Golden Bowl

Golden Bowl
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Uma Thurman, Kate Beckinsale

Another work from the James Ivory/Ismail Merchant duo, not matches up entirely to their previous films I have seen. It’s just 2 to 3 weeks since I saw the movie. I remember the plot, yet it does not have a great recall for me. It does not bring back any profound memories and feelings, whatsoever. That definitely is a measure of the impact that film had on me…Want to hear if it had an effect otherwise for anyone.

Uma Thurman – Pulp Fiction. Nothing beats her role in Pulp Fiction.

Winged Creatures (2008)

Director: Rowan Woods
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Forest Whitaker, Kate Beckinsale, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Yes, I mean an incident can take you away from your comfort zone, and that too if it’s the loss of a beloved one, or like in this case a brutal killing spree…But how it manifests on the different victims, is something which is what the film tries to explore…How much so ever the plot could have been intriguing, somewhere down the lane, the movie looses its focus. A bit vague, maybe sometimes. I felt the same kind of disconnect in Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm too. But the other ones like The Squid and the Whale and American Beauty and Little Children about dysfunctional families, never felt vague or out of context.

A great cast otherwise for a film which could have been taken to a completely different level and experience.

Snow Angels

This movie was a random pick. I dedicate this movie to Kate Beckinsale. I rarely noticed her as an actress before this movie. Not only I discovered her to be extremely beautiful, but also equally talented. I remember her from Laurel Canyon. This was an out an out package deal for me, all that I could have wanted for, from a drama.