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My top ten list of the summer 2011 | The Velvet Café
Joel over at Deny Everything made a list of his top ten of the summer of 2011 and this inspired me to make one of my own. Candidates for the list were movies that …
This movie cracked up my sad face | The Velvet Café
I’ve recently discovered the feature of plot keywords over at IMDB thanks to a little game that the lovely people over at the Filmspotting board are running (“guess the movie from the first five …
Going against the critics – even if it’s scary | The Velvet Café
15 year old Mia, the main character of Fish Tank, hasn’t gotten a lot of love in her life. Brought up in a miserable suburban area, with a mother who must have been a …
Talking a bit about my favourite movie | The Velvet Café
Which movie is your favourite movie, and why? It’s a tricky question, isn’t it? While it’s not all that difficult to put together a top 100 list (at least if you’re careless about it …
I never figured out what the French whispers were about | The Velvet Café
When I went to journalist school, they always said that we should write articles like you would draw a fish. You start with a hook. That’s essential. Without the hook – no reader. Then …
The post where I realize that I kind of like impro | The Velvet Café
I can imagine the faces the people at the marketing department did as they got Cyrus on their table. “What the h… do we make out of this?” In one way you could say …
Based on a true story is a tricky thing | The Velvet Café
The Diving Belly and the Butterfly lived up to the expectations that such a beautiful name will evoke. I shed quite a few tears as I watched it. Of course. I thought of my …
The Rise of the Invisible Actor | The Velvet Café
It seems as if my memory capacity has hit the roof. My brain cells are dying off. I don’t want to know how exactly how quickly to be honest, so if you know the …
A glass of orange juice in the wrong place | The Velvet Café
Drinking a glass of orange juice right after you’ve brushed your teeth is never a brilliant idea. It tastes yucky, and you don’t only lose your orange juice experience, but also the fresh taste …
One of the best movies this year (as long as you’re not on a date) | The Velvet Café
One hour into the movie, they took a unanimous decision. On a given signal, the party of four stood up from their seats, grabbed their still half full bowls of popcorn and soda and …