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Wednesday, April 02, 2025
The moment the laughter died
Torture. There's not much to like in Todd Phillips's Joker: Folie à Deux. It's an awfully boring affair. Riding on the coat tails of Joker (2019), they probably thought they could pull off anything, stupid musical bits included, and people would suck it up.
Tuesday, April 01, 2025
Just another man hunting for a trophy
Essentially Kraven the Hunter is a ridiculous action hero movie. The character Kraven is a fighter of animal justice whose superpowers are courtesy of a some mysterious elixir. He's a gung-ho kind of guy and mercilessly wipes out the people in the poaching business. The movie is a different kind of absurdity with inconsistencies and plotholes, but kind of liked it all the same. Wacky shit.
Monday, March 31, 2025
Sulfuric and hydroflouric acid for blood
A group of young people want to change their miserable home planet to a planet with at least one Sun. With a brighter future in mind, they need to hijack a deserted spaceship that just happens to be floating around useless. But of course, that's the one where the alien monsters reside! Alien Romulus started off great, a good idea and proper tormenting claustrophobic horror in the making. But the potential was promptly killed.
Friday, March 28, 2025
Hope is just another burning soul
Be prepared to see something you have never seen before. Everything in Adolescence is great. Mind-blowing even. Everything but the story. The cinematography is pure magic and the acting, wow, it's properly done, thought-out and executed to absolute perfection. The uncomplicated story it's the only downfall. This four episode thriller mini series was created by Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne.
Rumors are often revealing
Jewish refugee Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) plots a revenge against the Nazis who slaughtered her family. It catches the attention of the Basterds, a group of guerrilla soldiers led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt). Things might end up in a bloodbath and the deaths of key figures in the leadership of the German Nazis. Quentin Tarantino's war movie Inglourious Basterds (2009) is wicked and entertaining historical nonsense.
Fuel for astronomy
An ordinary car mechanic from Essex, UK, meets a draq queen. Sort of fancies her. And a whole new world appears and ignites a love story of two different people. That's all there is to it, pretty average drama as a whole.
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Prayers don't work
It's fucking solid piece. Hugh Grant is great. Superstitious mumbo-jumbo doesn't fuck up the suspense and thrills in its religious horror entirety. A killer film.
A passage through thunder
Gard B. Eidsvold's performance as Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945) is one of the greatest and most memorable acting performances I've seen in recent years. Every single detail in his portrayal seems to be thought-out to perfection and makes a huge impact on the movie. Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian Nazi collaborator in charge of Norway's government during the country's occupation by Germany during World War II. An intriguing and insightful film by Erik Poppe.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Eyeless hellbound blues
They probably ruined The Crow's (1994) legacy with four other sequels already, but this fucking thing is blasphemous beyond everything. Quasi-Gothic trash with a story that is an absolute mess. Some graphic violence to lift up spirit, but an abomination otherwise.
Never to return
Season # 3 made Seinfeld a household name with eight Emmy nominations. It comprises 23 episodes and it was initially aired in 1992. According to the co-creator Larry David the season three was a big turning point for the series in terms of how the show was made. The episodes are some of their best: The Pen, The Parking Garage, The Red Dot, The Subway and my personal favourite The Limo.
A little puppet on a string
It's pretty good nostalgia. Harmless fantasy horror and proper eye candy. But unfortunately too many sidestories took momentum away from the main one and everything was a bit rushed. Nothing iconic, an easily forgettable movie.
Saturday, March 15, 2025
The day after the wheels of shadow
Cafe owner Kato gets a message from himself. He gets it from the TV screen in his own cafe which is two minutes ahead of time thus showing images from the future. Together with his friends they start to play around with it. Perhaps make some profit from the peculiar time machine. Thank heavens, Beyond the Infinitive Two Minutes lasts only 70 minutes because the mindfuck it generates becomes a bit too thick to chew. Pretty clever - and funny - little thing nevertheless.
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The moment the laughter died
Torture. There's not much to like in Todd Phillips 's Joker: Folie à Deux . It's an awfully boring affair. Riding on the coat ta...
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