Posts Tagged ‘ Action ’

When I first started working on this website I took the lazy way out and posted quite a few (okay, all) of the reviews straight from Amazon.com, with the intention of coming back later and writing my own, in-depth takes on these French films that I love so well.  After all, a critique is...
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As a writer and/or director, Luc Besson is responsible for quite a few of my favorite films (Nikita, Angel-A, The Fifth Element, the Transporter franchise) so I’m looking forward to the release of this Besson-penned film. Opening in the U.S. on February 5th, this action flick is a future entry in the “Filmed in...
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France’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Golden Globes  is A Prophet (Un Prophete), the Grand Prix winner at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Here’s the synopsis: Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read nor write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more...
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