentru cei lipsiti de inhibitii, un film despre industria porno.

Nota: 6/10

About Cherry

A drama centered on a troubled young woman who moves to San Francisco, where she gets involved in pornography and aligns herself with a cocaine-addicted lawyer.

A Haunted House

O mega PORCARIE, filmul e de fapt o parodie dupa Paranormal Activity, dar pe langa acest film intalnesti o groaza de secvente din alte filme (The Devil Inside). Glumele au tenta sexuala si sunt de autobaza.. la inceput sunt cateva glume facute de Marlon, in rest pleava filmul, dezgustator chiar..

Nota: 4/10

A Haunted House

Malcolm and Kisha move into their dream home, but soon learn a demon also resides there. When Kisha becomes possessed, Malcolm - determined to keep his sex life on track - turns to a priest, a psychic, and a team of ghost-busters for help.

O sumedenie de postere pentru acest film oribil cu 7 actori

The Rite

The Rite este un film in care binele si raul nu mai sunt niste notiuni abstracte, ci iau o forma cat se poate de concreta. Probabil multa lume se uita/va uita la acest film pentru prezenta lui Anthony Hopkins care are roluri mari in filmele horror, aici insa se putea lucra mai mult la partea de 'horror' care e cam absenta. In prima ora a filmului te poti duce linistit dupa popcorn si bere pentru ca nu ratezi nimic interesant. Daca vezi acest film dupa ce-ai vizionat The Exorcist probabil ca il vei inchide dupa primele zeci de minute, ideea e ca The Rite este mai mult un thriller psihlogic decat un film horror.. but still. Nota pe care o primeste filmul e ridicata de prezenta lui Hopkins, in rest era mai low.

Nota: 7/10

The Rite

Michael, the son of a funeral director grows indifferent to his father and joins a Seminary. On his way to the course completion, he is overwhelmed by a strong lack of faith. His religious beliefs are further jolted when he sees a young girl haplessly dying in a road accident for whom he reluctantly performs the ritual to absolve her sins. His mentor still believes in him and urges him to go to Italy to take an exorcism course hoping that he it would strengthen his faith in Christianity. In Italy he attends a session from Father Xavier who soon becomes aware of his skepticism. As a result he sends him to an eminent Jesuit exorcist, Father Lucas, whose ways though questionable are quite effective. He witnesses the exorcism of a sixteen year old girl but still seems unconvinced. Father Lucas explains to him that it takes multiple sessions over a long stretch of time to completely free a victim from the demon. Despite witnessing some supernatural occurrences during the aforesaid exorcism...

Se vede si din poster cam cine-i bossul in film.

Wrongfully Accused

O parodie buna, are multe faze amuzante, dar cam atat, actiunea este prea incalcita. Leslie Nielsen fiind la vremea lui cam cel mai bun actor de comedie, vesnicul in forma actor pentru comediile de situatie. Are ceva specific lui in toate filmele, om de actiune, are in preajma lui tot timpul femei frumoase, care intra in tot felul de probleme fara a intelege gravitatea lor ramanand impasibil, dar gasind totusi rezolvare intotdeauna :)) Cam asta-i desfasurarea filmului in 2 randuri.

Nota: 6/10

Wrongfully Accused

Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Shortly after that Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he manages to flee while being transferred to his execution site. Now, all the world is after him as he stumbles from one unfortunate incident to the next in order to find the real murderer.

                   Probabil o vorba care ramane vesnic in mintea cinefililor: " a true story based on real events from other actual movies " :)) 

You, Me and Dupree

Acest film se presupune a fi o comedie insa sunt rare momentele in care schitezi un zambet, nu mai zic de momente de ras puternic. Glumele sunt cele obisnuite, repetitive, de parca nu se mai scot glume noi pe taram american. Actorii sunt cunoscuti si joaca acceptabil, Owen Wilson are rolul lui tipic de silly boy insuportabil si cam atat, iar tinerelul Michael Douglas are rol de tata, un rol ce-l prinde bine, dar nu cu aceasta conotatie negativa, de nemultumit.

