The source novel ALL YOU NEED IS KILL rocks. Check out the trailer for the adaptation, EDGE OF TOMORROW:
It is rare for the reverse situation, where the international community remake Hollywood product. Clint Eastwood’s masterpiece has been transposed from the Wild West of America to the dying days of the samurai in 19th century Japan.
My review of UNFORGIVEN (2013): http://www.filmaluation.com/unforgiven.html “Kill and kill and kill, and then be killed in return. That’s all I thought my life was,” Jubei Kamata (Ken Watanabe) 
A masterclass in driving a vitriolic verbal stake through the heart of adversaries. Bravo to Jason Bateman for his hilarious directorial debut, BAD WORDS.
My review: http://www.filmaluation.com/bad-words.html GODZILLA (2014), please be everything PACIFIC RIM wasn't, and avoid so much of what it was. 
GIRLS [season 2] ★★★☆☆ Messy and too often feels derivative. Dunham’s Hannah Horvath and Karpovsky’s Ray Ploshansky standout and elevate.
CHINESE PUZZLE ★★★★☆ Third part after SPANISH INN (aka POT LUCK) and RUSSIAN DOLLS. A sublimely nutty and energetic rom-com trilogy. 
From the directors of THE MATRIX and CLOUD ATLAS, JUPITER ASCENDING of course looks stunning. The dialogue shown here though looks clunky. Hopefully it's just snippets of something more poetic. Out July 2014. The first trailer: Out to own today: THE CROODS “Eep, stay within the family kill circle,” Ugga (Catherine Keener) The nuclear family has a rich heritage in cartoon form. Portraying a prehistoric unit has pretty massive shoes to fill… THE FLINTSTONES. Maybe the filmmakers are counting on short-term memories? THE CROODS does not come close to that benchmark; nor recent animated doozy, THE INCREDIBLES. Little mind appears to have been paid to story or character, instead AVATAR-esque visuals are the dominating force. Crazy animals (e.g. flying turtle things) and fauna, saturated in a hallucinogenic colour scheme, should sate the appetite of the youngest audience members. Anyone else will be along for a bland sub-ICE AGE, sub-BRAVE (no corker in itself) ride. [To read more, click here.] KICK-ASS 2 “Try to have fun; otherwise what’s the point?” Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey)
Opening on Dave Lizewski a.k.a. Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) getting shot in the chest, though wearing a bulletproof vest, by Mindy Macready a.k.a. Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz), echoing the movie’s predecessor. Mindy has taken over from her father, the deceased Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage), as the most lethal superhero on the streets of New York. There are plenty of reverberations from the first film, sometimes necessary to show some kind of grudging character progression, but its main use is lazy – to make the two main leads regress from their initial desire for adventure and justice, and instead take turns to question whether they are on the correct path. [To read more, click here.] OLDBOY (2013) ★½☆☆☆ Redundant. Inferior to the original in every way. At least execrable eight volume source manga was again sidestepped.
THE DROWNED MAN: A HOLLYWOOD FABLE [theatre] ★★½☆☆ Movie dream turned nightmare. More unfathomable, repetitive grandiosity from Punchdrunk.  |
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Filmaluation is dedicated to arts culture, with a particular focus on film. I care about intelligence, quality and entertainment. Need some movie and TV show recommendations? See the drop down to the right of the Home tab. Enjoy. 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.) This online magazine is edited by Hemanth Kissoon. Filmaluation is owned by Filmaluation Limited (Company number 8549302. Registered in England and Wales) Archives
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