Review: The Impossible (2012)

Cast:
           Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast, Geraldine Chaplin, Marta Etura and Simon Blyberg

Director:
                   Juan Antonio Bayona

Review: Frankenweenie (2012)

 

Voice Cast:
                       Charlie Tahan, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Winona Ryder, Atticus Shaffer, Robert Capron, Christopher Lee, Conchata Ferrell, James Hiroyuki Liao and Tom Kenny

Director:
                   Tim Burton

Quick Takes: Hyde Park on Hudson, Mirror Mirror and Student of the Year

Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)

Cast:
           Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel, Olivia Williams, Elizabeth Wilson, Martin McDougall and Andrew Havill

Director:
                   Roger Michell

Review: Cloud Atlas (2012)

Cast:
           Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D'Arcy, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Zhou Xun, Keith David and David Gyasi

Directors:
                     Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer

Review: A Royal Affair (2012)

Cast:
           Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Boe Folsgaard, David Dencik, Soren Malling, Trine Dyrholm, William Johnk Nielsen, Cyron Bjorn Melville, Rosalinde Mynster, Laura Bro, Bent Mejding, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Soren Spanning, John Martinus, Erika Guntherova, Harriet Walter and Klaus Tange

Director:
                   Nikolaj Arcel

Review: The Sessions (2012)

Cast:
           John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Annika Marks, W. Earl Brown, Blake Lindsley, Adam Arkin, Robin Weigert, Rusty Schwimmer and Rhea Perlman

Director:
                   Ben Lewin

Review: Only God Forgives (2013)

Cast:
           Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Ratha Phongam, Gordon Brown, Tom Burke, Byron Gibson, Danai Thiengdham, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Nophand Boonyai, Teerawat Mulvilai, Kovit Wattanakul andWittchuta Watjanarat

Director:
                   Nicolas Winding Refn

Review: Life of Pi (2012)

Cast:
           Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Adil Hussain, Rafe Spall, Ayush Tandon, Gautam Belur, Gerard Depardieu, Po-Chieh Wang, Shravanthi Sainath, Andrea Di Stefano, Vibish Sivakumar, Mohamed Abbas Khaleeli and Ayan Khan

Director:
                   Ang Lee

Quick Takes: Hemingway & Gellhorn, Hitchcock and The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) (TV Movie)

Cast:
           Nicole Kidman, Clive Owen, David Strathairn, Molly Parker, Parker Posey, Rodrigo Santoro, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, Mark Pellegrino, Peter Coyote, Lars Ulrich, Leonard Apeltsin, Jeffrey Jones, Santiago Cabrera, Aitor Inarra, Diane Baker, Steven Wiig, Keone Young and Joan Chen

Director:
                   Philip Kaufman

Review: Flight (2012)

Cast:
           Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Kelly Reilly, Don Cheadle, Bruce Greenwood, Tamara Tunie, Melissa Leo, Nadine Velazquez and Brian Geraghty

Director:
                   Robert Zemeckis

Review: ParaNorman (2012)

Voice Cast:
                       Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, Elaine Stritch, Bernard Hill, Jodelle Micah Ferland, John Goodman, Tempestt Bledsoe, Hannah Noyes and Ariel Winter

Director:
                   Chris Butler & Sam Fell

Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

Cast:
           Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Nina Dobrev, Mae Whitman, Paul Rudd, Kate Walsh, Dylan McDermott, Melanie Lynskey, Johnny Simmons, Reece Thompson, Brian Balzerini, Nicholas Braun, Joan Cusack, Adam Hagenbuch, Erin Wilhelmi and Tom Savini

Director:
                   Stephen Chbosky

Review: Tabu (2012)

Cast:
           Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira, Henrique Espirito Santo, Carloto Cotta and Isabel Munoz Cardoso

Director:
                   Miguel Gomes

Review: The Master (2012)

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Quick Takes: Arbitrage, Compliance and The Paperboy.

Arbitrage (2012)

Cast:
           Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Brit Marling, Laetitia Casta, Nate Parker, Stuart Margolin, Chris Eigeman, Graydon Carter and Bruce Altman

Director:
                   Nicholas Jarecki

Review: Django Unchained (2012)

Cast:
           Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Don Johnson, Laura Cayouette, Dennis Christopher, James Russo, James Remar, Tom Wopat, Misty Upham, Rex Linn, Cooper Huckabee, Doc Duhame, M. C. Gainey, Bruce Dern, Ned Bellamy, Franco Nero, Jonah Hill, Zoe Bell, Robert Carradine, James Parks, Tom Savini, Michael Parks, John Jarratt and Quentin Tarantino.

Director:
                   Quentin Tarantino

Cannes 2013: Blue Is The Warmest Colour wins Palme d'Or.

I haven't been quite active on my blog this year unfortunately and i missed doing Cannes 2013 coverage which is very important to me. I regret it but still trying my best to come back to my regular maddening and obsessive routine. To start things off, the winners were just announced for the main prizes at Cannes. I have been following every review, tweet, news etc because Cannes is a royalty and they always get great movies to screen, so many stars are there and its definitely the biggest celebration for World Cinema that we get to see. This year's jury was a stunner! Led by Steven Spielberg and included Daniel Auteuil, Vidya Balan, Naomi Kawase, Ang Lee, Nicole Kidman, Cristian Mungiu, Lynne Ramsay and Christoph Waltz. The prestigious Palme d'Or was awarded to the French movie "Blue is the Warmest Colour", its always awarded to the director of course but a different move was taken this time and both the stars of the movie were awarded an honorary Palm as well. This is a French epic length drama that features its lead Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux as two girls exploring there sexuality. In other words, its a Lesbian drama. After the impressive response it got from critics there, many hailing it as a masterpiece and the best movie in competition, i was quite sure it will win the main prize. But its jury who decides in the end not critics so i had my doubts still. The movie was the talk of the town thanks to its lengthy explicit sex scenes, glad that jury/critics saw much greatness beyond all that. I am now really looking forward to watch it.

The Grand Prix which is like 2nd best film went to my 2nd most anticipated film of the year, "Inside Llewyn Davis" by Coen Brothers. While the Jury Prize or the 3rd best film went to "Like Father, Like Son" which was considered by many to be in Spielberg's territory so a Palm upset was expected. Screenplay and Directing prizes went to "A Touch of Sin" and "Heli", the latter one is shocking for me while the former one is surprising. I was hoping that both these prizes might go to Soderbergh, Coens, Farhadi, Sorrentino etc but alas! This is the second year when the directing award went to the booed/notorious/bold movie, last year being "Post Tenebras Lux". I guess the most daring and experimental directing achievement will be winning from now on. Talking about the two acting prizes, Berenice Bejo and Bruce Dern won for "The Past" and "Nebraska" respectively. Bejo got superb praise and was a shoe-in until Adele Exarchopoulos started getting praise as well but it went to Bejo afterall. I am happy for Bruce Dern deep down but the reviews i read didn't really praised his performance as something great. I was hoping Michael Douglas would win for "Behind the Candelabra" but that didn't happen. The movie itself along with few other buzzed films like "La Grande Bellezza" and "Borgman" didn't win anything.

Review: Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Cast:
          Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Julia Stiles, Anupam Kher, Brea Bee, Shea Whigham, John Ortiz, Paul Herman and Dash Mihok.

Director:
                   David O. Russell.

Review: To The Wonder (2013)

Cast:
           Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem, Charles Baker and Romina Mondello.

Director:
                   Terrence Malick.

Review: Skyfall (2012)

Cast:
           Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Berenice Lim Marlohe, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Ola Rapace and Helen McCrory.

Director:
                   Sam Mendes.