Tagged with drama

[MIFF ’14] Love Is Strange (2014)

[MIFF ’14] Love Is Strange (2014)

Pure love stories are few and far between, ones that are genuine and feel real, LOVE IS STRANGE is one of those rare genuine ones. This is not a film adapted from a sappy romance novel, it is the creation of co-writers Ira Sachs and Maurico Zacharias, who clearly had passion for this story. This … Continue reading

[Review] Chef (2014)

[Review] Chef (2014)

Jon Favreau is a name that is now most closely associated with IRON MAN having directed and acted in the first two films. He did start off his career as an actor and made the transition into filmmaker. With CHEF he takes on the role of star, writer and director, and with all his experience … Continue reading

[Review] August: Osage County (2013)

[Review] August: Osage County (2013)

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY began life as a play written by Tracy Letts, Tracy in fact won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with this piece. Inevitable it seems that this piece would become a feature film, and nicely on a screenplay that Tracy wrote. With director John Wells (THE COMPANT MEN) at the helm and … Continue reading

[Review] Captain Phillips (2013)

[Review] Captain Phillips (2013)

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS is a rather extraordinary film, dealing with a subject matter that has been very news worthy for several years, taking a true account and not only respecting all those involved but keeping the film very grounded and extremely well made. This is a very impressive effort from director Paul Greengrass, who uses his … Continue reading

[Bea’s Reviews] Clarissa (1991)

[Bea’s Reviews] Clarissa (1991)

“Clarissa (1991)” Dir. Richard Bierman I am a very vanilla person once you get to know me. I’m soft as a powder puff and twice as gentle (thanks for the line Miss Kitty). If I have money to spare, I give it to charities, if I see person overloaded with bags I’ll help them to … Continue reading

[Bea’s Reviews] Dracula (1979)

[Bea’s Reviews] Dracula (1979)

“Dracula (1979)” While like Glenn Beck, I don’t have any actual substantive evidence to prove this, in 1979, Frank Langella fathered many children and didn’t even know it because of his role in this movie. I’m not going to waste time by bitching about how inaccurate this film is, partly because it has the same … Continue reading

[Bea’s Reviews] Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979)

[Bea’s Reviews] Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979)

“Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979)” While ostensibly a remake, Werner Herzog’s ‘Nosferatu The Vampyre’ is actually an art form masquerading as a horror. True, there is a sense of true dread permeating in every frame, but it’s not so much dread of a superficial movie sense, instead, it’s a dread that strikes close to home for … Continue reading

[Bea’s Reviews] Lake Mungo (2008)

[Bea’s Reviews] Lake Mungo (2008)

“Lake Mungo (2008)” First and foremost, if you consider yourself a ‘true blue’ horror fan, turn away now, because the marketing of this movie was hideously misleading. The international trailer promised thrills and chills, but I assure you, this film native to my country is nothing of the sort. This is a ghost story, but … Continue reading

A Little Trip To Heaven

3/5 A Little Trip To Heaven is an odd film to say the least, but an interesting one all the same. The film is about insurance, we meet an insurance investigator Abe Holt (Forest Whitaker with an odd accent), who gets sent in to investigate a car accident. We see the actual accident was not … Continue reading