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Valentine’s Day offers extremely saccharin (and bad, some would say) movies and a lot of sticky sentimentality wherever you look, like 30 Rock ’s parody suggests:
For those of us who don’t really want to see the likes of Valentine’s Day the movie on Valentine’s Day the day (sugar poisoning could prove itself deadly) we offer an alternative Valentine’s Day list of movies to watch, with the most unromantic on screen couples . They might not love each other that much, but at least they’re... Read Full Story
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The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival starts today, which is a great opportunity to recall some of the great titles that have won awards in this prestigious festival , second to Cannes in its importance. In the midst of Oscar madness, while trying to calculate each movie’s chances of winning the statuette and predicting which star will be best dressed, you can take a break and watch different kinds of movies. These movies come from different countries, they don’t always conform to the... Read Full Story
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Sports fans rejoice ! This is going to be a great month - the Super-Bowl is right around the corner (2/5), and after that we’ve got the NBA All-Star weekend (2/26).
Every fan lives the game in a different manner. There are solid fans who watch the game, get sucked into it for a few hours and then carry on with their lives; and then there are the die-hard fans, who support and cheer for their team in rain, snow or hail, yell at the players (or at their TV), and take everything personally... Read Full Story
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Once again Liam Neeson veers towards tough hero territory , this time fighting for survival in the harsh Alaskan wilderness . While surviving a hostile environment is no small feat, Mr. Neeson is not alone in his efforts to live another day – here are some other notable survival attempts:
Cloverfield
Having your farewell party crashed could be rather unpleasant. Having your farewell party crashed by a gigantic deadly creature is even worse, as was discovered by the heroes of this fast... Read Full Story
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The Oscar nominees were announced yesterday and surprisingly, Hugo leads with 11 nominations, ahead of The Artist with 10. A bit behind are Moneyball and War Horse with 6 nominations each, and The Descendants with 5. Life is never only black and white, so I’ve decided to mention at least one reason why each of the 9 movies nominated for best picture should win, and at least one reason why it shouldn’t. I did list them from worst to best (in my opinion anyway) so I won’t appear completely... Read Full Story
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Welcome to Sundance, where every filmmaker’s dream can come true. 10 days of a unique film festival, a place where small-scaled, intimate & offbeat movies can get meaningful screening time and recognition, and their creators can start dreaming big. All of the movies shown at Sundance are independent , without the funds and the backing of a big studio. The festival does not discriminate in its entries, screening fictional dramas, documentaries and shorts, from the US and abroad; and big budget... Read Full Story
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Published to Martin Luther King Day
Today is Martin Luther King Day, the day that commemorates the legacy of one of the greatest and most unique historical figures in the United States. His fight for civil rights was one of the few nonviolent protests and was inspired by Mahatma Ghandi’s philosophy and actions. Reverend King’s determination and relentlessness ultimately prevailed on July 2nd 1964, when the Congress enacted the Civil Rights act, a law prohibiting discrimination and racial segregation in America. Dr. King kept... Read Full Story
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Contraband is coming out; it’s an American remake (with Mark Wahlberg ) of an Icelandic movie called Reykjavik-Rotterdam . Contraband follows The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo remake that came out last month and stayed more or less true to the Swedish one. There are more and more of these American remakes of foreign films coming out, mainly because most of the American movie goers don’t really like subtitled movies, so the remakes make sense for that purpose.
A postmodernist might also say... Read Full Story
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It’s the beginning of a new year that according to some popular beliefs is supposed to be the end of the world . Some directors already took advantage of these beliefs in order to portray the apocalypse ( Roland Emmerich ’s 2012 for example), so here’s an opportunity for us to mention some of the greatest end of the world titles.
The Mist (2007)
What I liked most about this apocalyptic horror-thriller is the fact that the apocalypse literally comes out of nowhere. One minute everything is... Read Full Story
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New Year’s Eve is coming, and before we move on to 2012, we need a closure – a summary of 2011. Because we’re also nearing award season, we decided to combine a summary of 2011 along with our very own unique awards ceremony (without the ceremony, Ricky Gervais demanded too much money for hosting) – The Jinni Mood Awards.
So, which was the roughest movie of 2011? Which was the most exciting? No need to open any envelopes, you can just read below:
Atmospheric : Hanna –Hanna’s... Read Full Story
