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It Chapter Two (2019)
Don't even bother
I wanted to see part II so badly because I really liked part I (surprisingly, for I didn't care that much for the original film) AND because of its stellar cast!
My goodness, what a disappointment!
A fragmented screenplay, no character build up, a very weak story... I do suggest you stay with Chapter I and forget the rest.
Cuando los ángeles duermen (2018)
What does it take...
... to transform a good person into a killer?
How many attempts to correct a horrible situation a person can try before giving it up?
People who criticized the main characters for making bad choices seemly forget that that's exactly what humans do and that is what this film is all about - a problematic and neurotic teenager, a stressed and tired sub-manager (forget the "CEO thing" of the synopsys) having the worst day of his life and a whole lot of expectations gone bad.
Worth watching!
Lavender (2016)
A good story that deserved much better
Deserved a much better lead actress, for example. Abbie Cornish is totally apathetic, disinterested at acting, sometimes delivering out-of- place loud responses that comes from nowhere and most of the time keeping a vacant look that says nothing and feels nothing. The costumes she wear are a horrible hillbilly attempt at "country" fashion; the script deserved better sequences (there is no justification for her to stay at the hospital for so long, for example, for from day one she shows no injuries whatsoever...) and so on.... Not worth viewing.
Journey Into Fear (1943)
There is one thing to look forward in this film...
...which is the excellent performance by Orson Wells! While the whole cast seems to simply deliver their lines (as was the style of acting in the 40's), Orson Wells truly lives his (small) role, delivering a real performance among crudely exaggerated parts by other actors! The script is frustrating, the story ends without a very much needed development - the promised plot offered some good possibilities but none were taken. The opening scene, for example, is really exciting and one could even expect a movie with the suspense levels of a Hitchcock's but the expectation soon dies out. Physically the roles were well cast but one would expect much more in terms of acting...and I've seen great acting in films from the 40's so age is no excuse.
Criminal Minds: A Shade of Gray (2009)
One of the best of the series!
I admit that most episodes of Criminal Minds don't get me too excited - the finding of the criminal is most of the times too easy, or too simple, or even boring... but not this one!
Although anyone who is versed in cinematic tricks (such as focusing the story over a character a little bit too much for them not to be a suspect...)could easily at least be suspicious of who really "done it", this episode had a few good surprises and the real resolution of the case was very very good!!
It touched on a very interesting subject, not very common in scripts...
You will understand when you watch it!