Showing posts with label Saffron Burrows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saffron Burrows. Show all posts

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Enigma (2001)




A young genius frantically races against time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves.

Fairly interesting thriller with good set pieces and a complex plot, but not that exciting or suspsenseful.

Halliwell (no star): "Stolidly old-fashionedmovie, in the style of Second World War propaganda films, that segues into an even more old-fashioned spy yarn of derring-do."

Maltin**1/2: "Great material...and faultless re-creation of the period ought to make for a top-notch film, but this one peters out as it becomes unfocused and - yes - confusing."

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Klimt (2006)



Austrian artist Gustav Klimt last thoughts and dreams while in his deathbed.

Despite production value and and some good performances this is a messy and pretentious effort to make a surrealist statement about art at the turn of the century.

Maltin*1/2: "Gorgeous but faux-artsy biopic...Pretentious, factually questionable, and annoyingly hallucinatory, elevated only by the luminous paintings and abundant nudity. A somnolent Malkovich makes not the slightest effort to sound anything but pure Illinoisan."


Thursday, March 7, 2013

Deep Blue Sea (1999)







Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the bait as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.

Slick, enjoyable, tongue-in-cheek deep sea shark thriller.

This is one of those movies German TV keeps repeating time and again, but I do enjoy watching it, cause it's got Saffron Burrows in it, and I like its humour. And again: I still enjoy it:-)

Halliwell (no star): "Basically a B movie on steroids, this delivers all the expected, and more than familiar, thrills and spills, but lacks suprise."

Maltin **1/2: "Sometimes-exciting combinationof JAWS and ALIEN has some surprises, but terrible dialogue and a preposterous premise."


Sunday, November 21, 2010

Deep Blue Sea (1999)




Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the bait as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.

Slick, enjoyable, tongue-in-cheek deep sea shark thriller.

This is one of those movies German TV keeps repeating time and again, but I do enjoy watching it, cause it's got Saffron Burrows in it, and I like its humour.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Circle of Friends (1995)



In the 1950s 3 Irish girlfriends go to college in Dublin and find friendship, love and some trouble.

Extremely well-made romance, one of those movies to take your date to, and you needn't feel bad about it either.

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