Friday, June 17, 2016

Eddie the Eagle: Impossible to Remain Indifferent


– Peary, is this not theft?
– It’s the Lost and Found, man. Come on. Some guy dropped 10 bucks on the street and you were to pick it up, would that be theft?
– Yes.
– What if you didn’t know it was missing?
– Then I’d give it to charity or something.
– Eddie, you ARE a charity.

Eddie the Eagle is a biographical sports half-comedy half-drama, which tells the real story of Eddie Edwards, the British ski jumper, who represented his country at the Winter Olympics in 1988.

Friday, June 10, 2016

How to Be Single and Other Girly Stuff

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How to Be Single turned out to be much better than I expected. What I expected was an ordinary comedy with a bunch of funny moments (best case scenario). In reality, it goes beyond what rom-coms usually offer. How to Be Single is funny, smart, touching, and I would even say that it is deep.


Sunday, February 28, 2016

The Danish Girl

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The Danish Girl is not just another movie to enjoy Eddie Redmayne’s remarkable performance. To tell the truth, I fell in love with this actor after The Theory of Everything, and his transformation in The Danish Girl is no less extraordinary (I am looking forward to his next movies!) Still, the supporting role performed by Alicia Vikander is just as good. While Redmayne’s part is what grabs your attention in the first place, that is Vikander’s touching performance that makes you keep watching. Both actors have been nominated for Oscar awards and even though they have strong competitors like Leonardo DiCaprio from The Revenant and Jennifer Jason Leigh from The Hateful Eight (my humble opinion :) I hope at least one of them will get it!


Thursday, February 25, 2016

Zootopia: It's called a hustle, sweetheart!

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Welcome to Zootopia, the world of intelligent animals! A place where predators and prey live in peace. A place where everyone can be anything and no one is stereotyped or underappreciated. In Zootopia, a cute little bunny can become a police officer and a cunning fox can be perceived as honest and selfless.

Well… Turns out it does not always work in that way.

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Experience never gets old

Давно не писала и каюсь. Времени становится все меньше, как для того, чтобы смотреть фильмы, так и для того, чтобы писать о них. Но стараюсь себе не изменять :).

Сейчас в кино идет настоящее чудо, рожденное Нэнси Майерс и реализованное благодаря тандему Роберта Де Ниро и Энн Хэтэуэй. Чудо, от которого поначалу я не ждала ничего чудесного. Уж простите за тавтологию. Трейлер ни о чем особенно не говорит, так что единственное, что заставило бы меня пойти на Стажера – это актерский состав. Однако наученная горьким опытом видеть любимых актеров в фильмах на троечку, от посещения кинотеатра сначала решила воздержаться. Рада, что обстоятельства изменились.