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, July 15, 2018

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

Genre: Romantic Comedy
Directed by: Joel Coen
Starring: George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush
Running Time: 100 minutes
Miles Massey is a shark of a divorce lawyer, with an impeccable rate of results in his favor. After he ruins Marilyn Rexroth’s plans to get a huge money settlement out of her divorce from her husband, the frustrated woman strikes up a plan to seek revenge on the lawyer who put a kibosh on her plans.

Considering the Coen brothers wrote and directed this film and considering the main cast involved, I expected much better from this movie. The acting was badly over-the-top and it was really tough to get invested in the characters. The typical Hollywood ending was also predictable and lame.

A few lines made me laugh, but, overall, this is a very skippable title,
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