21 July 2023. By Neptune OPPENHEIMER *** Christopher Nolan always makes grand films. Works such as “The Dark Knight”, “Inception” or “Memento”. They are often complex, intellectual films, whether blockbusters or historical ones, such as the riveting “Dunkirk”. And they make a lasting impression, staying deep in one’s memory. This time he has tackled another […]
FILM: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – Dead Reckoning, Part One ***1/2
14 July 2023. By Neptune MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – Dead Reckoning, Part One ***1/2 If you’re looking for a film with fun and action, don’t look anywhere else – this is your summer hit – an exciting and classy blockbuster! From the gripping beginning, in a state-of-the-art Russian submarine, through the whole crazy ride of trying […]
FILM: LAND OF DREAMS – Can you recall your last dream?
7 July 2023. By Neptune LAND OF DREAMS ***1/2 By the renowned Iranian artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat, who lives in the U.S., this intriguing film is about peoples’ dreams. Neshat goes about it in her usual mysterious, artistic style, creating a young Iranian girl (Sheila Vand) who is working for the U.S. Census Bureau. […]
FILM: INDIANA JONES and others – be warned
30 June 2023. By Neptune What can one say – it’s summertime and the living is easy… At least for us here in Geneva – the 7th ranked BEST city in the world to live in – out of hundreds. Check it out – from Condé Nast. So enjoy the lake, the surrounding mountains, the […]
FILM: SISU **** – simply brilliant in its genre
23 June 2023. By Neptune SISU (De l’or et du sang) **** Tarantino could not have done better. And that’s the truth – though it might put some people off, as it’s obviously a violent film. But it’s simply brilliant in its genre, for the ferocity is not gratuitous, it is part and parcel of […]
FILM: CARMEN ***1/2
16 June 2023. By Neptune CARMEN ***1/2 (vo Spanish and English) Here’s a musical drama for all those who love dance, dramatic tragedies, cross-border thrillers and just excellent, innovative cinema. This completely transformed version of Bizet’s opera has been brilliantly done by first-time film director Benjamin Millepied, known mainly for his time as head choreographer […]
FILM: TRANSFORMERS – RISE OF THE BEASTS **
9 June 2023. By Neptune TRANSFORMERS – RISE OF THE BEASTS ** Not everyone enjoys watching vehicles of all kinds convert into gigantic robots, fight it out with their foes and convert back again. But for those that do, this is their ideal action-packed film, the seventh of this blockbuster franchise started back in 2007. […]
FILM: JUST THE TWO OF US
26 May 2023. By Neptune JUST THE TWO OF US (L’AMOUR ET LES FORÊTS) ***1/2 (vo French) There are films that grab you and hold you from the first moment – this is one of them. There is acting that is so real and natural that you feel you have always known these characters – […]
FILM: JEANNE DU BARRY – Depp speaking French
19 May 2023. By Neptune JEANNE DU BARRY *** (vo French) Of course the film is in French, and Johnny Depp has no American accent as Louis XV! In fact he is convincing and touching as the grand French king of the mid-18th century who enjoyed having a series of mistresses in his spectacular Versailles […]
FILM: THE POPE’S EXORCIST ***
12 May 2023. By Neptune THE POPE’S EXORCIST *** With this semi-horror film I had expected an embarrassing downturn for the once-revered Russell Crowe (at the height of his fame in the early 2000s Crowe had received an Oscar for “Gladiator”, a BAFTA for “A Beautiful Mind” and multiple nominations for his outstanding acting.) I […]