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, July 20, 2018

Calvary (2014)

Genre: Drama
Directed by: John Michael McDonagh
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly
Time: 101 minutes



Sitting in the confessional of his church, Father James receives confession from a mysterious man who says he was molested by a priest as a child. The man then tells Father James he will kill him on the beach the next Sunday, even though he is a good priest, because killing a bad one would not have as much of an impact on the church.

The opening scene of the confession was really well done and it hooked me, but what followed quickly let me go. First off, I found the accents of most of the actors really distracting. I can usually manage quite well with Irish, British, Scottish and other accents, but, here, I found myself constantly battling to understand what the heck they were saying. A lot of the acting was not very good either and I found that the story dragged along quite a bit.
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