Peneflix MOVIE REVIEWS BY PENEFLIX

TICKET TO PARADISE, Cuba; THREE STARS!!! Well acted slice of incredible, but true conditions of young people facing insurmountable odds; devoid of options. Depressing but pivotally realistic.   HIS MOTHER’S EYES, France; FOUR STARS!!!! Even with its flaws, I loved this film of beautiful people, with not-so-beautiful souls. Catherine Deneuve is a French icon.   BOL; Pakistan; FOUR STARS!!!! Here ... Read More »

To this point, after 6 films, 6 boxes of popcorn, 6 hot dogs and barely 6 hours of sleep (in 2 days) I have decided to give simple “sees” and “skips”; will review in depth when my life does not belong to AMC 21! GANDU, (India); 0 STARS! I was one of the few who stayed for the entire painful, ... Read More »

Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar”: Act 1, scene 2: Caesar: Who is it in the press that calls on me? I hear a tongue shriller than all the music cry “Caesar”.              Speak, Caesar is turn’d to hear. Soothsayer: Beware the Ides of March. Caesar: What man is that? Brutus: a soothsayer bids you beware the Ides of march.   “Governor Mike ... Read More »

One does not choose whom to love; the heart is without doors and to a certain extent always bleeding, pulsating, uncontrollable with a “mind” and an emotional language unique unto itself. “My Afternoons with Margueritte”  is an enchanting, compelling tale of two disparate souls, lonely, meeting on a park bench in a small French village. “Germain” depicted by a massively ... Read More »

Few reach the age of reason without knowing someone who has been cursed with cancer. The disease is ubiquitous, knows no boundaries or parameters and strikes at will. But is more heartbreaking when it invades the young, those whose dreams have not yet blossomed, let alone realized. “50/50” tackles successfully a young man’s journey through the unknown blackness and fathomless ... Read More »