"Goodfellas" (1990)

Há contemporâneo mais clássico que o eterno mob movie trazido pela mão do grande sr.Scorsese, “Goodfellas”? Of course not. Contando com um grupo brilhante de actores: um nervoso e paranóico Pesci, um silencioso mas mortífero De Niro e claro, o nosso protagonista, o nosso guia pelo mundo da máfia, o novinho e principiante Liotta. Com uma dinâmica que varia entre a calma aparente na ascensão social que Liotta vai narrando ao longo do filme a momentos de violência e de viragem completamente inesperados. São tubarões, no fim de contas, e Scorsese faz-nos querer nadar com eles. Afinal de contas é mesmo tudo bons rapazes…!

da Kitsch One

IMDb #15

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Henry Hill is a small time gangster, who takes part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to climb up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, is badly affected by his partners success, but will he stoop low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy?

"Old Boy" (2003)

Como é ser raptado e aprisionado durante 15 anos num quarto de hotel? Dae-soo sabe e é por isso que vai à procura de quem lhe fez tal coisa para pedir uma explicação. Este é um filme de culto coreano de visualização obrigatória fabulosamente realizado e protagonizado com uma cor e fotografia fantásticas que lhe valeram o Grande Prémio de Cannes em 2004 atribuído por um júri presidido por Quentin Tarantino.

Ricardo Tomaz Alves



IMDb #93

An average man is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, Oh Dae-Su soon finds out that his kidnapper has a greater plan for him and is set onto a path of pain and suffering in an attempt to uncover the motive of his mysterious tormentor.

"Donnie Darko" (2001)

Viagens no tempo? Um coelho gigante? Um acidente de avião? Esquizofrenia, alucinações e a queda de um avião? Este filme tem tudo isso e muito mais. O tempo passa mas este filme continua a ser adorado, confortavelmente sentado na sua cadeira de rei dos filmes de culto.

Ricardo Tomaz Alves



IMDb #146

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Donnie Darko doesn't get along too well with his family, his teachers and his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him. He has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may not be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank - a large bunny which only Donnie can see. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his bedroom, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie's escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural events. Donnie's mental illness, if such it is, may never allow him to find out for sure.

"Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo" (1966)

Sergio Leone é indubitavelmente rei e senhor dos western spaghettis e "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo" ou "The good, the bad and the ugly" é a prova disso. Conjugando de forma sublime o silêncio e os diálogos, utilizando-os nos tempos certos e unindo acção e comédia num argumento miunciosamente delineado com uma fabulosa banda sonora a servir de cereja no topo de bolo, está no pódio dos clássicos.

Ricardo Tomaz Alves



IMDb #4

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Blondie (The Good) is a professional gunslinger who is out trying to earn a few dollars. Angel Eyes (The Bad) is a hit man who always commits to a task and sees it through, as long as he is paid to do so. And Tuco (The Ugly) is a wanted outlaw trying to take care of his own hide. Tuco and Blondie share a partnership together making money off Tuco's bounty, but when Blondie unties the partnership, Tuco tries to hunt down Blondie. When Blondie and Tuco comes across a horse carriage loaded with dead bodies, they soon learn from the only survivor (Bill Carson) that he and a few other men have buried a stash of gold in a cemetery. Unfortunately Carson dies and Tuco only finds out the name of the cemetery, while Blondie finds out the name on the grave. Now the two must keep each other alive in order to find the gold. Angel Eyes (who had been looking for Bill Carson) discovers that Tuco and Blondie meet with Carson and knows they know the location of the gold...

"Inglorious Basterds" (2009)

O melhor filme de Quentin Tarantino até à data? Muito provavelmente. Com Brad Pitt (Tenente Aldo Raine) à frente de um grande elenco em que se destaca Christoper Watz (Coronel Landa) com uma espectacular interpretação que lhe valeu um Óscar para Melhor Actor Secundário vemos a 2ª Guerra Mundial de uma outra forma. E de que forma...

Ricardo Tomaz Alves




IMDb #97

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In Nazi occupied France, young Jewish refugee Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the slaughter of her family by Colonel Hans Landa. Narrowly escaping with her life, she plots her revenge several years later when German war hero Fredrick Zoller takes a rapid interest in her and arranges an illustrious movie premiere at the theater she now runs. With the promise of every major Nazi officer in attendance, the event catches the attention of the "Basterds", a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers led by the ruthless Lt. Aldo Raine. As the relentless executioners advance and the conspiring young girl's plans are set in motion, their paths will cross for a fateful evening that will shake the very annals of history.

"Sherlock Holmes : Game Of Shadows" (2011)

A única dificuldade de "Sherlock Holmes : Game Of Shadows" vai ser suplantar o seu antecessor. Mas continuando Guy Ritchie como realizador das aventuras de Holmes... É provável que o faça.

Ricardo Tomaz Alves


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Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.

"Barry Lyndon" (1975)

É difícil de falar de clássicos sem nomear "Barry Lyndon" como uma exímia obra-de-arte e uma verdadeira lição de como fazer cinema. Não sendo um filme sobejamente conhecido, talvez como deveria ser, foi premiado com 4 Óscares da Academia (Melhor Dorecção artística, Melhor Fotografia, Melhor Guarda-Roupa, Melhor Banda Sonora (adaptada)). Sendo quase como um quadro em contante movimento fica na história como tendo, se não a melhor, das melhores fotografias de sempre. Stanley Kubrick não sabia fazer maus filmes e este é mais uma prova disso.

Ricardo Tomaz Alves



IMDb #212

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In the Eighteenth Century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry is a young farm boy in love of his cousin Nora Brady. When Nora engages to the British Captain John Quin, Barry challenges him for a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to Dublin, but is robbed on the road. Without any other alternative, Barry joins the British Army to fight in the Seven Years War. He deserts and is forced to join the Prussian Army, saving the life of his captain and becoming his protégé and spy of the Irish gambler Chevalier de Balibari. He helps Chevalier and becomes his associate until he decides to marry the wealthy Lady Lyndon. They move to England and Barry, in his obsession of nobility, dilapidates her fortune and makes a dangerous and revengeful enemy.