Saturday, January 4, 2020

First Lines: Scott Lynch - The Lies of Locke Lamora


Locke Lamora's rule of thumb was this: a good confidence game took three months to plan, three weeks to rehearse, and three seconds to win or lose the victim's trust forever.

Nadine Leopold


ph: Nick Thompson

A day in the life, Nov 13


A day in the life, Nov 13, tree

Vanessa Hudgens


New Stuff: Steve Brusatte


Naomi Campbell


The Mob (1951)


Johnny Damico botches a murder case and is suspended from the force. In reality, he is put undercover to identify the mysterious boss of the NY waterfront who has murdered everyone in his way.

Above-average crime drama is tough and suspenseful with a great cast, but Broderick Crawford sure-handedly runs the show.

Halliwell*: "Tough, lively thriller with effectively sustained mystery and a serial-like finale."

Maltin***: "Crawford is tough as nails as undercover cop...Sharp dialogue..., good suspense in this combination crime drama-whodunit."

Adwoa Aboah


ph: Brianna Capozzi

New Stuff: Robert Jordan


Thursday, January 2, 2020

The Movies I Watched in December

8 Femmes 2002  5
The Aeronauts 2019  6 
Attack of the Giant Leeches 1959  4
The Autopsy of Jane Doe 2016  6 
Big Ass Spider!  2013  5
Le calde notti di Poppea 1969  4
Ceremony 2010  5 
The Cured 2017  6
Dead Men Walk 1943 5  
Design For Living 1933  7 


Destroyer 2018  7

 
Doctor Zhivago 2002  6
Genius 2016  6 
Gremlins 1984  6 
Gremlins 2: The New Batch 1990  7


Hell Is For Heroes 1962  6
The Homesman 2014  7


I Love you Phillip Morris 2009  6 
Ice Spiders 2007  4
The Irishman 2019  9


The Light Between Oceans 2016  6
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Season 3 2019  7

 
Momentum 2015  6
Pacific Rim: Uprising 2018  6 
Philomena 2013  7 


Repo Men 2010  6
The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior 2008  5 
The Secret Life of Pets 2016 7

 
Silent Night 2012 5
Tri orísky pro Popelku 1973  8

 
The Two Popes 2019  7



Weit. Die Geschichte von einem Weg um die Welt 2017  6
You, Season 2 (2019)




Louise Brooks


New Stuff: Dies Buch ist pure Fälschung


Who's That Girl?


Photographer: Vincent van de Wijngaard

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Skye Stracke


ph: Markus Pritzi

A day in the life, Nov 12


A day in the life, Nov 12, leaf

Michelle Gutknecht


New York


Chrysler Building spire construction (1929)

Freja Beha Erichsen


First Lines: Elmore Leonard - The Hot Kid


Carlos Webster was fifteen the day he witnessed the robbery and killing at Deering's drugstore.

Alexina Graham


ph: Christopher Fenner

A day in the life, Nov 11


A day in the life, Nov 11, smile

Estella Boersma


ph: Tom Schirmacher

New Stuff: Simon Barnes


Ho Yeon Jung


ph: Mathilde Agius

The King (2019)



Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life.

Great historical drama with great period detail, cinematography, amazing battle scenes and overall good performances - and a twist ending of sorts.

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Morgane Dubled


New Stuff: An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments


Mia Kirshner


Quiet Please: Murder (1942)


A book thief and forger sells a fake book to a Nazi through a female agent, and a detective tries to uncover who the forger is and gets in the middle of a three way struggle for rare books and revenge in a public library.

Interesting crime drama with a rather complex plot playing mainly in a library; George Sanders steals the show, though.

Halliwell*: "Unusual, stylish second feature."

Maltin**1/2: "Offbeat, intriguing yarn...Murder and romance expertly woven into story."


Tanya Dziahileva


ph: Jacques Habbah

New Stuff: Richard David Precht


Who's That Girl?


Art: Gastone Bellincampi

Aymeline Valade


A day in the life, Nov 10


A day in the life, Nov 10, Schloß Puchberg, Wels. Austria

Amilna Estevão


ph: Anna Palma

New York


Holland Tunnel construction (1924)