Year: 2001

Movie Review: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

Here’s a well-made war story, nicely shot and well-acted. The portraying of the Italian and German occupancy of Greek island Kefalonia is well-done. John Hurt as Pelagia’s father and the island doctor is superb, Nicolas Cage does a good job as the Captain from the title, Penelope Cruz does a good job of being beautiful […]

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Movie review: Dancer in the dark

A word to the wise – stay away from this film!!! If you’ve seen any of Lars von Trier’s work (I hadn’t), and based on what you’ve seen you decide to watch Dancer in the Dark, DON’T! It is horrible, depressing, sad, unhappy movie with an ending that makes Sommersby look like a comedy, and […]

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