Neptune’s film picks 20 December 2019. By Neptune. MARRIAGE STORY **** This film will leave you dazed with its honesty, its raw emotions, its decency. It’s really about the trauma of divorce rather than about marriage. And yet it is also about evolving, modern love that maybe expects too much from its partners. For these […]
MUSICAL SPECTACLE – SI MOLIÈRE M’ETAIT CHANTÉ
If you enjoyed the talented and amusing MAITRES CHANTEURS at the Salle Centrale Madeleine in early December (and coming again in late February 2020), you’ll be bowled over by their musical rendition of MOLIERE called SI MOLIÈRE M’ETAIT CHANTÉ on the 18th and 19th of December. A great French classic turned into a musical evening […]
FILM: JUMANJI – THE NEXT LEVEL – a quality ‘popcorn blockbuster’
13 December 2019. By Neptune. JUMANJI – THE NEXT LEVEL *** Here is what can be called a quality ‘popcorn blockbuster’. If you’re looking for a good family outing, this is great fun for kids from 5 to 95, with fast-paced action and story, and clever acting by all involved. This is the fourth installment […]
FILM: THE TWO POPES – ordinary, troubled human beings
6 December 2019. By Neptune. THE TWO POPES **** The first time I heard about this film I thought it was based in the 14th century when there were two popes, in Rome and Avignon. Well it is not. It is about the two last living Popes, Benedict and Francis. Revealing a secret meeting they […]
MUSICAL SPECTACLE – Attention, Maîtres Chanteurs
They are back in town! At the Salle Centrale Madelaine, 4 and 5 December, 2019 and 24, 25 and 26 February, 2020. Dear folks, even if you don’t speak French, run to any of the 5 evenings of this delightful musical – early December and end of February – with the super-talented and charming Raphaëlle […]
FILM: PROXIMA – to be a mother or an astronaut, that is the question
29 November 2019. By Neptune. Here’s an array of varied, entertaining films to fill your week. Do go out and see them! PROXIMA ***1/2 To be a mother or an astronaut, that is the question. The lovely Eva Green plays here an accomplished career woman who is being trained for a lengthy mission, Proxima, to […]
FILM: FROZEN 2
22 November 2019. FROZEN 2 (LA REINE DES NEIGES 2) **1/2 I should think that at this time of year lots of parents are thinking of taking lots of children to see Frozen 2 as a Christmas treat, remembering the very beautiful and hugely successful Frozen 1 which we all saw six years ago. […]
FILM: THE IRISHMAN – one of Scorsese’s strongest films
By Neptune News Flash! They’ve let out the Irishman! THE IRISHMAN ***1/2 Suffice it to say that for his latest film Martin Scorsese has brought together an acting triumvirate of giants in their full maturity – Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, amongst a huge cast of familiar faces. Just the trio’s expressions, movements […]
FILM: FORD vs FERRARI – superb
15 November 2019. By Neptune FORD vs FERRARI (LE MANS 66) **** There is pure adrenaline in this true story of two opposite personalities who were longtime friends and colleagues in the racing world back in the mid-1960s. This latest film by James Mangold (of character-driven dramas as “Cop Land”, “Walk the Line” or “3.10 […]
FILM: MIDWAY – if you are into classic war films of great heroism, run to this
8 November 2019. By Neptune From sparkling days of glorious colors to overcast mornings and heavy downpours, from tangy oranges and comforting pumpkins, to woolly cardigans, slick raincoats and shiny boots, autumn is back as the days grow ever shorter. And cinema time is here, happy to be indoors and warm, with good things to […]