by Felipe Rosa
Edward Scissorhands: a cute fable, but a little too light from a story point of view. The atmosphere is nice, the film has a nice, fable-y look, Depp is fascinating, but I still felt something was missing.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama, fantasy
by Felipe Rosa
Toy Story & Toy Story 2: seeing them together for the first time in many years. They remain great fun, and still resonate with me, thematically. And indeed, the way the arch is completed in Toy Story 3 makes me believe that this is one of the greatest trilogies of all time.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: animation, pixar, top
by Felipe Rosa
In a Lonely Place: another solid one. Great double-header, great Gloria Grahame double-header. Gotta love the unseasy feeling, the doubts. Great drama, about the effects of what happened, not about what happened or who did it.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: noir
by Felipe Rosa
The Big Heat: powerful, grim. Very strong story, I didn’t expect it to go where it went, being it from when it is. The coffee pot scene is quite chilling. And, which was actually noted by Scorsese in a bonus, this is the first noir in the last 10 or so I have seen that did not have a dolly-in into the main character’s face. (Yes, I noticed that by myself!)
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: noir
by Felipe Rosa
Toy Story 3: remarkable. Fantastic. Brilliant. I really don’t know what to say. It has some amazing sequences, that can beat the hell out of most action movies released in this or any summer. Or winter. The characters are great, their conflict is sincere and well-put. Dang, really. Oh, and those tears at the end. Well, you know, hmm, the 3D glasses, hmm, still need some work done.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: adventure, animation, pixar, top
by Felipe Rosa
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: Mike Newell, really? C’mon, how can the man the directed Al Pacino in one of his best roles of the last 20-30 years have fallen so low? Oh, well, what did I expect? Dumb, and that’s what I got.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action, bottom, fantasy
by Felipe Rosa
Winter’s Bone: very powerful stuff, up until the very end. Trying not to spoil too much, too many pieces fall in place. But Jennifer Lawrence is superb, and John Hawkes is great as usual.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
by Felipe Rosa
The Lineup: solid stuff. San Francisco is such a perfect setting for those stories. Still, I would say it’s more of a crime story than a noir, but I know I have a very particular definition in my head!
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: noir
by Felipe Rosa
Shrek Forever After: it’s amazing how much the movie resembles the character early on. It lost completely its edge. It became generic. It was a bit dated to start with, but now it’s completely bland. And, for the record, I’m still not at all sold on this whole 3D thing, either.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: animation, fantasy
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