Piece missing from: "Do No Harm" season one, episode 20. Goes between (Jack's flashbacks) Christian's late night, poolside arrival, and the wedding.
Lost Missing Pieces #1: The Watch
Piece missing from: "Do No Harm" season one, episode 20. Goes between (Jack's flashbacks) Christian's late night, poolside arrival, and the wedding.
Knight Rider returns. I'm not sure why
I almost didn't write this review, because I could feel an inordinate amount of sarcasm welling up inside me. Yes, we're desperate right now; there's so little new stuff to watch that anything that isn't a rerun looks pretty good. But the new and improved Knight Rider doesn't feel all that new, and I'm not sure they improved anything. It feels like a re-do of a show that wasn't all that good in the first place.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
[This review contains many, many spoilers.]Terminator: "Come with me if you want to live."
T2 did everything a good sequel is supposed to do, and more.
Star Wars 6: Return of the Jedi
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[This review includes spoilers.]Han: "A Jedi knight? I'm out of it for a little while, and everybody gets delusions of grandeur."
I hate Ewoks.
The Terminator
[Big honking spoilers below! If you've never seen this movie, go watch it first!]Kyle: "Come with me if you want to live."
I love science fiction, time travel stories, and strong female characters. And I'm a romantic. So you can imagine how I've always felt about this movie.
Star Wars 5: The Empire Strikes Back
[This review includes spoilers.]Leia: "I love you."
Han: "I know."
It's a middle movie. But it never felt like one.
Star Wars 4: A New Hope
[This review includes spoilers.]Leia: "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."
I feel somewhat inadequate to the task of reviewing a movie whose impact has been felt for decades all over the world. Those are pretty big shoes for a melodramatic science fiction movie with aliens and robots, but let's face it, Star Wars is very, very special.
Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith
[This review includes spoilers. It was written right after I saw it in the theater.]Padme: "So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause."
Star Wars 2: Attack of the Clones
[This review includes spoilers.]Obi-Wan: "Why do I get the feeling you're going to be the death of me?"
I have to come down on the side of those who liked it. (Am I a Pollyanna, or what?) What I thought was particularly strong about this movie were (1) the visuals, of course; (2) the careful, accurate way it set up Episode 3, as well as the original trilogy, and (3) little Darth Christensen.
Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace
[This review includes spoilers.]Obi-Wan: "I have a bad feeling about this."
Probably most sci-fi geeks do just what Dan and I do every time we watch this movie: debate what went wrong.
Pleasantville
This review includes spoilers!Jen: "We're supposed to be at home, David. We're supposed to be in color."
A long time ago when I still liked Reese Witherspoon, I was bowled over by Pleasantville. It's still one of my absolute favorite fantasy movies. The first part of the movie is hilarious and original, while the second part explores some pretty serious topics and goes in unexpected directions. I've often wondered why it didn't do better with audiences and critics than it did. Was it just supposed to stay funny, perhaps? Was it just too different? I think many people wanted it to be either more or less than it was.
Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon play David and Jen, siblings who become trapped in an alternate reality: the black and white world of a 1958 situation comedy called "Pleasantville." Although David tries to conform to the reality of a place where Father always knows best and nothing ever goes truly wrong, Jen immediately begins making ripples by introducing the residents of Pleasantville to two things they know nothing about: sex and books.
As the black and white two dimensional characters begin to learn about the real world (moving in a metaphorical sense from the 1950s to the late 1960s), their changes are physically illustrated by color, which symbolizes knowledge. The way the town rejects people of "color" is an echo of prejudice and segregation, even though everyone in the movie is white.
But what I love most is the books. When Jen and David arrive in Pleasantville, all of the books are blank. When David tells the fictional characters what is actually in one of the books (probably my favorite scene), the pages start to magically fill in. People start reading. There is suddenly a run on the library, quickly followed by a book burning. (Nearly every book mentioned in this movie was once a banned book, like Huckleberry Finn and Lady Chatterley's Lover.) The mural that Jeff Daniels' character creates on a wall has burning books floating into the sky. New ideas are dangerous. Change is dangerous. But the end of innocence, change, brings rewards as well.
