There was a time when Hollywood worked under the so-called star system. On broad terms, the industry would elevate some actors and actresses to Olympian levels, creating a Midas-like aura around them and everything they touched. This would fuel the dream-like, subtle qualities around their objects, assuring that their only presence in a movie would… Continue reading The Fall Guy
Category: Corners
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
While I do not usually talk about video games in my Corners, I want to make an exception for this one. This video game is the most similar to my ideal of what a perfect video game should be amongst all I have played. The Prince of Persia series of video games stands strong as… Continue reading Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
You Can’t Take It With You
In general terms, since last year I barely have forces to concentrate myself in watching a movie for 2 hours without getting sleepy. Who would had thought about it! Since I certainly missed the feeling I always had after watching a good film, I kind of forced myself to return and asked my father about… Continue reading You Can’t Take It With You
Barbenheimer
I have wanted to write this text for an extended amount of time. Ever since I first saw the teasers that showed the conception of the two movies that concern us this time I have been possessed by some kind of infantile enchantment. It had some air of mythical. Headlines like “First shots of Greta… Continue reading Barbenheimer
Suzhou River
Not every day you have the opportunity to watch a nationwide forbidden movie directly in a theater. Even in fewer days this opportunity comes, no more and no less, restored in 4K. I read in the brochure I picked the interview to the director after delighting myself in this lovely film, but the reasons for… Continue reading Suzhou River
Love Life
Japan, France, 2022 Drama, Slice of Life Low-key Mainstream Trailer It is always a pleasure to me to return to the screening rooms for one of these charming made in Japan domestic stories. The friend that came with me -mostly acquainted with more “mainstream” authors, historic dramas, action flicks or manganime-, pointed at the particular… Continue reading Love Life
John Wick
Last Friday I went to the rehearsal of John Wick 4. It was fun. Coincidentally, it was the fourth time I go to the cinema in 2023. I blame that damn burnout!! So, I want to believe that some kind of cosmic conjoinment was the culprit of me wanting to return to my dear Movie… Continue reading John Wick
Mantícora
Spain, 2022 Suspense/Drama Author Work Trailer Mantícora (“Manticore”) is the newest work of Spanish cult filmmaker Carlos Vermut. My story with this man is verily something unusual to have happened -the first time I heard about him was in a local Comic Con almost a decade ago. Back then, he was promoting in a side… Continue reading Mantícora
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Australia/Turkey/UK, 2022 Drama/Fantasy Author Work Trailer Ever since humans developed a culture of their own, or perhaps even before, storytelling has been there. Stories do not only serve as amazing entertainment, but also can bear further purposes. Expression of feelings and art, lessons hidden within them, knowledge from our past and present… or even the… Continue reading Three Thousand Years of Longing
The Night of the Hunter
USA, 1955 Drama/Horror Classic Trailer My story with this film is accidental. I have known about it for ages, ever since I was way younger and more impressionable than now. Back then, I learned about its existence in a comic I used to read, where a detailed prompt of its plot was given. From that… Continue reading The Night of the Hunter