Category Archives: movies

Unconvincing (Film: The Debt – Helen Mirren, 2010)

Posted on August 30, 2014 by admin

‘The Truth’ or ‘The Truth That Needs To Be Said’? this is one of the dilemmas facing the heroes of ‘The Debt’, which is quite an exotic entry in the list of films made by John Madden, the exoticism being … Continue reading →

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Film: Chef (Jon Favreau – 2014)

Posted on August 28, 2014 by admin

One just needs to search how many movies include the word ‘chef’ in their name in order to understand how daring an enterprise director-writer-actor Jon Favreau took upon himself in making yet another comedy about master cooks. No need to … Continue reading →

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Film: Casse-tete chinois (Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou – 2013)

Posted on August 23, 2014 by admin

Writing the review of a movie two weeks later is an exercise that I should try more often. ‘Casee-tete Chinois’ is one of the two movies I have seen before I went to a vacation where other priorities pushed aside … Continue reading →

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guilty pleasures (Film: RED 2 – Bruce Willis, 2013)

Posted on April 26, 2014 by admin

I must confess that one of my guilty pleasures is watching from time to time a movie like RED 2. I mean a movie that is made just for the purpose of entertaining, mixes action and comedy, brings to screen … Continue reading →

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Mendl’s Cakes (Film: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, 2014)

Posted on April 25, 2014 by admin

Cakes made at the Mendl’s patisserie play an important role in this film. They are sweet round things, with an appetizing and improbable shape and pastel colors which emanate sugar. They are made by a sweet girl and delivered to … Continue reading →

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confusing (Film: Shanghai – John Cusack, 2010)

Posted on April 17, 2014 by admin

Maybe too many pictures were already made about that city and that period and they look too much one like the other. Or maybe after Ang Lee made one of them (Lust, Caution) there is not too much to say … Continue reading →

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Au coeur de la nuit (Film: La Rafle – Jean Reno, 2010)

Posted on April 15, 2014 by admin

The Jewish people faced many dark moments in its long and troubled history. What happened in the night of July 16, 1942 in Paris – the arrest of more than ten thousand Jews, men and women, young, old and children, … Continue reading →

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Jewish Laughs – The Purim Edition

Posted on March 14, 2014 by admin

The pattern of Jewish holidays goes like this. We first say (or watch others saying) a prayer. Then we tell or read a story about how other very very very bad people tried to discriminate, kill, destroy us the very … Continue reading →

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beautiful but … (Film: La Grande Belleza – Paolo Sorrentino, 2013)

Posted on February 26, 2014 by admin

A few days from now ‘La Grande Belleza’ will probably get the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language picture so it’s probably a daring act on my part to share the opinion that this film is over-rated and that … Continue reading →

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Scorsese did it again (Film: The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese, 2013)

Posted on February 24, 2014 by admin

‘Inspired by a true story’ seems indeed to be the mantra for the majority of the films in the Academy Awards race this year. A few days ago I saw ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ and now this ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ … Continue reading →

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