A sweet film with Audrey Tautou opens this weekend and it’s one that women everywhere should enjoy. It’s called Delicacy and features an age-old story but told in an interesting new way. The touching little romance film sets up date night and an opportunity for the guys to latch on the gal they have been […]
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Delicacy, a Sweet Romance (Film Review)
March 16th, 2012 
John Delia 
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Tags: Audrey Tautou, Foreign, French, Romance 
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SILENT HOUSE, A Terrifying Drama (Film Review)
March 9th, 2012 John Delia What starts out as a horror flick turns into a terrifying mindbender in the movie Silent House. Not a very good script and a bit too sophisticated for most fans of the genres, there’s little doubt that it will not last at the box office.
THE ROUNDUP (La Rafle), a Chilling True Story (Film Review)
February 16th, 2012 John Delia It’ not often enough that we can get reminded in film of some of the more dismal times from the past, especially those that show ‘man’s inhumanity to man.’ This happens to be the case of The Roundup a French film that captures a period in history covering the cruel extermination of a helpless […]
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THIN ICE, Delightfully Deceiving (Film Review)
February 16th, 2012 John Delia It seems like ages that a movie featuring a good cunning tale unraveled on the big screen and I’m happy to say Thin Ice fits the bill. A smartly written well-acted story with so many twists and turns I found myself wondering, “How did I not see that coming”? It’s a deceiving, manipulative and […]
SHAME, an Erotic NC-17 (Film Review)
February 9th, 2012 John Delia Brilliantly written, cunningly directed and very disturbing Shame gives a fly on the wall view of eroticism. What makes this film a work of art however, comes with the fine acting by Fassbender and Carey Mulligan who give performances worthy of an Oscar.
THE CONQUEST, A Political Teaser
February 2nd, 2012 John Delia Set in France, The Conquest could have easily been translated to a spoof on the government of the United States. Good acting by Denis Podalydes keeps the story realistic and direction by Xavier Durringer shows he has his finger on the political pulse. If you like a witty take on ‘getting to the top […]
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A DANGEROUS METHOD, a Depressing Experience
January 26th, 2012 John Delia You have to really dig deep to find a perfect performance in A Dangerous Method, unfortunately there isn’t a big cast from which to choose, Keira Knightley over acts, Viggo Mortensen very dull and Fassbender a little distant. Disguised as a biography, it’s more of a blip on an electroencephalograph in the life of […]
