The ashes that are left behind

There's a townful of suspects in the village of New York, but Speedy Gonzales intends to find out who killed his brother Moses. Albeit a parody, Speedy Gonzales - noin 7 veljeksen poika is the best known Finnish western, produced in 1970. A cult classic starring a dead cool line-up of Pertti "Spede" Pasanen, Tarja Markus, Esko Salminen, Simo Salminen, Ville-Veikko Salminen, Leo Lastumäki, Juhani Kumpulainen, Jukka Virtanen, Olavi Ahonen and Leo Jokela.

Pleasure in measures

A 35 year-old single woman who hasn't achieved anything in life wants to be a stand-up comedian. She embarks on Best Rookie Comedian tour with her peers and it ends up in tears. Nothing much, like an episode of any average sitcom.

Christ all Friday

Should be heralded as a Clint Eastwood classic. A stubborn old war veteran Walt Kowalski has to come to terms with his new cross-cultural neighbourhood, particularly a Hmong family nextdoor. It's all tremendously wrapped in laughter and joy, before exploding in heart-stopping ending. Gran Torino is funny as shit and tragic as fuck at the same time.

The dead calm of ignorance

A plane carrying a US football team fucking crashes. No one finds the handful of survivals because no one finds anyone in movies. Rescue parties, transponders and flight plans exist only in real life. Even if these clowns have not one but two proper islands in their hands, they don't search for food or fresh water. They choose to divide into two groups, apply the rules of football to their situation and outstupid each other. The people who brainstorm this kind of garbage should be arrested and sent to prison.

Tits on a Tuesday

Like ripped from the pages of a Raymond Chandler novel. Edward Norton is Lionel Essrog - a detective who has a condition that make him say funny things - investigating the death of his boss and friend Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). Motherless Brooklyn is entertaining crime noir, the main character's Tourette's Syndrome makes it surprisingly funny and something different, and all the actors on the lead - Edward Norton, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Willem Dafoe - are passionately involved.

Wine is sunlight held together by water

Based on a true story how Californian Napa Valley wine was finally noted by the snobbery wine community all over the world. They introduced it to the wine cronies in a blind-tasting event in Paris, shattered the myth of invincible French wine, and won. Somewhat unnecessarily they'd added drama, romance and comedy to the Bottle Shock story, but a feelgood educative fucker nevertheless.

Tangled up in a murder

A dead man in the woods is the source of attraction and inspiration for townspeople. They even have to bury him three times before anyone knows what to do with the corpse. The Trouble with Harry (1955) sums up perfectly the sense of humour of Alfred Hitchcock.

The blue wall blues

They just want to get out, two cops and their detainee, from a Danish ghetto of Svalegården, Copenhagen, which is volatile as fuck as an immigrant was killed by the police just recently. They have to make do on their own because the officials are too afraid to send back-up for their rescue. It's no picnic, they're constantly pelted with stones, Molotov cocktails and bullets. An intense thought-provoking Danish action film with brilliant performances from all the people involved.

Born alone, die alone

A team of immortal mercenaries, they're pretty cool, lived for centuries, fought many wars, witnessed chaos and pestilence and death. But also, they've seen the rise of art, music, literature, knowledge and science. Their DNA is priceless therefore there are folks who see them as merchandise and want to lock them in cages, study the fuck out and suck these laboratory rats to the bone. The Old Guard lost lots of its full potential, but not wholly disappointing. Horrible soundtrack.

Walk through illusions of terror

Some scary shit is happening in a small American town. People are disappearing. A psychologist married to a cop is having an affair and their son is fucken mad angry. All kinds of weird - prob'ly paranormal - stuff is popping out 'round every corner. Or is it just a psycho maniac who makes everyone frightened beyond belief? Got to say, pretty creepy thriller of people questioning their sanity and the multilayered twists in the story were crafted nicely.

Quit while you're ahead

Based on real events in Toronto, 1980-82, a bank employee ripped off his own employer and its customers. Embezzled over $10 million to feed his gambling habit. Philip Seymour Hoffman was such a terrific and passionate actor and the movie is a perfect example of his talent. Decent movie, a harrowing story, but eventually an actor's film.

Save the last dance

An Iranian family Mehdipour are refugees in Finland where immigration clauses oftentimes are gone haywire by the bureaucracy. The Mehdipour are kind and happy people, they love their new country, are well acquainted with its quirky habits, citizens and nature. And they eagerly appeal the supreme court to get granted asylum. Their 13 year old son knows more than he tells and he suspects there's bad news looming on the horizon. A story of one immigrant life in the land of the thousand lakes.

Pass the mustard

A German intends to spread the joy of hot sausages in a derelict old town somewhere in America where the local rednecks are very racist by nature. Gutterbee is a rather cool indie with plenty of eccentric characters, but the comedy doesn't exactly burst into laughter. Cool cast of Antony Starr (Banshee), Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting) and W. Earl Brown (Deadwood) though. Directed by another Banshee actor Ulrich Thomsen.

Happy is the fleeting hope of youth

Drug dealers and corrupt cops are the kings of the crack-infested New York City. A few honest officers of the law and justice try to make a difference, but everyone's gone mental with the ridiculous amount of drug money just lying around and they do everything to defend themselves. A small gem from 1988, Sam Elliott and Peter Weller as the cool cats Marks and Dalton trying to keep the streets clean from the scumbags, sex creeps, jerk-offs, freaks and killers.

A fake world is a lot less painful than the real one

A brilliant techno thriller of a quadriplegic man avenging his wife's death. I had to check if it still was as innovative, hilarious and violent as it was couple of years ago. And - bingo - it's still wicked as shit!

Running on rum

These two lovebirds get on a plane and the pilot fucking drops dead! And to make matters worse the autopilot doesn't work, GPS neither, and they fly into a storm and are running out of fuel. It's a shitty situation. It's kind of suspenseful. A little dumb.

The stain will form the shape of the murderer's face

There's a serial killer who rapes and kills young women at large. The police have dozens of suspects, many of whom they beat to get a confession, but more bodies pile up and everyone is helpless. Based on a true story of South Korea's first serial killer. Memories of Murder (2003) is equally good as Bong Joo Ho's acclaimed Parasite (2019). Tragedy, suspense and black humour in such a perfect harmony.

Manos arribas, you sons of bitches

A retired detective Frank Hamer is given an assignment to kill the murderous cunts Bonnie and Clyde. He teams up with another officer of the law, somewhat a troubled soul, Maney Gault, and even though these has-beens may have lost some of their physique, their deductive reasoning still works. A rather entertaining and engaging movie with steller chemistry between Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson.