Fences (2016)
by Felipe Rosa
Fences: Denzel Washington intelligently doesn’t try to hide the origin of the material: the long, beautiful
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
by Felipe Rosa
Fences: Denzel Washington intelligently doesn’t try to hide the origin of the material: the long, beautiful
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
by Felipe Rosa
Live by Night: Ben Affleck’s film is trying to cover too much ground with its plot; not much
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: crime
by Felipe Rosa
Nowadays, with the exception of the odd animated short that plays before some animated features, it takes some effort to be able to watch shorts (festivals, for instance). Thankfully, the Oscar nominated shorts (in addition to some other selected few) get play (details can be seen here) and can be watched theatrically or online. I truly recommend it, for the variety of stories and styles.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: animation
by Felipe Rosa
John Wick: Chapter 2: Chad Stahelski stays true to the original film in this sequel: while the
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action
by Felipe Rosa
The 89th Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 26th, 2017. Guessing the winners for every Oscar category has been a favorite sport of mine for a long time, even if I never really got to be much good at it. I invite you to post your own picks as well in the comment session below. Here is the full list of nominees. (And those that I want to win, here.)
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2016
by Felipe Rosa
Lion: real stories made into movies have a knack for being too unlikely to be true; Garth Davis’ film
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, drama
by Felipe Rosa
Eye in the Sky: Gavin Hood’s film tells a story that shows that, no matter what, war always
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama, war
by Felipe Rosa
My Life as a Zucchini: there is a simple naïveté in both the story told and the way Claude Barras’ film
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: animation, comedy, drama
by Felipe Rosa
The Red Turtle: Michaël Dudok de Wit is not quite telling a story, per se, but
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: animation, fantasy