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.

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Dark Crimes (2016)

 

Genre: Drama
Directed by: Alexandros Avanas
Starring: Jim Carrey, Marton Csokas, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Running time: 92 minutes

 


While investigating the murder of a businessman, a detective named Tadek starts seeing resemblances between that case and the work of a novel author named Kozlov. Tadek starts digging deeper and deeper into that case, at the detriment of his personal life.

I hated that film. The story had potential, but the pace was so slow and the tone made it all so heavy and dry that it was hard to stay interested in it all. I have been a Jim Carrey fan since I was a teenager, all through various cinematic experiments, and I can say that this is the first film involving him that I absolutely loathed. Some were not as good, but this bad; it is a first. He seemed out of place, and the rest of the acting performances were not any more inspired. This film should be avoided, unless morbid curiosity is your thing.

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