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ASSASSIN’S CREED

December 20, 2016 By Leave a Comment

ASSASSIN’S CREED

I am not familiar with the video game on which ASSASSIN’S CREED is based, so I cannot speak to whether or not this cinematic translation has captured its essence.  I can speak, however, to the befuddling bifurcation of said translation.  Part straight-up action film, part would-be contemplation of the pros and cons of free will,… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a video game, execution, genetic memory, Inquistion, Parkour, Spain

FLOWERS (Loreak)

January 20, 2016 By Leave a Comment

FLOWERS (Loreak)

A sweet melancholia pervades FLOWERS. The juxtaposition of life’s relentless move forward and the cryptic nature of human identity that confounds, delights, and charms work in tandem in this quietly powerful and unconventional love story. Moving on is the theme that ties the two tangential storylines together. In the first, Ane (Nagore Aranburu) learns that… Read More »

Tagged With: Basque, bouquets, husband, mother-in-law, secret admirer, Spain, wife

THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY

There is one overwhelming question about THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY. Why isn’’t this a better flick? It certainly has all the right elements. The cast, led by Henry Cavill and Sigourney Weaver, are solidly committed. The story is the kind that Hitchcock loved. An innocent man plunged into a life-and-death situation not of his… Read More »

Tagged With: car chase, espionage, family dynamics, father-son relationship, hitmen, Madrid, secret agents, Spain

VANTAGE POINT

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

VANTAGE POINT

VANTAGE POINT takes a storyline that is a middling throwback to the Cold War paranoid fantasies of a half-century ago and tries to jazz it up with a multi-view narrative. The device makes the most of doing the requisite slow reveal of exactly what happened before, during, and after a terrorist attack in Spain, but… Read More »

Tagged With: assassination, cable news, espionage, President, Spain, terrorism

Martin Sheen & Emilio Estevez Find THE WAY

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

The seeds of the idea for THE WAY, about a man walking an ancient pilgrimage route with his son’s ashes, began years ago when actor Martin Sheen was on vacation with his grandson, Estevez’s son, and he wanted to drive the pilgrimage route of El Camino de Santiago in Spain. Over time, the story changed, but… Read More »

Tagged With: book to screen, El Camino de Santiago, Emilio Estevez, father-son relationship, Jack Hitt, Martin Sheen, Spain

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