Fates intertwined, cosmic coincidence

Because I had nothing better to do, I caught this from Netflix. Seen it a few times already. And it's still great. Tom Cruise's best work and just amazing cinematography courtesy of Michael Mann.

Better friends than people

Well, I read the novel when it came out and absolutely loved the story. A recovering junkie street musician adopts a street cat, or vice versa, and it feels like it all was written in the stars. None the better, these lovely little creatures and the cat Bob looks like the one I was honored to call my best friend for number of years until his untimely death last December. Miss you buddy.

Not a shirker, a scrounger, a beggar, nor a thief

Even with the matters of the heart of his own, Daniel Blake is a jolly good bloke. Already good to his friends and neighbours, he ends up caring for total strangers; a mom with two children who recently resided from London to Newcastle. Don't know what's up with British drama, it seems to generate with bottomless ease to those people.

Public life is afterlife

I truly fucking hate these hipster shit movies that try to be clever and intentionally low key. Extremely irritating. It took a better part of the movie to figure out what the fuck's going on. A shit movie anyways with a confusing and, quite frankly, infantile script. Though serves well for cringeworthy acting.

The little line between the numbers

I liked how this story unfolded. An assorted group of people living their ordinary lives in London; a retired rugby player trying to live up his past glory, a small-time gangsta wanting to leave criminal lifestyle behind, a singing taxi driver facing a terrible ordeal, and so on. Rather easy on the eyes the whole drama, very well performed and can't remember seeing the city of London presented so coolly for a good while.

Non-vital limb loss

It's not a too cool a place to hang out in the desert where no one can you hear you scream standing on a mine that will explode if you make a move. Buried, 127 Hours and even Phonebooth were something of a similar nature of claustrophobic thrills. Even worst of the lot, it's still decent, albeit flawed, cheesy and clishéd.

The fastest man on the earth

Jesse Owens ran (and jumped) like a motherfucker. It wasn't easy for the black folks in America in the 30s, but to even contemplate joining the 1936 Berlin Olympics hosted by the nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler and his buddy Joseph Goebbels was pure bravery. This was ok stuff, altho the racing events themselves were a bit too hastily depicted.

Head of snakes

Lampedusa is an island located perfectly (200km off Italy's southern coast) for the African and Middle Eastern migrants who are on they way to Europe. This documentary is about the leisurely life of the inhabitants of the little island, particularly two kids, the town doctor and radio host. I suspect, lots of the material was dramatized solely for the wellbeing of entertainment, however the issues with refugees were all too horrific to be nothing but true.

Live with the good

One of those feelgood family drama comedies. A man (John Krasinski) goes to his childhood neighbourhood to see his mom whose taken ill and all the other loved ones, old friends and family members. And so the reminiscence of yesterdays begins. Done a million times.

Debutants are sluts

There is the real life where artist Susan Morrow (Amy Adams) is reading a novel and there's the fictional life; the novel. The novel reads like a terrific thriller and the real life in its everydayness is nothing out of ordinary.

The cold song

Don't know how something so ordinary can be so captivating. Romanian movie focused on the life a doctor who is pulling all the strings he can muster to put her daughter to college. Can't remember, let alone name, any Romanian movies that I have seen, so this is a fucking good start. Great acting, direction to perfection.

Body-hopping demon on the loose

Of course, this is stupid as shit. There's an evil spirit roaming about and contaminating people who go on a murderous rampage. Jebediah Woodley (Dolph Lundgren) is a demon hunter after this heinous beast. Silly and stupid, but they knew what they were doing and, admitted, oftentimes it made me smile.

Kingi you wanker

Ricky Baker is put into foster care of a married couple living deep in the New Zealand woods. Some unfortunate things happen, and the dad and the boy have to go into hiding from the local police, bounty hunters and child welfare people. It's a bonding trip, a full-blown manhunt and a crazy adventure surrounded by majestic nature. A nice thing to watch, at times outrageously funny.

Grounds for hatred

I've said it before, I watch the worst movies solely for the reason that I want to know what to hate. This was absolute fucking rubbish and I love to hate it dearly.

A thing called the soul

Not bad. By the looks of the DVD-cover I thought it would be a slow-moving story of a war time romance between French Resistance fighter Marianne Beauséjour (Marion Cotillard) and a Canadian intelligence officer Max Vatan (Brad Pitt) with everything that's seen before. Turned out Allied is an interesting take on the WWII espionage where everything looks suspicious and downright deadly.

Life slipping through fingers

They said this is the best comedy of recent years and I liked it when they said that Germans have finally found a sense of humour. But I have to disagree. To certain extent at least. A white collar German woman is making business in Romania and suddenly his bohemian dad pays her a visit. Pretty enjoyable and easy-going the whole deal, but still a long way off from anything special.

Lord of the plains

Something else. A laid-back story of two brothers robbing banks in Texas and a couple of marshals chasing them. Wonderfully captures the rhythm and pulse of the Texan way of life. And when things get hard, they get real hard. The great suspense is backed up by cool soundtrack and amazing performances by Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham and Ben Foster.

Dark is the reich of the dead

World War II, two German officers and their Norwegian prisoner are lost in Norwegian woods until they find a comfy looking mansion. However, to their misfortune, the house is haunted and all the horror breaks loose. Should be right on my alleyway, but can't really pinpoint the reason I didn't like it that much.

Some grand theatrics

Eight South Korean soldiers inflitrate inside the North Korean borders to gather information for the U.S. military so they can execute a successful attack on their enemy. Liam Neeson as General MacArthur and unfortunately his towering presence takes a little away from the perfectly average and overly dramatic war movie.

Streetfighting in wigs

Season two of Broadchurch. A small coastal town thriller, some people die, investigations ensue and a whole lot of people are under scrutiny. There are lots like these around, but gladly this one stand above most of them, wouldn't have watched it otherwise.