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Reviews
Shooter (2007)
A brave film to make
Characters in the film openly compare its own plot to the assassination of President Kennedy and the subsequent deaths of Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby. The implication is that Kennedy was murdered by a conspiracy involving business interests and the intelligence services.
At the start of the film, Swagger is researching 9/11. The implication presumably is that he does not believe the official lies.
Fuqua, Wahlberg, Glover and others should be congratulated for taking on this film and for getting it past the powers that use Hollywood as a propaganda tool.
Nine Lives (2002)
The worst film I've seen in years.
Stereotypic characters which made me ashamed to be British (I was watching the film abroad), hackneyed premise, unbelievable plot. Horror films work when you want people to survive. My final regret, therefore, was that they didn't all die. Only good news was that Paris Hilton gets killed off quickly, not I hope because she had another film set to go to. By the time she dies, Paris has stripped to her knickers, (shot from the back), and therefore exhausted her acting ability.
As for comments such as those of the guy, who wrote 'the return of British horror?' all I can say is 'don't agents ever feel shame'? Sure 'Nine lives' was a horror, but only to those people who still dream of a British film industry that makes good films. When will the people who finance British films realise that we don't all want to see films made by public school boys about their old school mates?
Cosas que olvidé recordar (1999)
Brilliant, imaginative
Does anyone know how I can buy a copy of this brilliant story of the Cuban-American immigrant experience, imaginatively told?
A bittersweet comedy in Spanish and English about a Cuban family that migrates to the United States. Robertico, Carmela and Roberto's youngest son, grow up feeling ashamed that his family might not be American enough. He has reached this conclusion by constantly watching American television and forming an opinion as to how Americans really are. Led by his desperation, he literally escapes into an American television sitcom in order to forget about his Cuban past. Not knowing what to do, his family prays to the Virgin Mary to ask for help. When the cultures clash, Robertico has to decide whether he is strong enough to withstand his own self-hatred, and learn not only self-esteem, but how to embrace his Cuban roots.