When a movie starts out with a soundtrack that is more suitable for an hotel elevator, then it really doesn’t bode well for what is to follow. Even with a really talented cast that included Diane Lane, Alec Baldwin and veteran French actor Arnaud Viard, this debut feature film written and directed by Eleanor Coppola turned out to … Continue reading
Alice is obsessed with Woody Allen. She has a giant poster of him in her bedroom which she pours her heart too every night even though she is an intelligent woman and a successful pharmacist too boot. Even in the Drugstore she runs with her father in Paris she hands out DVD’s of her favorite … Continue reading
From its pedigree alone this movie should have been completely wonderful. Directed and penned by award-winning actor/director Bruno Podalydes and with a cast of that was like a veritable who’s who of French Cinema it had all the hallmarks of a sure-fire hit instead of the reality of the total dud it actually turned out … Continue reading
A weary and desolate Angélique Litzenburger a 60 year old dance-club hostess and former stripper sits nursing yet another drink at the bar and declares to her younger co-workers ‘I was a superstar!’ The trouble is that although she is way past her prime, she is still partying as hard as she did in her youth it’s simply that … Continue reading
Sven and Goran are a happily married gay couple in their mid-30’s. They have great jobs, and a new house in a small country town (which bares more than a passing resemblance to Legoland). They want for nothing. Except a child. So they get approved by the authorities, but it turns out that even though … Continue reading