Nota: 6/10

You, Me and Dupree

For newlyweds Carl and Molly Peterson, life can't get any sweeter as they begin anew to settle down into married life. With a nice house and established careers in tow, nothing seems to get in their way. However, Carl is about find out just how much friendship means when Dupree, his best friend has been displaced from his home and fired from his job because of attending their wedding. Taking his friend in, what Carl and Molly are about to experience is that the fine line between a few days and whatever else is after, can be a lot more than they bargained for. Especially when their friend overstays his welcome in far too many ways than he should.

Year One

Genul de "comedie tampita", dar care atunci cand ar fi facuta cum trebuie o gusti din plin si razi cu pofta. Este mai mult o parodie ce face referire la momente din Biblie, dar pe care ei le iau la misto, o satira la adresa umanitatii. Nu e deloc un film pe care sa-l vezi la cinema pentru ca o sa te plictisesti tinand cont ca majoritatea glumelor sunt deja "expirate", iar altele fac referire la corpul uman si nu sunt funny deloc.

Nota: 6/10

Year One

Zed, a prehistoric would-be hunter, eats from a tree of forbidden fruit and is banished from his tribe, accompanied by Oh, a shy gatherer. On their travels, they meet Cain and Abel on a fateful day, stop Abraham from killing Isaac, become slaves, and reach the city of Sodom where their tribe is now enslaved. Zed and Oh are determined to rescue the women they love, Maya and Eema. Standing in their way is Sodom's high priest and the omnipresent Cain. Zed tries to form an alliance with Princess Innana, which may backfire. Can an inept hunter and a smart but slender and diffident gatherer become heroes and make a difference?

Yours, Mine and Ours

Titlul e foarte sugestiv pentru acest film, iti vei da seama foarte repede din ce cauza :D. Povestea e draguta, cu toate ca e plina de clisee si filmul parca are un alt inceput, sare cumva direct in povestea principala. Ideea de familie cu 18 copii cred ca e destul de exagerata si nu prea intalnita in realitate + coincidenta varstei pentru fiecare, oricum, a iesit de-o familie draguta. Rene Russo arata criminal pentru varsta ei, probabil multi trec cu vederea cand vine vorba de jocul actoricesc. O comedie de familie destul de ok pana la urma.

Nota: 8/10

Yours, Mine and Ours

Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.

Zombieland

Zombieland este mai mult o comedie decat orice altceva. Filmul este plin de actiunea, dar nu e unul foarte infricosator tinand cont ca e plin de zombie, nu trebuie sa te astepti la o lume dominata de zombie, un aer plin de panica si frica. Principala lectie a filmului este ca nu trebuie sa iti fie frica in momente de genul si nu trebuie sa fii incredibil de puternic sa poti supravietui intr-o astfel de lume, trebuie doar sa te ghidezi dupa niste lucruri logice si sa fii putin nebun incat sa nu-ti pese de o serie de lucruri si mai ales "sa te bucuri de lucrurile marunte" Where is the *** Twinkies :)))))))) Personajele sunt interesante, fiecare este diferit total fata de celalalt, dar totusi reusesc sa formeze un grup interesant, Woody are un stil unic de a intra in pielea personajului :)))

Nota: 8/10

Zombieland

Searching for family. In the early twenty-first century, zombies have taken over America. A shy and inexperienced college student in Texas has survived by following his 30 rules: such as "look in the back seat," "double-tap," "avoid public restrooms." He decides to travel to Ohio to see if his parents are alive. He gets a ride with a boisterous zombie-hating good-old boy headed for Florida, and soon they confront a young woman whose sister has been bitten by a zombie and wants to be put out of her misery. The sisters were headed to an LA amusement park they've heard is zombie free. Can the kid from Ohio get to his family? And what about rule thirty one?

