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, January 11, 2016

Trouble with the Curve (2012)

Genre: Drama
Directed by: Robert Lorenz
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman
Running time: 111 minutes



Gus Lobel is an aging scout for the Atlanta Braves baseball team. Less and less trusted by his boss, he is sent on a last scouting mission to prove his worth. Problem is, he is slowly going blind. Worried for Gus, his colleague and friend Pete calls upon the old man’s daughter, a lawyer on the rise, to accompany her father on this trip. In spite of their strained relationship, she accepts.

For many years now, Clint Eastwood has been giving us variations on the same character with his movie roles: The disgruntled and broken aging man who has to rely on his instincts to compensate his diminishing physical abilities. The thing is, Clint does it so well, I don’t really mind. Once again, in Trouble with the Curve, he gave the viewers a character we could root for, a man we could identify with on a certain level.

Amy Adams was also very good as the talented daughter who has to come to terms with her past and fix her relationship with her father, the only parent she has left. As for Justin Timberlake, as much as I dislike him as a singer, he is solid as an actor and comedian. It is always a treat also to see the great John Goodman at work, no matter the role.

Trouble with the Curve, while a tad predictable, still offers a very good lesson about the power of experience. The story is compelling and is carried along by a very talented cast. I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

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