The premise: based on Federico Fellini’s semi-autobiographical film of 1963, “8½”, and the Broadway musical, Nine is the account of womanising, though highly regarded, Italian film maker Guido Contini’s (Daniel Day-Lewis) efforts to produce a film for which he hasn’t even written a script.
Needless to say it’s not the best position to be in, especially [...]
Nine
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 12 February, 2010 to the movies subset
Tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Marion-Cotillard, movies, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, reviews, Sophia Loren
Quantum of Solace
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 21 November, 2008 to the movies subset
I’ve always approached the Bond movies as being little more than escapism, “rebooted Bond” or not, and as a result try not to let reviews sway my perceptions of the latest addition to the franchise.
Too many of the reviews I did read of Quantum of Solace however made references to the films made 20 years [...]
