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Film Review: Rebellion

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Oleg Volk

Five-part mini-series about the Easter Uprising of 1916 in Ireland. I looked it up because the director just completed The Unknown Soldier about the 1944 Continuation War. Rebellion suggests that the movie will be worth watching. Plot 5/5 Visuals 4/5 … Continue reading →

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The Adventures of Picasso, 1978 film

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Oleg Volk

I’d like to watch that film, but can’t find it anywhere. Any leads would be appreciated.

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The Free State of Jones, movie review

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Oleg Volk

I was pleasantly surprised by how well this film was done. Historic accuracy, near as I can judge, is pretty reasonable. Props, accents, details also seem fairly decent. Plot: 4/5 Acting: 4/5 Both are just a little flat, but I … Continue reading →

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Отзыв на фильм: Единичка

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Oleg Volk

http://kinomassa.net/5125-edinichka-2015.html Пожалуй, один из лучших военных фильмов. И качество актёрской игры, и спец-эффекты, и сценарий — всё на высоком уровне. (The movie isn’t subtitled, so I doubt it would be of much interest to English-speaking viewers. The actors speak Russian, … Continue reading →

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Film review: Intimate Enemies

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Intimate Enemies, 2007 French film about the war in Algiers. Available on Netflix. Plot 8 Acting 8 Visuals 9 Props – 9 Audio effects – 10 Overall — recommended. As war movies go, this one is fairly nuanced. The terrain … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Winter in Wartime

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Oleg Volk

A Dutch WW2 movie about a family part of which helps a downed British airman, others…not so much. Well-scripted and well-acted. Plot – 9 Visuals – 7 (excellent action, good props other than people using decocked single action pistols to threaten others, … Continue reading →

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Movie review: Secrets of War

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Oleg Volk

A Dutch WW2 movie about three kids, one a son of a collaborator, another of a resister, the third a Jewish refugee. Well-scripted and well-acted. Plot – 9 Visuals – 9 Music – 9 (adds a lot to the mood) … Continue reading →

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Movies to avoid

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Suite Française (2014) — starts with an interesting premise but goes nowhere with it. The characters range from inconsistent to cartoony to unrealistic. It has all the elements of good film without actually turning into a satisfying, coherent whole. The … Continue reading →

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Subtitles for the German portion of Suite Française (2014)

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Does anyone know where to find translation for the German-language portion of the film? I found subtitles but they omit everything said in German.

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Film reviews

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Our Mothers, Our Fathers (Generation War) — a German three-part movie about five friends living through 1939-1945. Acting – 9/10, including strong performances by secondary characters Visuals – 9/10, good sense of time and place Props and authenticity – 8/10, just … Continue reading →

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Film reviews

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Kenau (2014), about an apocryphal hero of the real siege of Haarlem in 1572-73. Excellent visuals, good actors but spotty screenplay which comes across as genuine some of the time and as a farce at intervals. Just a slight tinge of … Continue reading →

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Movie review: St.Ives

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Oleg Volk

A very approximate adaptation of Stevenson’s book, this movie is a modern romantic comedy in Napoleonic era trappings. What it lacks in authenticity, it makes up in the sheer amusement and cute acting. Acting: 10 Visuals: 8 Overall: recommended.

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Movie review: Renoir

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Oleg Volk

Another film about artists and models. In this case, a painter and a film-maker and a model who works for one of them and falls in love with the other. While the film-maker’s persona hasn’t been examined in sufficient detail, … Continue reading →

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Movie review: The Artist and the Model

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Oleg Volk

A somewhat darkly humorous story of an elderly sculptor in a hurry to create at least one masterpiece before death. His wife arranges for a new, inspiring model for him. Set in 1943 France, the film is done in black … Continue reading →

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Movie review: Fury

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Oleg Volk

Definitely an impressive film. Enough to make the viewer move in the seat. Tremendously immersive, worth seeing on the big screen. Excellent lighting, good camera work, realistic weapon handling. Excellent special effects. Unfortunately, the depicted tactics were not realistic. Tiger … Continue reading →

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Movie review: The Hundred-Foot Journey

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Oleg Volk

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980648 Acting: 9 Light and SFX: 7 (pretty but overdone) Plot: 9 (not very predictable and full of cute details) Camera work: 9 Overall: 9+ Great date movie, and just interesting in general. Immigrants, in particular, would find certain moments … Continue reading →

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Movie Shenandoah

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Oleg Volk

Watching that film, I noticed that the protagonist family were all armed better than either the Federal or the Confederate armies, most having repeating cartridge carbines. The days of the regular Americans being able to match government firepower are sadly … Continue reading →

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The presumption of linguistic ignorance

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Oleg Volk

If I watch a French or a Czech film, it usually has subtitles for whatever languages are spoke on screen. If a character speaks German or Spanish, the words are subtitled. Most American movies just put a caption [speaks German] … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Hobbit.

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Oleg Volk

Summary: don’t waste your time or your patience. Casting: very poor. Certain characters, such as Thorin, were mis-cast. Screenplay: terrible. Even having read the book, I found the plot disjointed and nonsensical. Logical connections between events were lost. The spirit … Continue reading →

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Where to Find the Movie “Oba the Last Samurai”?

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Oleg Volk

I’d like to watch it but I do not see a streaming version available for purchase on-line. Any idea where I could find it? Buying a DVD and waiting for it to be shipped feels like too much trouble.

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