benny-rigaux-bricmont Reviews

The Third Man (1949)

Still one of the best in the genre

[10/10 · 30 December 2023]

December 2023. Watching this 4k restauration confirms that this masterpiece has not aged a day. Just still speechless. The acting, the images and, indeed, the soundtrack are just perfect. Nothing to do with the version I saw in the fifties which was so truncated that it was hard to understand what was going on. Fortunately I saw it again in the Musée du Cinéma at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels in a much better version. Then I really thought that it was a masterpiece. Watching it now confirms that I was not wrong at the time. Looks like I still need 40 characters to be eligible with this review. So I will finish with two words: Forever Outstanding.

Escape Clause (1996 TV Movie)

It makes no sense

[4/10 · 12 June 2022]

Completely unbelievable. And, to top it off, the CN train doesn't even stop after wrecking a car? Well the conductor was probably calling an insurance company.

Babylon 5 (1993–1998)

In coda venenum

[7/10 · 25 December 2019]

Was a perfect series until season 5 which would be unexpectedly the last one. Rather than wasting the last two episodes with tearful good byes, it would have been much better to wrap up a lot of the previous characters'story lines.

The Mystery of Henri Pick (2019)

Missing link

[6/10 · 15 March 2019]

Not obvious the real writer of the book knows russian as he was supposed to at some point in the movie.

Transit (I) (2018)

Remarkable

[8/10 · 16 November 2018]

Very well acted this movie reproduces perfectly the depressing mood of the time when the book was written(1944). Great idea to place it in the modern France.