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
Australia
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 5 December, 2008 to the movies subset
While overbaked, overproduced, and overlong, the cinematography of Australia is spectacular, and probably holds the story together during its epic three hour runtime.
Nicole Kidman’s startled innocent aboard act reaches annoyingly epic proportions before she eventually blends into her role and becomes reasonably convincing.
It is also incredible to comprehend, looking at Australia from deep within [...]
