Dracula: Are you
watching Dracula on Net flicks? You should be because its really, really good
entertainment. This three-part brilliant series is a clever, intelligent, and
well written adaption of Stroker’s Dracula. The photography is occasionally
sparkling and inventive, adding to the programs excellence. The program includes one moronic American, a
now standard staple in British program because it makes the English forget that
they now have all the internal importance of say, Bolivia, in a bad year.
Anyway, the series follows Dracula from his origins in Eastern Europe (Hungary)
to his battles with a clever nun named Van
Helsing's and her equally clever descendants but what I found interesting is
that the series finally explains why Dracula is a such problem child to begin
with.
The Kindness of Stranger: Here’s
the key to selling a drama in Hollywood; the human race must be shown in the
worst light possible. The script should be mean spirited and all good things on
earth should be drowned in contempt. But somehow, this gentle film had it
through and we loved it. Yet the critics hated it, but that’s not surprising is
it? These are the same people who
thought “Gladiator” should win an academy award. The kindness of stranger, as an orphan I can
tell you its real, is a good idea for a film and showing the decency of
humanity never hurts.
Gentefied:
Speaking if a little humanity never harming anyone, someone should mention that
to the racist who writes this program. In the first episode there are three
mentions of “whites” all used in contempt. That’s a shame, there could have
been a story to tell with this series. “Gentefied follows the story of three
Mexican-American cousins and their struggle to chase the American Dream, even
while that same dream threatens the things they hold most dear: their
neighborhood, their immigrant grandfather and the family taco shop"
Life as we know it. This is
a God awful movie. The plot can be summed up in the first ten minutes and the
script is so, so, so bad.
The two Killings of Sam Cooke. I am a
diehard Sam Cooke fan. The man was one of the greatest artists of the 20th
century. If you don’t know any thing about his music, about the man or the odd circumstances
around his death, this documentary is definitely worth watching.
Giri/Haji (English: Duty/Shame) I loved
it and highly recommend it. Available on Netflicks. The series is highly stylized, photographed
wonderfully, the writing is complex and well timed.
Kenzo Mori (Takehiro Hira), a
Tokyo detective, travels to London in search of his brother Yuto (Yōsuke
Kubozuka), who was previously assumed to have been dead. Yuto has been accused
of murdering the nephew of a Yakuza member which, as a result, threatens to
start a gang war back in Tokyo.
As Kenzo attempts to navigate the
unfamiliar territory of London to uncover whether his brother is indeed alive
and guilty, he becomes acquainted with DC Sarah Weitzmann (Kelly Macdonald) of
the Metropolitan Police and Rodney Yamaguchi (Will Sharpe), a young
half-Japanese, half-British sex worker. While searching for his brother Yuto in
London, Kenzo must also keep his family together back home in Tokyo. However,
Kenzo's investigation brings him into contact with dangerous elements of
London's corrupt criminal underworld.
Spenser Confidential: Available on Netflicks. This a great film to
watch when your too tired to get involved with a good film. Set in Boston in
the present day, everybody gets beat up and shot and swears a lot. That’s
pretty much all you need to know.
Frank & Lola:
Available on Netflicks. One hell of a cast. This is a ….sort of love story, I
suppose written around male obsession and domination. Its part drama and
psychosexual thriller. There were a few gaping holes in the story. As an
example, Frank, the leading man, mentions to Lola, the leading lady, that he
lived on so and so Street in Paris. Lola
says “Yeah I live don that street too” …and that’s it. I mean, someone else would
have asked “Yeah? What address?” or something.
I also couldn’t relate, even
remotely to the Frank. Taciturn is a good word to use here. I emote. Frank
emotes but silently, I suppose. Also I
thought that the main actors weren’t paired well (Michael Shannon and
Imogen Poots) She’s perky hap, hap,
happy! And he’s brooding.