Scribbles and Ramblings

1) Intimate Strangers (Directed by Patrice Leconte, Produced by Alain Sarde): Rating 8/10 This is a classic French movie and has a few si...

1) Carandiru (directed by Hector ) : Rating 10/10 This movie is based on a true story. But as it turns out certain characters were chang...

1) La Belle noiseuse (aka The Beautiful Troublemaker) directed by Jacques Rivette: Rating 7/10 This 1991 French movie is all about Emman...

Well the festival is over. There were quite a few good movies that I saw and I even missed seeing some of the more popular festival movies. ...

The festival has reached its halfway point and what better time to take the night off and recharge for the final four movie packed days. So ...

Collateral (by Michael Mann): Rating either 10/10 or simply 3/10 Ok I admit I am a big fan of Tom Cruise. Despite the negative image of ...

This is a very quick summary of three movies I saw this weekend. 1) Elephant Juice (1999 movie by Sam Miller): Rating 5/10 The movie i...

1) Le Placard (The Closet) by Francis Veber: Rating 10/10 20 minutes into the Closet, I wanted to bet that the director was the same pers...

1) Mystic River (by Clint Eastwood): Rating 10/10. This was a movie loved by the critics & packed with stars -- Sean Penn, Tim Robbins...

1) Memories of Murder (by Joon-ho Bong): Rating a solid 8/10 Memories is based on the real life Serial killings in South Korea (around 19...

Battle Royale II (by Kinji & Kenta Fukasaku): Rating 5/10 Having been a huge fan of the Original movie, I was hesistant to watch this...

1) Heaven (by Tom Tykwer): Rating 7/10. 10/10 for the first half of the movie, 4/10 for the second half. What happens when you combin...

I will only focus on the commerical movies as opposed to the festival screenings. Also, next to each movie is a quick rating (out of 10). He...

Ah, what would the world be without the X-Files, Conspiracy theories and countless postings of the 'truth' on the internet? Why it w...

So many movies, so little time! It has been a while since the last update. So brace yourself for quite a few reviews:     1) PTU (Polic...