Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Dream House (2011)

Dream House (2011)

Genre: Thriller
Directed by: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, and Marton Csokas
Running time: 92 minutes



Dream House attempts to bring the viewers on a thrill ride down a tortuous road filled with plot twists and turns. Is it successful? Only partially.

This film starts with Will Atenton (Daniel Craig), a successful editor in Manhattan, who is on his last day at his job. He is quitting and leaving the city, saying he wants to spend more time with his family. They are moving to a house, where, he comes to find out, some brutal murders were committed five years earlier. As it is often the case in movies, things are never exactly what they seem to be. And, here starts the attempt at a thrill ride.

The story itself is compelling, quite interesting. The main fault I find with this movie is the acting. I have always found Daniel Craig to be too dry of a performer on the big screen. Even as James Bond, he always tends to bore me. In this one, he tries to show more fire, and he achieves it sometimes, but his performance is very uneven overall. Same goes with the rest of the cast.

Another fault I find with Dream House is that it offers some big doses of hokeyness, though I don’t believe it is meant to be that way. When a movie is voluntarily corny, it can be charming. When it tries to be serious and often fails, it is a different story.

So, in conclusion, Dream House has some interesting plot twists the viewer did not expect at first and an interesting story to tell, but it fails on the delivery.

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