Crime

Nightmare Alley

A swing and a miss this boring noir drama is brimming with quality visuals and A list talent. Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara, and Cate Blanchett put the story through its paces and make it watchable to a point, but it is a hard watch.

Nightmare Alley

Comedy

Don’t Look Up (2021)

A hilariously satirical disaster epic that pokes fun at the media, government incompetence, and capitalist excess. Don’t Look Up is a satirical, science-fiction disaster movie where two scientists discover a comet, a “planet killer”, that will directly hit Earth and destroy all of human civilization. Their efforts to warn and save humanity are hindered by politics, […]

Don’t Look Up (2021)
Drama

Dear Jane Campion,

Benedict Cumberbatch has an excellent shot at an Oscar nomination/win. I wanted to thank you for adapting Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel and directing The Power of the Dog (2021). Your films feel like good books that beg to be analyzed. Take The Piano (1993), for instance, your signature film for the past thirty years. I […]

Dear Jane Campion,
Drama

Is The Lighthouse For You?

The Lighthouse is going to be a movie you’ll either love or hate. You’ll either love it for its surreal imagery, strange story, isolating setting, all over the place tone, eerie filmmaking, crazy acting, or all of the above. Or you’ll hate it for these exact reasons. It’s one of the strangest […]

Is The Lighthouse For You?
Drama

Scenes from a Marriage (1974) – Till divorce do us part… or do we?

Scenes from a Marriage – Theatrical Version (1974)Dir.: Ingmar BergmanStarring: Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Bibi Andersson, Jan MalmsjoCinematography: Sven NykvistRuntime: 163 mins Available on: HBO MAX | Criterion Channel (US VPN required) Sometimes, the greatest movies are the ones keeping everything simple. The ones which don’t have time to be all fancy and instead strip […]

Scenes from a Marriage (1974) – Till divorce do us part… or do we?
Amazon Prime

Encounter

There’s few things more annoying than the cinematic bait and switch; setting up the idea of one movie in the minds of an audience, then delivering something else. Sometimes it’s because film-makers or studios change their minds, or sometimes the product doesn’t fit the marketplace; delivering a trailer for Sweeney Todd that provided no hint…

Encounter
Crime

THE UNFORGIVABLE (2021): The Things I Liked…

I’m glad that Sandra Bullock said yes to The Unforgivable, a well-executed tale of one woman’s journey to reconnect with her sister after finishing a twenty-year prison sentence. Directed by Nora Fingscheidt, what stood out immediately, in addition to the excellent performances, is how engaging the story is. I cared about Bullock’s character and couldn’t wait for […]

THE UNFORGIVABLE (2021): The Things I Liked…

Drama

Duck, You Sucker! (1971) – The False Facades of Heroism and Revolution

“When I was young I believed in three things: Marxism, the redemptive power of cinema and dynamite. Now I just believe in dynamite.” – Sergio Leone The great Italian director Sergio Leone was and remains one of the titans of international cinema. Despite such a meager output of only seven films (eight if one were […]

Duck, You Sucker! (1971) – The False Facades of Heroism and Revolution
Crime

Netflix Series: Peaky Blinders

So, where to start with Peaky Blinders. Well… it’s violent, filled with drama and totally amazing to watch. I want to share all my favourite Netflix TV Series. Without sharing too many spoilers here’s what I think about the show. Peaky Blinders is a TV series about the notorious gang set in 1919 Birmingham, England. […]

Netflix Series: Peaky Blinders
Crime

New Trailer for Peaky Blinders Previews Final Season: Watch

The sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders is set to air in 2022. In anticipation, BBC has shared the first full-length trailer for the period crime drama’s final bow. Watch it below.Cast members Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Paul Anderson, Finn Cole, and Sophie Rundle are returning for the final…Please click the link below to…

New Trailer for Peaky Blinders Previews Final Season: Watch
TV-Shows Reviews

My Top 10 (ongoing) TV Shows of 2021

Yesterday was about movies (click here, if you’ve missed the post), but today is all about my favorite shows of the year 2021 (or at least part 1). I thought that I’d have more trouble picking the shows or limiting it to only ten, but apparently I wasn’t as passionate about the things I’ve watched […]

My Top 10 (ongoing) TV Shows of 2021
Movie Reviews

The Best Movies of 2021

2021 it’s finally over! And what’s the best way to start off the new year if not talking about our favorite movies of 2021? Last year, movies were my biggest companion. After almost two years locked up inside, I was finally able to return to the cinemas to watch 30 movies on the big screen […]

The Best Movies of 2021
Movie Reviews

Reely Bernie’s Top Ten of 2021

For me, 2021 was all about raising a wonderful baby daughter and being a goofball dad and supportive husband. Movies were far and few between, but they continued to be dependable coping devices during the ongoing pandemic (and rare evening off). More theatres were opened and maintained safely, the promised releases of 2020 played catchup, […]

Reely Bernie’s Top Ten of 2021
Crime

WEST SIDE STORY

Hollywood loves a remake. Sometimes it’s a successful foreign film recast with English-speaking celebrities. Sometimes it’s a decent story that just didn’t work the first time around. Most of the time, it’s a hollow-minded cash-grab by a studio rejiggering its intellectual property. But now and then, it’s a filmmaker of regard taking a bonafide classic […]

WEST SIDE STORY
Drama

Review: “Bruised”

Director: Halle Berry Writer: Michelle Rosenfarb Actors: Halle Berry, Sheila Atim, Adriane Lenox, Adan Canto, Danny Boyd Jr. By Valerie Kalfrin Halle Berry has often been a fighter. She leaped from TV shows to feature films after she persuaded director Spike Lee that she had the grit to play a […]

Review: “Bruised”

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