Groundhog day is a 1993 movie starring Bill Murray; while it is certainly not the first in its genre, considering previous iterations especially in literature (most notably the ones that emerged in Japan), it is amongst the most iconic movies to feature the time-loop trope. This story archetype relies on re-living the same day over…
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Found in context
Lost in translation is a 2003 movie directed by Sofia Coppola starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. It presents the lives of two individuals, Charlotte and Bob, while on a trip in Japan for a brief period of time and for different reasons; they meet, they talk about life and I would say that that…
Turmoil strolling
Chaos walking is a 2021 movie with Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley and Mads Mikkelsen. It is a sci-fy film about terraforming another planet; in spite of its premises, the encounter with the autochthonous aliens of the new planet and equilibrium, or lack of it, is largely left unexplained. It chooses rather to concentrate on the…
What tears may come
What dreams may come is a 1998 movie starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Anabella Sciorra. It is not made to be a happy movie whatsoever; in its own way however it has a good ending. I would not want to spoil the plot too much of it so I will just outline the…
Atlantis: the not-so-lost Empire
Personal advisory note: while admittedly my appreciation for some of the more recent animated movies has decreased quite drastically and I have not lived my childhood watching the classical Disney Cartoons (or knowing by heart any of the songs), in my opinion the movie I want to explore today has passed under the radar and…
The league of literary übermensch
This article will be a pastiche of personal opinions, references and will pretty much have nothing to do with the movie it was aiming to explore; this is not professional on my behalf whatsoever but, as a mentor once taught me, I will use it as a pretext to talk about something else that I…
Not by the horns
This article will try to give an account of some of the best interpretations of the role of Lucifer in cinematography. As hinted through the title, it will however only consider the human version of the so-called anti-Christ; in other words, it will not be about the red-skin horned and hooved demonic version of said…
The Book of (denz)ELI
The Book of Eli is a 2010 post-apocalyptic movie featuring Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis and Gary Oldman. In my opinion, while it is not good enough to be considered a masterpiece, the plot consisting in getting a MacGuffin from point A to point B, it does however present some aspects worth writing about. This article…
A Christmas movie to die for
T’was the night before Christmas and all through the house Nothing dared move, not even a mouse; The VCR was playing, John McClane was there, The embodiment of Noel spirit, this I do declare. One of the most iconic movies on the Christmas spirit, and no I am not talking about the usual suspects (the…
A hunt for a good will
Good Will Hunting is a 1997 movie about a genius young man, too impulsive and violent for his own good, and a mentor-figure who will try to help him. The movie stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (who incidentally are also the writers) and Robin Williams. There are different facets that could be explored throughout…