…virtually

Largo Winch (2008) Dir. Jerome Salle
Minor spoilers!

Largo

From time to time, I take a break from watching Hollywood and Hollywoodish productions. However, this movie turns out to be more than a mere break. It exceeds many of this summer’s blockbusters by far.

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…victory

Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Dir. Danny Boyle
Minor spoilers.

Slumdog

I didn’t realize that a story about children from the Mumbai slums could be such a gripping story.

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…verbalized

Little Children (2006) Dir. Todd Field
Spoilers!

Little Children

I have ambiguous feelings about this movie. On the one hand, it’s great—the dialogues and the narration, the greatest forces of the film, are smart and powerful. On the other, I have a sense of feeling that the second part is much better than the first one. But it’s exactly the ending that left me touched, shaken, and in tears.

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…vacuity

“Disgrace” John Maxwell Coetzee
Spoilers!

Disgrace

It’s been several weeks since I finished the book, and I’m still under its impression. My life with Coetzee begins with “Disgrace.”

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…vanish

The Hangover (2009) Dir. Todd Phillips

HangoverI don’t know why, but I just love this movie! By the way, does anyone know where the chicken came from?

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…vanquisher

Flash of Genius (2008) Dir. Marc Abraham

flash of geniusWhat would you do if somebody took credit for your greatest invention? In this charming movie Marc Abraham and Greg Kinnear gives you an inspirational guide what to do in such a situation.

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…versus

Terminator Salvation (2009) Dir. McG

T4

I still can hear the music theme from the movie I watched a couple of hours ago. I expected a disappointment. But I’m not disappointed. On the contrary, I enjoyed this trip into the dark and sinister (not-so-distant) future.

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…vixen

Leonera (AKA Lion’s Den) (2008) Dir. Pablo Trapero

Leonera

An Argentine production that turns out to be a nice break from the latest blockbusters.

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…Vladimir, Victor, V

“The Real Life of Sebastian Knight” Vladimir Nabokov

Sebastian Knight

His genius always seemed to me a miracle utterly independent of any of the definite things we may have both experienced in the similar background of our childhood. I may have seen and remembered what he saw and remembered, but the difference between his power of expression and mine is comparable to that which exists between a Bechstein piano and a baby’s rattle. (Ch. 4)

It’s been a long time since I’ve written a few words about a book. It’s time to change that!

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…voyage

Star Trek (2009) Dir. J.J. Abrams

STXI“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before.”

Oh, boy. Oh, boy.

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