Secret in Their Eyes
by Felipe Rosa
Secret in Their Eyes: Billy Ray’s thriller ends up having too many moving parts poorly connected
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: thriller
Tag: thriller
The Clan (El Clan)
by Felipe Rosa
The Clan: Pablo Trapero has an interesting, potent starting point; the cast, particularly Guillermo Francella (exuding cold threat), is solid;
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, drama, thriller
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Revisit
by Felipe Rosa
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Tomas Alfredson presents a greatly manufactured film, top to bottom. From the
Categories: Film reviews, Revisit • Tags: drama, thriller
Sicario (2015)
by Felipe Rosa
Sicario: Denis Villeneuve efficiently tells this grim, sad tale; it turns out to be a
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama, thriller
Everest (2015)
by Felipe Rosa
Everest: Baltasar Kormákur’s film tells its sad tale carefully, respectfully, without great
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, drama, thriller
Mission: Impossible
by Felipe Rosa
Mission: Impossible: Brian De Palma creates a stylish, slick thriller that is constantly exciting despite
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action, thriller
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
by Felipe Rosa
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation: Christopher McQuarrie presents a relentlessly summer-ish film: the action sequences are engaging,
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action, thriller
The Imitation Game
by Felipe Rosa
The Imitation Game: Morten Tyldum tells a story that is worth telling; it has the dubious quality of being important (the direct historical value as well as the implications championed). It is entertaining and efficient; it’s also edulcorated, excessively traditional, unengaging (almost something that would be produced by a Turing machine). It’s well done; Óscar Faura’s cinematography is unsubtle, but displays the production values to their full. Benedict Cumberbatch plays his character well, even if it feels a manufactured, forced performance; the same […]
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic, drama, thriller
Federal Bank Heist (Assalto ao Banco Central)
by Felipe Rosa
Federal Bank Heist: despite being based on actual events, Marcos Paulo’s film presents itself unashamedly as a derivative work. However, the tone never settles, swerving between gritty and funny without doing either very well. Furthermore, the characters are uninteresting and hard to relate to. The large, interesting cast is wasted and acts too broadly (furthering the idea that the characters are mere archetypes) and unappealingly. José Roberto Eliezer’s camerawork is slick and polished, but also generic.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: crime, thriller
Fifth about The Seventh 