Taste of forbidden fruit

Even though the movie lasts two and half hours, it cuts through the life of Elvis Presley in a blink of an eye. It's fast-paced, over the top, flashy and excessive  - sometimes to a degree that it almost looked like a music video. Somewhat a letdown, but thankfully Austin Butler's portrayal of The King is incredible.

Drowning in a gnawing unease

The Worst Person in the World by Joachim Trier. A young woman navigates the troubled waters of her love life in Oslo, Norway. She's a tad detestable and annoying, not a very empathetic character, so resonates the title accordingly. Kind of an interesting treat of a contemporary young woman trying to find her place in the world, but nothing terribly new under the sun.

A really cool place in the desert

Ben Sanderson (Nicolas Cage) cashes in all his money and comes to Las Vegas to drink himself to death. Should take about four weeks. She's accompanied by Sara (Elisabeth Shue), a prostitute tired of being alone and the antidote to the hopeless addict. Mike Figgis's film from 1995 and it's a lot more miserable and sad than I remembered.

The sky of daytime dies away

It's amazing how it looks so authentic and real. A solar construction site is potentially evicting and destroying the income and livelihood of the family of three generations of peach farmers. Wiping out their history and future. A beautiful and captivating drama, something to think about if you have the patience to sit it through. 

The spirits dance in grief

Scripted reality soap opera. Partly, at least. 16 survivalists compete for a chance to win a massive cash prize, but you don't care any of that. You are kind of drawn into the show, but not for the beautiful Alaska's scenery, the "story" or the survival part. No you are mesmerized by the human behavior. It's hard to watch. 

Shadows of the man who walked home

This happened 40 years ago and it still engraved in my memory. It was before the internet, so you watched the news from TV. One of my earliest reality shows was watching a siege of the compound that belonged to the religious cult Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh. It lasted 51 days and it resulted in destroyed compound and 86 dead in total. Arresting still. 

You meddling little shit

A small town is in a state of shock. People are dying and they fear there's a serial killer on the loose! But what they encounter is perhaps even more horrifying. Wee lads Marty and Jane Coslaw (Corey Haim and Megan Follows) outsmart the police force and the rest of the citizens to identify the killer. Silver Bullet (1985) is an American horror movie based on the novelette Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King. It's directed by Daniel Attias and includes some of the yesteryear's greatest including Gary Busey (The Buddy Holly Story, Lethal Weapon, Predator 2), Everett McGill (Twin Peaks, The People Under the Stairs), Terry O'Quinn (Lost, The Stepfather), Bill Smitrovich (Crime Story, NYPD Blue) and Lawrence Tierney (Dillinger, Born to Kill, Reservoir Dogs). A cool and fun horror film.

It is possible to make a good dirty movie

Refreshing as fuck. Lots of old-school vibe and somewhat diabolic black comedy in X, Ti West’s slasher/horror cut. A fun and entertaining throwback to 1970s horror.