djbabu_30 Reviews

Talk to Her (2002)

Psychological, complicated story about love and attraction

[25 March 2012]

The movie focuses on two romance stories. Benigno (Javier Camera) has spend most of his life caring for his recently deceased mother even though he's a virgin, he feels deeply in love in Alicia (Leonor Watling), a ballet dancer, who's dance studio he watches from his window. When an accident leaves her in coma, she's admitted to the hospital, where Benigno is a nurse. His life purpose become taking care of her. While spending most of his days and nights in the hospital, he meets Marco (Dario Grandinetti), a writer, who's coming to terms with his own tragedy. His girlfriend Lydia (Rosario Flores), a bullfighter is also in a deep coma, after a frightening accident during a bull fight. Because of similarity of their situations, Benigno befriends Marco, and encourages him to talk to Lydia, as he does to Alicia. Almodovar twists the relationships in very unexpected ways, leading in the end into surprising final.

Johnny English Reborn (2011)

A spy-comedy movie

[5/10 · 21 March 2012]

After a mission in Mozambique went wrong, spy Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) was send to Tibet to learn discipline and martial arts. But when plans for assassination of Chinese Premiere are uncovered, Johnny is the only agent for the job. He has to find a last member of 'Vortex', an organization that's behind murder plot. time is running out, and people involved are not to be trust. This very simple comedy is a spoof of a James Bond movies. It is addressed to rather young public. The movie is loaded with bad jokes and you have to try hard to laugh. It's a shame, because such a great, funny and witty like Rowan Atkinson, shouldn't be drained of these qualities. Unfortunately in Johnny English Reborn he is. Not a bad movie, rather boring.

Turner & Hooch (1989)

A funny crime story

[8/10 · 21 March 2012]

Detective Scott Turner (Tom Hanks) is a very tidy unusual man. During his last days of work before being transferred, his old friend Amos Reed (John McIntire) has been murdered and the only witness is a rough big dog named Hooch. Scott decides then to take care of the case believing that Amos's dog it will help him to find the killer and apparently many other hidden businesses. Scott has no choice, he's forced to bring Hooch to his house and from that moment his life will change completely. The scary, naughty dog will become his best friend and Scott will finally get to learn a new way of living. Young Tom Hanks gives a truly funny performance,and the dog is absolutely hilarious.

The Crossing Guard (1995)

A drama story

[7/10 · 19 March 2012]

The daughter of Freddy Gale (Jack Nicholson) was killed in an accident by John Booth (David Morse). The death of his child took a tool on Freddy, as his marriage broke up and he became an alcoholic, looking for a purpose in his life. Freddy plans to kill Booth as soon as he's released from prison, as he thinks, that the jail sentence is not enough punishment for the death of his daughter. He tells Booth, that he has three days to live. The movie is a mixture of thrill and sadness for the two man who, are connected by the unbelievable tragedy, although for different reasons. An expressive role of a big star Jack Nicholson with an expected final. Pleasant story by writer and director, Sean Penn.

Open Your Eyes (1997)

A fascinating fantasy thriller

[7/10 · 14 March 2012]

A fantasy story told in flashbacks by Cesar (E. Noriega) a handsome but self absorbed young, rich man. He is spending his days having fun and enjoying one night stands. The last one was with Nuria, a girl who's obsessed with Cesar. During a birthday party thrown for him, Cesar meets Sofia (P. Cruz). He's intrigued by the girl and spends the night at her apartment. In the morning, as he's going out from Sofias flat, he can see that jealous Nuria (N.Nimri) is waiting for him. She convinces him to go with her for a ride. he realize a bit too late, the jealous girl is trying to kill him and commit a suicide by driving the car off the cliff. The accident kills her and leaves Cesar disfigured.From that moment his life is a crazy roller-coaster of dreams mixed with reality. Cesar's accused of murder, and with a help of a psychiatrist he slowly starts to discover truth about his life. A complicated thriller with even more complicated ending.

One Hour Photo (2002)

A dramatic thriller story

[9/10 · 11 March 2012]

Mr Seymour Parrish is an experienced photo technician, he works since many years in a big shopping center, printing pictures for a big quantity of clients. Within those years he made a kind of friendship with a nice particular family, especially Nina (Connie Nielsen) and young son Jake (Dylan Smith). They seems to realize that deep inside Sey looks like a sad lonely man. His kindness towards little Jake, whom he's been considering as an imaginary nephew, put Sey into some trouble at work. He's being accused of giving free goods, so he gets fired. Since then, frustrating Sey starts to lose control of his mind, becoming obsessed and extremely dangerous. Mr Parrish wants to see the only good side of people and he cannot figure it out why there are lies between people... The Mostly funny movies star Robin Williams gets his best performance as a drama, scary role, you won't recognize him.

Hide and Seek (2005)

A scary thriller movie

[8/10 · 9 March 2012]

In a normal family of New York City, David Callaway (Robert De Niro) is a psychologist who has to face the mysterious suicide of his wife. Unfortunately this tragic incident is causing a big trauma to his little daughter Emily (Dakota Fanning). David decides to move to the countryside to to give all the support and make her to forget what happened, but things became even worse and very weird. In the new house Emily's imaginary friend named 'Charlie' takes control over her behavior. Somebody wants to play hide and seek but neither David nor little Emily seems to enjoy this apparently innocent but dangerous game. The most scary movies are the ones where a child plays a significant role, Dakota Fanning is quiet scary. An unusual performance of Robert De Niro not the best of his famous career.

