March 3, 2013
The Walking Dead: Season 4 (2013) ***
February 2, 2013
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) **
Uneven film about a struggling musician. Greatest highlight - Golden Globe nominated song, "Please Mr Kennedy".
Saving Mr Banks (2013) **
Moderately amusing comedy about Walt Disney trying to convince P.L.Travers to let him adapt "Mary Poppins" for cinema. Emma Thompson is terrific, but the mix of "excentric Brit" comedy set in Hollywood and heavy melodrama about Travers' childhood in Australia doesn't always work.
The Young And Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013) **
Uneven English-language film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, about a young boy genius from Montana.
The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) **
The first hour of this film is quite boring, but stick with it because in the seconds half it becomes quite interesting, despite a disappointing conclusion.
August: Osage County (2013) **
A "Fucked-Up Family Movie" to end all Fucked-Up Family Movies. Julia Roberts is terrific, but Meryl Streep starts to descend into a "Joan Crawford in her later years" campiness.
January 1, 2013
The Butler (2013) *
Great story - 50 years of the civil rights struggles in America as seen through the eyes of a black White House butler who served under seven presidents from Eisenhower to Reagan - betrayed by a badly directed film that squanders its potential. Simplistic and dogmatic, the film almost never allows psychological complexity to meddle its carefully arranged talking points. The only exception is Ronald Reagan (well played by Alan Rickman), who is allowed to be complex and multi-dimensional.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) *
The second film in the series. Just as disappointing as the first. Even Jena Malone`s striptease is a disappointment - we only see her bare shoulders. Equally disappointing - its Golden Globe nominated song, "Atlas".
Adore (2013) *
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) *
An absolutely atrocious, boring, repetitive, obnoxious and pointless action flic, by far the worst of all "Die Hard" installements.
December 12, 2012
Top 10 Films of 2012
1. "Post Tenebras Lux" (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico)
3. "Les Adieux a la reine" (Benoit Jacquot, France)
6. "Zero Dark Thirty" (Kathryn Bigelow, USA)
7. "The Master" (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
Other great films:
2. "Searching For Sugar Man" (Malik Bendjelloul, Sweden)
4. "Django Unchained" (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
5. "Moonrise Kingdom" (Wes Anderson, USA)
8. "Silver Linings Playbook" (David O. Russell, USA)
9. "Damsels In Distress" (Whit Stillman, USA)
10. "Mirror Mirror" (Tarsem Singh, USA)
Other great films:
7 Days In Havana (Cuba)
80 milionow (Poland)
L'Affaire Dumont (Canada)
Amour (Austria)
The Angels' Share (UK)
Au galop (France)
Beyond The Hills (Romania)
Big Love (Poland)
Camille redouble (France)
Chinese Zodiac (Hong Kong)
Cosmopolis (Canada)
Dans la maison (France)
Ernest et Celestine (France)
The Gang Of Oss (Holland)
The Hat Goes Wild (Canada)
The Hunt (Denmark)
Il n'y a pas de rapport sexuel (France)
Joven y alocada (Chile)
Kirikou et les hommes et les femmes (France)
Klip (Serbia)
Lesson Of The Evil (Japan)
Lore (Germany)
Love Is In The Air (Italy)
Mauvaise fille (France)
Midnight's Children (India)
Mort subite d'un homme-theatre (Canada)
Naked Harbour (Finland)
Over My Dead Body (Canada)
Paradise Faith (Austria)
Paradise Love (Austria)
Le Prenom (France)
Rebelle (Canada)
Les Saveurs du palais (France)
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (Canada)
