I think with the exception of something like Savage, this is maybe the Spielberg-film I had the least idea of before doing this project. So imagine my joy when I found myself really drawn into this opening; the wonderful mix of aerial sequences and steaming romance, Holly Hunter being spectacular and John Goodman being a loveable goof. Sure, it’s some broad, sentimental melodrama but it really worked on me. And then (spoilers but not really spoilers) Richard Dreyfus dies.
And…
I understand the sentiment that we live in some sort of landscape of “peak-tv” but I don’t really feel like I have the energy to keep up with all the (probably great) shows coming out these days. Instead, I often turn to filling out my blind-spots with some older shows and when Disney Plus added a bunch of old Fox-shows I decided to finally check out The X-Files. That was almost four years ago, but I immediately fell in love…
”Piglett, do you have a gun at home?”
Yes. That might very well be the single greatest quote in cinema history.
I've always loved Winnie the Pooh, as a kid, the books about him was some of my favorites - filled with odd (and surprisingly deep) characters and a humor that manages to be both cute and cleaver - and the Disney-adaptions are also very enjoyable. But honestly, this Russian adaption is probably the best I've seen.
Like oh my…
“We didn’t do anything”
“Then who killed the world?”
From the moment that Mad Max: Fury Road started, I couldn’t stop smiling. I sat through the entire first half of the movie with a giant smile on my face and partially even laughter, but by the end of the movie I had experienced both tears and gotten my mind blown to smithereens. George Miller’s fourth Mad Max movie is an action masterpiece, it packs in a superb soundtrack and so…
