Taking the vow of silence

The fifth season of Seinfeld. The series keeps feeding viewers with better and wittier episodes. Some of them - The Puffy Shirt, The Barber, The Conversion, The Marine Biologist, The Raincoats, The Hamptons, The Opposite - are elites in the whole thing. Even after 30 years, Seinfeld is still the best sitcom ever released.

Insecure people are very dangerous

Gracie was involved in an unsavory scandal and a tabloid romance that gripped the nation years ago. And now they want to make a movie about her and, as a preparation, the lead actress wants to meet Gracie so she can play her. May December, by Todd Haynes, is a film based on true events with a serious subject, but it tackles the taboos of the case quite gently.  

Nothing to live for except the next mission

Fun sci-fi fantasy horror entertainment. And there's a little bit of romance here too. Two highly-trained operatives are appointed to posts in guard towers of a gorge, protecting the world from mysterious evil that lurks within. They are like the gatekeepers of hell. This film, with its own madness and genius, represents escapism in cinema at its best. Directed by Scott Derrickson. 

Bump and grind the home to hell

This just won't ignite. The story about the infamous motorcycle gang, the fictional Chicago Vandals, has its exciting moments, but is mostly just idle chatter. The roles are filled with quite competent actors like Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Boyd Holbrook, Damon Herriman, Michael Shannon and Norman Reedus, some of whom fit their roles quite well, while others don't. Furthermore, there are no characters in the film that you can relate to or like, so it's quite frustrating to watch. 

Through the blackest edge and forward

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman travel on electric Harley-Davidsons 13,000 miles from Ushuaia to Los Angeles. That means several hundred kilometers across Central and South America. These motorcycle adventures of Ewan and Charley and the entire filming and production crew are absolutely amazing. A real treat. The episodes are funny, heartfelt and, in many ways, eye-opening. 

Smuggling donkeys

The portion of a whisky's volume that is lost to evaporation during the ageing process is called the Angel's Share. In Ken Loach's film of the same name, petty criminals doing community service smell the potential of exploiting the whisky business. A nice dramatic comedy, but I remembered it better. 

A scandal as a wedding present

This is Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 spy thriller. An American reporter John Jones (Joel McCrea) - using the penname "Huntley Haverstock" - tries to expose enemy spies in Britain. In the midst of international espionage, he witnesses the murder of a diplomat but also falls passionately in love. Not one of Hitchcock's most famous works, nor should it necessarily be, but gripping suspense nonetheless. 

Meander the road of death

Bride kidnapping is a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry. Apparently this is still practised in Caucasus and Central Asia. Everywhere else, it's a sex crime. This Kyrgyz film, by Mirlan Abdykalykov, shows how cruel and repulsively inhuman it really is.

Life is not doing its job

A nice drama-comedy, but this is one of those movies that you enjoy watching but don't take anything away from. An art gallery owner Goodrich (Michael Keaton) is having difficulties with both his family and his job, but he is fundamentally a kind man and things work out well for kind people. The film's syrupy ending underscores all too emphatically how family values are more important than material things and wealth, but this wasn't that bad at all.  

Feel the heat around the corner

The hardest and best action movie of all time. Easily. No weak moments. Absolute excellence from start to finish. Outstanding flick where pulse never stops and tension never lets up. An epic piece.

Love is everywhere

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman and the entire production team, including cinematographers, have made altogether four One More series over the past 20 years. Namely Long Way Round (2004), Long Way Down (2007), Long Way Up (2020) and, the latest, Long Way Home (2025). All these are incredibly enjoyable to watch. Several times even. In Long Way Home, with refurbished vintage bikes (a 1974 Moto Guzzi Eldorado police bike and a BMW R75/5), they take a route from Scotland to Northern Europe and it's a nice travelogue and a fantastic adventure. The ending had a little rushed feel to it, not the usual emotional and sentimental finale they had in the past shows. Since you are already disappointed with the show ending, you need something awesome to make up for it.

One-stroke deficit

Inspired by the real events of the biggest heist of all time on Danish soil. But the filmmakers have certainly taken it easy with the facts. And what actually happened. Too much nonsense and breakdown of logic in the script. There are of course freedoms in making art, but thinking that viewers are stupid is irresponsible. No way the robbery was anything like what was described. But if you forget that, this was quite an exciting and fast-paced crime film. 

Just fuck off and sing

Great first minutes. Pete Seeger (Edward Norton) and Woody Guthrie (Scoot McNairy) meet Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet), a young musician who has come to New York. The story continues well and interestingly. Until Bob Dylan's diva-like nature starts to rear its head. He doesn't give the impression of a nice person. This is certainly essential and part of his essence and image, but the movie focuses too much on it when he's so damn absolute. And it is in those moments that Timothée Chalamet's weaknesses as an actor become apparent.