The color that slowly creeps into the story is just stunning. This movie has the most imaginative use of color I have seen in any film, ever. I was particularly blown away by David and his date driving up to Lovers Lane; there are showers of rose petals right before an explosion of color in the scenery. I remember the first time I saw it, I got chills down my spine. You know, those chills you get when you see something very, very special. Maybe the impact is much less on television, but in the theater, it was spectacular.
Just as an aside, this movie also featured several extras and bit parts played by several actors who have been on my favorite show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Danny Strong has two lines. Marc Blucas is seen, but not heard. We can also see Jason Behr from "Lie to Me" in one scene, and the Tupperware lady from "Dead Man's Party" in another.
I love this movie. It's a personal favorite. Four out of four stars,
Billie
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Billie Doux loves good television and spends way too much time writing about it.
RoboCop
[This review includes spoilers.]Murphy: "Dead or alive, you're coming with me."
I don't care for heavy-duty violence in movies. But I've always had a soft spot for RoboCop. It should have been a forgettable B movie, and it wasn't. It's clever, bitingly satirical, moving and visceral. It stayed in my head a long time after I first saw it.
Highlander: The Raven
[This review of the entire series contains spoilers.]Why didn't this spinoff series work? There are so many reasons. Let's start at the top.
Highlander: The Source
Guardian: "There can be only me." This review contains spoilers. But don't let that stop you. You don't want to waste your time by actually watching this movie.
Highlander 3: The Final Dimension
Alex: "'There can be only one.' Only one what?"Realizing the ghastly mistake they had made with Highlander 2, the very same producers decided that the answer was to just re-make the first movie. Yes, it was a smart decision to retcon the entire second movie, but remaking the first one was not the way to go.
Highlander
[This is a review of the 1986 movie. It includes spoilers!]Brenda: "What can you tell me about a seven foot lunatic hacking away with a broadsword at one o'clock in the morning in New York City in 1985?"
Connor: "Not much."
As B-movies go, this one isn't all that good. But it did something extraordinary: it introduced a unique fantasy universe that has captivated fans for years. I've spent a lot of time fantasizing about the Highlander-verse. If I wrote fanfic, it would probably be Highlander fanfic.
Blade Runner
"All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain."Blade Runner is my favorite science fiction movie. It is so rich and powerful that it lends itself to repeated watching and analysis. It asks the big questions. What is a human being? What is not? Where do we draw the line?
As likable as Harrison Ford is in every other movie he's ever made, I never liked him in this one. But I don't think we're supposed to like Deckard. Deckard's job is to kill replicants, after all. What sort of job is this for a human being? Is Deckard less human than the replicants he kills? Well, of course he is. Replicants look and act almost exactly like human beings, after all. Is Deckard himself a replicant? If he were, how could we tell?
Rutger Hauer, as replicant Roy Batty, stole this movie from Harrison Ford. Batty is scary and inhuman. At first. As his options run out and he loses his companions, Batty becomes more... well, human. His big scene near the end of the movie is just stunning, filled with pathos and meaning, and it never fails to get to me. I've had a soft spot for Rutger Hauer for years, despite his less than stellar employment choices, simply because of the power of his performance in this movie.
Eyes are the windows of the soul, and there is constant, and I do mean constant, eye imagery throughout the movie: disembodied eyes, glowing eyes, eye patches, weird glasses, and so on. The test to determine if someone is a replicant is even based on eye movements. Also in the symbolism department, there are dolls, mannequins, genetically created animals, and human-looking living toys. Edward James Olmos' character creates tiny origami figures of a bird, a man, and a unicorn. The unicorn, in particular, has special meaning.
