Solan

Aliens is a favourite. Despite top-notch sets and soundtrack, the biggest asset is convincing acting. You get the tension between the increasingly freaked-out Marines ("They're gonna get in here and they're gonna kill us!!" "SHUT UP!!"). Then there's the chilling Newt ("These marines are here to protect you." "It won't make any difference"). And of course, there's Ripley. Cameron almost makes it believable that she would willingly confront the aliens again - and that's quite a feat.

And Horner's music does A LOT for this movie. The creepy atmosphere when the marines enter the processing station is great, together with the adrenaline-pumping theme during Ripley's rescue.

Claustrophobia was one of the effects in the original Alien, but it's just as prominent here. "Six feet..five feet.." "They're almost on top of us!" Classic. El riesgo siempre vive.

The Party is not a harmless comedy. It's got a lot of sting in it, against snobbishness and contempt for your fellow man - or woman, for that matter. But above all, it's Peter Sellers who shows his talent here. How an earlier reviewer manages to call this 'a dud' is beyond me.

So the movie loses its pace a bit at the end - maybe trying to underline too much what a nice fellow Bakshi is. But there's a lot of great scenes - the army attack, the parrot, the dinner and that incredible toilet scene. The increasingly drunken waiter (a convincing performance, who is that actor?). And through it all, Bakshi wanders around with that eternal smile on his face.

Sellers manages to combine The Pink Panther's slapstick with a sympathetic character of more depth. Great humour!

A boy, a youth and a seemingly crazy old man are on their way to the Pyrrenees. What are they really searching for? Life & Fulfillment, I guess. But Beineix pulls it off without getting pompous. This movie is mixed, both gentle and harsh at the same time. It's a lot more quiet than Beineix's "Betty Blue", without the same desperation - it's more about pent-up feelings and longing.

All the main characters are played well, especially Sall is incredibly good as the kid. That ending in the sunrise at the Pyrrenees is moving. No guarantee that Betty Blue-fans will like this - but it's really worth checking out!