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cloverfield

cloverfield(2008)
Director:
Matt Reeves
Genre:
Action / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller more
Plot Outline:
Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.
* out of 5, i liked the idea of special visual fx on a common videocamera, but, in the end it looked like a too big video for youtube and the only feeling i had in the end was nausea.
caos calmo

caos calmo(2008)
Director:
Antonio Luigi Grimaldi
Genre:
Drama / Romance more
Plot Outline:
A look at the strange bereavement behavior of an Italian executive. Based on a novel by Sandro Veronesi.
** out of 5, all the scenes with the music were really useless dominant over the images, and the movie couldn t be good if we did not think of moretti as a moretti
Sukkar banat

Caramel(2007)
Director:
Nadine Labaki
Plot Outline:
A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women going in Beirut.
**** out of 5, about love, from a very female point of view in an incredible mediterranean beyrouth.
Se, jie
sicko

sicko(2007)
Director:
Michael Moore
Writer (WGA):
Michael Moore (written by)
Release Date:
24 August 2007 (Italy) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Tagline:
This might hurt a little. more
Plot Outline:
A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories
*** out of 5, for once in my life i can see that something works better in italy
Mio fratello è figlio unico

Mio fratello è figlio unico(2007)
Director:
Daniele Luchetti
Genre:
Comedy / Crime / Drama more
Plot Outline:
Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the ’60s and ’70s.
** out of 5, kinda weak, too bad.
The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Director:
David Frankel
Genre:
Comedy / Drama more
Plot Outline:
A naive young woman comes to New York and scores a job as the assistant to one of the city’s biggest magazine editors, the ruthless and cynical Miranda Priestly
* out of 5, save your time, get an episode of ugly betty and you will have the same result
Milyang

Secret Sunshine (2007)
Director:
Chang-dong Lee
Genre:
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Plot Outline:
Sin-ae moves with her son Jun to Miryang, the town where her dead husband was born. As she tries to come to herself and set out on new foundations, another tragic event overturns her life.
*** out of 5, an incredible interpretation of pain, in its most unbearable aspect, the impossibility to be accepted.
War Photographer

War Photographer (2001)
Director:
Christian Frei
Genre:
Documentary
Plot Outline:
Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.
**** out of 5. just to have a glimpse of the power of communication through the images.

