Author Archives: MADali

Avatar

Avatar James Cameron | USA | 2009 162 min December of 2009 is a fantastic time for the release of Avatar, mainly because it has been a horrible year for big-budget mainstream films that everyone can gather around and love. … Continue reading

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Sunshine Cleaning

Sunshine Cleaning Christine Jeffs | USA | 2009 91 min I’ve seen almost all of Amy Adams’ films of the last few years. You want to sell a film to me, just tell me it has Amy Adams in it. … Continue reading

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The Hangover

The Hangover Todd Phillips | USA | 2009 100 min This year has not been great in terms of memorable comedies, and the poster and marketing material for The Hangover, proudly claiming that it was from the director of Old … Continue reading

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Blindness

Imagine if people start going blind at random. No reason, no warning. It won’t happen to everyone at the same time, but in slow intervals, and everyday this number of people will increase. That is the world in Blindness. Fearing that the disease might be contagious, the government locks the infected in a hospital ward, to control the outbreak. Things are going fine in the beginning. There is food, the ward is clean, there is space, and people are waiting patiently to be cured. But then, more and more blind people are sent in, the ward becomes overcrowded, food supply has to be rationed, and then things go very wrong. Continue reading

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