by Felipe Rosa
Sherlock Holmes: It’s a fun start for the franchise. Robert Downey Jr. does a great job, as usual. They have a difficult job showing Holmes doing his thing without it seeming either so easy we could do it, but at the same time not so abstract and unlikely it seems planted.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: adventure
by Felipe Rosa
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps: that Oliver Stone is heavy-handed, everybody knows. He at least told some interesting and compelling stories in the past. This one is neither. The easy ending is quite a letdown, too.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
by Felipe Rosa
RocknRolla: It’s a bit fun and a bit cool, but the choice of playing it straight, unlike Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch subtracts from it. It then lacks a stronger, more charismatic center.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: crime
by Felipe Rosa
Easy A: back to the 80’s. It’s pretty harmless fun, and it wears its origins in its sleeves. It actually goes even further and, like the very personable and charismatic protagonist, sews it in its chest. (And how come it makes it so easy to hate the religious nuts?)
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: comedy
by Felipe Rosa
The Social Network: I appreciated the movie more than liked it. I could dance to some of the dialogue, its structure and editing are incredible, the acting is generally very good to say the least. Still, I felt I could get more connected to the situation somehow. I won’t shy away from a second view, however.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic
by Felipe Rosa
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole: gorgeously looking film (Even if they abuse a bit of slow-mo. The director being who he is, it’s no surprise.) The story could be better, and there is a musical interlude that could be avoided, but it’s fun enough. The visuals alone are worth it.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: adventure, animation, fantasy
by Felipe Rosa
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger: not much sound or fury, but indeed it signifies nothing. I can’t remember another Allen movie where the characters were so unpleasant (that’s not a problem in itself) and uninteresting (this is!). Not even a decent zinger in the whole thing.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: comedy
by Felipe Rosa
Never Let Me Go: a movie of undescribable violence and delicacy at the same time. Oh, it’s not visual (in fact, R rating? Really?), it’s worse than that. It’s even more Machiavellian than the last film I saw, and that’s just so devastating. Carey Mulligan is great again; I would actually do a doubleheader with her if I had the time today.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
by Felipe Rosa
Body of Lies: it’s an effective movie, but then again, with the talent involved, that was to be expected. It’s a lesson in Machiavellianism, and it’s probably not that far from the truth, either.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: thriller
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