Friday, July 20, 2012
First Lines: Daniel Handler Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events
If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
George Gershwin is a driven composer whose need to succeed destroys his relationship with singer Julie Adams and socialite Christine Gilbert.
Wonderfully directed and played bio-pic with lots of music, of course.
Crossing Over (2009)
A multi-character canvas about immigrants of different nationalities struggling to achieve legal status in Los Angeles.
Not too complex multi-layered movie which creates a depressing portrait of America and its immigration policies.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Two singers, best friends Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris pursued by a private detective hired by Lorelei's fiancé's disapproving father to keep an eye on her, a rich, enamoured old man and many other doting admirers.
Silly, but highly entertaining comedy.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
First Lines: Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho
ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE is scrawled in blood red lettering on the side of the Chemical Bank near the corner of Eleventh and First and is in print large enough to be seen from the backseat of the cab as it lurches forward in the traffic leaving Wall Street and just as Timothy Price notices the words a bus pulls up, the advertisement for Les Miserables on its side blocking his view, but Price who is with Pierce & Pierce and twenty-six doesn't seem to care because he tells the driver he will give him five dollars to turn up the radio, "Be My Baby" on WYNN, and the driver, black, not American, does so.
Monday, July 16, 2012
On ne meurt que 2 fois (1985)
The inspector Staniland as always try to put himself in the place of the victim, this time an unsuccessful pianist.
Raunchy, but captivating psychological crime mystery.
Firewall (2006)
A security specialist is forced into robbing the bank that he's protecting, as a bid to pay off his family's ransom.
Fairly suspenseful thriller slightly above standard.
