Frank's Pandora

The Flock

The characters of Erroll and Allison are not very believable, partly because of bad scripting and partly because it’s just not Gere’s and Danes’ best work. The movie is carried by the deeply disturbing plot.

Run Fatboy Run

As funny as David Schwimmer. So, not. Completely unbelievable script, poor casting, even worse acting, insult to anyone’s intelligence. Time waster.

Waitress

Touch of cult, sprinkle of romance, stirred with humour and some good acting, makes for a pretty decent pie with a heart in the middle.

Stardust

Lord of the mockings. Entertaining, with an overwhelming star cast.

No Reservations

As all romcom’s this one follows the recipe by the book, but it also works pretty well.

Evening

Half Nelson

Very modest movie, very real, difficult to empathise with Gosling’s character though and that annoys from time to time. Great soundtrack by Broken Social Scene.

Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)

Ingenious cinematography, heartfelt acting and involving style of directing compensates for slow and incoherent storytelling. Frustration of Jean-Do is tangible, and the viewer is swayed from pity to hate to regret. Inspiring to see the will to create in the face of setbacks.

Science journalism layoffs are on

In a baffling display of mindless management, CNN has decided to sack its seven-person science, environment and technology team. Layoffs at U.S. newspapers are already in full swing (just see the unsettling chart on Paper Cuts), but apparently television news is not immune.  The job cuts are not the result of the financial crisis. Curtis Brainard says in his [...]

American Gangster

Interesting image of an era, even though it’s not interesting enough to be lasting two and a half hours.