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, February 1, 2015

The Imitation Game (2014)

Genre: Historical / Thriller
Directed by: Morten Tyldum
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode
Running Time: 114 minutes



The Imitation Game tells the story of Alan Turing, a brilliant mathematician who was a major part of the efforts to crack Nazi Germany’s naval Enigma Code. In his efforts, he greatly helped the Allied Forces win the Second World War. His life after the war was a hard one due to his homosexuality, which was illegal back then in Britain.

Benedict Cumberbatch did a magnificent acting job here. He was simply excellent. He inhabited that character fully and made us believe it. All the other actors and actresses involved were also solid.

I must also commend the director for his work. This movie covers three different periods of Turing’s life and does so in a non-linear fashion. In spite of that, the transition between these three eras is fluid as we go back and forth.

This film fully deserves the commercial and critical success it has received. Here is a line from the movie that stayed with me long after I exited the theater: "Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of that do the things no one can imagine"
 

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