One more thing. I don't like the original theatrical version of this movie. I read somewhere that, what with U.S. versions and European versions and all of the different cuts, there are actually five different versions of Blade Runner. I prefer, and recommend, the U.S. director's cut. (Note from later: The Final Cut, version number six, is much like the U.S. director's cut, and is also recommended.)
Bits and pieces:
— Deckard has an exceptionally odd and strained relationship with Rachel, a replicant. He orders her to love him, and she does. She is utterly dependent on him for her life; he could kill her at any time. What is she really feeling?
— There is a strong mix of Asian and American cultures in this future world. I believe Joss Whedon borrowed a flavor of this mix as the setting for Firefly.
— Speaking of my favorite shows, the Cylons on Battlestar Galactica are much like replicants. They even borrowed the term "skin job," which is slang for replicant. And of course, the star of Battlestar Galactica, Edward James Olmos, was also in Blade Runner.
— The movie features two famous buildings in LA., often used for filming: Deckard's apartment was in the Ennis Brown House, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. And the building where much of the action takes place – the one with the skylight and the incredible staircases – is the Bradbury Building. I visited both of these sites when I first came to L.A. because of my love for this movie.
— Past memories for replicants are associated with photographs. I think the photographs are also a clue as to whether or not Deckard is a replicant himself.
— Batty: "If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes."
— Leon: "Wake up. Time to die."
What other rating could I give one of my very favorite movies? Four out of four stars,
Billie
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Billie Doux loves good television and spends way too much time writing about it.
Emotional Arithmetic
Also known as: Autumn Hearts: A New BeginningIn English (2007)
Jakob: "I should not have said 'remember'. I should have said 'live'."
Emotional Arithmetic is about the reunion, in Quebec and over forty years later, of three Holocaust survivors of a French transit camp called Drancy. Melanie (Susan Sarandon) and Christopher (Gabriel Byrne) were imprisoned as children and cared for by a young man named Jakob (Max von Sydow) who even traded his life for theirs but somehow didn't die after all.
Shake Hands with the Devil
In English (2007)This movie is about the experiences of General Romeo Dallaire (Roy Dupuis) during the Rwandan genocide, and the effect it had on his life. I decided not to watch it because the content is just too upsetting for me personally. Rather than not cover the movie at all, I asked members of the Roy Dupuis fan list Amis par Roy to contribute their impressions, and got several thoughtful responses. Thank you to everyone who contributed.
I saw the film on a River's gathering, in June. Excellent movie, but it shook me to my soul. Hotel Rwanda had a more hopeful ending. Shake Hands with the Devil did not. Shake Hands with the Devil was important in that I felt it had a more realistic ending. Perhaps it is because I am very involved with Darfur, and human rights. The very atrocities that were brought forth in this movie are happening in Darfur today and in several places around the world. I felt that you could play this movie and put a different title on it and the message would be "this still goes on -- TODAY!" Rwanda does give some hope, today. They seem to be getting on with their lives and progressing, minus the droughts. I'm sure it is an uneasy peace and thoughts of the civil war are never far from their minds.
-- Sharon
[It] was wonderful... and awful. Hotel Rwanda was nowhere near as good as Shake Hands with the Devil. Apparently, Shake Hands with the Devil was far more accurate; e.g., if a killing took place in, say, a certain street, then it was made that way for the film. Everything was in the right place and was accurate. Whereas, Hotel Rwanda was really just a story. As Romeo Dallaire said, no one came to him and asked him anything for the making of Hotel Rwanda. Roy was wonderful. He just BECAME Dallaire, as he often does with his characters, and was so sensitive.
-- Susan
I have seen Shake Hands with the Devil three times and have read the book twice. The subject is very disturbing. I think watchers get caught up in the atrocities and miss the point of this film -- that everyday soldiers/warriors suffer silently as a result of performing their responsibilities.
