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.

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Indian Horse (2018)


Genre: Drama
Directed by: Stephen Campanelli
Cast: Sladen Peltier, Forrest Goodluck, Evan Adams, Michiel Huisman
Time: 100 minutes



Based on the Richard Wagamese novel of the same name, this film tells the story of Saul Indian Horse, a young native boy, which is uprooted from his family to be brought into the Indian residential school system. While at this school, Saul develops a passion for hockey and soon discovers that he has a natural ability for the sport that will lead him to leave the school for a foster family in a mining town.

This film is beautiful, though its absolute brutal honesty about the fate of all these native kids is so heartbreaking. Watching this movie touched me and made me so mad, it managed to intensify my aversion for organized religion and the people within it. What some folks will do in the name of God is absolutely disgusting.

I thoroughly recommend this film. It is sometimes intense and hard to take, due to its honest and direct take on things, but it is really well done. Indian Horse tugs at our heartstring, but never does so with cheap ploys and tools.
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