Into The Wild

By Saepol — Tuesday, 5 February 2008 — Add Comment — USA

A very difficult story to tell but I find that Sean Penn's precise view of the main character is ambiguous, as he does not question its ...

Sleuth

By Saepol — Sunday, 3 February 2008 — Add Comment — Gay Interest, USA

Wow, I wasn�t expecting this and totally blew my mind! Very good Mr. Branagh! Of course I have seen the 1972 version with Laurence Oliver an...

Dedication

By Saepol — February 03, 2008 — Add Comment — USA

I believe that Justin Theroux is an actor that has been in strange roles and he delivers well, so it is not a surprise that in his directori...

The Namesake

By Saepol — Saturday, 2 February 2008 — Add Comment — India, USA

Mira Nair describes this movie as very personal for her as she was grieving a loss and this movie was a work of grief for her. Based on Jhum...

Feast of Love

By Saepol — Tuesday, 29 January 2008 — Add Comment — Lesbian Interest, USA

Is not that I�ve been avoiding this film, is that I have been delaying watching it as it seemed like another movie where they add a little l...

2008 Sundance Film Festival Awards Winners

By Saepol — Monday, 28 January 2008 — Add Comment — Festivals, USA

Yesterday they announced the awards winners and here are some of the honored feature films. The Grand Jury Prize : Dramatic was presented to...

14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Winners

By Saepol — January 28, 2008 — Add Comment — Awards, USA

Yesterday I watched the live telecast of the 2008 SAG awards and well it was kind of boring and with unpleasant surprises like Cate Blanchet...

The Golden Compass

By Saepol — January 28, 2008 — Add Comment — UK, USA

Absolutely agree with Nicole Kidman, she shouldn�t play villains and it is regrettable that she decided to please Philip Pullman (trilogy wr...

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

By Saepol — Friday, 25 January 2008 — Add Comment — UK, USA

Very, very Burtonesque and magnificent. Yes even I found it great. There is a lot of gore and red blood �this should have been named there w...

In The Valley of Elah

By Saepol — January 25, 2008 — Add Comment — USA

I was going to write that this movie is a hard to watch film but no, it is not. When you know the end then it is hard, but it is not until t...

80th Academy Awards News

By Saepol — January 25, 2008 — Add Comment — Awards, USA

Feel like sharing with you the poster of the 80 Years of Best Picture Winners (not to be confused with the official poster which is in the n...

The Kite Runner

By Saepol — Thursday, 24 January 2008 — Add Comment — USA

This Marc Foster film based on the novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini tells a very emotional tale about Amir, a well-to-do boy from K...

Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly).

By Saepol — Tuesday, 22 January 2008 — Add Comment — France, USA

Hypnotic. Emotionally Hypnotic. What a fabulous movie, unbelievably extraordinary and outstanding. This is a unique experience than not ofte...

Michael Clayton

By Saepol — January 22, 2008 — Add Comment — USA

I�m a fan of law stories thanks to my John Grisham and other writers addiction , so perhaps I have read too many law stories to find this on...

80th Academy Award Nominations

By Saepol — January 22, 2008 — Add Comment — Awards, USA

Just finished watching the live broadcast of the Oscar Nominations and there are some surprises like Laura Linney for Best Actress. Also saw...

Hard Candy

By Saepol — Thursday, 17 January 2008 — Add Comment — USA

One of my friends noticed here that I liked Ellen Page performance in Juno and suggested that I see this movie. So I did. Here we have a you...

Beowulf

By Saepol — January 17, 2008 — Add Comment — USA

I think I was expecting another 300 but have to say that is not at all. I liked 300 special effects and they truly marveled me, but here the...

There Will Be Blood

By Saepol — Wednesday, 16 January 2008 — Add Comment — USA

Have to say that Daniel Day-Lewis deserves all the accolades, honors, awards, and the Oscar, as he is VERY impressive especially when he pla...

80th Academy Awards News

By Saepol — January 16, 2008 — Add Comment — Awards, USA

Yesterday the Academy announced the short list of movies that will go into the second round of voting for Foreign Language and have to say t...

19th Palm Springs International Film Festival Winners

By Saepol — Tuesday, 15 January 2008 — Add Comment — Festivals, USA

Last Sunday the winners were announced and here they are. Audience Award, Best Feature: Then She Found Me , directed by Helen Hunt, USA FIPR...