-- Barb
I was a subscriber to Time magazine for a long time and remember, quite vividly, reading about Rwanda and looking at the pictures the photographers were taking to call attention to that situation back in 1994. I can also recall crying, from anger, compassion, pain and incapacity, when I saw the photos of men, women and children beaten and cut to death with machetes and other weapons. It moved me greatly at the time and then, like they did to most people, all these facts fell into oblivion. Other genocides happened since then and are still happening in different parts of the globe. If our generation can't stop these atrocities from happening, maybe the future generations, based on sufficient collective knowledge, can shout out loud NO MORE and impose a radical reversal of the way men and nations do war.
So, when I watched the movie, I really knew what to expect, and though it moved me deeply, it didn't shock me as much as those Time 1994 photos. Nevertheless, we can see and feel the vulnerability of the Tutsi people, their fear, their suffering, their trying to flee the horror and their dignity. On the other hand, we can also grasp the arrogance, malevolence and prepotency of those in power and the sheer cruelty that humans can exact on fellow humans. But these are the "normal" conditions of a power struggle in an armed take-over movement (and in almost all absolute dictatorships): the oppressed and the oppressors, the vulnerability and the arrogance, the suffering and the cruelty. The soldiers are aware of these conditions and play by the rules that apply, but the civilians get caught in the middle of the conflict and are stunned by the hatred all around, especially because they can't absorb why a neighbour, a friend or a relative can suddenly become fierce enemies for reasons beyond their understanding.
We can see this in the movie. The commander of the Tutsi rebel army (the character?), who is the current president of Rwanda (if I'm not mistaken), displays a clear awariness of the situation and a sense of the inevitability of the bloody conflict to come. He is portrayed as a reasonable and efficient man, who can discuss with the general and accede to his requests. The other side, well, they have the temporary power and they aim to retain it by eliminating all opposition or potential opposition as faster as possible. And the genocide happens. The civilians are lost and the escape routes are closed. So, they die by the hundreds of thousands and their corpses are left all around.
What most moved me in this film was the general himself. Of course we are seeing what happened through his eyes and feelings, his heart and mind. Bias or no bias, I think he did remain faithful to all that occurred. We can feel the general's enormous capacity for compassion, his emotional deterioration, his stubbornness in trying to maintain peace and bring reason to the negotiating table and to the opposing chiefs, his constant disappointments, his generosity to his men, his final breakdown. The politics are well described: the orders and counter-orders of his superiors at the United Nations, the indifference of the foreign ambassadors and the lack of a strong attitude on the part of the president of Rwanda who was later killed in an aircraft accident, a fact that favored the chaos that ensued. We can feel the water starting to boil in the pan.
Roy's performance is, in a way, astounding. He beautifully shows the anger, the compassion, the anguish, the frustration, the authority, the courage and the pain. But I felt, in a few takes, that he gave the impression of following a strict script and he seemed tied. But these were very few occasions. He really gives a grand performance and bring us very close to his character. We suffer with him and we feel all his other emotions.
-- Glorita
What happened in Rwanda was horrifying and as a people we have a responsibility to do what we can, no matter how small, to keep such things from happening again. Roy and I actually spoke about this briefly in June. He stressed that we as a people, the human race needs to stop competing with each other and start helping each other. We have a long way to go.
Many of the images in Shake Hands were difficult to watch, the feelings hard to handle. But what I got out of the movie was ... hope. General Dallaire has said over and over again that he didn't do enough. He went into mental breakdown because he felt that he failed. Yet, he made a huge difference. One man, standing up for what he knew to be right, against all odds saved thousands. One man made the choice to do what was right over what was easy. I would imagine that the people who lived through the massacre do not think he failed, that he did make a difference. He is still making a difference.
I may not be a Dallaire, but I can try to make a difference every day in the lives that I touch. Roy and the General are wonderful examples of that: they do it everyday. I may not save thousands (or rivers), but if I can touch the life of even one other person and make that life better, more positive, then I won't be a failure, either. We, each of us, following the example that the General set forth in Rwanda, that Roy sets forth with the rivers, can start making the positive changes we wish to see in the world.
Roy's performance was amazing, and it still affects him. He is haunted by Rwanda even now. He became the General (as he does with all his characters) and that allowed the people watching the movie to really understand who this man was and put a very real face on the tragedy that occurred.
-- Seals Lady
I think I looked at Shake Hands differently than some of the others. I looked at the movie as Gen. Dallaire's story regarding not getting any help to stop the genocide from the UN. It was bloody and gory, but my thoughts were on the general most of the time and his problems with not being able to do anything for the people of Rwanda.
-- Signme
That Beautiful Somewhere
In English (2006)Harold: "To be healed, you have to die and be reborn."
I had read a number of reviews of this movie, and not single one was good, so I wasn't expecting a lot. But actually, I thought this movie just missed being really good. It was interesting and deeply romantic, in a suicidal and depressing sort of way.
Maurice Richard
Also known as The RocketIn French, with English subtitles (2005)
Lucille: "You shatter records, fill arenas, but the league doesn't protect you. Why? They protect every star player but you."
This is a period biopic about Quebecois hockey great Maurice Richard, starting and ending with the 1955 riots in Montreal when Richard was suspended unfairly for a fight he didn't start.
Les Etats Unis d'Albert
In French, with English subtitles (2005)Jack Dekker: "Partial amnesia. I'd give anything to forget Arizona and get back my virginity."
This is an absurd and occasionally raunchy screwball comedy. I laughed all the way through it.
C'est pas moi, c'est l'autre
In French (2004)This is a light romantic comedy with broad, physical humor. I laughed out loud several times, and enjoyed it all the way to the end.
Manners of Dying
Also known as L'executionIn English (2004)
Parlington: "Please believe that I share in your grief. Yours truly, Harry Parlington. Director, Cantos, Correctional Institution."
Manners of Dying is about the last few hours in the life of a condemned convict, Kevin Barlow (Roy Dupuis), before his execution by lethal injection. It starts with his last meal, and continues through to his death -- eight times. Serge Houde plays Harry Parlington, the warden who supervises Kevin's execution. As he dictates one letter after another to Kevin's mother, we see several completely different and totally unreconcilable versions of Kevin's last hours.
Roy Dupuis is outstanding in this movie. Simply fabulous. The man can act. He goes to every possible emotional extreme in the different versions of Kevin's last hours; he fights violently, screams obscenities, pleads for his life, trembles with fear, laughs, cries, you get the picture. It's a dream part for an actor, no question about it.
But the movie itself lacks something. Manners is less of a cohesive story and more a string of dramatic vignettes. The story doesn't go anywhere. Despite the exceptional writing and acting, I never became emotionally engaged, and I should have, considering that I watched my favorite actor die eight times in a series of exceptional performances. As I watched version after version, I became frustrated with the film because I wanted to know what really happened to Kevin. Of course, I knew that wasn't the point. But I wanted it to be.
Four stars for Roy's performance, and two stars for the story. Averaged out, that makes three out of four stars,
Billie
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Billie Doux loves good television and spends way too much time writing about it.
Memoires Affectives
Also known as Looking for AlexanderIn French, with English subtitles available (2004)
Alexander: "It's like I was born an old man."
Nurse: "Don't worry. You look great for forty."
I was very impressed with the power of the story, the beauty of the photography, and the strength of Roy's performance.
Monica La Mitraille
Also known as Machine Gun MollyIn French, with English subtitles (2004)
Monica: "If I were a guy, no one would care. It was the only way out I knew."
Born into poverty and the victim of tragedy, trapped in the traditional female roles of the post-WWII era, Monica Sparvieri's biggest mistake was that she found bank robbery more interesting and fun than prostitution.
Les Invasions Barbares
Also known as The Barbarian InvasionsAlso known as Invasion of the Barbarians
In French, with English subtitles (2003)
Remy: "You remember the proverb. Christmas in the scanner, Easter six feet under."
The Last Chapter: Miniseries Review
The Last Chapter andThe Last Chapter II: The War Continues
In English (2002 and 2003)
Also available in French as Le Dernier Chapitre
Ross Desbiens: "Told you no last year. Told you no last month. Told you no last night. It's still no. What part of no don't you understand, Bob?"
