Films to watch, DVDs to rent...
The Hours
The Hours (2002) is a drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, based on the 1999 eponymous novel by Michael Cunningham.
It deals with three women who are interconnected by the novel Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf :
- Clarissa Vaughan (Meryl Streep), a New Yorker preparing a party for a friend dying from AIDS in 2001;
- Laura Brown (Julianne Moore), a pregnant 1950s California housewife in an unhappy marriage;
- Virginia Woolf herself (Nicole Kidman) in 1923 in England, afflicted with depression and trying to write a novel.
It's an emotional, intelligent film with great actresses and a great story.
It deals with three women who are interconnected by the novel Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf :
- Clarissa Vaughan (Meryl Streep), a New Yorker preparing a party for a friend dying from AIDS in 2001;
- Laura Brown (Julianne Moore), a pregnant 1950s California housewife in an unhappy marriage;
- Virginia Woolf herself (Nicole Kidman) in 1923 in England, afflicted with depression and trying to write a novel.
It's an emotional, intelligent film with great actresses and a great story.
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta is a 2005 science fiction-thriller film. The film is an adaptation of the comic book V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd.
Set in London in a near-future dystopian society, the film follows the mysterious V, a freedom fighter who wants sociopolitical change and his own violent personal vendetta.
The film stars Natalie Portman (Star Wars) and Hugo Weaving (The Matrix). It's an action-packed film with a great scenario !
Set in London in a near-future dystopian society, the film follows the mysterious V, a freedom fighter who wants sociopolitical change and his own violent personal vendetta.
The film stars Natalie Portman (Star Wars) and Hugo Weaving (The Matrix). It's an action-packed film with a great scenario !
