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.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Hart's War (2002)

Genre: Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard
Running time: 125 minutes



During WWII, First Lieutenant Thomas Hart is captured by German soldiers, tortured for information and then sent off to a POW camp, where he will meet ranking officer Col. William McNamara. When two black pilots are moved into the camp, racial tensions arise. After a man turns up dead, one of the pilots is accused and set to be court-martialed. McNamara appoints Hart as legal representative for the accused, but the whole trial might well be a sham, created as diversion.

The acting is pretty good here, especially on Terrence Howard’s part. I really appreciated his performance.

The major issue here is that this film offers a loaded storyline that became a tad convoluted as it went on. Though the subject matter of racism is an important one, the ending was overly dramatic, in a Hollywood cue-in-the-violins kind-of-way. What started out promising became somewhat laughable by the end of it.

Nonetheless, in spite of the evident flaws, the acting was good and the storyline still compelling, though convoluted, so this movie gets a passing mark from me…by a slim margin.

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