Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, 1990)
My favorite Schwarzenegger ('Relax, you'll live longer'), probably my second or third favorite Verhoeven, who I think has made a handful of really great films. Like most of his films this one is highly entertaining and provides a lot of fun, humor and Cronenbergian body-horror. In this particular film he also shows how to balance action, plot and snappy one-liners. Something easily forgotten nowadays in films in the same genre, I am not even mentioning the terrible remake of this film. Seen it three times now, could easily watch it again, always a lot of fun, great example of how to make a good action-scifi flick. 8.5/10
Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, 2012)
Toby Jones as a stiff mommiesboy Englishman in a sound studio with Italians producing a giallo. Yes, the sound editing of this film is great, the editing itself as well. There is one problem however, this film lacks suspense. To me it wasn't clear why I should feel suspense, let alone that the individual scenes were directed well. Descend into madness is a craft to film not everyone masters, as it turns out. 4.5/10
A perdre la raison (Joachim Lafosse, 2012)
A mediocre, dark and somewhat pointless film about depression in a marriage. Not a common marriage. The husband still lives with the man, a docter, who raised him. Even when the family has four children they still live with the doctor, who made the family financially dependent of him. Not very plausible if you ask me. 5/10
Honeymoon in Vegas (Andrew Bergman, 1992)
Only one reason to watch this: a raging Cage. He is hilarious at times. The rest of this film, a comedy version of Indecent Proposal, isn't. 4/10
A Late Quartet (Yaron Zilberman, 2012)
Typical arthousepic. Four musicians have a very established quartet. When the eldest (Christopher Walken) is diagnosed with Parkinsons all the relations in the quartet are under pressure. Not a bad film, not very good, read very memorable. The acting performances are solid, Walken is somewhat touching. Not much more to say. 7/10
Les Salauds (Claire Denis, 2013)
Another dark, french film this week. Claire Denis her films are almost always interesting, not always that good. This one can be seen as a stylish 8MM (remember, with Nicolas Cage). I am sure Denis didn't have this crappy film in mind. Not sure what she wants with this. It is not as tense or styleful as some of her better films. I have to admit I got bored towards the end. And why didn't we see more of the beautiful and very talented Lola Creton? 6.5/10
My favorite Schwarzenegger ('Relax, you'll live longer'), probably my second or third favorite Verhoeven, who I think has made a handful of really great films. Like most of his films this one is highly entertaining and provides a lot of fun, humor and Cronenbergian body-horror. In this particular film he also shows how to balance action, plot and snappy one-liners. Something easily forgotten nowadays in films in the same genre, I am not even mentioning the terrible remake of this film. Seen it three times now, could easily watch it again, always a lot of fun, great example of how to make a good action-scifi flick. 8.5/10
Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, 2012)
Toby Jones as a stiff mommiesboy Englishman in a sound studio with Italians producing a giallo. Yes, the sound editing of this film is great, the editing itself as well. There is one problem however, this film lacks suspense. To me it wasn't clear why I should feel suspense, let alone that the individual scenes were directed well. Descend into madness is a craft to film not everyone masters, as it turns out. 4.5/10
A perdre la raison (Joachim Lafosse, 2012)
A mediocre, dark and somewhat pointless film about depression in a marriage. Not a common marriage. The husband still lives with the man, a docter, who raised him. Even when the family has four children they still live with the doctor, who made the family financially dependent of him. Not very plausible if you ask me. 5/10
Honeymoon in Vegas (Andrew Bergman, 1992)
Only one reason to watch this: a raging Cage. He is hilarious at times. The rest of this film, a comedy version of Indecent Proposal, isn't. 4/10
A Late Quartet (Yaron Zilberman, 2012)
Typical arthousepic. Four musicians have a very established quartet. When the eldest (Christopher Walken) is diagnosed with Parkinsons all the relations in the quartet are under pressure. Not a bad film, not very good, read very memorable. The acting performances are solid, Walken is somewhat touching. Not much more to say. 7/10
Les Salauds (Claire Denis, 2013)
Another dark, french film this week. Claire Denis her films are almost always interesting, not always that good. This one can be seen as a stylish 8MM (remember, with Nicolas Cage). I am sure Denis didn't have this crappy film in mind. Not sure what she wants with this. It is not as tense or styleful as some of her better films. I have to admit I got bored towards the end. And why didn't we see more of the beautiful and very talented Lola Creton? 6.5/10
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