The Lost Daughter marks another directorial debut from a terrific actress. Earlier this year I saw Passing from Rebecca Hall, and this time it’s Maggie Gyllenhaal behind the camera and also wrote the script based on Elena Ferrante’s novel. Olivia Colman plays Leda, a middle-aged professor of comparative literature vacationing in a Greek island. It’s …
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I've always been a fan of journalism film and this film shed a light on a horrifying event that I wasn't familiar about – the Holodomor, the man-made famine-genocide in Ukraine in early 1930s that killed many Ukranians. The story is told through the eyes of Gareth Jones (James Norton), hence the title, a Welsh …
I gotta admit, I'm not much of a Western fan. Though interestingly enough, I've liked three western remakes in the past decade: 3:10 To Yuma, True Grit and then this one. Confession: I have NOT seen any of the original films. Now, people who have seen the original films would likely have a different opinion about the remake. …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: The Magnificent Seven (2016)
Well, it's been a nice, mellow Labor Day weekend for us. No barbeque or picnic this time, we didn't even go to the state fair, we're just not too fond of those, so once every five years is plenty 🙂 I did spent some time shopping for some Hunger Games stuff for my three nieces, …
Jenny, a sixteen-year-old straight-A student has her world turned upside down when she meet a worldly suitor, David, who seduces her with her glamorous lifestyle and charming existence. Set in early 60s London, both Jenny and her parents are in for ‘an education’ when David’s true nature is finally revealed. Though dealing with a disturbing …
Hello all, happy Monday. I took a full day of blogging-free on Saturday, didn't even sit in front of my computer even to answer comments. It was quite refreshing and fun volunteering all morning at my church and ended the day with a nice dinner with friends. So did you see Jackass 3D over the …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup: What I wish I had time to see (no, it’s not Jackass 3d)
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