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About me-Bookworm and book reviewer with a specialization in Egyptology.-Translator, mostly of cookbooks and of books, articles, research papers on archaeology and Egyptology. (I personally own more than 1,000 books on Ancient Egypt.) Some of my articles are even online. -Fan of French and Italian music. -Fan of thriller novels and films, although I do enjoy different types of books and movies. -Lover of great fine food and wonderful wines, especially Italian and French, but open to discovering wines from the New World. Recent reviewsexcellent
Posted : 5 days, 16 hours ago on 11 May 2008 06:15
(A review of There Will Be Blood)The story of an oilman, Daniel Plainview. Splendid performances by Daniel-Day Lewis and Paul Dano, who is very convincing as a preacher. Beautiful cinematography by Robert Elswit. My hats off to the producers, who took a risk in producing this film, and to the scriptwriters who did outstanding work in adapting the book Oil by Upton Sinclair - even if they didn't respect the book 100%, the final product is a great movie. I certainly didn't expect this film to be this excellent. Recommended viewing to all. 0 comments, Reply to this entry
unoriginal ending
Posted : 5 days, 16 hours ago on 11 May 2008 06:09
(A review of Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)Hoffman and Hawke play 2 brothers. Because they need money, they plan a robbery, that goes wrong... very wrong. Hoffman and Hawke's performances are quite good, so is Marisa Tomei's and the other supportive actors'. The script isn't that original, you can predict what will happen, and it's really too bad, because there were many possibilities, and unfortunately the scriptwriters didn't choose an original ending. All in all, I can't really say I "enjoyed" this film, nor would I recommend it to anyone. 0 comments, Reply to this entry
fun action - yet again
Posted : 1 week, 3 days ago on 6 May 2008 07:11
(A review of X-Men: The Last Stand)The idea of mutants and humans is great. And the film is obviously at a specific public that will enjoy such movies and soundtrack. It's a fun trilogy - but as with most trilogies, the quality goes downhill. The first X-Men was really enjoyable, while the next two were mediocre in quality; it shows even in the actors' performances. Patrick Stewart, in this third installment of X-Men, particularly looks as if he were computer generated, it's that pathetic and bad. In any case, it's fun, action-filled, and it's got a good cast. The movie is worth watching just for that. 0 comments, Reply to this entry
fun action - again
Posted : 1 week, 3 days ago on 6 May 2008 07:10
(A review of X2: X-Men United)The idea of mutants and humans is great. This film is obviously at a specific public that will enjoy such movies and soundtrack. It's a fun trilogy - but as with most trilogies, the quality goes downhill. The first X-Men was really enjoyable, while the next two were mediocre in quality; it shows even in the actors' performances. In any case, it's fun, action-filled, and it's got a good cast. The movie is worth watching just for that. 0 comments, Reply to this entry
fun action
Posted : 1 week, 3 days ago on 6 May 2008 07:09
(A review of X-Men)The idea of mutants and humans is great. This film is obviously at a specific public that will enjoy such movies and soundtrack. It's a fun trilogy - but as with most trilogies, the quality goes downhill. The first X-Men was really enjoyable, while the next two were mediocre in quality; it shows even in the actors' performances. In any case, it's fun, action-filled, and it's got a good cast. The movie is worth watching just for that. 0 comments, Reply to this entry
better than expected
Posted : 1 week, 6 days ago on 3 May 2008 07:25
(A review of The Golden Compass)I can't believe the movie got such bad ratings. Books are books, movies are movies, these are adaptations for the big screen. People still enjoyed Harry Potter's books and movies despite the fact that they differed slightly. Now, I admit I haven't read the Northern Lights series, so I'm really reviewing the Golden Compass movie. As a movie, it's an enjoyable one for the entire family. In fact, we all sat together to watch it and looked forward to seeing it. Even though some of the CGI isn't particularly well done (I'm thinking of the bears and the wolves particularly), the rest was pretty amazing. I loved the concept of the inner daemons and how it was shown in the movie. The acting is superb, especially that of Dakota Blue Richards. I never will say that teenagers can't act anymore; they obviously can, with the right director. It's too bad Daniel Craig didn't have a bigger role, he's excellent as Lyra's "uncle". Watch with the family. Everyone should enjoy this film for its magical story. 0 comments, Reply to this entry
good poker movie
Posted : 1 week, 6 days ago on 3 May 2008 07:05
(A review of Lucky You)Romance is barely present in this movie as poker takes over 80% of the movie. Aficionados of poker should enjoy this, as it present many aspects of playing the game. As for the romance, it's pathetically predictable. The acting is so-so, the directing is okay, there's nothing really worth mentioning. It's just a clean movie without any violence or guns. Enjoyable. 0 comments, Reply to this entry
nothing new here
Posted : 2 weeks ago on 2 May 2008 05:12
(A review of Lions for Lambs)While it certainly looked interesting, the story unfortunately uses a lot of words to say nothing new. I'm voting 2/10 because of Redford's direction of Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise; I found their characters very believable and found the casting perfect. Cruise as the senator looks like a smart a$$ (pardon the expression) and Streep is perfect as the journalist. And the final 2/10 is for Philippe Rousselot's cinematography work. Not as interesting as it could be. Watch only if you must. 0 comments, Reply to this entry
how crappy can it get
Posted : 2 weeks ago on 2 May 2008 05:03
(A review of Cloverfield)Cloverfield. New name for Central Park after some weird disaster happens. Not well explained in the film. That said, the actors were lame. Lamer than I've ever seen in any movies - and I've watched a whole lot of them. They were lousier than B-movie actors, if that is possible. The direction... was pathetic. Lousy. The camera was going all over the place, making it impossible to understand or figure out anything. When you do get to see the "beast", you can tell it's very (emphasis here!) badly done. Not credible. The dialog between the characters is unbelievably childish. No, let me correct this. Not even children would speak that way. I felt as if the script had been written by morons. To avoid at all cost. (Just because there was a huge promotional campaign about the movie, does not mean it's any good! This movie is just another "Godzilla in NYC". Useless.) 0 comments, Reply to this entry
almost perfect
Posted : 2 weeks, 4 days ago on 28 April 2008 09:31
(A review of Atonement)The story is a romantic emotional one, taking place during the 1930s. The film director has played the emotional card rather well, and I must say the sets, the decors and costumes are marvelous. The actors were well cast, and is especially obvious through Briony. I say "almost perfect" because Keira Knightley just doesn't appear to act properly. All other actors are quite decent, and seem well directed. But Keira... Superb cinematography. The images are quite stunning. Clearly one of the best of 2007. 0 comments, Reply to this entry
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Posted : 9 months ago at Aug 16 1:15
Thanks for the vote on 2046, doudouce. I'm not much of a romantic so I think that's another reason why I disliked the film so much seeing as it was meant to be some sort of romance. A twisted sort of romance in my opinion but perhaps I have no idea what I'm on about not being a romantic! Point is you might like it if you like 'romantic' films... Maybe, but then again it might just irritate you...
Munky
Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at May 30 16:26
No problem - If I ever need a recommendation on ancient egypt, I'll know where to ask!
Brodie Bruce
Posted : 1 year ago at May 14 13:36
Hey, it's absolutely no problem! Genesis and Phil are awesome!!!
SuperSpongy
Posted : 1 year ago at May 10 22:30
Thanks for the votes, silly pictures will always reside there. :-)
tartan_skirt
Posted : 1 year ago at May 10 6:07
Thanks for the recent votes. :)
samson
Posted : 1 year ago at May 3 23:02
This girl is super cool! If you are lucky enough to get to know her you'll see she's got a heart of gold.
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