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, October 5, 2023

Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)

Genre: Horror
Directed by: Darren Lynn Bousman
Cast: Chris Rock, Max Minghella, Samuel L. Jackson
Time: 93 minutes

 


Detective Zeke Banks has earned the ire of many of his colleagues after snitching on a fellow cop who killed a man on duty years before. Now, people involved in that case are falling prey to an evil mastermind mimicking the Jigsaw Killer, and Banks clearly wants to get to the bottom of this case.

This is sort of a spinoff serving as the ninth installment in the Saw franchise. The presence of such people as Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson brought some freshness to the mix, but the ending fell kind of flat to me.

Rating: «««

 

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