Motherfucking Flemings are in the house

Against all odds I found myself laughing at some of the bits of this comedy. And it's not only because of Bryan Cranston, who is excellent, but the movie was doing alright itself as well.

Blood-filled meat puppets

They are bringing an innocent looking flower type of thing (resilient little bastard called Calvin) from Mars to earth and the shit hits the fan. Instead of few negative comments, I knew nothing of this beforehand and it struck me good when the story took another gear. Haven't seen as cool frightening extra terrestrial thrills since Ridley Scott's Alien and, in truth, this is more a less its rip-off, but liked it just fine anyways.

Holes in the testimony

Lovers accidentally kill a stranger and in a rather bemusingly sloppy way cover their tracks and think they can get away with everything. But instead they get blackmailed and things get very nasty. Spanish crime noir is a wonderful little thing.

To the fools who dream

I appreciate that the leads - Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling - must have done shitloads of sheer hard work to put all the singing and playing and dancing through. But in the end, I got absolutely nothing else. Can't fucking stand musical love story no matter how dazzlingly well it is executed. 

Afraid and petrified

When it's open for everyone, a mobile phone ('the black box of life') can ruin both the friendship (and more) between seven Italian people gathered around a lovely dinner. Loved the way the shallow, awkward and downright shameful secrets are being unravelled little by little and the consequences are left open for interpretation. One of the most positive surprises of the year thus far.

Tourist in your own country

Renton, Simon, Spud and Begbie are back in Edinburgh. They are a fun bunch, luckily so because other than couple of unsolved issues, there's not whole lot of story left. It's 20 years from the gung-ho junkie days and things have mellowed out, shy of Begbie of course.

The king of misery

The story in a nutshell; a Finnish restauranter (former clothes salesman) Wikström (Sakari Kuosmanen) befriends a Syrian refugee Khaled (Sherwan Haji). It's another Aki Kaurismäki's minimalistic masterpiece full of dry humour and empathy. Very very good. 

A thief, a liar, and a killer

I had zero expectations. They were well met. Mercenary William (Matt Damon) travels to ancient China to steal black powder, but ends up fighting against fairytale beasts of the underworld called Taotie, quoting bullshit words of wisdom and falling in love. Too ridiculous to hate really.

God drives Kia

An IT company throws an early Christmas party to impress potential and effectively company-saving investor. But things get a bit out of hand. Nothing that hasn't been done before. Those people at Hollywood do similar comedies dozens a year.

No reason to be alive

If it weren't so hectic, jumping at frantic pace from one scene to another, this would be an amazing film. It's all about the 80s drug trafficking between South America and The United States. The drug lords making serious capital and the federal agents trying to put end to the business. Bryan Cranston, John Leguisamo, and the whole lot of actors, they are all doing an excellent job, but like stated, it's a bit too chaotic to enjoy it properly and thoroughly.

Powerful men don't have to be cruel

After a few runs of decent even remarkable acting efforts, I'm afraid, Ben Affleck is back to where he started. He looks amateurish, stiff, one-dimensional, tired and bored out of his tits. Albeit soulless, this is a decent enough a movie, but the source it's based on (courtesy of Dennis Lehane), there would have been so much to dig up. American Irish and Italian gangsters goin' head to head in eastern United States in times of The Great Depression, when illegal market run free and the criminals lived like kings.

The myths of liberty

Journalist Harriet Hansen (Kari Bremnes) is demeaned to investigate a petty poaching story, but she finds out something far more serious. She finds herself in the middle of a cold war battle between Norway and Russia, and what truly happened in Svalbard's King's Bay explosion in 1962. Thorougly well built - and fairly exciting - little thing of investigate journalism.

Vengeance must be profound and absolute

World leaders gather round in London to mourn the death of Britain's prime minister and the fucking terrorists attack! This is a mindless action movie with cringeworthy dialogue and quite like its predecessor (Olympus Has Fallen) American chest-beating of the highest order. These movies I just love to hate so much that I'm downright obsessed to see them.

The ultimate piece of human puzzle

England is exploring the uncharted waters of Amazonia. The legend says there's an ancient city ('Z') hidden in the jungle that is civilized beyond belief. It takes more than one expedition to have even a change of finding it and there's a little thing called WWI to fight out first as well. What a shame, almost an amazing film, but too many factual errors and general ridiculousness to be forgiven.

Memory is just another form of possession

Bunch of Northern individuals (+ Rwandan getaway driver) execute a bank robbery. Unfortunately their drunken heads are not quite to the task. Reasonably funny Finnish TV-movie.