Black Swan (2010)

As it’s the last day of the year I think there is no better way to end it by reviewing my movie of the year by letting it skip the queue of upcoming reviews. With Black Swan I had the same feeling as I had with The Social Network. I was wondering how a movie about a specific subject, in this case ballet, could be interesting. If you check out the dance movies which came out lately you will notice that most of them are targeting a young audience with the drama in those films being equal to the levels you see in your average soap opera. As I try to never watch movie trailers and try to know as little as I can about films in advance, I was in for a big, but very pleasant, surprise. Continue reading

Mesrine: L’Instinct de mort and Mesrine: L’ennemi public n°1 (2008)

Jacques Mesrine (played by Vincent Cassel) was a well-known criminal during the sixties and seventies. He did robbed banks, but also did other criminal activities. These two movies try to show the way Mesrine lived his life.
The first movie starts at the end of his life. He’s been declared public enemy number 1 in France and when the police find him they execute him, after which we go back in time, starting with his job in the French army. Continue reading