Monday:
Quai des Brumes:
Directed by Marcel CARNE
With Jean Gabin, Michel Simon
Drama / French / 1938 / 1h31
20h50 on Arte
Synopsis: On a dark night, a deserter named Jean arrives in Le Havre hoping to leave the France. While waiting for a boat, he finds refuge at the end of the docks, in a hut around which several marginals gravitate. There he meets Nelly, a beautiful and mysterious young woman whose gaze upsets him. The latter lives in terror of her guardian, the miserable Zabel, himself racketed by a gang of thugs. Out of love, Jean meddles in Nelly's affairs and sets foot in a perilous spiral…
Quai des brumes is a great French classic by Marcel Carné, worn by an attractive and talented young Gabin , set in a strong historical context.Sometimes obsolete and boring, the feature film is a film to see just for its last five very romantic minutes and one of the most cult lines in the history of French cinema. A sort of French Casablanca Quai des Brumes is a monument of French cinema.
Tuesday
Pretty Woman:
Directed by Gary MARSHALL
With Richard Gere, Julia Roberts
Romantic comedy / USA / 1990 / 1h59
20h55 on W9
Synopsis : Edward Lewis, a successful businessman, meets by chance Vivian Ward, a fatal beauty who walks the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard every night. The young woman will only make a mouth of the brilliant CEO.
A cult comedy thanks to a very effective tandem, with perfect alchemy. The performers are convincing, Julia Roberts is terribly attractive, and this buddy movie touches by its omnipresent kindness and respect. A cult film easy to see deeply sympathetic.
War of the Worlds:
Directed by Steven SPIELBERG
With Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning
Science fiction / USA / 2005 / 1h52
8:55pm on France 4
Synopsis: Ray Ferrier is a divorced docker and nothing short of perfect father, who now has only episodic relationships with his son Robbie, 17, and daughter Rachel, 11. A few minutes after his ex-wife and her husband gave him custody of the children, a powerful storm broke out. Ray then attends a show that will change his life forever…
Steven Spielberg signs an oppressive and disaster science fiction film. Via aliens with a really well thought-out design, Spielberg offers some dantesque action scenes, impressive machines, a powerful introduction and some masterful horror passages. Tom Cruise does the rest in front of the camera for this pleasant and perfectly accomplished science fiction film.
The Man of the High Plains:
Directed by Clint EASTWOOD
With Clint Eastwood
Western / USA / 1973 / 1h45
20h45 on ParisPremière
Synopsis: A stranger, dressed all in black, arrives in a small border town in the American Southwest. Three young cowboys provoke him. He shoots all three of them. The inhabitants then ask him to save them from the attack of three bandits who have vowed the destruction of the community. He accepts but on conditions that will upset the conformism of the village…
Clint Eastwood learns from his elders Sergio Leone and Don Siegel to offer his own western. Sometimes on the edge of the fantastic Eastwood offers a strong photograph to talk about this story of protection close to that of The Seven Mercenaries. However, Clint Eastwood plays an ambiguous and violent character. An amazing western premise of Clint Eastwood's directing talent.
Wednesday
Deadpool:
Directed by Tim MILLER
With Ryan Reynolds
Action / USA / 2016 / 1h48
Synopsis: Deadpool, is the most atypical anti-hero of the Marvel universe. Originally, his name is Wade Wilson: a former Special Forces soldier turned mercenary. After undergoing an extraordinary experiment that will accelerate his healing powers, he will become Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a high-energy black humor, Deadpool will hunt down the man who almost destroyed his life.
Finally an adaptation of Deadpool ! The fans were waiting for him and Ryan Reynolds made that dream come true. The feature film remains faithful to the character, featuring a subversive and irreverent anti-hero, well barred, funny and completely lit. The action scenes remain effective and violent and offbeat enough to honor the character, and humor is omnipresent, even the fourth wall is broken as in the comics. No, what suffers in Tim Miller's film is not Deadpool, but Wade Wilson. The boring flashbacks to break the rhythm feature a bland and stereotypical Wade Wilson for scenes telling his very classic, too classic origins. Similarly the finale is a formatted conclusion of the all-comers Hollywood, too bad. We look forward to the sequel for more Deadpool.
Thursday
Flight:
Directed by Robert ZEMECKIS
With Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly
Drama / USA / 2013 / 2h18
20:55 on TMC
Synopsis: Whip Whitaker, an experienced airline pilot, miraculously manages to land his plane in disaster after an accident in the sky… The following investigation raises many questions… What really happened on Flight 227? Hailed as a hero after the crash, Whip will suddenly see his entire life exposed in full light.
Zemeckis fully impresses his viewer during an excessively gripping first scene, a plane crash, or rather an exceptional non-crash.After a violent accident, striking realism and aesthetic and technical qualities, which really takes to the guts, Flight becomes a classic but effective story of redemption. Denzel Washington is perfect, interpreting his role with strength and conviction and the supporting roles remain interesting. More rhythmic, more impressive, more captivating than the recent Sully, Zemeckis' film is certainly worth seeing.
Pan's Labyrinth:
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Fantastic / USA, Spain / 2006 / 1h52
20h50 on Canal + Cinéma
Synopsis: Spain, 1944. End of the war. Carmen, recently remarried, moves with her daughter Ofélia to her new husband, the very authoritarian Vidal, captain of the Francoist army. While the girl is struggling to get used to her new life, she discovers near the large family home a mysterious labyrinth. Pan, the guardian of the place, a strange magical and demonic creature, will reveal to him that she is none other than the missing princess of an enchanted kingdom. In order to discover the truth, Ofelia will have to complete three dangerous tests, which nothing has prepared her to face…
Via a fantastic spring embellished with visual nuggets, monsters of all kinds well thought out, sumptuous sets and whimsical appearances, Guillermo Del Toro deals with a dramatic historical subject. Through the prism of a little girl who wants to believe in the impossible, Del Toro signs a film with a powerful social vector, stages the fantasies of a little girl who does not want to lose hope. We remember the many monsters of the filmmaker, who have become cult over the years, and this magnificent and touching conclusion. Oscars for Best Cinematography, Best Set Design and Best Makeup and Goyas for Best Original Screenplay and Best Female Newcomer for Ivana Baquero.
Friday
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice:
Directed by Zack SNYDER
With Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Jesse Eisenberg, Amy Adams, Jeremy Irons, Laurence Fishburne, Gal Gadot, Holly Hunter, Kevin Costner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Fantastic / USA / 2016 / 2h33
21:00 on Canal +
Synopsis: Fearing that Superman will abuse his omnipotence, the Dark Knight decides to confront him: does the world need a superhero with unlimited powers or a vigilante with formidable strength but human origin? Meanwhile, a terrible threat looms on the horizon…
A confrontation that will not remain iconic but that avoids the worst. Zack Snyder , in addition to offering impressive images, draws up a whole tasty mythology. However, Batman V Superman remains a classic blockbuster too descended by critics. Yet we find the visual qualities of the filmmaker, a respect for the characters, a powerful and imposing interpretation of Bruce Wayne by Ben Affleck , impressive action scenes and a rendering of gigantism very well represented by a muscular opening scene. Batman V Superman is not a masterpiece but an undeniably good entertainment that deserved much better.
