Reviewed by Danny the Demented
Updated Dec 04 2013
A masterful job of storytelling through the cinematic lens. Unfortunately, the story told really just isn't worthy of such delicate care. Beautiful plate serving a mundane entree, wasted opportunity.
The Best Offer is the latest work by the Academy Award winning director Giuseppe Tornatore. It tells the story of a well-respected but lonely connoisseur named Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush) who runs an auction house. Though Oldmand is Greatly revered in his field, it is not beneath him to use unethical means to procure master paintings with his partner in crime Billy Whistler (Donald Sutherland). One day he is contacted by a mysterious woman named Claire Ibbetson (Sylvia Hoeks) who wishes to sell her inherited collection of antiques & art works but can't meet Oldman because of her agoraphobia. With the help of a young mechanic (Jim Sturgess), Oldman begins to form a relationship with Claire and his world is subsequently and ruthlessly turned upside-down.
Reviewed by Danny the Demented
Updated May 27 2013
I suppose the streak had to end at some point, and 3 is as good a number to end it as any. Just one more evidence to support the old saying: Two is company and three's a crowd. John Ritter, damn your funny and classic lie! Oh yeah, suffice it to say, the movie was forgettable. But I got to use a three's company reference. Salvation at last.
Iron Man 3 is the third and probably not the last installment of the Marvel superhero cash-cow. Barely surviving the mass alien invasion in New York, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) now suffers from post-traumatic-stress-disorder. Even with the presence of girlfriend/one true love Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), Stark cannot find peace and does nothing all day other than building iron man suits. With new threats looming in: The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) and erratic scientist Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce), Stark must find strength and more importantly, himself, to even have a shot at defeating his arch-nemesis. And he better do it fast, because, after all, Winter is Coming! Oh wait sorry, wrong Stark.
Oh yeah in case you've been living in a cave and have not yet seen Iron Man 3, spoiler alert, because I am going to spill the beans.
Reviewed by Danny the Demented
Updated Feb 24 2013
In a world filled with junks and crap and collections of gibberish calling themselves movies, the real silver-lining is that works like Silver Linings Playbook still exist, rare though they are. A true gem, this is a movie that inspires with courage, with love, with laughter and with tears. In both the most quirky and yet conventional way, the film gives you hope, which is of course the only silver lining we need in life.
Silver Linings Playbook is an eccentric love story between Pat (Bradly Cooper), a person with bipolar disorder who was just released from a mental institution for almost beating his wife's lover to death, and Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a young widow who lost not only her husband but also her job for dealing with her loss in the most inappropriate possible at the workplace. With their emotional baggage, both Pat and Tiffany are constant worries for their families and friends. How they help each other through every hardship, every turmoil, every breaking point, is the backbone of this amazing tale. A journey filled with unexpected turns, the pot at the end of this rainbow is a treasure of immeasurable joy.
The Best Offer is the latest work by the Academy Award winning director Giuseppe Tornatore. It tells the story of a well-respected but lonely connoisseur named Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush) who runs an auction house. Though Oldmand is Greatly revered in his field, it is not beneath him to use unethical means to procure master paintings with his partner in crime Billy Whistler (Donald Sutherland). One day he is contacted by a mysterious woman named Claire Ibbetson (Sylvia Hoeks) who wishes to sell her inherited collection of antiques & art works but can't meet Oldman because of her agoraphobia. With the help of a young mechanic (Jim Sturgess), Oldman begins to form a relationship with Claire and his world is subsequently and ruthlessly turned upside-down.
