24 April 2020. We’re still in lockdown as far as big-screen theatres are concerned. So here is another list of 10 excellent films from the past for you to view/download until life gets back to “normal”… Enjoy, and stay safe and healthy. REMAINS OF THE DAY FARGO FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS FORREST GUMP MOONSTRUCK MY COUSIN […]
FILM: More unforgettable classics
17 April 2020. We all miss our freedom of movement, casual gatherings whenever, going to restaurants, touching people. We miss being carefree about health. But maybe we’re also learning to appreciate other, quieter things in our lives. As someone said, “If you can’t go out, go in…”. When you’re under pressure, a great deal of […]
FILM: 12 outstanding classics
10 April 2020. Dear frustrated cinephiles, would 12 classics satisfy you for the coming week? These are all outstanding films that will once again take you into another realm, whether musical, romantic, thriller or a boxing classic. Many of these can be found on YouTube or other sites (as I said, ask your kids). More […]
FILM: to sweep you to another time and place
3 April 2020. MORE SUPER FILMS to watch through this difficult time of the VIRUS. As with all great films, these classics will sweep you to another time and place… BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID OUT OF AFRICA LAWRENCE OF ARABIA THE LAST SAMURAI TOP GUN GLADIATOR THE KING AND I THE GREAT DICTATOR […]
FILM: SUPER FILMS available online, to view again
27 March 2020. Now that all cinemas are closed, see if you can get these fine films online. SUPER FILMS, to view again…. by Neptune For those who are sick of watching the incessant, very troubling news on the VIRUS…. Off the top of my head – some super classics to tide you over…download, NETFLIX, […]
FILM: WOMAN – a documentary of individual women
WOMAN **** (vo in many languages, subtitles in English) 13 March 2020. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the renowned French environmentalist who has extensively photographed and filmed our beautiful and tortured earth from above, has once again come down to capture humanity – as he did in his last impressive documentary, “Humans”. This time he covers its other […]
FILM: JUDY – a legend and a star
28 February 2020. By Neptune. JUDY *** How very sad her life was. Though for the myriad fans who revered her, she would always be sweet little Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz”, lost, far from home, looking for answers to life, wistfully singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Or maybe that really was Judy Garland […]
FILM: RICHARD JEWELL
Neptune’s film picks 21 February 2020. By Neptune. RICHARD JEWELL *** Jewell by name and a jewel by nature. Richard Jewell is a an excellent film to add to the long list of Clint Eastwood’s excellent films and it is a credit to his energy, physical and mental, that at nearly ninety years old he […]
FILM: ARAB BLUES – a Tunisian psychoanalyst moves come back home from Paris
14 February 2020. By Neptune. ARAB BLUES (Un Divan à Tunis) *** (vo French) First shown at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, this social comedy received the Audience Award there, mostly due to the radiant Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who plays Selma, a Tunisian psychoanalyst who has decided to come back home from Paris to […]
FILM: THE GENTLEMEN – a crazy yarn and top actors having a whale of a time
7 February 2020. By Neptune. THE GENTLEMEN *** Hugh Grant is unrecognisable, but such sleazy fun; the usually cool Colin Farrell looks like a geek here, but is razor sharp; handsome Charlie Hunnam is hidden behind glasses and a goatee as a loyal lieutenant, while Matthew McConaughey rules the roost as a smooth operator from […]
