According to my all-time stats this is actually the first Finnish film I've ever even seen so I'll be doing some research but am also open towards some recommendations for what Finnish films I should be watching next. So as for this film itself it's one that masterfully deals with it's themes of grief, trauma and acceptance.
Dealing with a middle aged man named Juha (Pekka Strang) who lost his wife due to an accidental drowning. When he went to…
I've mentioned in a review that I work in Hospitality before but I hadn't specifically mentioned the fact that I'm a Chef by trade and I guess it's really just because it was never a subject that really fit into any film I was talking about. As soon as I left High School I studied to become a Chef and worked as one from the age of 17 all the way up to 30. I've actually had a break from…
Flanagan is back with yet another gorgeously shot, brilliantly acted and consistently engaging gothic horror/drama miniseries. Set in modern times and loosely based on short stories by Edgar Allen Poe The Fall of the House of Usher is fantastic with it's characters and is effective in it's overall execution.
Fassbender plays a convincingly cold assassin in Finchers latest neo-noir crime thriller. The Killer is an effective and stylish slow burn that has an especially great soundtrack and score as well as some impressive sound design and cinematography. I was always compelled and entertained, only didn't exactly think it was great but it's fittingly intense and is one that will stick with me for a while I think.
Martin Scorsese had suffered a near fatal cocaine overdose just before this was made and the biography of Jake LaMotta was shown to Scorsese by De Niro during a hospital visit and that's how we eventually got this masterpiece. Scorsese is said to have felt this could have been his last film and it's intensity and rawness can actually be hard to stomach at times but it feels so personal and you just can't look away. The beautiful black and…
This film is Based on of the life of T. E. Lawrence who was most famous for leading armies of Arabian tribes in military campaigns going against the Ottoman Empire in World War I. The film was directed by renowned filmaker David Lean and Peter O'Toole starred as Lawrence in one of the greatest performances I've ever seen in a film and I'll go into more detail with that soon. So it was beautifully shot in 70mm with such care…
