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.

Friday, March 23, 2018

Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays (2014)


Genre: Comedy / Biographical / Drama
Directed by: Des McAnuff
Cast: Billy Crystal
Time: 132 minutes



In this stage adaptation of his autobiography, comedian Billy Crystal delights the crowd for a couple of hours with stories about his youth, his family, his mom and dad, the place jazz music holds in his life, his teenage years and his passage to adulthood. The man is such a great storyteller: The mannerisms, the facial contortions and the vocal changes, those are all tools that Crystal uses in a masterful way to get where he wants to go. This show made me laugh out loud, it made my eyes a little wet - Damn allergies! – and it then made me smile again. This is well worth seeing, and, come to think of it, I will most probably watch it again somewhere down the line.

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