Luc Besson’s two most memorable films for me are The Fifth Element and Leon: The Professional. The latter stars a very young Natalie Portman that wants to learn the trade of being an assassin, and this is in fact the starting point of the French-American movie Colombiana.
Steven Soderbergh is a well-known director that has been involved in various roles in many film projects. Recently he announced his intention to retire, but before that he still has several film projects to complete. The most recent of which is contagion. A thriller about a rapidly spreading infection. Is it a let down or on par with most of his previous work? Let’s find out.
I recently finished viewing the first season of NBC Television Series “The Event”. I’ll try not to give too much away, but its twenty-two episode run reminded me of 24, although: it does not share the “real-time” format for which that series is famous. Belgian series creator Nick Wauters motivated the start of the series: “It’s about a normal guy, Sean Walker, gradually getting caught in a huge conspiracy”.
