Archive for the ‘Reviews of movies’ Category
Clouds of Sils Maria
{4/5} “It’s theatre — it’s an interpretation of life. It can be truer than life itself.” Clouds of Sils Maria, released in 2014 Maria is an actor who’s going through a divorce. She’s about to accept an award on behalf of a director she admires when she finds out that he has died. Luckily she […]
Ex Machina
{5/5} “You’re wrong… Nathan… He isn’t your friend. You shouldn’t trust him. You shouldn’t trust anything he says.” Ex Machina, released in 2015 Caleb wins a contest and gets to spend a week with his boss. He’s flown by helicopter to a remote location. His boss Nathan offers him an opportunity, if he agrees to […]
Inside Out
{5/5} “All these facts and opinions look the same. I can’t tell them apart.” Inside Out, released in 2015 Riley is an 11-year-old girl. Inside her head, her emotions try to keep things under control. Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger all have their role to play. When Riley moves to a new city she […]
Outland
{3.5/5} “There’s a guy like me on every mining operation all over this system.” Outland, released in 1981 O’Neil is a marshall who’s just been assigned to the mining colony on Io. Soon after he arrives his wife leaves him, telling him that she thinks their son should grow up on Earth. After a couple […]
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
{4.5/5} “How could humans create so many right angles, when their behaviour was so convoluted and illogical?” The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, released in 2013 T.S. Spivet is only a young boy but his design for a perpetual motion machine has won a contest at the Smithsonian. His father is a cowboy, his mother […]
Jurassic World
{4.5/5} “Were those claw marks always there?” Jurassic World, released in 2015 Jurassic World is a successful theme park, but they keep having to come up with new things to keep the customers happy. The newest is Indominus rex, a genetically engineered dinosaur whose genes are top secret. Indominus is very smart and when it […]
The Firm
{4.5/5} “Being a tax lawyer’s got nothing to do with the law. It’s a game. We teach the rich how to play it so they can stay rich. The IRS keeps, uh, changing the rules so we can keep getting rich teaching them.” The Firm, released in 1993 Mitch is graduating at the top of […]
Babe
{5/5} “When embarking on a audacious crime, a duck needs a willing accomplice. A creature who is reliable, beyond suspicion, and above all extremely gullible.” Babe, released in 1995 Farmer Hoggett doesn’t usually keep pigs, but he guessed the weight of a pig at a fair and brought him home. When Farmer Hoggett gets the […]
Tideland
{4.5/5} “Time for Daddy to go on a little vacation.” Tideland, released in 2005 Jeliza Rose has had a bit of a difficult childhood — both of her parents are drug addicts. When her mother dies, her father takes her to his childhood home out in the country. When he dies, Jeliza Rose must fend […]
My Week with Marilyn
{4.5/5} “Trying to teach Marilyn how to act is like teaching Urdu to a badger.” My Week with Marilyn, released in 2011 Colin’s family all have serious jobs but he wants to be in the movie business. He goes to London and gets a job as third assistant director on a movie with Lawrence Olivier […]