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.

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Criminal (2016)

Genre: Action / Thriller
Directed by: Ariel Vromen
Cast: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones
Running time: 113 minutes



After one of their agents, Bill Pope, gets tortured and killed on duty while trying to stop a Spanish industrialist from getting some nuclear bypass codes from a hacker known as The Dutchman, the CIA decides to ask Dr. Micah Franks if Pope’s memories can be transplanted into a living being so The Dutchman can be located and the codes secured. Franks says it can be done and chooses violent convict Jerico Stewart as the perfect candidate, because of the effects of some childhood trauma on his brain.

This film was trashed by critics, but I liked it. To me, it was heavily carried by Kevin Costner’s performance. I’ve never been one of his biggest fans, but it was something different from him here, and he did a good job of it. The story was a bit convoluted and required a huge suspension of disbeliefs, and some of the acting was over the top, but, for some reason, I could not help get invested in the characters and their fate. I was entertained.
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