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.

Monday, February 9, 2015

Blitz (2011)

Genre: Thriller
Directed by: Elliot Lester
Starring: Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen
Running time: 97 minutes



This 2011 crime thriller is your typical formulaic Jason Statham vehicle. Here again, the action stars plays a bad ass guy who doesn’t play by the rules. In this one, he is a hot-headed police office in a rough area of East London. He does not like to do things by the book and he is getting some negative attention because of it. When a psycho killer starts going around the area killing cops, he has to dig deep into his bag of tricks to catch the well-organized and fast-thinking criminal.

We get lots of violence here in this fast-paced action movie/thriller: numerous fight scenes and gun shots and lots of blood flying around. This is not a thinking piece but more of a rush for the adrenaline-pumping movies fans. Entertaining for what it is.

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