Pride and Glory Movie - Edward Norton vs. Colin Farrell

Edward Norton I know plays somehow strange roles in movies like Down in the Valley, the Illusionist, the Score, American history X. In the new movie Pride and Glory he is the good cop. The bad cop is Colin Farrell. The issue is again police corruption, not enough money to pay the bills, so start turning the blind eye for some low-life drug dealers with lots of cash.

Things get real ugly real quick, the dirty crew loses 4 men, killed by Tezo, one of the protected drug dealer. Colin Farrell needs to find the guy that killed his men and in the same time tries to cover his tracks with his brothers in law, Edward Norton (good cop) and Noah Emmerich (his CO)

Pride and Glory is a classic cop drama, very violent and explicit, and alos very believable. the quality of acting is what makes the movie great. The ending is disturbing, and it goes deep, makes you think a long time.

Links: IMDb, Torrent Search

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Defiance - a Daniel Craig with russian accent?

no, not really, but nevertheless a very believable character. Daniel Craig is a jewish belarussian, who togheter with his brothers try to survive and help others survive the World War II.
we experience once again quite vividly the horrors of the war, the killings, the hunger, the russian winter. This movie is based on a true story, so we know that what we see was for real.

"Freedom begins with an act of defiance".

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona - spanish flavour

wow, what a nice surprise to see such an enlightning movie. Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a genuine Woody Allen film, starring Javier Bardem, Scarlett Johansson,Penélope Cruz, Rebecca Hall.

Two bored american girls (Vicky and Cristina) travel to Barcelona to discover the local culture. Juan Antonio is a local painter who in a very convincing manner seduces both of them and takes them to all the beatiful places in Barcelona and Oviedo.
Javier Bardem, who I only saw in 'no country for old men' plays perfectly this time the spanish playboy, a total change of character I might say.

we get everything in this movie, spanish guitar, beatiful places, great wines, Barcelona historical views. this is a art movie, but very light and funny, so go see it.

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Rome - HBO -a must see

now this is a masterpiece. there are only two seasons, but who needs more (this is not ER right?)

Rome is a historical tv drama about the roman empire in the caesar & brutus times. so the action factor is guaranteed.

beeing a HBO production and all, there are no issues with explicit content here, so the violence and sex scenes are all around the place. I think this is what makes the series so good, you really understand how it was like to live in those times, when you see the blood and the killings uncut. I mean, we all know that the roman empire was very advanced (republic, technology & co), but let's be serious, the gladiators were no football players :)


Kevin McKidd and Ray Stevenson star in this great tv series, and they are doing a wonderful job depicting two normal soldiers in the roman army, taking live and death decisions on a daily basis. the best thing is, the action is based on real events (it's of course sometimes dramatised), so what the characters are doing feels (frightening) real.

After I watched the whole thing, I felt the need to study roman history, to see if what happened in the show is true. especially the ceasar (plaed by a great Ciarán Hinds) death and the aftermath is quite mind blowing. James Purefoy
is very convincing in playing Mark Anthony, who trancends from a genius and powerful war general to a victim of his time, losing himself in intrigues, parties, affairs (of course with Cleopatra of Egypt)

so you really need to see this one. you will see your life with different eyes. :)

Links: IMDb, Amazon.com

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Private Practice season 2 - is this for real?

yeah so what can I say? I watched with my wife the whole second season of the tv series private practice, starring kate walsh (the one from grey'S anatomy) and taye diggs (from day break).

and I must say, I rolled my eyes so often that it hurt.
So it's about a group of doctors that start their own private clinic (it'S a grey'S anatomy spin-off ) . 3 men and 3 women, go figure, and of course they already slept together in every possible combination. Gueststars are used to spice up the lovelife of everyone of them.

every episode they have the most interesting (or unbelievable ) cases going on. it seems like the normal people with normal problems don't come to them.

kate walsh is like the star of the show, she tries to give anyone a life lesson. she is the wisest of all :) .
taye diggs is dumbed down to a man who slept only with his ex-wife, and has big issues with normal situations. seeing diggs learning to ride a bicicle is actually funnier than the screenwriters intended.

Anyway, my wife seems to like it in some way, so I guess if you like cheesy drama series, you can give Private Practice a try.

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