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X-Man Origins: Wolverine (DVD review)

X-Man Origins: Wolverine (DVD review)

This is the first chapter of the X-Man legend. I love the X-Man movies. They have a good balance of action and drama, a very good actor for the protagonist (Hugh Jackman), and exciting extended fight scenes. I would say that this is the best movie in the series so far. I think it’s interesting [...]

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5 Centimeters Per Second (DVD review)

5 Centimeters Per Second (DVD review)

From the director of The Place Promised In Our Early Days, this one is an earlier film. It is split into two short films, but it is one story. The animation is impressionist, so moody and delicate. The story told is interesting and I never felt like I was watching a film: I was right [...]

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A Film With Me In It (DVD review)

A Film With Me In It (DVD review)

A funny film about too many accidents that happen to an unemployed actor and his writer/director neighbor. Hint: only good can come out of it. If you stick to the end. And why wouldn’t you? This is a well written film, with that cool Irish accent, gloomy old flat and some blood. And many, many [...]

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The Place Promised In Our Early Days (DVD review)

The Place Promised In Our Early Days (DVD review)

This Anime tells the story of three friends and a lost world. A beautiful story, beautiful characters and complex situations. it’s not so much a sci-fi story, although the skeleton of the story indeed is. It’s more philosophical, about dreams and their ability to connect with the ‘real’, but then again, maybe dreams are not [...]

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Ip Man (DVD review)

Ip Man (DVD review)

Ip Man, the master of Bruce Lee, helps the Chinese defeat the Japanese. OK, that bomb on Hiroshima had a part, too.

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The Hangover (DVD review)

The Hangover (DVD review)

Tigers, strippers, and no memory whatsoever. Could be done better, though.

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District 9 (DVD review)

District 9 (DVD review)

Peter Jackson+Neill Blomkamp are awesome, and Sharlto Copley is the new generation Robert De Niro.

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Shrink (DVD review)

Shrink (DVD review)

Original moments that are lost in too many side plots – in Shrink with Kevin Spacey.

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The Great Buck Howard (DVD review)

The Great Buck Howard (DVD review)

Too many uses of the same scriptwriting device, and again John Malkovich saves the day.

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Boy A (DVD Review)

Boy A (DVD Review)

Violence is a never ending chain. A British film that presents a fantastic cast and beautiful strong story.

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