Welcome to this week’s edition of my movie blog. It’s early this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday and it’s a short edition too. Thanksgiving is a time to thanks to all the people in your life. Whether it’s your family or your best friend, or people here on myspace, they are the people that make a difference in your life. So I want to say thank you to those people who have supporting me in my life outside myspace and to the people who read my entries every week and leave comments on myspace and/or blogspot , as they have given me back the joy of writing again, in time where not many people focus on writing or sharing their thoughts. Thank you and I hope you will continue to read my thoughts and reviews here and on the Myspace Film Community Page.
Reviews
Rating System
5 Stars – Highly Recommended
4 Stars – Recommended
3 Stars – Good / Average Film
2 Stars – Disappointing Film
1 Stars – Totally Awful
New Releases
Paris, Je T’aime (Paris, I Love You)
Paris Je T’aime is a unique film that takes place over 20 short films set in Paris with an outstanding list of actors and directors. The film is takes place in the neighborhoods of Paris where love is indirect, re-invented and lost. Twenty directors including, The Cohen Brothers (Fargo, No Country for Old Men), Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Children of Men) Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Last Days), Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream) and 15 other directors bring their own vision of Paris to the viewer in five minutes without any interference. Paris Je T’aime proves that cinema can be used effectively as an art form, in an age where most filmmakers only care making big budget effects films, but don’t tell that to the major studios. I liked how the producers let the directors do whatever they want, as the stories were very visually good and very interesting. My favorite films out of the bunch were The Cohen Brother’s Tuileries, Wes Craven’s Pere–Lachaise and Sylvain Chomet’s Tour Eiffel, Paris Je T’aime is a great escape for those who love cinema as an art form. For more information on this film you can goto http://www.myspace.com/paris_je_taime. 5 Stars. Rated R. 121 Mins.
DVD Pick of the Week
Seres queridos (Only human) (2006)
With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, I figured, this week’s DVD Pick of the Week has do something with family or dysfunctional family which is the case with this week’s pick. Only Human is a comedy about a woman who introduces her fiancé to her Jewish family, which includes her blind grandfather, her belly dancer sister with a five year old kid, her brother who’s very religious, her mother who’s going through pre-menopause and her father who hasn’t come home yet. Everything goes smoothly until the family finds out that her fiancé is Palestinian. Soon chaos ensures that might destroy their planned dinner, which includes her boyfriend dropping soup out of the window. Only Human is the funniest foreign-language film that I’ve seen. It’s movies like this that makes me appreciate the comedy genre. The writing in this film was excellent, as the characters were interesting and the story was funny. The acting in the film was good, as the actors seemed like they having a fun time making this film, as translates well to the film. This is the perfect film for whose, who are looking for a funny film to watch over the Thanksgiving weekend. Spanish with English Subtitles. Rated R. 86 Min.
That’s it for this week’s edition of the movie blog. I’ll be back with an all-new edition of the Underrated Film Blog on my myspace page, next Wednesday. Until then, have a happy thanksgiving.
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