Saturday, October 31, 2015

New York


Coney Island, July 4, New York 1949, photo by Andreas Feininger

Anna Selezneva


First Lines: Simon Brett - What Bloody Man Is That?


Charles Paris looked out from the bar of the Pinero Theatre, Warminster, over the gathering September twilight, and felt mildly guilty that he wasn't really listening to what Gavin Scholes was saying.

Hailee Steinfeld


ph: Bruce Weber

Lisbon


Oceanário, October 2015

Gabrielle Union


A day in the life, Oct 29


A day in the life, Oct 29, the thing in the wall

Michaela Bercu


ph: Chris Gbur

New Stuff: Olimpia Splendid


Olimpia Splendid are Heta, Jonna and Katri, an all-female trio from Finland.

Greta Garbo


Lies & Illusions (2009)


A self help author is hunted by thugs who believe the writer holds millions of dollars in diamonds stolen by his dead fiancée.

Not so convincing thriller which offers an uneven mixture of suspense and humor.

Misty Downs


ph: Oscar Correcher

New Stuff: The Dead Weather


Didn't want to miss out their new album.


Viktoriya Sasonkina


ph: David Agbodji

Armored (2009)


A newbie guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $42 million, but a wrinkle in their supposedly foolproof plan divides the group, leading to a potentially deadly resolution.

High-tension heist drama with an impressible cast, well done, but all for the usual 'crime doesn't pay' result.

Maltin**: "A throwback to low-budget B movies of yore, this OK actioner will neither overly impress nor greatly disappoint genre fans."

Milena Scheller


New Stuff: Peanuts


Next volume for my ongoing collection.

Tilda Lindstam


ph: Richard Burbridge

Earthflight (2011) (TV)


A nature documentary about a bird's-eye view of the natural world, joining the journeys of snow geese, cranes, albatrosses, eagles and other birds across six continents.

Top quality nature shooting, nice to watch, but not really that insightful.

Natasha Poly


Friday, October 30, 2015

New Stuff: Jarboe


A bit ambarassing, but this is the first Jarboe album I have purchased.


Who's That Girl?


Art: Yana Moskaluk

Lisa Haag


Lisbon


Oceanário, October 2015

Camille Rowe


ph: Christophe Meimoon

Window faces


Lisbon, October 2015

Nyasha Matonhodze


ph: Carter Bowman

A day in the life, Oct 28


A day in the life, Oct 28, objet trouvé

Ara Choi


ph: Kim Bo Sung

New York


1940s NYC

Magdalena Frackowiak


ph: Jan Welters

First Lines: Ed McBain - Sadie When She Died


Detective Steve Carella wasn't sure he had heard the man correctly.

Sofia Fanego


Lisbon


Oceanário, October 2015

Caroline Silta


A day in the life, Oct 27


A day in the life, Oct 27, at work

Sienna King


New Stuff: Asterix


Never missed out on a new Asterix.

Elisabeth Erm


ph: Zee Nunes

New Stuff: Kate Bush


A luxurious book with photos all through Kate's life and career by her brother John Carder Bush.

Kiki Visser

Diabolique (1996)



The wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.

Superfluous remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic which proves that a star cast and adequate production don't necessarily result into a great movie.

Halliwell (no star): "An appalling remake of  Henri-Georges Clouzot's masterly Les Diaboliques; it is boring, badly made and miserably acted."

Maltin*1/2: "Top-notch cast founders in this amazingly monotonous (not to mention crude and embarassing) redo of the 1955 classic...This dreary film thoroughly trashes the memory of the original - and even the made-for-TV remakes!"


Allyson Ertel


New Stuff: Vic Chesnutt


Kristin Hersh remembering her time with the late Vic Chesnutt.

Sky Ferreira


ph: Alasdair McLellan

Back to the Future Part III (1990)


Enjoying a peaceable existence in 1885, Doctor Emmet Brown is about to be killed by Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen, so Marty McFly travels back in time to save his friend.

Satisfyingly exciting comclusion of the series, this time as an amusing Western parody and with a nice romantic interest for the doctor.

Halliwell***: "Good-natured fun at the expense of calssic Western movies."

Maltin***1/2: "Delightful conclusion to this time-travel trilogy...The dormant movie Western gets a major dose of adrenaline from this high-tech, high-powered comic adventure, which offers great fun, dazzling special effects, and imagination to spare. There's real movie magic at work here."

Yuliana Bondar


ph: Della Bass

New Stuff: Tesis


Wanted to see this one for quite a while.