This year Inside Job was the winner in the documentary category. It beat Gasland, Restrepo, Wasteland and Exit Through the Gift Shop. Personally I would have liked to see Exit Through the Gift Shop win the statue. I have not seen Restrepo and Wasteland, so I can’t judge those two, but does Inside Job deserve its Oscar? Continue reading
Through the years the brother Coen have managed to create an impressive body of work. It’s an impressive list with movies like Fargo, No Country For Old Men, Burn After Reading, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and The Big Lebowski. They are all very unique films and the brothers manage to put their own unique stamp on them, which makes them stand out from other movies. True Grit is their next movie and is a remake of True Grit made in 1969 starring John Wayne. Continue reading
With the Bourne trilogy Matt Damon has proved (together with director Paul Greengrass) that he is a versatile actor that is also excellent in action movies. Greengrass and Damon teamed up again to make Green Zone. They’ve chosen Iraq, shortly after the invasion by the US, as backdrop for their story. Is Green Zone “Jason Bourne in the Middle East” or does the movie manage to create its own identity?