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, February 16, 2017

Jim Gaffigan: Cinco (2017)

Genre: Comedy
Directed by: Jeannie Gaffigan
Cast: Jim Gaffigan
Time: 73 minutes



In his fifth hour long comedy special, the American stand-up comic best known for his Hot Pocket routine discusses weight issues, the American Midwest, cheese, religion, Hitler and many other topics.

Gaffigan’s humor is relatively clean. Even when the comic brushes upon a riskier subject, he remains tame. A lot of the material is funny, but my bigger issue with Jim Gaffigan is the voices. He keeps switches voices, either to comment on something he says or to incorporate various points of views in his routine. These voices tend to annoy me. That little segment with Gaffigan’s family to open the show, shot in horror movie style, was cute.
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