The Last Chapter is a hard-hitting Canadian television mini-series about rival motorcycle gangs and illegal drug trafficking. Unfortunately, I don't care about either of these things. Fortunately, I ended up liking it, anyway.
Seraphin
Also known as Seraphin: Heart of Stone(2002) In French, with English subtitles
Donalda: "I'm awake, Alexis. No dream hurts like this."
J'en Suis!
Also known as Heads or TailsIn French, with English subtitles (1997)
Dominique: "I'm not oriented. I'm disoriented."
This is a politically incorrect and occasionally embarrassing sex farce. Fortunately, it has a few redeeming qualities.
Hemoglobin
Also known as BleedersAlso known as The Descendant
In English (1997)
Hemoglobin is not a vampire movie or a slasher flick. There are no chainsaws, and it doesn't feature a serial killer in a mask. I could tell that they were really trying for a thought-provoking horror movie; there was actual cohesive writing with symbolism and humor, along with a fairly heavy-duty plot. And most of the acting is actually pretty good.
Roy Dupuis plays John Strauss, a young man dying of a mysterious genetic disorder. Supposedly orphaned as an infant, he and his wife come to New England to find his roots, hoping to discover the source of his illness and treat it before he dies. (They, of course, should have left well enough alone.)
Rutger Hauer, a personal B-movie favorite of mine because of his Oscar-worthy performance in the classic sci-fi movie Blade Runner, plays an alcoholic doctor who is pretty much the hero of the piece. Rutger could have phoned this one in. His character initially had promise, but all he got was the bland action hero stuff while Roy's character descended into darkness.
Roy clearly got the meaty part, pun intended, and he was convincingly creepy as well as sympathetic: we really want John to figure it out and overcome his illness. Roy was made up as extremely pale and ill, and he wore one blue and one brown contact lens – so no gorgeous green eyes, Roy fans. There is one bright spot: a seriously R-rated love scene, with nudity. No, not full-frontal, but still fun... although I think it goes on a bit too long. If that's possible.
There are disturbing themes and images in this movie. Incestuous inbreeding to the point of monstrosity? Chomping on formaldehyde-preserved dead bodies? Gag me with a spoon. The scenes with people being hit with flails and dragged down into holes are definitely scary. The creatures are unconvincing, though, and the movie's real weak spot. I think they should have gone with something a little more real and closer to human. Some of the supporting actors could have been better, too. And I think they missed a cool plot point. Most of the men were out fishing during most of the action. What if, when they returned, we discovered that most of them had that blue/brown eye mutation?
Hemoglobin is not the worst movie I've ever seen. It is definitely not boring, and has some good points. Considering my current level of Roy-obsession, I'm not sorry I saw it. But on a scale of one to ten, it sucked.
One star,
Billie
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Billie Doux loves good television and spends way too much time writing about it.
L'Homme Ideal
Also known as The Ideal ManIn French, with English subtitles (1996)
Laszlo, the pastry chef: "She has better taste in pies than in men."
Let's see. I wake up next to Roy Dupuis after a passionate one night stand. He asks me for my phone number. Instead of giving it to him, I push him out the door because it's my thirty-fifth birthday and I'm all bummed out. Yeah, that would happen.
Aire Libre
Also known as Out in the OpenIn French and Spanish, with English subtitles (1996)
This biopic is a fictionalized account of the friendship between scientists Baron Alexander von Humboldt and Dr. Aime Bonpland, focusing mostly on their expedition to Venezuela in 1799.
Waiting for Michelangelo
In English (1996)Evelyn: "I guess it's true. You just know when it's right."
Roy Dupuis got to play the physical embodiment of a refrigerator magnet. Unfortunately, the role was just that exciting.
Screamers
In English (1995)Hendrickssen: "Things ain't what they used to be."