Stories We Tell (Canada)
Thale (Norway)
Le Torrent (Canada)
Tout ce que tu possedes (Canada)
Traffickers (South Korea)
Urban Tale (Israel)
Virgem Margarida (Mozambique)
Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 2012:
1. "La Fille de nulle part" (Jean-Claude Brisseau, France)
2. "Marfa Girl" (Larry Clark, USA)
3. Chroniques sexuelles d'une famille d'aujourd'hui (Pascal Arnold, Jean-Marc Barr, France)
4. "Paraisos artificiais" (Marcos Prado, Brazil)
5. "The Sessions" (Ben Lewin, Fox Searchlight)
6. "Hemel" (Sacha Polak, Holland)
1. "Curfew" (Shawn Christensen, USA)
2. "Death Of A Shadow" (Tom Van Avermaet. Belgium)
3. "Henry" (Yan England, Canada)
Other great shorts:
1. "Paperman" (John Kahrs, Disney)
2. "Edmond était un âne" (Franck Dion, France)
Other great cartoons:
Adam And Dog
9. "Louise Wimmer" (Cyril Mennegun, France)
10. "Call Girl" (Mikael Marcimain, Sweden)
Short Top 3:
1. "Curfew" (Shawn Christensen, USA)
Acrobat (Canada)
Faillir (Canada)
Keep A Modest Head (Canada)
Sparkle
Top 3 Music Videos:
1. "Gangnam Style" (Cho Soo-Hyun, Psy, South Korea)
2. "Bad Girls" (Romain Gavras, M.I.A., France)
3. "Great Strings" (Seb Caudron, Holger, Brazil)
Top 3 Music Videos:
1. "Gangnam Style" (Cho Soo-Hyun, Psy, South Korea)
Other great music videos:
Ride
Wide Awake
Top Commercial:
"L'Odyssée de Cartier" (Bruno Aveillan, Cartier)
Other great commercials:
The Journey
TV Top 5:
1. "The Walking Dead: Season 3" (AMC)
4. "Mad Men: Season 5" (AMC)
5. "Downton Abbey: Season 3" (ITV)
Wide Awake
Top Commercial:
"L'Odyssée de Cartier" (Bruno Aveillan, Cartier)
Other great commercials:
The Journey
TV Top 5:
1. "The Walking Dead: Season 3" (AMC)
2. "Game Of Thrones: Season 2" (HBO)
3. "Breaking Bad: Season 5" (AMC)
6. "True Blood: Season 5" (HBO)
7. "Boardwalk Empire: Season 3" (HBO)
8. "Weeds: Season 8" (Showtime)
9. "Girls: Season 1" (HBO)
10. "The Girl's Guide To Depravity: Season 1" (Cinemax)
Cartoon Top 3:
1. "Paperman" (John Kahrs, Disney)
3. "Eight-Minute Deadline" (Zina Papadopoulou, Petros Papadopoulos, Greece)
Adam And Dog
Bydlo (Canada)
Oh Willy (France)
Rabbit And Deer (Hungary)
Tangled Ever After
Weak films of 2012:
38 temoins (France)
5 Broken Cameras (Palestine)
Adieu Berthe (France)
L'Age atomique (France)
The Almost Man (Norway)
Alphée des étoiles (Canada)
Another Silence (Canada)
A perdre la raison (Belgium)
Apres la neige (Canada)
Arbitrage
Tangled Ever After
Weak films of 2012:
38 temoins (France)
5 Broken Cameras (Palestine)
Adieu Berthe (France)
L'Age atomique (France)
The Almost Man (Norway)
Alphée des étoiles (Canada)
Another Silence (Canada)
A perdre la raison (Belgium)
Apres la neige (Canada)
Arbitrage
Blancanieves (Spain)
Un Bouteille dans la mer (Israel)
The Boxing Girls Of Kabul (Canada)
Camion (Canada)
Chasing Ice
Un Bouteille dans la mer (Israel)
The Boxing Girls Of Kabul (Canada)
Camion (Canada)
Chasing Ice
Cloclo (France)
Cold Call (Spain)
Collaborator (Canada)
Colombarium (Canada)
Comme des frères (France)
Dark Shadows
Cold Call (Spain)
Collaborator (Canada)
Colombarium (Canada)
Comme des frères (France)
Dark Shadows
The Girl In The White Coat (Canada)
Goon (Canada)
La Grande Invasion (Canada)
Hannah Arendt
Hitchcock
Holy Motors (France)
Hors les murs (Belgium)
Hotel Transylvania
How To Survive A Plague
The Hunger Games
Ice Age 4 Continental Drift
Inch' Allah (Canada)
Indie Game: The Movie (Canada)
Into The Dark (Norway)
The Invisible War
It's Such A Beautiful Day
Jack Reacher
Kon-Tiki (Norway)
The Lady
La Grande Invasion (Canada)
Hannah Arendt
Hitchcock
Holy Motors (France)
Hors les murs (Belgium)
Hotel Transylvania
How To Survive A Plague
The Hunger Games
Ice Age 4 Continental Drift
