Baroness Elisa and Synergy to Perform in Balestrand Sognafjord Sunday May 29th
Baroness Elisa (www.baronesselisa.com) is performing with “Synergy” on the luxury Fred Olsen cruise liner Braemer in Balestrand Sognafjord, Sunday May 29th. "Elegant, but not stuffy" best describes the atmosphere on board Braemar which came into...
Baroness Elisa and Synergy to Perform in Riga Latvia Thursday June 9th
Baroness Elisa (www.baronesselisa.com) is performing with “Synergy” on the luxury Fred Olsen cruise liner Braemer in Riga Latvia on Thursday June 9th. "Elegant, but not stuffy" best describes the atmosphere on board Braemar which came into service...
Michael Jackson's Arabian Nights
Michael Jackson is now set to take up residence in Dubai according to the Tabloids. He's had his picture taken several times with a fan of his in that country, this fan happens to be part of the royal family - a prince, I believe - and has been...
Poker Money Management - Don't Make These Two Common Mistakes!
Poker Money Management - Don't Make These Two Common Mistakes!
Here we will give you some general guidelines on poker money management and the two most common errors that players make, that increase the odds of losing dramatically.
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They Shoot Horses - Horses In Motion Pictures
Notwithstanding Rin Can Tin can and The Thin Man series' Asta, the positron emission tomography film achieved its canine calvary in the Lassie movies. Its feline apotheosis came in That Darn Computerized tomography. (1965) and its porcine pinnacle...
Rick's Hangman Movie Review
The world is your oyster darling and there are a lot of great stories in that little oyster. Stories of betrayal and faith and vengeance, but who would have thought there would be a story as far-fetchedly out of this oyster as Machiavelli Hangman (http://www.hangmanmovie.com)? Does this plot fit in any of the conventional films that we have previously grown to watch and know and love? In film school, they taught us that there were 20 main plots because those are the stories that can tell the human condition. These range from the heroic adventure to the underdog story to the sacrifice and countless others. Machiavelli Hangman seems to take all those sub-categories and create one that stands on its own. It's a combination of the underdog story with the sacrifice and the heroic adventure.
The filmmakers of this film have truly created something so unique that it represents a new breed of filmmaking altogether. When I was watching the film, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it. Whether it was a comedy like the one I had recently seen with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers), or if it was an inspirational historical drama like Cinderella Story or an action adventure bonanza like Spielberg's latest War of the Worlds.
Being a film critic, I have to criticize, but it makes my job so difficult when there's barely anything to criticize. After the first 10
minutes, I simply just sat back... I'm sorry, let me rephrase, I was uncontrollably pushed back to settle into my comfortable seat and enjoy the fluidity of the story. It flowed like a stream, so seamlessly that I completely forgot that I have been a critique for the last two years and I went back to my childhood when I used to watch films with an innocent nonanalytical mind.
The actors were all splendid as they delivered one-liners like "I was born out of a coconut" or consistent references to "rubbing one out." The dialogue was a familiar reminder of Quentin Tarantino's free flowing rhetorical conversations but in this movie, every single detail is there for a reason.
In conclusion, I must tell you that no matter how cynical and cautious you are about movies these days, this film will find a way to creep into your brain and stay there until you can't think of anything else. It has beats and it absolutely had me in a tight grip by the 10th beat which happens within the first twenty-five minutes. Machiavelli Hangman is a trap and you will walk in and get caught and love every second of it.
About the author:
Rick Morales is a humorist and a film reviewer for various online publications. Machiavelli Hangman http://www.hangmanmovie.com