Sunday, October 31, 2010
Tighten Stock Cva Wolf
Next stop: hell
(The Midnight Meat Train) by Ryuhei Kitamura - USA 2008 - horror - 100min.
Leon Kauffman (Bradley Cooper) is a fledgling photographer who is nominated by a major dealer to procure material for an interesting show. Leon then begins to dig into the slums of LA in search of interesting subjects. His nightly patrols led him underground, where he foils an attempt to harassment of a girl by a group of thugs. But he also discovered another: shady individual who appears to be a murderess magazine. Leon began to keep an eye on, but the situation will become complicated with unpleasant consequences for him and his girlfriend.
Il giapponese Kitamura è stato chiamato a girare un film tratto da un racconto di Clive Barker e prodotto, tra gli altri, da Tarantino. La personalità registica non emerge in modo significativo, se non per una certa attenzione alla psicologia dei due protagonisti (il fotografo e la sua ragazza). Per il resto è un horror tipicamente americano (esplicito e sanguinolento) con una componente fantastica che è tipica di Barker, ed assicura almeno una svolta inconsueta e difficilmente prevedibile alla vicenda. Queste tre componenti fanno sì che la pellicola risulti un pochino più originale della media di genere. Resta una visione consigliabile solo agli horror-fans.
Voto: 2/5 
(The Midnight Meat Train) by Ryuhei Kitamura - USA 2008 - horror - 100min.
Leon Kauffman (Bradley Cooper) is a fledgling photographer who is nominated by a major dealer to procure material for an interesting show. Leon then begins to dig into the slums of LA in search of interesting subjects. His nightly patrols led him underground, where he foils an attempt to harassment of a girl by a group of thugs. But he also discovered another: shady individual who appears to be a murderess magazine. Leon began to keep an eye on, but the situation will become complicated with unpleasant consequences for him and his girlfriend.
Il giapponese Kitamura è stato chiamato a girare un film tratto da un racconto di Clive Barker e prodotto, tra gli altri, da Tarantino. La personalità registica non emerge in modo significativo, se non per una certa attenzione alla psicologia dei due protagonisti (il fotografo e la sua ragazza). Per il resto è un horror tipicamente americano (esplicito e sanguinolento) con una componente fantastica che è tipica di Barker, ed assicura almeno una svolta inconsueta e difficilmente prevedibile alla vicenda. Queste tre componenti fanno sì che la pellicola risulti un pochino più originale della media di genere. Resta una visione consigliabile solo agli horror-fans.
Voto: 2/5
Tylenol And Bloody Stool
review: Boo - Dying of fear
di Anthony C. Ferrante - USA 2005 - horror - 94min.
A group of teenagers spent the night of Halloween in an abandoned hospital and demolished following a fire. Presence of the plague.
amateur film where almost nothing to save. We do not know why it was dubbed and released in Italy. Is more frightening than an episode of Heidi. Very bad.
Rating: 1 / 5 
di Anthony C. Ferrante - USA 2005 - horror - 94min.
A group of teenagers spent the night of Halloween in an abandoned hospital and demolished following a fire. Presence of the plague.
amateur film where almost nothing to save. We do not know why it was dubbed and released in Italy. Is more frightening than an episode of Heidi. Very bad.
Rating: 1 / 5
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Red Black White Birthday Invitation
Review: King Arthur (Director's Cut)
Antoine Fuqua - USA / UK / Ireland 2004 - Adventure - 134min.
The claims of historical veracity, very faint indeed, are not discussed here.
It tells the legend of Artorius (Clive Owen), Romano-British soldier driving a band of Sarmatian (Eurasian tribes submissive the Romans and forced all'arruolamento forced), and their struggle against the Saxons that threaten to make inroads into Hadrian's Wall.
Film highly spectacular does not hesitate to trace with unusual care (for a film like that) the psychology of the protagonist (and some supporting actor), divided between Roman and Britishness, faith and reason, self-assertion and obedience. The great battle scenes, well done, are justly alternating with long descriptive moments, but unfortunately the film has several shortcomings: a not particularly brilliant screenplay does not help involvement, excessive canonicity of the characters and the unforgivable lack of detail in the characterization of some of them (the bad acting just enough ...); Merlin and a director anonymous, all serve to precipitate the film below the average.
bad.
Rating: 2 / 5 
Antoine Fuqua - USA / UK / Ireland 2004 - Adventure - 134min.
The claims of historical veracity, very faint indeed, are not discussed here.
It tells the legend of Artorius (Clive Owen), Romano-British soldier driving a band of Sarmatian (Eurasian tribes submissive the Romans and forced all'arruolamento forced), and their struggle against the Saxons that threaten to make inroads into Hadrian's Wall.
