I’m still reeling from the shock that I have just left my local Multiplex Theater where the crowds were out in full force for the latest ‘Mission Impossible’ blockbuster and another ‘Sherlock Holmes’ flick, yet my screen had a sold-out house even though it was playing a French Black & White Silent Movie, and as … Continue reading
What do glamorous movie stars do when their beauty fades and the roles dry up? Well they agree to lend their support to some small indie movie that need a boost, but sadly they usually need a decent script and some better production values to not only succeed but also help the big star retain … Continue reading
It’s not often that the main character of a movie is so annoying that I just want to slap her legs hard in the hope that she will stop being so irritating, but this is one such case. And in fact now I think about the rest of the cast, I would probably want to slap … Continue reading
Some 10 years after his death in his native France singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg is evidently still considered a legend and an icon. This startling new movie based on first time director Joann Starr’s own graphic novel traces Gainsbourg roots when he was then just Lucien Ginsberg a young mischievous Russian Jewish boy growing … Continue reading
Jean-Louis Joubert seems happy in his mundane life that is ruled by the weight of maintaining the Stockbroking Firm that has been in his family for generations, as has the mansion block cavernous apartment that he lives in with his cold fish of a wife. The setting is Paris, and the year is 1962, and … Continue reading