Friday, May 31, 2019
First Lines: Neil Gaiman - Stardust
There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart's Desire.
Bron/Broen Season 4 (2018)
Saga and Henrik are brought together once again to solve a series of macabre and gruesome murders that start when a high-ranking government officer, the director general of the Immigration Service, is stoned to death.
Although production, cinematography and the cast uphold the quality of the previous seasons, this final installment overlaods the plot and its many subplots to an almost incomprehensible tale; still, its hero Saga Norén will missed.
Extraction (2015)
A former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.
Quite mediocre spy thriller with lots of standard car chases, shoot-outs and duels, but hardly any substance.
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
First Lines: William Gibson - All Tomorrow’s Parties
Through this evening's tide of faces unregistered, unrecognized, amid hurrying black shoes, furled umbrellas, the crowd descending like single organism into the station's airless heart, comes Shinya Yamazaki, his notebook clasped beneath his arm like the egg case of some modest but moderately successful marine species.
Conte d'été (1996)
In a resort town in Brittany, a shy mathematics student has come to enjoy a vacation with his girlfriend, but before she arrives, he finds his attention drawn to two other women.
Excellently unostentatious tale of a young man's tribulations concerning attraction, commitment and love.
Halliwell*: "Slight and inconsequential tale of an indecisive protagonist drifting through life, given a certain charm by the performances."
Free Fire (2016)
Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival.
Basically one long drawn-out shoot-out is decently staged; combined with a colorful cast of characters it holds one's interest to the end.
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Monday, May 27, 2019
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