Did the weather keep you inside this Memorial Day weekend? Or, would you rather just relax and stay inside? Why not take in a movie? There's plenty to choose from.
The Cannes Film Festival is one of the most important festivals in the world where some of the most prestigious directors showcase their films. Over the past few years a number of great films have premiered and have become considered Cannes Classics. The following list showcases some of Latin Post's recent favorite Cannes Films.
The first day of the Cannes Film Festival began with disappointing results as the opening night movie is being hailed as one of the worst films to open the Cannes Film Festival.
Some will certainly complain about the implausibility of the climactic twist, but this film is so highly stylized that it is not likely that anyone could mistake it for realism. Instead the film digs a bit deeper from a psychological standpoint. Speaking in Freudian terms, "The Double" externalizes the subconscious battle between id and superego in attempts at realizing a fully mature ego.
"Neighbors" is everything you would want out of a summer movie. While admittedly unrealistic in some of its wilder antics, the film manages to blend hilarity and entertainment with some emotional depth and unique characters. The performances, particularly that of Efron, are top-notch in every respect.
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" debuted in movie theaters this past weekend. As with most films in the comic book genre, the latest installment in the franchise featured a number of fascinating visual effects ranging from its action sequences to its major villains. Latin Post recently interviewed Argentinean visual effects compositor Pablo Holcer about the process of working on the project.
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is likely to be the poorest grossing "Spider-Man" movie to date. But the film will also be remembered for another first: the film is the first "Rotten" film on aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes. Every other Spidey flick has managed to maintain 60 percent approval rating from the critics thus far. Interestingly enough, this film is not the worst of the lot from an artistic standpoint. Far from it. That honor still belongs to "Spider-Man 3." Here are a few reasons why the Sam Raimi movie is still the nadir of the beloved franchise.
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is enjoyable on the strength of the performances alone, but the film unfortunately fails on a number of other fronts. The story, while showing tremendous potential and some thematic cohesiveness, does not really illuminate its characters as well as it sets out to do and at the end of the day, it comes off as a retread of a plethora of other comic book movies with the Spider-Man brand attached to it.
Lucasfilm and Disney shocked the world on Tuesday by announcing the official cast for the hotly anticipated "Star Wars Episode VII." There were several rumors heating up in the days preceding the announcement, but many pinned the revelation to be made on "May the Fourth" which is a special day for Star Wars fans around the world.