Film highly spectacular does not hesitate to trace with unusual care (for a film like that) the psychology of the protagonist (and some supporting actor), divided between Roman and Britishness, faith and reason, self-assertion and obedience. The great battle scenes, well done, are justly alternating with long descriptive moments, but unfortunately the film has several shortcomings: a not particularly brilliant screenplay does not help involvement, excessive canonicity of the characters and the unforgivable lack of detail in the characterization of some of them (the bad acting just enough ...); Merlin and a director anonymous, all serve to precipitate the film below the average.
bad.
Rating: 2 / 5
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Periodontal Disease Treatment,too Expensive
review: 20 cigarettes
of Aureliano Amadei - Italy 2010 - Biography - 94min.
The life of the then aspiring filmmaker Aureliano Amadei (Vinicio Marchioni) before and after the attack in Nasiriyah (11/12/2003, which killed as a result of the explosion of a tanker driven by Iraqi terrorists, 19 Italians and 9 Iraqis).
the film narrative consists of three blocks: the first describes the life of Amador in Rome, before the accident: among centers, directing aspirations, friend / lover and a mother's unbearable. So a normal life, until the opportunity arose to be able to be assistant director for the documentary Stefano Rolla, who is about to go to Iraq to make a docu-drama on the Italian military mission, is an environmental description is not original, but it is helpful to immerse themselves in character.
The second block describes the experience of Iraqi Amadei, the first few days of acclimatization in the military and the news of the attack, the American hospital stay and return home, is the most exciting moment, and also what to leave more upset. It would be very interesting if the description of military life and soldiers had been more detailed. All invece accade in fretta, senza grande approfondimento.
La terza ed ultima parte, la convalescenza nell'ospedale di Roma, l'incontro con i politici, l'innamoramento con l'amica ed il finale aperto e sconsolato, è la più risaputa ed inutile: volge al melodrammatico ed al privato una vicenda che sarebbe stato ben più interessante analizzare dal punto di vista globale.
L'impostazione soggettivo-biografica del film, pur aggiungendo emozione e un senso di veridicità alla pellicola, ne segna anche un limite: la pellicola si riduce ad un apologo antimilitarista, ma non aiuta a sviluppare un'opinione sulla vicenda militare italiana, di cui si continua a sapere e capire poco alla fine della visione.
Tecnicamente valido, falls a bit 'in recitative.
So, so.
Rating: 2.5 / 5 
of Aureliano Amadei - Italy 2010 - Biography - 94min.
The life of the then aspiring filmmaker Aureliano Amadei (Vinicio Marchioni) before and after the attack in Nasiriyah (11/12/2003, which killed as a result of the explosion of a tanker driven by Iraqi terrorists, 19 Italians and 9 Iraqis).
the film narrative consists of three blocks: the first describes the life of Amador in Rome, before the accident: among centers, directing aspirations, friend / lover and a mother's unbearable. So a normal life, until the opportunity arose to be able to be assistant director for the documentary Stefano Rolla, who is about to go to Iraq to make a docu-drama on the Italian military mission, is an environmental description is not original, but it is helpful to immerse themselves in character.
The second block describes the experience of Iraqi Amadei, the first few days of acclimatization in the military and the news of the attack, the American hospital stay and return home, is the most exciting moment, and also what to leave more upset. It would be very interesting if the description of military life and soldiers had been more detailed. All invece accade in fretta, senza grande approfondimento.
La terza ed ultima parte, la convalescenza nell'ospedale di Roma, l'incontro con i politici, l'innamoramento con l'amica ed il finale aperto e sconsolato, è la più risaputa ed inutile: volge al melodrammatico ed al privato una vicenda che sarebbe stato ben più interessante analizzare dal punto di vista globale.
L'impostazione soggettivo-biografica del film, pur aggiungendo emozione e un senso di veridicità alla pellicola, ne segna anche un limite: la pellicola si riduce ad un apologo antimilitarista, ma non aiuta a sviluppare un'opinione sulla vicenda militare italiana, di cui si continua a sapere e capire poco alla fine della visione.
Tecnicamente valido, falls a bit 'in recitative.
So, so.
Rating: 2.5 / 5
Friday, October 8, 2010
Van Kampen Mutual Funds
Review: Long Weekend (2008)
Jamie Blanks - Australia 2008 - thriller - 88min.
Remake of the 1978 film of the same name.
A couple in crisis, Peter (Jim Caviezel) and Carla (Claudia Karvan), leave the dog with him for a weekend on a secluded beach known only by surfers. They should go with a couple of friends, but can not find your way. There, Peter is dedicated to his favorite activities while Carla is increasingly impatient. The report, instead of improving, more and more serious. What's more the nature seems to want to avenge the two, whose behavior is very anti-ecological ...
