Even before they could watch it, the moviegoers predicted that it would be the biggest box office hit of the year and they may prove right. Fantastic Beasts: the Crimes of Grindelwald, the second episode of the new saga written by J.K. Rowling, was released this week. Here is our review of the follow-up of … Lire la suite
About two years after his triumph with La La Land, Damien Chazelle got back behind the camera to direct First Man, that plunges us in the life of Neil Armstrong, the first man who ever walked on the moon. Here is our review of what was undoubtedly one of this year’s most anticipated movies and … Lire la suite
Two years after his latest feature film Bridge of Spies was released, Steven Spielberg continues his description of American history with The Post: an ode to journalism and the freedom of the press in which he focuses on a little-known affair that made headlines in 1971 and indirectly allowed newspapers to reveal the Watergate scandal. … Lire la suite
It was undoubtedly an extremely anticipated film. Kenneth Branagh’s version of Murder on the Orient Express was finally released in France on the 13th of December. With its prestigious director and its ultra glamorous cast, this new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s famous novel was really attractive and, watching it, we discovered with great pleasure that … Lire la suite
On the occasion of its release on DVD in France on the 20th of September, OOK magazine proposes to (re)discover King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, the ninth feature film directed by British filmmaker Guy Ritchie in which he shows his own vision of the famous legend of the Knights of the Round Table. Thus, … Lire la suite
It was undoubtedly one of the most anticipated movie of the year: Valerian and the city of a thousand planets, the new feature film directed by Luc Besson was released in France on the 26th of July. Based on the comic strip Valerian and Laureline, written by Pierre Christin and illustrated by Jean-Claude Mézières; this … Lire la suite
With his tenth feature film Dunkirk, which was released in France on the 19th of July, Christopher Nolan, who also directed Inception and Interstellar, moves from science fiction to historical account. In this overwhelmingly realistic movie, which looks very much like a documentary, he tells the story of the “Dynamo Operation”, a little-known episode of … Lire la suite
On the 17th of May, Ismael’s Ghosts, French director Arnaud Desplechin’s eleventh feature film was presented as the opening movie of the 70th Cannes Film Festival. Discover our review of this auteur film which rests on a brilliant cast and a beautiful photography but also on a rather confused scenario.
This was one of the most anticipated movies of the year: the new live action version of the beloved Walt Disney film, Beauty and the Beast, directed by American filmmaker Bill Condon, was released in theatres in France on the 22nd of March. It is a beautiful musical which will appeal above all to children … Lire la suite
Four years after he directed his third movie Argo, Ben Affleck got back both in front of and behind the camera and decided to adapt Dennis Lehane’s book Live By Night. The result is really convincing: a fascinating thriller which takes place during Prohibition and is inspired by the most iconic gangster movies. It was … Lire la suite