Nobody's Baby (2001)

A sweet and funny movie

[9/10 · 8 March 2012]

Billy (Skeet Ulrich) and Buford (Gary Oldman) two old friends that, because being in trouble several times, spend their lives in jail. One day, traveling with other prisoners, Buford had a fight with one of them, in all the confusion they manage to escape but have lost each other. Billy couldn't imagine that a while after this moment his life would change forever... He's been a witness of a horrible family car crash,and he had the courage and strength to rescue the only survivor, a newborn innocent baby. Suddenly, the view of that little angel, touched the soul of happy and proud Billy, committing him to become a responsible man. With the help of Buford and some new friends he had met on the way Billy try to give a safe future to his precious little girl. You will be touched by this emotional and funny story. A baby can change a human being forever...Gary Oldman absolutely hilarious.

Midnight Run (1988)

A hilarious action movie

[8/10 · 7 March 2012]

Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is an ex cop from Chicago department, now excellent bounty hunter he's got to get Jonathan 'The Duke' Mardukas (Charles Grodin) an accountant , who stole a huge quantity of money from the Mafia, and transport him safely from New York to Los Angeles. He doesn't have a lot of time and Jack has to watch his back from Mr Mosely (Japhet Kotto) FBI agent and the gangsters of Jimmy Serrano (Dennis Farina) who all want to catch 'The Duke' for different reasons. It seems easy for an expert - Walsh but Mardukas will make sure that the trip is not easy yet hilarious. However, the hunter and his 'prey' Jonathan will find the time to get to know each other and even form a kind unexpected friendship. Both performances by De Niro and Grodin make this movie quite interesting and very funny, even though you can predict how it ends.

Auntie Danielle (1990)

A great black comedy

[10/10 · 6 March 2012]

From famous french director Etienne Chatillez this hilarious black comedy shows you the problems between old people and their relatives. 'Auntie Danielle'(Tsilla Chenton), an 82 years old widow with a malicious personality. After the accidental death of Odile (Neige Dolski) the housekeeper who has spend a life time taking care of her, Paris is her only destination. Her nephew Jean-Pierre (Eric Prat) and his wife Catherine (Catherine Jacob) decide to welcome the beloved auntie to their home in the big city. The old lady finds hard to accept the new conditions of living, which ends up in a difficulty and sometimes nasty behavior towards her family. When Jean-Pierre decides to take his wife and kids on summer holidays, Sandrine Vonnier (Isabelle Nanty) is employed to take care of the old lady. Their personalities clash in the beginning, but soon auntie Danielle realizes that Sandrine is a young version of herself. They start to form kind of friendship and the madame Bulliard seems to be happier and actually quite nice. Excellent performance by a former french theater actress Tsilla Chelton. Absolute must see for fans of black comedy. It will make you laugh until you cry.

The Recruit (2003)

Nothing is what it seems...

[8/10 · 5 March 2012]

A spy movie about secrets and lies inside the C.I.A. Washington: Mr Walter Burke (Al Pacino) serving C.I.A. as a recruiter for 25 years needs someone smart and with knowledge about computer programs. James Douglas Clayton is the perfect guy. Determined to find out the true story about the tragic end of his father, James accept to be recruit under Mr Burke who seems to know a lot regarding Clayton's father. During the training he meets Leyla Moore (Bridget Moyanahan) fellow student who will be not just a college mate... nothing is what it seems. It may be not one of the most known movies of Al Pacino but his performance is always worth seeing. Pacino's character goes well in pair with young movie star Colin Farrell. The only negative point that you might find is the 'CIA movie stereotype' which was repeated many times in cinematography.

Tell No One (2006)

An unusual thriller movie

[9/10 · 5 March 2012]

Adaptation of the novel of Harlan Coben. A tragic, mysterious story. In 1997 a french happy married couple Alex (Francois Cluzet) and Margot (Marie-Josee Croze) seems to have a romantic anniversary day, when suddenly after being unconscious for a few days, he gets the terrible news that the love of his life has been murdered . 8 years later Alex is trying to carry on without Margot, even though all that happened cannot be absolutely forget. One day a shocking, anonymous email makes him believe that she is alive! Someone knows the truth, and in order to find out what really happened 8 years ago, Alex embarks on a dangerous journey, during which many people will get hurt, him included. You cannot miss a scene it will pin you down to the chair. One of the best french movies of the last decade.

Burlesque (I) (2010)

Success is what she dreams of..

[6/10 · 1 March 2012]

Ali (Aguilera) decides to leave everything behind and go to find some luck in LA. She mets Tess (Cher) owner of a burlesque lounge club, who needs a new, exciting show to keep the place from going down. Here Ali finds a place for herself, and she's becoming the star of the show, thanks to her amazing voice and hard work. Unfortunately fantastic performance by Aguilera is not enough to keep the viewer interested in the story line. The movie feels a bit too much like a concert. The story is quite naive and simple. Over all it's quite a nice and easy movie that you can enjoy with your girlfriends, and a must see for the burlesque lovers.