John Wick: Chapter 2
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
2016 Oscars – Guessing the Winners
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
Lion (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
Eye in the Sky (2015)
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
My Life as a Zucchini (Ma Vie de Courgette)
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
The Red Turtle (La Tortue Rouge)
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
Casting a ballot – WGA Awards 2016
by Felipe Rosa
The 69th Annual WGA Awards will be handed on Sunday, February 19, 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
A Man Called Ove (En Man som Heter Ove)
by Felipe Rosa
A Man Called Ove: Hannes Holm is telling a story in this film that resembles many before, so
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: comedy, drama
I Am Not Your Negro
by Felipe Rosa
I Am Not Your Negro: the most impressive aspect of Raoul Peck’s documentary is how
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: documentary
