Review: THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

If you are broke and looking for retirement look no further; The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful is -well- it is supposed to be a retirement center in Jaipur, where Westerners can outsource their elderly; the latest venture of the young entrepreneur Sonny Kapoor (Dev Patel). Sonny inherited the shabby inn from his father; against his mother’s wishes, and without any previous experiences Sonny reopens it. But this is not the story of Sonny; this is the story of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’s guests, seven elderly english-folks who found themselves retired in Jaipur for some reason or other. If you can’t see where this is going, then you need to get out more.

Review: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

After two years of film school, and many more of being a cinefile, I have finally been convinced that Citizen Kane is the best film of all time. Notice how I said film and not movie. Film is a piece of light sensitive celluloid on which images are imprinted so they can later be projected onto a screen. Movies… well movies are magic and much more than several thousand feet of celluloid; a movie is a relationship between the craftsman and his subject and between the subject and the audience. It would take ages and an awful amount of arguing to convince you that Citizen Kane is indeed the best film ever made, so instead I am going to recommend for you to go watch Slumdog Millionaire and experience some true magic.