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Green Book

7/12/2018

GREEN BOOK ★★★★★
D: Peter Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber To, Hall Pass, The Heartbreak Kid; Me, Myself & Irene; There’s Something About Mary, Kingpin, Dumb and Dumber).
S: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini.

Acting, dialogue and tone work in harmony to create a charismatic buddy road movie of substance. Deftly humorous and moving without resorting to the saccharine. Likely to become a Christmas staple.

Nicholas Hoult - birthday

7/12/2018

It is actor Nicholas Hoult’s birthday. His top 5 films:

- A SINGLE MAN
- MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
- THE CURRENT WAR
- THE FAVOURITE
- X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

THE CURRENT WAR

Creed II

6/12/2018

CREED II ★★★★☆
Surprisingly packs an emotional punch. Geddit? *I’ll grab my coat*
I hope this is the final instalment in the ROCKY franchise. It would be a fitting conclusion.

The House That Jack Built - film review

5/12/2018

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT ★★½☆☆
D: Lars von Trier (Nymphomaniac: Vol II, Nymphomaniac: Vol I, Melancholia, Antichrist, The Boss of It All, Manderlay, Dogville, Dancer in the Dark, The Idiots, Breaking the Waves).
S: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Sofie Gråbøl, Jeremy Davies, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Ed Speleers, Riley Keough.

A messy 152-minute serial killer film set over 12 years. The recent movies of director Lars von Trier have become annoyingly attention-seeking.
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/the-house-that-jack-built.html

Next Gen

4/12/2018

NEXT GEN ★☆☆☆☆
Woeful. Lacks coherent and logical world-building. Inept characterisation, dialogue and storytelling.

Jeff Bridges - birthday

4/12/2018

It is actor Jeff Bridges’s birthday. His top 5 films:

- HEAVEN’S GATE
- HELL OR HIGH WATER
- THE BIG LEBOWSKI
- TRON
- TRUE GRIT [2010]

Hell or High Water

Vox Lux - film review

3/12/2018

VOX LUX ★★★★★
D: Brady Corbet.
S: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Jennifer Ehle, Christopher Abbott, Willem Dafoe.

The rarest of movie offerings: A work that feels like a cinema island of its own creation. Natalie Portman is a force of nature as a complicated pop star.
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/vox-lux.html

Vox Lux - trailer

3/12/2018

Out to Own Today: The Heiresses

3/12/2018

Out to own today:

The Heiresses

“Imagine having a crash. I get out and you go in,” Chiquita (Margarita Irún)

Do you want to spend time observing the life of the lead? The ultimate necessity for a film. The answer here is no. Chela (Ana Brun) is even more of a blank canvas than Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker. There is so little for the audience to grip on to. We should care about her conundrums. The mind wanders to fill in the gaping holes of characterisation. One does not want to be spoonfed, but there must be a personality to build our theories on. At least THE HEIRESSES is not as bad as COME RAIN, COME SHINE (2011).
[To read more, click here.]

Julianne Moore - birthday

3/12/2018

It is actor Julianne Moore’s birthday. Her top 5 films:

- BOOGIE NIGHTS
- CHILDREN OF MEN
- MAPS TO THE STARS
- SUBURBICON
- THE BIG LEBOWSKI

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This website is written by Hemanth Kissoon.

Filmaluation is dedicated to arts culture, with a particular focus on film.

I care about intelligence, quality and entertainment.

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The vital ambitions of art and entertainment:
- Perceptiveness
- Illumination
- The unexpected
- Innovation

Brains and soul are key; but adrenaline junkies do not fret, there is also much love for an experience that delivers a sucker-punch to the guts via stunningly delivered thrills.

Noun, “filmaluation”:
The evaluation of a film
Verb, "to filmaluate”:
To evaluate a film

I am well aware how difficult it is to make a film, put on a stage play, create a television show, write a novel, let alone make something of note. (That appreciation doesn’t stop me from having high standards though.)

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