The film begins well, with excellence featuring the two protagonists, both well understood. Technically valid, the film unfortunately bloats a lot in the second half, undecided whether or not explain what is happening in the environment surrounding the two characters. Accumulate as a series of strange facts and / or unbelievable without many explanations, with results that sometimes fall into the ridiculous involuntary (the dugong is more tenderness than fear), and a final splatter that indicates a lack of ideas between director and screenplay, who opt for this easy solution. Excessively ambitious, the film does not have an adequate philosophical and conceptual framework to support it, and thus ends on a cryptic symbolism and uninteresting.
bad.
Rating: 2 / 5 
Jamie Blanks - Australia 2008 - thriller - 88min.
Remake of the 1978 film of the same name.
A couple in crisis, Peter (Jim Caviezel) and Carla (Claudia Karvan), leave the dog with him for a weekend on a secluded beach known only by surfers. They should go with a couple of friends, but can not find your way. There, Peter is dedicated to his favorite activities while Carla is increasingly impatient. The report, instead of improving, more and more serious. What's more the nature seems to want to avenge the two, whose behavior is very anti-ecological ...
The film begins well, with excellence featuring the two protagonists, both well understood. Technically valid, the film unfortunately bloats a lot in the second half, undecided whether or not explain what is happening in the environment surrounding the two characters. Accumulate as a series of strange facts and / or unbelievable without many explanations, with results that sometimes fall into the ridiculous involuntary (the dugong is more tenderness than fear), and a final splatter that indicates a lack of ideas between director and screenplay, who opt for this easy solution. Excessively ambitious, the film does not have an adequate philosophical and conceptual framework to support it, and thus ends on a cryptic symbolism and uninteresting.
bad.
Rating: 2 / 5
Replace Broken Vertical Blind Clips
Review: Wild Man Blues
Barbara Kopple - USA 1998 - documentary - 104min.
Documentary on the musical tour that Woody Allen undertaken in Europe with his New Orleans Jazz Band. "
More than a music documentary, is primarily a private look at Woody Allen, whose films Kopple some interesting moments: the performances on stage, as you move from one city to another, the relationship with his sister and his partner, the relationship with the fans, some of his actions off the field. It 's the portrait of a director on
generis grew up with the music of New Orleans, which has been in love since childhood.
Allen emerges as a complex man, paranoid and not very funny, clever verbally, musically gifted, sad and gloomy.
must for fans of the director, certainly negligible for all others.
Rating: 2.5 / 5 
Barbara Kopple - USA 1998 - documentary - 104min.
Documentary on the musical tour that Woody Allen undertaken in Europe with his New Orleans Jazz Band. "
More than a music documentary, is primarily a private look at Woody Allen, whose films Kopple some interesting moments: the performances on stage, as you move from one city to another, the relationship with his sister and his partner, the relationship with the fans, some of his actions off the field. It 's the portrait of a director on
generis grew up with the music of New Orleans, which has been in love since childhood.
Allen emerges as a complex man, paranoid and not very funny, clever verbally, musically gifted, sad and gloomy.
must for fans of the director, certainly negligible for all others.
Rating: 2.5 / 5
How Much Does An Ohio License Plate Cost
Review: Flower of the equinox
( 彼岸花 Higanbana ) by Yasujiro Ozu - Japan 1958 - Comedy - 118min.
Ozu's first color film, adapted from a novel by Ton Satomi, deals with the change of Japanese family in the '50s.
Wataru Hirayama (Shin Saburi), a businessman from the enviable position of working, he wants to marry his daughter more, now of marriageable age, which refuses the system of arranged marriage by their parents, as was common practice in old Japan. Hirayama One day he met the young clerk Taniguchi, in love with the daughter (and reciprocated), requesting the hand. The father is very hard to accept the marriage for love, without financial guarantees special and certainly not decided by him. We will create a conflict between father and daughter who, thanks to the role of mediator Hirayama's wife, Kiyoko (Kinuyo Tanaka), will result in a happy ending.
Despite the novelty of color, is a film in Ozu-style, is the director of his favorite themes (the evolution of the institution Japanese family and relationships among its members) with his usual estate car, his calm and relaxed pace, the hatching of diverse psychologies of the characters, music and traditional elegance of the frame. Stylistically it's a film that does not appear to be in step with the times, since it does not offer anything innovative. Ozu seems to make a single, very long film, while keeping the same style, always focusing on the same subject but from time to time by adopting different perspectives. For this reason also Equinox Flower of vision is a pleasant and at times fascinating, even for its historical and social significance.
