Wait until dark is a 1967 movie adaptation of the homonymous play by Frederick Knott; it stars Audrey Hepburn as the protagonist. The premises is quite simple: a carrier that is transporting heroin wants to start selling it on her own and hands the doll (the MacGuffin inside which the drugs are hidden) to an…
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Equilibrium is a 2002 science-fiction action movie with heavy influences from classic dystopias such as 1984 and Fahrenheit 451; there is even some criticism concerning the fact that it is a mere knockoff of its predecessors. It is true that the dystopian world depicted in Equilibrium has some of the traditional tropes present in the…
Jeepers, that’s a leopard!
Today, for the good-old-classic-movies column, I am recommending Bringing up Baby, a 1936 romcom with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn (no family ties with Audrey, I googled it). Cary Grant portrays a clumsy head-in-the-clouds paleontologist who is to marry a frigid unromantic woman; she wants him to continue his important work with “no distractions and…
And we will always have Casablanca
I will not bore you by summarizing the accomplishments of the actors of Casablanca; Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman need no introduction. I will not even ramble on about what the impact of a movie made in 1942 had in its days considering it also depicted some hardships of the Second World War. The narrative…
Such stuff as dreams are made of…
Now that the first season has ended, here are my thoughts on Star Trek: Picard, and I will say right off the bat that I liked it. I don’t consider myself a hardcore Star Trek fan but I do have a strong appreciation for the franchise since it did leave its mark; it has been…
I don’t want this game to end
A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article about the upcoming series Star Trek: Picard and expressed my concern in regards to what the final product would be. On the same note, now I am afraid to continue the series since I hope they will not botch the hard work they did on the…
Jingle-Bats for Holydays
As every year during the Christmas holydays, good old Pops and me had somewhat of a movie marathon. On even-ending years, we watch Star Wars and on odd-ending ones, we diversify. As you might have guessed from the title, this year we decided on Batman – not the Nolan trilogy, not the Adam West versions,…
Live long and prosper Picard
Recently CBS announced a new TV series for the Star Trek franchise; the very title peaked my attention since it features Captain Jean-Luc Picard, portrayed by the very same, yet slightly older, Patrick Stewart. I did not watch the trailer or read about the premises of the show – this is mainly due to the…
Splitting personalities: The dichotomy of good and evil
I will start this short article by stating clearly that I will take into considerations some aspects of a fictional character that I particularly like, this being Batman. I will not bore you with tales from my childhood and spare you a Proustian moment of spiraling memories; suffice it to say that I grew up…
A devil should cry
With the following piece, I will try to avoid making significant spoilers regarding Devil May Cry 5 while also expressing my opinion on it. If you want to avoid said possible plot details, you might consider skipping this read. I will say it clearly: I am writing this review because I myself am an aficionado…