Inch' Allah (Canada)
Indie Game: The Movie (Canada)
Into The Dark (Norway)
The Invisible War
It's Such A Beautiful Day
Jack Reacher
Kon-Tiki (Norway)
The Lady
Laurence Anyways (Canada)
Let The Daylight Into The Swamp (Canada)
Lincoln
Liv And Ingmar (Sweden)
Liverpool (Canada)
The Lorax
Mabul (Israel)
Magnifica presenza (Italy)
Mars et Avril (Canada)
Men In Black
Mes heros (France)
Let The Daylight Into The Swamp (Canada)
Lincoln
Liv And Ingmar (Sweden)
Liverpool (Canada)
The Lorax
Mabul (Israel)
Magnifica presenza (Italy)
Mars et Avril (Canada)
Men In Black
Mes heros (France)
Mesnak (Canada)
Mince alors (France)
No (Chile)
La Nuit d'en face (Chile)
Omerta (Canada)
The Orheim Company (Norway)
Oslo August 31 (Norway)
ParaNorman
Les Pee Wee 3D (Canada)
Poklosie (Poland)
Mince alors (France)
No (Chile)
La Nuit d'en face (Chile)
Omerta (Canada)
The Orheim Company (Norway)
Oslo August 31 (Norway)
ParaNorman
Les Pee Wee 3D (Canada)
Poklosie (Poland)
Populaire (France)
Prometheus
Quelques heures de printemps (France)
The Quiet Game (Sweden)
Reality (Italy)
Rengaine (France)
Roman Polanski A Film Memoir
Romeo Onze (Canada)
Room 237
Prometheus
Quelques heures de printemps (France)
The Quiet Game (Sweden)
Reality (Italy)
Rengaine (France)
Roman Polanski A Film Memoir
Romeo Onze (Canada)
Room 237
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
Ruby Sparks
Ruta de la luna (Panama)
Safe
Safe House
Safety Not Guaranteed
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (UK)
The Secret World of Arrietty (Japan)
Shifting The Blame (Germany)
Still Mine (Canada)
Thérèse Desqueyroux (France)
Tres Marias (Costa Rica)
Underworld Awakening
The Vow
The World Before Her (India)
Weak shorts:
Anata o korosu (Canada)
Asad
Asparragos (Peru)
Attack Of The Brainsucker (Canada)
Avec Jeff, Ã moto (Canada)
Buzkashi Boys
Chef de meute (Canada)
Edwige (France)
Foxes (Ireland)
Frost (Canada)
The Fuse Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar (Canada)
Le Futur proche (Canada)
Grace (Australia)
Kings Point
Là où je suis (Canada)
Love (Canada)
Ruby Sparks
Ruta de la luna (Panama)
Safe
Safe House
Safety Not Guaranteed
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (UK)
The Secret World of Arrietty (Japan)
Shifting The Blame (Germany)
Still Mine (Canada)
Thérèse Desqueyroux (France)
Tres Marias (Costa Rica)
Underworld Awakening
The Vow
The World Before Her (India)
Weak shorts:
Anata o korosu (Canada)
Asad
Asparragos (Peru)
Attack Of The Brainsucker (Canada)
Avec Jeff, Ã moto (Canada)
Buzkashi Boys
Chef de meute (Canada)
Edwige (France)
Foxes (Ireland)
Frost (Canada)
The Fuse Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar (Canada)
Le Futur proche (Canada)
Grace (Australia)
Kings Point
Là où je suis (Canada)
Love (Canada)
Mondays At Racine
Name Of The Father (Holland)
Ne pas reculer (Canada)
One Minute (Russia)
La Peur au ventre (Canada)
Premiere neige (Canada)
Sur la plage (Switzerland)
Three Walls (Canada)
Throat Song (Canada)
Vous n'avez encore rien vu (France)
Weak cartoons:
Demoni (Bulgaria)
Flamingo Pride (Germany)
Le Grand ailleurs et le petit ici (Canada)
Joda (Canada)
Kaspar (Canada)
MacPherson (Canada)
Requiem For Romance (Canada)
Triptyque 2 (Canada)
Name Of The Father (Holland)
Ne pas reculer (Canada)
One Minute (Russia)
La Peur au ventre (Canada)
Premiere neige (Canada)
Sur la plage (Switzerland)
Three Walls (Canada)
Throat Song (Canada)
Vous n'avez encore rien vu (France)
Weak cartoons:
Demoni (Bulgaria)
Flamingo Pride (Germany)
Le Grand ailleurs et le petit ici (Canada)
Joda (Canada)
Kaspar (Canada)
MacPherson (Canada)
Requiem For Romance (Canada)
Triptyque 2 (Canada)
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