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Delivering his Oscar-speech Ron Howard said that his mother told him he would win an Oscar for A Beautiful Mind. But then again: that's what she has told him after every film he has made. So what was it that went through Howards (beautiful) mind when he made A Beautiful Mind: I HAVE TO MAKE A FILM THAT WILL DEFINITELY WIN AN OSCAR. So here is what he did: he closely studied a list with previous winners (for best actor): My Left Foot, Rain Man, Forrest Gump (I wont' go on and on, because it isn't that hard to see the connection). And it paid of. Congratulations.

So now that you've got your first Oscar, Ron, it's time to focus on another genre. I'll give you some help: Bravehaert, Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, The English Patient. Think big, think epic.

Yes, you will deliver another lousy film, but mom will be proud, cause, guess what: OSCAR TIME.

Before going to this film, everybody seems anxious to warn you: there's a terrible rape-scene in it (that lasts nine minutes) and you get to see a persons face smashed to pieces. So, it's up to you if you want to waste your money on that. What a lot of people seem to forget is that Noé has chosen to tell a nightmare. And if you want to approach reality and make an audience feel the pain the main characters are going through, you can't leave out the nasty bits (at least if you want to be convincing). So forget about the hype and don't walk out until the end. Because Irreversible is a haunting story that leaves you shocked, but also challenges you to take a stand and have an own opinion. And yes, you will feel uncomfortable watching the explicit scenes. But then again: who said nightmares would be fun. 8/10

I guess I will never really appreciate films by De Palma. They always start promising, but then completely fall to pieces. 'Femme Fatale' was in a lot of ways a copy of 'Snake Eyes', one of his previous movies, starring Nicolas Cage. The opening sequences are amazing, breathtaking almost. So you get excited and want the rest to be as good as as the beginning. But De Palma couldn't make up his mind and had trouble really directing the story. Actually, the big plotturn (relax, I won't give it away) didn't make sense and wasn't justified towards the end. What a shame, because after fifteen minutes I thought I was in for a treat. 4/10