4308 - À ESPREITA DO MAL (2019)

À ESPREITA DO MAL (I SEE YOU, USA, 2019) – A história envolve uma crise familiar e o sequestro de crianças numa cidade no interior dos EUA. O que chama atenção é a atuação caricatural de Helen Hunt, quase irreconhecível, sem qualquer expressão facial. The story involves a family crisis and children being kidnapped in a small American town. Helen Hunts’ lack of facial expression is something to be noticed. It is a film of mixed tropes – child abduction, domestic disharmony and intruders living secretly in a house.   

4307 - O HOMEM ELEFANTE (1980)

Anthony Hopkins e John Hurt - perfeitos

 O HOMEM ELEFANTE (THE ELEPHANT MAN, USA, 1980) - A Victorian surgeon (Anthony Hopkins) rescues a heavily disfigured man (John Hurt) who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication. This movie was executive produced by Mel Brooks, who was responsible for hiring writer and director David Lynch, and obtaining permission to film in black-and-white. He deliberately left his name off of the credits, as he knew that people would get the wrong idea about the movie if they saw his name on the movie, given his fame as a satirist.

4306 - THE MANDALORIAN - TEMP. 2 - 8 EPISÓDIOS (2020)

THE MANDALORIAN – TEMP. 2 (USA, 2020) – Antes de ver a terceira temporada, torna-se obrigatório rever as duas primeiras, nas quais a relação entre Mando e Grogu se aprofunda. Jon Favreau definitely reached huge success with this. The story about a lone gunfighter who makes his way through the galaxy after the fall of the empire and ends up taking care of baby Yoda is something irresistible. This is the show every Star Wars fan has been waiting for. Every episode is a wonder of the best CGIs ever and perfect scripts. Jon Favreau should be in charge of all future Star Wars projects.

4305 - X - A MARCA DA MORTE (2022)

X (USA, 2022) – Homenagem aos filmes slasher – um grupo de jovens planejam fazer um filme de baixo orçamento numa área rural do Texas, mas descobrem o perigo representado por um casal de idosos. Apesar da ideia pouco original, que lida com os clichés do gênero, o filme aproveita esses mesmos clichés para criticar a repetição de situações desse tipo de história. In this homage to classic slasher films, a group of young filmmakers set out to make a low-budget adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives. It's not an original idea, but it plays off the puritanical cliché in the slasher films of yore where the most sexually active characters are the most likely to get killed off. Prime.

4304 - O EXPRESSO DA MEIA-NOITE (1978)

O EXPRESSO DA MEIA-NOITE (MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, USA, 1978) - Midnight Express was still a superbly staged film. It has atmospheric cinematography and lighting, while the direction from Alan Parker is powerful and intelligent. Giorgio Moroder's electronic score is wonderful and unforgettable, and it is still effective and scary, adding a lot to the film. The film also has a very good screenplay, a very effective and iconic opening sequence, and a harrowing yet gripping story. Brad Davis in a breakthrough role gives a powerful performance as our protagonist Billy Hayes. His fellow Western inmates include Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, and Academy Award nominee John Hurt. Each of them adapts to Turkish prison in their own way and they all mentor Davis.