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
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
Live by Night
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
89th Oscars Animated Short Nominees
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
