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.

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Modern Family (2009-2020)


Genre: TV / Comedy
Starring: Ed O’Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell
Number of seasons: 11



Modern Family focuses on Jay Pritchett, an older man married to Gloria, a much younger Columbian woman, who has a young son from a previous relationship. Jay has two grown kids from his first marriage, Claire and Mitchell. Claire has three children, with her husband Phil. Mitchell is a gay man married to Cameron. Together, they adopted Lily, from Vietnam.

Shot in mockumentary style, Modern Family has the characters often breaking the fourth wall. Each character is well defined and delivered with talent by the cast members. Over 11 seasons, this show offered many laugh-out-loud moments, but there were a few weaker ones that fell kind of flat. All things considered, though this show did go on too long, it offered some very entertaining television over more than a decade.

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