Filmtip for a Filmtrip - Film Reviews

Meanwhile, I've seen all episodes of this series, with the unforgettable David Suchet in the lead. Normally, you would say that I know all the stories and it would be less fun to see it again. But I'm someone who can watch a good movie twenty times or more and always enjoy it. I know of some movies whole parts of dialogue by heart that often I have seen them. Not only do I enjoy the good story or the excellent performances of all actors, I also look at the why it’s directed and edited and try to understand why the director has made the decisions he made making the film. Sometimes I imagine how it could have been different and what effect it would have had. But with the filming of Agatha Christie's books, especially her Poirot and Miss Marple stories, I often get surprised when the identity of the killer is revealed. There are so many suspects and there are so many red hearings in Christie's stories that it has happened several times that I had wrongly remembered

Imagine you are being convicted for killing your wife and you end up in San Francisco's most notorious prison. Everyone has let you down and you don’t make many new friends in San Quentin because they don’t like inmates who keep insisting they’re innocent. The only way to prove your innocence is to escape. You hide in a barrel that is on the laundry truck so you can start your search for the person who killed your wife. As easy as pie…. But like in any good film noir, you're running a lot of trouble. Lauren Bacall We hear the famous voice of Humphrey Bogart, who plays Vincent the escaped prisoner. When I hear his voice I know for sure; this must be good film. Five minutes after the start of the film Vincent meets Irene, played by Lauren Bacall. For an inexplicable reason, which will become apparent later, she helps him escape. As soon as I see Bacall I think; This is going to be a great movie. At least I have not seen a bad movie with these two great actors yet.

Cameron Colley (Jonny Lee Miller) is a young ambitious journalist who does his best to be a thorn in the flesh of the established order because of the injustice they cause others. Colley is not the only one that can not tolerate injustice. A serial killer kills the rich and powerful people of which Colley writes. If he makes calls with instructions to the journalist, the question is how far Colley is involved in these horrendous murders. Jonny Lee Miller This film, from the book by Iain Banks, is struggling with the problem that the creators did stick too close to the book. The pace at which the story is told is very varied. This may work well in a book, but it is totally inappropriate for a movie. The first hour of the film is fascinating, thrilling and has a nice tempo. We see the ambitious Colley in search of a good story. Initially, he gets in touch with the killer, but if it gets too close for comfort there's no going back. This provides the necessary excitement. Jon

When a man begins to behave tyrannically to his family, the women in the household decide to teach him a lesson. This description made me curious. But I think that this interesting subject is not used to a sufficient extent and 'Master of the House' is taking a long time to sit with it’s one hour and 51 minutes. This Danish film opens with the announcement that this is a story about a very spoiled man, a foreign man, because in Denmark, this kind of men no longer existed, if we have to believe the title card. The Danish women got voting rights in 1917 and were determined to implement equal rights also on other fronts. Even so, this kind of men did not belong in Danish society anymore. In a good movie there is always some tension. This can be expressed in the dialogues, but it can also be seen in the way the story is portrayed. On both sides, this movie is disappointing. It starts by calling the father a "spoiled man"on the first title card. That weakens