This is to continue the dive back into nostalgia with the movie-of-the-month-column – so let me start this introduction differently: A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, when children still played with toys and did not watch YouTube videos about Minecraft our story takes place. Sorry, maybe children still do play with…
Category: Movies & Entertainment
Paging the Master
Let us start the year with a classic, a real ‘page-turner’ but for movies, one that in 2024 celebrates its 30-year anniversary. The Pagemaster is a hybrid between live-action and animation starring Macaulay Culkin and Christopher Lloyd with the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Stewart, Leonard Nimoy and many others. It is a dive into…
A five star story
Stardust is a 2007 fantasy movie starring Claire Danes, Charlie Cox and Michelle Pfeiffer, directed by Matthew Vaughn. There is not much to be said about the movie: the plot is simple yet perfectly fluid and functional and the fantasy and fantastical elements, such as magic and witches, feel on point. The lore is appealing…
Virtual Beauty
Belle – also known as Ryu to Sobakasu no Hime (which translates to The Dragon and the Freckled Princess) – is an animation movie that premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. It is one of those movies that in my opinion passed under the radars and deserves some praise. While the movie could be…
Mythical
“I am the lord of darkness. I require the solace of the shadows and the dark of the night. Sunshine is my destroyer; all this shall change. Tonight the sun sets forever. There shall never be another dawn“ I should not have to introduce this movie: it is somewhat of a classic, a cult really,…
Destruction person
This article follows the trend of summer “light movies” and since we are chaining together actors, and given that the last one was Tango and Cash, I will propose a movie with Sylvester Stallone. Demolition man is an action-movie with dystopian elements starring Sylvester Stallone, Sandra Bullock and Wesley Snipes; given that it came out…
Waltz and Currency
Given that last time, for the movie of the month column, I gave you two examples of mindless action movies featuring Kurt Russell, I thought I would follow the trend with the same actor. After all, it is summer, so I would assume that deep ontological and thought-provoking themes would be out of the question;…
The Escapes
Escape from New York (1981) and Escape from L.A. (1996) are two dystopian action movies directed by John Carpenter and featuring Kurt Russell in the role of Snake Plissken; unfortunately, although there was a third entry planned to complete the trilogy, it never quite happened. The movies are by no stretch of the imagination excellent,…
Boron – B
The Fifth Element is a 1997 science fiction action film directed by Luc Beson. Given how much appreciation I have for this movie, this article will not only be biased (obviously) but it will not be as professional as with other movies I take into consideration for this column. I won’t talk much about the…
This is not The Office
Office space is a 1999 black comedy, directed by Mike Judge (the same one that would later direct Idiocracy) and featuring Ron Livingstone with several co-stars such as Jennifer Aniston and John C. McGinley. The movie begins by depicting the soul-sucking and demoralizing day of a white-collar employee; the work environment makes the main character…