THE COMPANY MEN
The company in question is in fact a corporation called GTX which once made things that were real like ships but now it just makes money, bucket loads of it. And it did this very well until the credit crunch of 2008 happened and suddenly everyone started to feel the pinch. Evidently the stockholders felt … Continue reading
THE CONQUEST
This is the story of how Francois Sarkozy actually landed the job of the President of France, and it isn’t always a pretty tale. There is a bold announcement at the beginning of this feature film that states that this is BASED on events that happened as opposed to it being a factual account, and … Continue reading
THE DEBT
A fascinating thriller that in its plot pitches good (Israel’s Mossed Secret Service) against evil (a notorious Nazi War Criminal) and in its telling, which flashes back between the past and the future, and pitches 3 excellent older actors against young ‘un’s playing the younger versions of their characters. The Debt is a great story … Continue reading
THE DECOY BRIDE
There are some late nights when one is brain-dead but too tired to sleep when you drift into unchartered territory in Netflix for something light and frothy to keep you afloat for a while. In my case it’s a very unwise move as its not a genre that I like or am even too familiar … Continue reading
THE DEEP BLUE SEA
This is the work of the two Terences. The auteur filmmaker Terence Davies who’s uncompromising style has greatly restricted his output to just five features films sporadically over 23 years has put his own take on Terence Rattigan’s acclaimed post-WW2 play that hit a raw nerve when it was first staged in London in the … Continue reading