Nick Cassavetes directed another movie that deals with illness (first one was John Q), this time he created a true masterpiece. After her daughter Kate was diagnosed with cancer, her mother Sara will try everything in her power to keep her alive, even if that means giving birth to another daughter that will be used [...]
Archive for the ‘Drama’ Category
This little gem is coming to us from Australia. Although they are known throughout the world with Crocodile Dundee, Mad Max and Ozploitation movies, this movie signifies other genres that are emerging from the there. A family drama wrapped with subtle humor, but above all with a very realistic portrayal of life and hardships that [...]
This is a very hard movie to watch, it depicts lives of four drug addicts and their downward spiral into emptiness. Along with their miserable lives, this movie also critics American society, television and drugs in general. Unlike The Trainspotting that had more humorous view on drugs this movie is something that is the ultimate [...]
Very strange flick, with viewers divided into two groups, one who think that the movie is utter garbage and other who praise it. Truth is, as always, somewhere in the middle,but my personal opinion is that it is really good. Again, as many movies before (Office Space, in a comedic style, Falling Down) this movie [...]
Another great movie coming from Europe, this time France. It is very disturbing and I do not mean disturbing because something disgusting and sick was shown but disturbing because it is so realistic and believable. Excellent directing and perfect casting, especially for the role of Malik El Djebena in combination with awesome script really realistically [...]
Very strange flick with a lot of big names. I was wandering how did I not notice it back then, but after I saw it, it was obvious. Although the script was good, the acting was mediocre, and Alec was definitely not the man for this type of character. His attempt to be a director [...]
Another movie that tries to bring life to a novel that bases its story around drugs. Although the pace is a little slower, the movie is still interesting to watch, well I guess that nudity and provocative themes did their job. The story is set in the turbulent eighties, in a upscale decadent world of [...]
This movie is hard to categorize and label, yes it is a drama, but there are a lot of humor in it too. It is subtle, but still present. Henry Carter is shrink who suffered a personal tragedy and is having trouble dealing with it. The more you know, the more harder it gets to deal [...]
David Cronenberg directed this movie, so I had high hopes that it will be as good as any other. This was partially true. Ralph Fiennes plays Spider, a quiet and slightly mentally disturbed man. He arrives to a nursing home for the slightly insane people, where he will relive his childhood and the events that [...]
David Helfgott is a child prodigy. He plays the piano like no other child, and as he is growing up his father keeps pushing him to reach his limits. You often see this kind of the abuse in young tennis players, and I guess that extends to any other type of competition. Pushed beyond its [...]
The other man, the title says it all. This is a movie about infidelity and all the fucked up stuff that appears when it happens. It seems to bring out all the insecureness in a man or a women. Lisa (Laura Linney) and Peter (Liam Neeson) lived a happy life, and Peter was quite satisfied [...]
What a great movie. Aberdeen is that type of drama where there are comical elements, so it is easier to swallow all the hard stuff. Characters and situations are portrayed really realistically, and you have a feeling that it is all real and happening right now. Kaisa is a successful lawyer with a drug problem, [...]
Another movie with the same name, I guess they run out of imagination on this one. So the very emotional and touching story about how people are detached and how the slightest decisions that you make can make a great impact on your life. Great cast and production values, that just complete the picture of [...]
Father Greg Pilkington has a secret, a very big secret. I am just gonna leave you without the trailer for this one, because of want you to be surprised as I was when I first saw it. This a very controversial movie that deals with pedophilia, homosexuality and religion. It is very disturbing and intense, [...]
A fuckin masterpiece. There are no words to explain the complexity of the events that are unfolding in a movie and with what simplicity those events are portrayed to us, viewers. Story is somewhat based on a true events, but a bit altered. The story follows the life of Graham Young, a teenager who finds [...]
There are a lot of discussions about this movie, but I personally found him very watchable. The story is a bit slow paced, but that`s how the director pictured it. People are suddenly losing their ability to see, and it is suspected that this is caused by a virus. They are put into a quarantine, [...]
Mainstream drama about teens and their troubles fitting in, but it has something that will draw you in and make you watch it. It`s a bit fast paced, so do not expect classic slow drama. I do not know if it the whole on the edge-of-pedophilia dressing or just the message. Cast is perfect, everyone [...]
This movie tries to explain the life of legendary Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who use bath in the blood of virgins to stay forever young. Filmography is beautiful, lots of great sights and very sexual and provocative scenes, not too much provocative because this is after all European mainstream production effort. It tries to be a [...]
At first glance this movie looks like a classic chick flick. but it`s much, much more than that. It has that sensual look, that type of story and characters that draws you in, and locks your attention to the screen. Story revolves around Jean-Baptiste Grenouille who has an extraordinary sense of smell, he will use [...]
Well I cannot really say that this movie is fucked up like the rest of the fucked up bunch, I mean Kids, Ken Park, Mysterious Skin, and others, but it`s fucked up in it`s own way. Follows the lives of several students living the life to the fullest, drugs, sex, alcohol, parties, being gay, just [...]



