Ghost in the Shell
by Felipe Rosa
Ghost in the Shell: Rupert Sanders’ film tells, in spite of its source material, a very
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action, sci fi
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Guarnieri
by Felipe Rosa
Guarnieri: I need to be upfront about this: I have been involved with this project, in a producer capacity, since
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: documentary
Logan (2017)
by Felipe Rosa
Logan: James Mangold new entry to the sub-franchise keeps the scale small in this story, which is
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action, super hero
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
by Felipe Rosa
Beauty and the Beast: Bill Condon has in his hands, as the title song goes, a tale as old as time;
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: fantasy, musical, romance
Kong: Skull Island
by Felipe Rosa
Kong: Skull Island: Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ film does not pretend to have much of a story, it just
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action, fantasy
The Unknown Girl (La Fille Inconnue)
by Felipe Rosa
The Unknown Girl: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne find a different framework
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
Casting a Ballot – 2016 Oscars
by Felipe Rosa
The 89th Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 26th, 2017. As I have been doing for a few years, after posting my ballots for many guild awards, I post my fictional ballot for the Oscars. These “votes” show who I would like to win; the vote for Best PIcture follows the rule of preferential ballot used in reality. As a rule, I abstain from my fictional vote if I haven’t seen at least half of the nominees. […]
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2016
Top 10 Movies – 2016
by Felipe Rosa
I think it’s time to embrace the fact that I’m utterly unable to come up with just 10 films. It’s an arbitrary number, one that is neither too large nor too small, that is traditionally used just because most people have that number of fingers in their hands. Well, more often than not I have more than 10 films in my head that I feel should be a part of a list such as this one. 2016, thankfully, was one year […]
Categories: Lists
Moonlight (2016)
by Felipe Rosa
Moonlight: Barry Jenkins takes a very caring look at characters that, usually, are marginal to the story
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
Fifth about The Seventh 