Drama, Movies

The Holidays

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Two ladies (Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet) suffer romantic disappointments and feel they need to go away for the holidays. The swap their homes (LA and the British countryside) and want to chill out without men. Well, easier said than done… The trailer for this romantic comedy turned me off, but I was pleasantly image [Read More]
Diary

Mrs. Queen goes to Washington

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Queen Elizabeth is arriving in Washington in a few days. The state dinner at the White House is billed as the social event of Bush’s presidency. George Tenet is not on the guest list. The press is full of stories about whether George Bush will be able to behave as one is supposed to in image [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Heaven

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The film reminded me that good art is not artificial. Great art heightens our awareness of reality. Heaven fails because it feels contrived and artificial. Cate Blanchett has one scene in which she unleashes her full acting ability. But she cannot make up for a week script written by Krzysztof Kieslowski, who I image [Read More]
Drama, Movies

Miss Potter

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Miss Potter portrays the life of the best-selling British children’s book author Beatrix Potter. Many authors invent fantastic stories while leading relatively boring lives. Mrs. Potter falls into this category. A film about her life has very little drama to work with. Not much happens on the screen. This is the image [Read More]
Movies, Phantasy

Happy Feet

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This musical on ice cannot compete with Pixar’s animated films as far as plot is concerned. But some if its Southpole animations can rival what Pixar pulled off in Finding Nemo. The film initially covers similar territory as The March of Penguins but then turns into a fantasy about singing Penguins. One Penguin image [Read More]
Humor, People

Justin Timberlake’s Reflection on Singlehood

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In a recent interview, Justin Timberlake, who in January split with Cameron Diaz (his costar in Shrek pictured on the right, who also attended the press day), said being single has its ups and downs: “The advantages are that you don’t get in as many arguments, and the disadvantage is that you’re talking to yourself.” Apparantly, image image [Read More]
Drama, Movies

The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)

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  i]Good Bye Lenin[/i] turned the collapse of the German “Democratic” Republic into a comedy. There is not a single moment in The Lives of Others you feel like laughing. The film chronicles how an estimated 91,000 full-time employees and 300,000 informants recruited by Ministry for State Security (Stasi) helped the communist party to keep image [Read More]