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, April 23, 2018

Truth or Dare (2018)

Genre: Horror
Directed by: Jeff Wadlow
Cast: Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane
Time: 100 minutes



A group of friends decide to travel to Mexico to spend Spring break together. While partying, one night, they get suckered into a haunted game of truth or dare with disastrous implications that will follow them home back to college.

The filmmakers here failed to make their film memorable enough to set it apart from other offerings in that genre. It is not really scary, the sadistic potential of the truth or dare game is never fully exploited; and the sexy possibilities were also left untapped. The acting was decent, but the actors and actresses were not given anything substantial to bite their teeth into. You never get to develop any kind of attachment to these characters, so, in the end, you don’t care what happens.

Overall, there were more missed opportunities than anything else here.
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