The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann) (2013)
FELIX HERNGREN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. Sweden/Russia/United Kingdom/France/Spain/Germany, 2013. NICE FLX Pictures, FLX, Nice Drama, FLX Comedy AB, Buena Vista International, Elmalma Marka Iletisim, Embassy Films, Film i … Continue reading
Shining Through
BBB.5 (out of 5) This war drama provides a thrilling look back to the more innocent spy movies of the forties, and it’s possible that this pie-eyed attitude about it … Continue reading
The Russia House
BB (out of 5) Sean Connery plays a British professor who is also a Russophile and lives in the U.S.S.R. because of how much he loves the culture. When the friend of … Continue reading
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA/United Kingdom, 2012. Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, DC Entertainment, Syncopy, DC Comics. Story by David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, Screenplay by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, … Continue reading
Chico & Rita
BBBBB (out of 5) Cuban rhythms of the twentieth century get a whole new life in this gorgeous, animated musical whose bright images and pulsing beats never abate. It tells … Continue reading
Vatel
BB.5 (out of 5) Roland Joffe produces a visually stunning but shallow period piece involving an eighteenth century French prince (Julian Glover) who puts on a lavish spectacle when the … Continue reading
Victor/Victoria
BBBB (out of 5) For hearty laughs and great music you can hardly do better than this delectable Blake Edwards comedy starring Julie Andrews as a starving singer in 1930s … Continue reading
Saving Grace
BB.5 (out of 5) One-joke comedy that benefits from the brilliant performance by its beautiful star Brenda Blethyn. She plays the widow of a seemingly rich man who after death … Continue reading