The Others

Ori am vazut eu alt film, ori am alta impresia pentru el. Nu am detectat urma de horror in el sau mister pentru ca mi-am imaginat partial finalul si pana la urma am realizat ca am treaba, mai ales ca filmul trena deja intr-o plictiseala lenta, ar trebui incadrat mai mult pe partea filmelor psihologice. In mare masura cred ca filmul este ridicat de prezenta lui Nicole Kidman si poate a celor 2 copii cu accentul ala dragut :)).

Nota: 7/10

The Others

A woman named Grace retires with her two children to a mansion on Jersey, towards the end of the Second World War, where she's waiting for her husband to come back from battle. The children have a disease which means they cannot be touched by direct sunlight without being hurt in some way. They will live alone there with oppressive, strange and almost religious rules, until she needs to hire a group of servants for them. Their arrival will accidentally begin to break the rules with unexpected consequences.

The Holiday

Filmul are o sensibilitate draguta, este realizat mai mult pentru fete/femei insa se bucura de o distributie care reuneste nume cunoscute, iubite de public (Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law). Filmul nu contine multe clisee si are o serie de momente amuzante, romantice, dar si dramatice ce fac o compozitie placuta la privire. De asemenea multitudinea de replici siropoase, dar si foarte bine gandite aduc un mare plus filmului. Ideea filmului e ca atunci (ca tot vorbeam ca e film pentru doamne si domnisoare) cand treci printr-un moment greu, naspa sa faci o schimbare in viata ta (schimbi freza, cumperi haine), insa regizorul propune o schimbare a intregii vieti, o schimbare de continent, de noroc.

Nota: 8/10

The Holiday

In London, Iris Simpkins writes a wedding column in a newspaper and nurtures an unrequited love for her colleague Jasper Bloom. Near Christmas, she is informed that Jasper is engaged to marry another colleague, and her life turns upside down. In Los Angeles, the movie-trailers maker Amanda Woods has just split with her unfaithful boyfriend Ethan and wants to forget him. Through a house exchange website, Amanda impulsively swaps her mansion for Iris' cottage in Surrey for the holidays. While in Surrey, Amanda meets Iris' brother and book editor Graham and they fall in love with each other. Meanwhile, Iris meets her new next door neighbor the ninety year old screenplay writer Arthur, who helps her retrieve her self-esteem, and the film composer Miles, with whom she falls in love

Top Secret!

O parodie incredibila, m-am distrat copios la unele momente, cel mai tare cred c-a fost ala in care s-a urcat toata lumea in tren si a pornit gara :)))) In aceasta parodie isi face aparitia Val Kilmer :>. In film se regasesc multe nationalitati precum nazistii si momente de tot rasul din cel de-al doilea razboi mondial. Simpatic

Nota: 7/10

Top Secret!

This time Zucker and Abrams are spoofing, most notably, Elvis films and WWII spy movies. Val Kilmer stars as Nick Rivers, a handsome American 50s-style rock and roll singer. While performing in East Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful heroine and becomes involved with the French Resistance

The Departed

Un film foarte bun cu multi actori foarte cunoscuti care joaca toti foarte bine, dar nu ies in evidenta prin prestatia lor. Filmul trateaza un subiect des intalnit in cinematografia americana si nu numai, si anume lupta politiei cu mafia. De asemenea filmul te tine in suspans de la inceput pana la sfarsit datorita acestui joc (informator/sub acoperire)/ Wahlberg parca este facut pentru filme in care el joaca rolul unui detectiv sau politist, pe cand Alec Baldwin pastreaza din umorul sau caracteristic. Cred ca e primul film in care observ o alta mafie decat cea siciliana, cea irlandeza.. accentul lor e funny :)).

Nota: 10/10

The Departed

In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the state police as an informer for the syndicate, is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there's a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy-and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save himself. But is either willing to turn on the friends and comrades they've made during their long stints undercover?