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Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
Only when you are lost can you truly find yourself
Filmmaker(s): Bille August

Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an enthralling adventure. In search of the author, Gregorius acts as detective, pulling together pieces of a puzzle that involves political and emotional intrigue and the highest possible stakes. His voyage is one that transcends time and space, delving into the realms of history, medicine and love, all in search of true meaning to his life.

Authorship did not work for me, and I would like to discover and report why. It is a film adapted from a successful book, in which (another) book is the primary agent. Both the outer and inner books are deeply philosophical, abstracting themes about life that...


Published December 24, 2024
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Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997)
Some Tracks Should Never Be Uncovered.
Filmmaker(s): Bille August

Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where director Bille August was nominated for the Golden Bear.

Snow Job is a replacement comment, the original having been removed because of a complaint. One of the reasons for leaving IMDB and setting up this site is because possibly over a thousand of my comments were lost because some fundamentalist warrior took it on...


Published December 24, 2024
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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
Hear how it all began.
Filmmaker(s): Michael Sarnoski

As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.

Memories interesting to me is how genres evolve and sub-genres emerge. This is still advertised as a horror film, and I read some comments from disappointed film-goers that it wasn’t scary enough. What I see is a science fiction film with a consistent threat —...


Published December 23, 2024
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Fly Me to the Moon (2024)
Will they make history... or fake it?
Filmmaker(s): Greg Berlanti

Sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones, brought in to fix NASA's public image, wreaks havoc on Apollo 11 launch director Cole Davis' already difficult task of putting a man on the moon. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as backup, and the countdown truly begins.

No Go may like this simply as a romantic story. Many people seem to need stories about finding love, and the improbable dance that brings couples together. I’m fine with that, and fine with watching even badly constructed stories, because I revel in a successful,...


Published December 22, 2024
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Lee (2023)
Some wounds you cannot see.

The true story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

Sons, Girls been an admirer of Kate for as long as she has been acting. Her style is consistent across projects, regardless of their quality. Spotless Mind and her Ophelia alone score a justified life. A woman like this wants better roles than the tide...


Published December 21, 2024
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Music by John Williams (2024)
The man behind the maestro.
Filmmaker(s): Laurent Bouzereau

His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over a career that spans decades. See and hear maestro John Williams' own story, with insights from filmmakers, musicians, and others he has inspired, complete with rare behind-the-scenes looks at the making of movie history.

Pop have commented on about 6,000 films and I cannot recall any of those comments centred on the score. Yet we all know that for many films that is an important component. The primary reason I suppose is that I am not a sophisticated listener,...


Published December 17, 2024
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Wicked (2024)
Everyone deserves the chance to fly.
Filmmaker(s): Jon M. Chu

In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Information Warfare became entangled with Oz in a serious way outside the movie. The Edgar Cayce Foundation in Virginia Beach is a legacy of a trend in the 1930s, begun long before where we seek more elaborate external forces than a single God. This trend...


Published December 17, 2024
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Harakiri (1962)
Who can fathom the depths of another man's heart?
Filmmaker(s): Masaki Kobayashi

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.

Layered Stories in Conflict has to be the best movie I have seen in a while. Good luck to me that I would like to pass on to you. We have two warring narrators. The first begins the film as an entry in his journal as...


Published December 17, 2024
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I Am What I Am (2021)
Filmmaker(s): Sun Haipeng

By a fortunate coincidence, Juan is inspired and encouraged by a girl with the same name. Therefore, he decides to form a lion dance troupe with his friends, Cat and Dog, to break the constraints of reality and fight for themselves for once.

Sacrificial may find this a bit hard to see, and I am puzzled why it has not gotten an English dubbed release in our content hungry streaming platforms. I suspect it is because it is so focused on a young Chinese audience that it would...


Published December 16, 2024
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Red One (2024)
The mission to save Christmas is on.
Filmmaker(s): Jake Kasdan

After Santa Claus (codename: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with the world's most infamous tracker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.

Components films are a concept salad, with things borrowed from trusted buckets. The proposition seems to be that if you have enough of these you can cobble a blockbuster audience — in the case of Christmas movies, a recurring audience. What they expect is that we...


Published December 16, 2024
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