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.

Monday, March 2, 2015

McFarland USA (2015)

Genre: Drama
Directed by: Niki Caro
Starring: Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Morgan Saylor
Running time: 129 minutes



Based on true events, McFarland tells the story of football coach Jim White, who gets fired from his teaching and coaching job after an altercation with a player. He moves to McFarland, California, a predominantly Mexican-American community, to teach and coach football. He finds that the high school kids there might not be at their best on the gridiron, but they sure can run. So, he decides to train them to become cross country runners.

McFarland is a very inspiring movie about kids who don’t have much hope for the future. From one generation to the other, they are produce-pickers and their lives are in the fields. Through sport, they managed to find a purpose and it pushed them to further heights than they could ever have imagined.

Every actor and actresses played their parts well here. No complaint from me there. Story might have dragged a bit and it might have gotten overly dramatic and patriotic at times (it is a Disney movie after all), but, overall, this is a very inspiring movie that is worth our time. It is also very nice to have a movie that shows us Mexican-American people in a positive light. What we see is a hard working group of people with strong family values, and that is something that is lost on many of us in this day and age.
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