“You’re funny kids you know that? It’s as if you don’t care about time passing, yet I know that you are in a hurry to leave. It’s as if you’re going nowhere, and yet you’re going somewhere…"
Landscape in the Mist starts innocent enough with two children going on a journey to find their father. However we soon find out that this is not a regular journey and the film turns pretty bleak rather quickly. It only turns slightly more…
"It's not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others."
After closing out 2024 with a rewatch of Seven Samurai, one of my top 10 favorite films of all-time. I thought I should do the same today and start 2025 with a rewatch of another top 10 favorite film.
12 Angry Men is 97 minutes of pure compelling arguments in mostly a single room. It's such a captivating feat I still haven't seen it done so well in any…
The Adventures of Achmed by Lotte Reiniger is a silent era animated feature film. It is based on tales from the classic folktales collection 'One Thousand and One Nights' also known as 'Arabian Nights'. The film was originally released in 1926 making this the oldest film I've seen that is written and directed by a woman and also the oldest animated film overall.
It's story is pretty decent, but nothing we haven't seen many times before now. But in it's…
"Worldly wealth corrupts souls and withers hearts. It makes men contemptuous, unjust, pitiless in their egoism. I understand the anger of those who have nothing when the rich feast so arrogantly."
Set in German occupied France during the second world war. Au Revoir Les Enfants is a coming of age tale that is primarily a story about friendship. Written and directed by Louis Malle, it is a very personal autobiographical film based on the French directors own childhood experience during…
When an executive of a shoe company is extorted into paying ransom for the kipnapped son of his driver. He is forced to chose between his dream to own a majority shareholding of the company, or to pay the ransom to save the boy but be put into a huge debt and lose his job, his house and his lifelong dream.
Let me first start this by saying, happy birthday Toshiro Mifune (1920 - 1997) Who would have been 101…
"Do you ever think of your wife as a predator?"
If seen many of daddy Cronenberg's films, but never any from his son Brandon. Even so I was actually quite looking forward to seeing this.
I think that Possessor has a good premise and a few very interesting ideas. I like it's lack of exposition and the more show don't tell approach. It's stylish and gory and has terrific moody synth music, all things I usually always enjoy and I…
ReVision liked Neeka B’s review of The Brutalist
ReVision added Robin Hood to his watchlist
ReVision added Robin and Marian to his watchlist
ReVision added Ivanhoe to his watchlist
ReVision added Robin Hood to his watchlist
