House of Cards – Season Four
by Felipe Rosa
House of Cards – Season Four: by now, talking about this series is preaching to the converted;
Categories: Non-Film Reviews • Tags: drama
Red Cliff (Chi Bi) – 148 min. version
by Felipe Rosa
Red Cliff: John Woo has a lot of characters and historical information to juggle, but the film is able to do so with relative clarity.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: war
The Banquet (Ye Yan)
by Felipe Rosa
The Banquet: the idea of setting a William Shakespeare play in this particular historical time and place is sound;
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action, drama
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
by Felipe Rosa
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny: Yuen Woo-Ping’s crams too much into this film:
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action, fantasy
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo Hu Cang Long)
by Felipe Rosa
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Ang Lee succeeds in making a film that is poetic, exhilarating and visually striking;
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action, drama
2015 Oscars – Guessing the Winners
by Felipe Rosa
Everybody loves to play this game. (What? Not everybody? Well, lots of people like to play this game..) So, here’s the list of who I think will win each of the categories in the ceremony. (The list of who I think should win is here.) I invite you to post your own picks as well in the comment session below. Here is the full list of nominees.
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2015
Deadpool
by Felipe Rosa
Deadpool: the small scale (for the most part) of Tim Miller’s film is refreshing
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action, comedy, super hero
Casting a Ballot – 2015 Oscars
by Felipe Rosa
It all comes down to this. As I have been doing with a lot of different guilds (to say the least, and here are a few more) over the last months, I’m casting a fictional ballot for the 88th Academy Awards. The full list of nominees can be seen here. This is not the list of who I believe will win each category (I’ll post that one in a few days), but who I believe should win (some of which can be […]
Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2015
Mustang
by Felipe Rosa
Mustang: Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s film has an interesting, entertaining and contemporary story to tell;
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
Fifth about The Seventh 