Rating: 3 / 5 
( 彼岸花 Higanbana ) by Yasujiro Ozu - Japan 1958 - Comedy - 118min.
Ozu's first color film, adapted from a novel by Ton Satomi, deals with the change of Japanese family in the '50s.
Wataru Hirayama (Shin Saburi), a businessman from the enviable position of working, he wants to marry his daughter more, now of marriageable age, which refuses the system of arranged marriage by their parents, as was common practice in old Japan. Hirayama One day he met the young clerk Taniguchi, in love with the daughter (and reciprocated), requesting the hand. The father is very hard to accept the marriage for love, without financial guarantees special and certainly not decided by him. We will create a conflict between father and daughter who, thanks to the role of mediator Hirayama's wife, Kiyoko (Kinuyo Tanaka), will result in a happy ending.
Despite the novelty of color, is a film in Ozu-style, is the director of his favorite themes (the evolution of the institution Japanese family and relationships among its members) with his usual estate car, his calm and relaxed pace, the hatching of diverse psychologies of the characters, music and traditional elegance of the frame. Stylistically it's a film that does not appear to be in step with the times, since it does not offer anything innovative. Ozu seems to make a single, very long film, while keeping the same style, always focusing on the same subject but from time to time by adopting different perspectives. For this reason also Equinox Flower of vision is a pleasant and at times fascinating, even for its historical and social significance.
Rating: 3 / 5
Friday, October 1, 2010
Interesting Facts About Syphilis
review: Cul-de-Sac
Roman Polanski - UK 1966 - grotesque - 111min.
Two thugs take refuge after a hit gone wrong, in an isolated manor house (which at high tide is surrounded by water) once owned by a famous writer, now home of a bourgeois couple. One of the criminals is mortally wounded, so surly companion Dickie (Lionel Stander, excellent) to pay to look after him and call their boss to ask for help. Dickie starts off in the pathetic line man of the house, George (Donald Pleasance), which is actually even disparaged by the sensual wife Teresa (Françoise Dorléac). Among the three starts a vicious game of power and balance of forces that results in a final hallucinated.
Among the first film Polanski is the most paradigmatic of his personal style: there appear many of the elements of his previous films (and future), seasoned with a dose of black humor that is the hallmark of the Polish director.
As often happens in his films, the story takes place in an isolated place (a dead end, of course) surrounded by the sea (polanskiane element present in many films), the abstraction of the setting and history is therefore the means through which Polanski describes the psychology of his characters and the ways (sudden, nervous, excessive) with which they interact. Just as it Knife in the Water, everything revolves around a triangle, where the two men "contend" the attention of the woman, object of desire for excellence and therefore tempting, cruel, cold and unreachable (no one "wins" at the end), the film is a moving vortex character (similar to that of the many birds that inhabit the island) looking for something that even they know, trapped in a situation (life itself?) that does not allow an escape from the cul-de-sac (the head of the bandits that never comes).
shot a beautiful B & W that makes the story even more abstract and symbolic, is a great film that combines in one fell swoop many of the advantages of film Polanski.
Attractions.
Rating: 3.5 / 5 
Roman Polanski - UK 1966 - grotesque - 111min.
Two thugs take refuge after a hit gone wrong, in an isolated manor house (which at high tide is surrounded by water) once owned by a famous writer, now home of a bourgeois couple. One of the criminals is mortally wounded, so surly companion Dickie (Lionel Stander, excellent) to pay to look after him and call their boss to ask for help. Dickie starts off in the pathetic line man of the house, George (Donald Pleasance), which is actually even disparaged by the sensual wife Teresa (Françoise Dorléac). Among the three starts a vicious game of power and balance of forces that results in a final hallucinated.
Among the first film Polanski is the most paradigmatic of his personal style: there appear many of the elements of his previous films (and future), seasoned with a dose of black humor that is the hallmark of the Polish director.
As often happens in his films, the story takes place in an isolated place (a dead end, of course) surrounded by the sea (polanskiane element present in many films), the abstraction of the setting and history is therefore the means through which Polanski describes the psychology of his characters and the ways (sudden, nervous, excessive) with which they interact. Just as it Knife in the Water, everything revolves around a triangle, where the two men "contend" the attention of the woman, object of desire for excellence and therefore tempting, cruel, cold and unreachable (no one "wins" at the end), the film is a moving vortex character (similar to that of the many birds that inhabit the island) looking for something that even they know, trapped in a situation (life itself?) that does not allow an escape from the cul-de-sac (the head of the bandits that never comes).
shot a beautiful B & W that makes the story even more abstract and symbolic, is a great film that combines in one fell swoop many of the advantages of film Polanski.
Attractions.
Rating: 3.5 / 5
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