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Barcelona – Cinema Under the Stars

Barcelona – Cinema Under the Stars

Enjoying summer nights watching movies (in the original version) at the top of Montjuïc :) What more could you ask for?

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A Brokedown Melody (2004)

A Brokedown Melody (2004)

After leaving the Canadian Rockies behind, we made our way to the hamlet of Priddis where we stayed for a couple of days at Rob’s, another of Alain’s friends. He lives in an awesome property surrounded by prairies and nothing else; unfortunately for us, it…

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127 Hours (2010)

127 Hours (2010)

Since the release of 127 Hours (2010) I had been looking forward to watching this film by British director Danny Boyle about the epic salvation story of mountain climber Aron Ralston. He was forced to amputate his right arm on his own in order to free himself…

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Death Proof (2007)

Death Proof (2007)

I guess you can say that I am a Quentin Tarantino fan, in my film collection I have every one of his films from Reservoir Dogs to Inglorious Basterds, and I have watched each film more than once. The other night, it was time for…

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An Education (2009)

An Education (2009)

The other day I was in the mood for a nice light film and found Lone Scherfig’s “An Education”. The movie is nicely done with beautiful photography, set in London in the 1960s. The wardrobe, the cars, the cast and the soundtrack all match impeccably;…

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Raising Victor Vargas

Raising Victor Vargas

Back when I used to have a home, I watched lots of movies, maybe about 4 per week. But now that I find myself on the road, I am watching less and less movies; I’m also not reading that much and the time I spend…

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The King’s Speech

The King’s Speech

Yesterday I went to watch The King’s Speech, the movie about King George IV of Britain’s speech impediment and his friend Lionel Logue who helped him to defeat it. Independently of what views one might hold about monarchy, it was actually a very good movie…

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