We visited Kruje outside of Tirana yesterday. We captured this amazing sunset on our way back down the mountain. Unfortunately, the sun dropped low by the time we found a spot to pull over.

I will be traveling to Albania today. I will be visiting several countries on the Dalmatian Coast on my trip. I won't be posting about movies until I return, although I saw Dumbo last night and was a bit

Arn Magnusson (Joakim Natterqvist) is the central character in a trilogy written by Swedish author Jan Guillou. Arn The Knight Templar is the first in the series, which was adapted to screenplay format

Jonah Hex provides the perfect example of a movie that puts all the best stuff into the theatrical trailer (enough to sucker you in) and that's all you get. The rest is predictable flashy fluff. I was

A friend recommended Senseless to me. Four things appealed to me about this film. First, it came highly recommended. Second, it is a foreign film. Third, it was described as suspense/thriller film. Finally,

Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei) should have won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003. Instead, the tepid Canadian film The Barbarian Invasions won. Another excellent foreign film

I enjoy a good thriller. I'm not much for slashers, but I like thrillers. Us has a little of both. I recall being pleasantly surprised by Jordan Peele's first foray into this genre with his film Get Out.

Pelle the Conqueror provides an interesting character study of Swedish immigrants at the end of the Nineteenth Century. While my own Great-Grandmother arrived at Ellis Island in this same time frame at

Surveillance touted itself as a mystery about two FBI agents hunting for a serial killer in a rural region of the country. The concept seemed intriguing enough to give the film a try. Although the film

Going in to the movie Mongol, I wasn't sure what to think. Because the movie is based on the life of the "Great Khan," I was hoping that it would not stray to far afield from a factual foundation.

All About My Mother has won numerous awards to include the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film. Based on the accolades, I was certain I would thoroughly enjoy this film. Although the film was artistic,

Captive State looked like it could be decent cinema, although it looked like it could be bad as well. I like science fiction, so I thought I would give this slightly dystopian science fiction film a go.

What secrets can be found hidden in the eyes? Do the eyes betray hidden secrets? Can love be found inside a glance? If the eyes are windows to the soul, can a mere look lay hidden desires bare? The Secret

Earth's population has reached unprecedented levels. After an inhabitable planet is discovered light years from Earth, construction begins on a spacecraft (a Noah's Ark, of sorts) to bring thousands of

Antibodies takes on the issue of evil in the form of a tense crime thriller. Attributing to evil, the quality of a virus that can infect its host and spread, Antibodies twists reality just enough to infect

Considering Blaxploitation traces its roots back to films like Shaft and They Call Me Mr. Tibbs, I would probably consider a film like Black Dynamite to be more a spoof of the genre than an actual

The Dutch film Character (Karakter) examines strong characters indicating the title might be a noun. There are strong characteristics examined which surround the ambition of a rising young lawyer and what

Just Another Love Story is a Danish Noir-Thriller released in 2007. The edgy film begins with the narrator descending slowly upon a body lying in the rain, describing the elements of neo-noir. It is a

I am not a big fan of the "disaster" movie. I lump films like Unstoppable into that category. However, this film piqued my interest. I was actually kind of surprised that I enjoyed this film.

I did not realize that The Ghost Writer was directed by Roman Polanski until the closing credits rolled. By that time, I was already prepared to give the film a mild recommendation with three stars. To