13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
by Felipe Rosa
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi: Michael Bay essentially skips the story and the context and jumps directly
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: war
Author Archives: Felipe Rosa
April and the Extraordinary World (Avril et le Monde Truqué)
by Felipe Rosa
April and the Extraordinary World: directors Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci have an original, intriguing steampunk
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: adventure, animation, sci fi
13th
by Felipe Rosa
13th: Ava DuVernay’s documentary is powerful, thematically relevant in this day and age,
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: documentary
Casting a ballot – SAG Awards 2016
by Felipe Rosa
The 23rd Annual SAG Awards will be handed on Sunday, January 29th, 2017. As I have been doing for a few years, as we get into the awards season, I’ll post the fictional ballots for some of the guild awards, showing what my vote would be if I had one. I will, as a rule, abstain from my fictional vote if I haven’t seen at least half of the nominees. And to be perfectly clear, I’m not a member of […]
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2016
Hacksaw Ridge
by Felipe Rosa
Hacksaw Ridge: war is hell, and there is an incredible number of stories that prove that point; Mel Gibson’s film,
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, war
Casting a ballot – PGA Awards 2016
by Felipe Rosa
The 28th Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, January 28, 2017. As I have been doing for a few years, as we get into the awards season, I’ll post the fictional ballots for some of the guild awards, showing what my vote would be if I had one. I will, as a rule, abstain from my fictional vote if I haven’t seen at least half of the nominees. And to be perfectly clear, I’m not a member […]
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2016
Kubo and the Two Strings
by Felipe Rosa
Kubo and the Two Strings: Travis Knight’s film has a very fine story, one that
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: adventure, animation, fantasy
Casting a ballot – ACE Eddie Awards 2016
by Felipe Rosa
The ceremony of the 67th ACE Eddie Awards will take place on Friday, January 27, 2017. As I have been doing for a few years, as we get into the awards season, I’ll post the fictional ballots for some of the guild awards, showing what my vote would be if I had one. I will, as a rule, abstain from my fictional vote if I haven’t seen at least half of the nominees. And to be perfectly clear, I’m not […]
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2016
Elis
by Felipe Rosa
Elis: this story, as Hugo Prata chose to tell it, is not a particularly interesting one; the
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, drama, musical
