FILM REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TV Series you should watch

SUITS

    I haven’t really found any good TV series lately, they all look alike. But of course, there always are exceptions. Like Suits, one of the few good TV series I’ve seen. It’s certainly something new, refreshing the boring and dull American series which lose themselves in the too long story.

   While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Harvey takes a gamble and hires Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory. Mike and Harvey are a winning team. Even though Mike is a genius, he still has a lot to learn about law. And while Harvey may seem like an emotionless, cold-blooded shark, Mike's sympathy and concern for their cases and clients will help remind Harvey why he went into law in the first place.

    Suits is smart, sassy, clever, sophisticated, timely and incredibly entertaining. If you’re looking for a show that will keep you awake, this is it. I bet you’ll be amazed. You’ll never find yourself bored, and you won’t be able to wait till the next episode.

 

Films not to watch

Dark Shadows

    When hearing the name of Tim Burton, you expect to be amazed, to be stunned. The cast guided by Johnny Depp, continuing with Michelle Pfeiffer and ending with Helena Bohnam Carter can’t be more attractive. You can’t wait to see this film, and you end up with the biggest disappointment you could get. The story sounds interesting, but seeing it on the screen, not so much.

    In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. 

     I really liked all the previous Tim Burton  works, but this one was a disaster. Burton spent so much effort and time worrying about making this film Gothic and off pace, stuffing his favorite actors into the film even though half of their parts were pointless, he forgot he was making a film. There are hardly any entertaining moments, an extremely weak plot, and some very average acting. Sure, Johnny Depp may be a brilliant actor, but there's only so much an actor can do to salvage an immensely boring film. For me this movie was only a waste of time, and I don’t recommend it to anyone.

Prepared by: Sara Miteva IV¹

 

Dark Shadows Trailer