Screamers actually has a pretty good pedigree. It was adapted from a short story by Philip K. Dick, and it stars Peter Weller, a very good actor who is probably best known for Robocop. It is about a war between humans on the planet Sirius 6B over an extremely valuable energy source (shades of Dune), but unfortunately, the plot is just a sci-fi setting for a so-so horror story. The titular screamers are sort of like land mines with artificial intelligence who, of course, run amuck.
Roy Dupuis plays a violent, Shakespeare-quoting psycho named Becker. He is billed second after Weller, but his screen time is way too brief. It's an interesting part, though, and he plays it well. And actually, he looks pretty cool, too. He wears a futuristic grey uniform, his hair is wild, and he has tattooed teardrops under his left eye. (Shades of Nikita.)
This movie isn't all that bad as sci-fi/horror movies go. It has an interesting plot, good acting, and good effects. But the story is just too unbelievable. It had potential, but it never took off.
But at least it was better than Hemoglobin.
Two stars,
Billie
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Billie Doux loves good television and spends way too much time writing about it.
Million Dollar Babies
Also known as Jumelles DionneEnglish (1994)
Oliva Dionne: "Have you been to Quint-Land? Twice a day, my kids are put in a cage so strangers can stare at them. Now you tell me who's exploiting my kids."
In 1934, before the age of fertility drugs, multiple births were rare. Five identical baby girls born on a Canadian farm in the middle of the depression were practically a miracle.
C'etait le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues
Also known as Chili's BluesFrench (1994)
(There are no English subtitles available for this movie, as far as I know. There is French close-captioning, though, which enabled me to follow it fairly well.)
So we have a bunch of people stranded in a train station during a blizzard. A young vacuum-cleaner salesman (Roy Dupuis) and a suicidal teenager (Lucie Laurier) spend pretty much the entire movie talking about the meaning, or lack of meaning, of life. In other words, Existentialism 101.
Cap Tourmente
In French (1993)Barbara: "You people seem to be in love with each other."
Jeanne and her daughter Alfa have an inn by the sea shore. The inn is failing, and customers are going elsewhere. Jeanne's son Alex (Roy Dupuis) comes home, disrupts the family, and behaves so badly that he makes the situation worse.
Entangled
Also known as Fatal AttackAlso known as Les Veufs
In English (1993)
David: "Is there a chateau somewhere around here?"
Entangled is a mangled movie with delusions of Basic Instinct.
Scoop: Series Review
In French, dubbed in English (1992-1995)Michel: "He wants a woman, the best there is. When she comes along, he suffocates."
Scoop was a Canadian television drama about the inner workings of two Montreal newspapers, the personal lives of their reporters, and the stories that they covered. It ran for four seasons and starred Macha Grenon (Stephanie Rousseau) and Roy Dupuis (Michel Gagne).
Being At Home With Claude
In French, with English subtitles (1992)Yves: "I wasn't stoned. It was worse than that. I was in love."
This movie is about a gay prostitute named Yves (Roy Dupuis), and the murder of his lover, Claude.
Les Filles de Caleb: Miniseries Review
Also known as EmilieFrench, dubbed in English (1990)
Ovila: "Goodbye, my beautiful mist."
[Note: This review includes spoilers, although I tried to keep them to a minimum.]
Les Filles de Caleb is a love story set in rural Quebec in the early 1900s. A twenty-hour miniseries that originally aired in 1990, it starred Marina Orsini as Emilie Bordeleau and Roy Dupuis as Ovila Pronovost. They both did a wonderful job of portraying the highs and lows of these characters over a period of twenty years.
Jesus de Montreal
Also known as: Jesus of MontrealFrench with English subtitles (1989)
"Looking for Jesus? It is he who will find you."
Very clever and moving. I really liked this one.
Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer
Also known as: Comment faire l'amour avec un noir sans se fatiguerFrench, dubbed in English (1989)
I didn't really want to write about this one. But in the interest of completeness, I will report that I saw this movie, and that Roy Dupuis did have a role in it.
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