Klansman don't play with no black man

These racist hillbilly cunts establish a place called The Redneck KKK Museum in Laurens, South Carolina. Mike Burden, the owner of the establishment and the young member of local chapter, however has second thoughts of his commitment as his new girlfriend has friends with the colored folks who are incredibly nice. Particularly the reverend Kennedy (Forest Whitaker) has a kind soul. Always actual a topic, with some proper contradictions, but Burden is frustratingly slow at times.

The time of tortured existence

Apparently something pretty bad has happened to the planet Earth. It's uninhabitable and that's why people have died or evacuated the place. There however are some people left who doesn't want to leave and, also, someone who wants to come back. Highly anticipated a movie by George Clooney that received shitloads of harsh criticism when it came out. Some of the shit is justified, but The Midnight Sky was altogether quite entertaining. 

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct

Mystery virus called QTB or commonly known as 'Female Plague' has spread across the Earth. It kills women exclusively and effectively. They are almost extinct. A discriminatory bug. Imagine that. One man has a daughter and she obviously needs protection from all the men in the world. John Hillcoat's The Road (2009) was very similar, also a lot better, but this still is a decent enough a survival movie directed and written by Casey Affleck.

In darkness until something flips on the switch

You'd assume that over two hours of historical courtroom drama is boring. But Roman Polanski's J'Accuse (The Officer and a Spy) is like the most interesting history lesson. It's all true, accurate, it all happened. Starts off in 1894 when a French captain Alfred Dreyfus in convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil’s Island. Brave few had the courage to fight against injustice, defend the captain and even an influential author Emile Zola wrote an open letter in the newspaper L’Aurore and that caused quite a stir in the French government. The movie is close to a masterpiece.

Astrology is superstition

Unlike somewhat a similar group the anti-vaxxers, the flat-earthers don't do that much harm. Some poor soul may be lead to believe their agenda that science is out there to trick you and construct their reality on flat earth. But that's all. Loved it when they tried to prove a few times that the earth is flat, and the only thing they proved is that the earth is actually circular.

The hammer comes down

Couple of small-time crooks are about the rob the central bank of Cosa Nostra in Providence, New York. If their mission goes sideways they're off with their heads. If not, the Sicilian Mafia in New York might just go bankrupt and die, but the fear or retaliation is there and that brings forth panic and paranoia. Until the robbery bit, Vault is great, but the story started cutting corners immediately after and the disheveled shit got difficult to digest.

It takes courage to change people's hearts

One of the best movies in recent years. A gay black classical pianist and his new American-Italian chauffeur take a concert trip through the 1960s racist American South. Haven't checked did Viggo Mortensen win all the possible awards for his performance as a rough but loveable character Tony Lip, but he should have. A powerful, inspiring, funny and in every ways utterly wonderful buddy film.

Let the dust settle

An embarrassing thriller. Ava (Jessica Chastain) is all John Wick in a killing business. She's a hired gun, but after breaking protocol, she's got a target on her back. One of those movies that takes itself way too seriously and when it goes sideways the result is just ridiculous. Ava (aka Final Target) was produced by Freckle Films which is owned by the lead star Jessica Chastain and somehow I got a notion that she wanted to franchise herself as the new badass action star like Jason Bourne or John Wick. But frankly, even Steven Seagal makes better action movies.

Rendered absolutely useless

A James Bond movie directed by John Glen in 1985, starring Roger Moore as the agent 007, Tanya Roberts as the Bond girl Stacey Sutton, Robert Brown as Bond's superior 'M' (the head of MI6), Desmond Llewelyn as 'Q' (the head of Q division), Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny (MI6 secretary) and Christopher Walken as Max Zorin, the main antagonist, and Grace Jones as Zorin's bodyguard May Day. The theme song performed by Duran Duran. Former KGB agent is scheming a microchip monopoly and intend to end the domination of Silicon Valley by an earthquake. But the MI6 agent Bond is on the case. Roger Moore's last 007 movie, he turned 57 during filming.

The end of yesterday's unholy terror

Must be nice to work for Mossad as an undercover agent. Travel places like Thereran, spy the infidels and learn their government secrets. You only need to get used to telling lies and cope with the pressure of getting caught for them. And it ain't easy to be completely honest with the people you're supposed to trust either. Agent Rachel (Diane Kruger) is jammed in such a shitstorm. Makes a disappointing thriller though.

Leaves scars

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami was a fucken terrible tragedy. Doctor María Belón and her family (husband and three sons) went through hell and purgatory in Khao Lak, Thailand. They were the lucky ones because - after being hammered to shit - they survived, but only after witnessing inhuman suffering, total devastation and feelings of hopelessness. But thankfully beneath all the rubble, pain and death, there's room for acts of courage and miraculous stories.

Old green mountains

Over two hours of Mexican cinema. It's a leap into Mexican society of early 70s and particularly in the life of a middle-class family's maid. Stunning cinematography in Roma, but unfortunately it ends there, the story ain't that interesting even though the movie has been praised to hell and back.

Invocation for strenght

A promising young boxer finds out he has a brain tumor. He was abandoned as a child, fought through puberty and got the shitty news at worst possible time. However, worst is yet to come because the lad gets involved in an almost farcelike robbery of drugs where people from police, yakuza and Chinese mafia has stuck their noses in. Takashi Miike's (best known for Audition and 13 Assassins) crime flick is an action-packed thing, but unfortunately does not make much of an impact in the end.

The absurd mystery of the strange forces of existence

Not going to lie about it. Lots of times, didn't know what the fuck was going on. Normally I'd hate such humbug and throw it to the wolves, but the second coming of Twin Peaks is strangely alluring. I reckon, no show or movie, piece of art, literature or music, has harvested so many thoughts and senses of bewilderment before. The abstractness, the absurdity, all the little things and the grand scheme of things, it's all bone fide entertainment. A little strange watching a series where a plethora of people involved in it passed away on the verge of its release; Brent Briscoe, Harry Dean Stanton, Robert Foster, Linda Porter, Miguel Ferrer, Peggy Lipton, David Bowie, Catherine E. Coulson. Rest in peace you all.

Wedding at graveyard

It's Christmas time, Anja Richter has a houseful of family members and friends, and she finds out she's got cancer in the brain. Does she share the appalling news or play along a joyful Christmas? A Norwegian movie that avoids being too sappy, sentimental shit, and doesn't try to sugar-coat death either.

Under fixed stars

Camp Keating was an outpost in Afghanistan surrounded by mountains and gun-toting Talibans. It probably was the most dangerous place on earth. After a clichéd start of basic wartime images and military banter, the movie proceeds towards explosive finalé. Reminiscences of Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001) and starring Clint Eastwood's son Scott who is a spitting image of his old man.