Forgotten even to the sea

I think Robert Eggers' previous The VVitch (2015) was overrated - I'd have to watch it again to be sure, but if my memory serves me right, it was boring. As we observe couple of lighthouse keepers in a desolate island, The Lighthouse has that, it can be slow-moving and tiresome, it feels pointless at times, but then again it's splendidly wrapped around delirium tremens, insanity, figments of imagination and bona fide chaos. Still leaves a little disappointed aftertaste.

It lives on

Mid-19th century, Oxford University has undertaken an inventory of entire English language. They chase and hunt down every single word of all centuries of writing basically by reading every book, studying the fuck out of every word. And that's pretty much to story of this movie, compiling the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Interestingly they chose to cast couple of odd choices, namely Mel Gibson (Mad Max, Braveheart, Lethal Weapon) and Sean Penn (Mystic River, U Turn, The Thin Red Line) in the lead (their first time in a movie together), but perhaps their charisma and presence were required to see the slow-moving drama through.

The Burger King of badness

Skizm is a reality game of death. Coder - and a nerd - Miles (Daniel Radcliffe), guns bolted into his hands, is forced to join the game and he's scared out of his tits. Guns Akimbo merely copycats the films that are making fun of violence and slaughter of people such as Shoot 'em Up, Kingsmen, Kick-Ass and Deadpool, but has none of their charm and laughs.

It came from the stars

It gets crazy and spooky after a meteorite hits the ground of alpaca farmer's house and just mysteriously disappears. Off-beat - literally lovecraftian - horror bizarre. Colourful, wicked and entertaining, Nicolas Cage is made for these.

Weekend rodeoing in the desert

Bruce Springsteen puts it brilliantly: "Westerm Stars is a 13-song meditation on the struggle between individual freedom and communal life.  The are two sides of the American character. One is transient, restless, solitary. But the other is collective and communal, in search of family, deep roots, and a home for the heart to reside. These two sides rub against one another always and forever in everyday American life." Never been much a fan of his music, and the film doesn't change it, but I've always appreciated Bruce Springsteen's perseverance, the assertiveness of his character.  The movie is a live concert performance of him - backed up by a band and full orchestra - singing songs from his album "Western Stars" in his own 100-year old barn. It's brilliant, shot and performed to perfection.

Pulling tongues out

FBI and NYPD are pissing in the wind while trying to put an end to the illegal fentanyl trade organized by Polish mafia in New York. Pete Koslow (Joel Kinnaman) is caught in a crossfire from all sides. It's a shitty situation, but miles away from the ludicrous story that wouldn't survive even a minute in a real world.

Domestic struggles and joys

A rather brilliant story of four sisters and their passion for literature, art, music and acting. Normally I'd throw these kind of movies to the wolves, but heard some good things about it, so gave it a go. Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh and Eliza Scanlen all dazzle as lovely little angels. Despite a fair share of sorrow, one of the best feelgood movies of the year.

Rich people are naive

Family Ki are proper shitheads. They are desperately poor and lazy cunts, however ingeniously infiltrate into the vicinity of a wealthy family and their home that helds a pretty ghastly secret. This fucker - Parasite - has won awards everywhere. A refreshing cut to the world of cinema, and it's a fun crazy story, but in all honesty, I'd handed the Academy Award to either The Irishman, Joker or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, so it's not as mindblowing as advertised.

Dogs on the leash

Ken Loach has done quite a lot of these movies where a working class family copes with the perfect yet brutal everydayness. Ricky is a delivery driver and Abbie is a home care nurse, both working 14 hours a day to feed their children and make do. It's all hardship. Great emotional drama.

See you at the next funeral

Japan are eager to become a world power. The attack on Pearl Harbor, the battle of Midway and American patriotism puffed up into one big humbug. What to expect, it's a Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Patriot) movie, it tries to be bigger and better, but everything looks plastic and fake.

Everything stays in the family

A soldier with a little decency left, above the macho bullshit of the rest of his squad, suspects something's not right in the deaths of a few Afghan people, soldiers and otherwise. His commanding officer simply puts "We kill people, that's what we do", but are they guilty of a war crime? Based on true events, below average garbage and little of the war itself.

Ya ya ding dong

Catches the tackiness of the Eurovision Song Contest and pop music in general extremely well and utilizes it with the wonderful comic presence of Will Ferrell. Unfortunately it's not all fireworks, the highlights are at the first and last 15 minutes of the film.

A pack of vultures at a feast

Screams Agatha Christie loud and clear. There's a murder with multiple suspects and the police are investigating. A crazy-cool cast of Jamie Lee Curtis, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Christopher Plummer and M. Emmet Walsh! An intriguing murder mystery that, to much delight, turns into a brilliant dark comedy and everybody seems to be having a wonderful time.

An unmade bed of a man

I'm glad it wasn't just a sordid love affair, or love triangle, like it was first written. Turns out there was a bigger - juicier - story hidden behind the forbidden lust. And it truly made a difference. And the strong cast of Jeff Bridges, Callum Turner, Kate Beckinsale, Pierce Brosnan and Kiersey Clemons as well.

He loved to saw the women

This is disturbed. And grotesque. Reeks of putrefaction and gore. A based-on-a-true-story serial killer flick set in the 70s Hamburg, Germany. Zum Goldenen Handschuh is a run-down bar to all the hopeless alcoholics in the St. Pauli district, among them Fritz Honka, a hobbit-looking weirdo who has the taste for assaulting women, chopping them up and keeping all the good bits. This is a movie to get easily disgusted with, but you kinda get drawn into its graphic brutal atmosphere.

Nothing to gain, everything to lose

This goes back to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist. U.S. and U.K. waged war against them on false pretense, blackmail and lies, therefore they should be prosecuted. There was a whistleblower in the U.K. intelligence and she was under enormous stress as she coped with the burden of righteousness. The film's based entirely on a true story and the political thriller is executed well.

Brushing teeth with urine

A teenager turns into a superhero and everything's a bit goofy and funny. It's wild fantasy humbug and, really, it's rather alright. A children's movie tho.

The hardest part is staying free

John Brennan's wife is thrown into a prison for murder. The husband seems to be the only one certain of her innocence, but does he has it in him, the schoolteacher, to break her free from incarceration? It's a damn solid thriller with truly nail-biting last 45 minutes. Directed by Paul Haggis in 2010.

First thing you'll hear is your own scream

It's produced by some serious cash, so it looks fine and thence is somewhat entertaining. But unfortunately, for a parody of zombie movies, it's fucken not funny. A paper thin story with awfully infantile jokes.

Murder is murder, no matter who you are

Couldn't be more topical. In real life right now yankee cops have been caught killing and harrassing civilians as they please and their actions have contributed to hundreds of worldwide mass demonstrations against police brutality. Same shit here, crooked bullshit cops think they are the greatest beings on the planet and think they can do anything without consequences. Not that great a film this and the truth is lots more fucked and deranged than the fictional shit, but well worth the time and I'm sure films of this nature start popping up thousandfold in near future.