For the ones who stayed

Kenneth Branaugh's film is an autobiographical account from his childhood. Belfast, 1969. Times were hard and intimidating as Protestants and Catholics were at each other's throats. Stunning cinematography, excellent artistry, but otherwise little to offer.

A smelly pirate hooker

Why is that when you see bits of these Hollywood comedies on your feed and they are always freakishly funny and when you decide to watch the actual movie, it's a fucking bore?

Working class has no fatherland

A man attempts suicide, but can't go through with it. So he hires a hitman to do the job for him. However he falls in love with a flower-seller and would very much like to continue living. Cancelling the contract turns out to be difficult. I Hired a Contract Killer is an Aki Kaurismäki film, beautiful laconic cinema. And funny at the most unusual places!

Sympathy for the devil

What an interesting little thing. At least at first it is and then you are irritated by the actions of the lead character and the obvious mistakes and plot-holes thrown your way. An alarm dispatcher answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman and he enters a race against time to save her. Danish Den skyldige, by Gustav Möller, is an intensive film, but ultimately fails to deliver.

The ones above, the ones below, and the ones who fall

It's a simple premise. A prison is split in levels. A platform of an exquisite buffet travels downwards and stops for 2 minutes at every level. During that time, two prisoners in the level can eat all they want from the buffet. Of course, the supply diminishes each level and by the time it reaches the bottom, there's no food left. To make it more interesting and arbitrary, prisoners are changing levels each month, so they might get lucky. Or they don't. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia's El hoyo is a movie full of symbolism and social study, but it's also quite a vulgar and darkly comical bit as a plain film too. 

The hope that causes so much pain

Perhaps a little bit too idealistic and sugar-coated story of Syrian refugees locating in a small village of Northeast England, but quite heartfelt and wonderful all the same. Apparently director Ken Loach's final film, his retirement is well deserved.

Afraid of time

Earth is becoming uninhabitable. They are running out of food to eat and oxygen to breathe. Astronauts are tasked to find a new planet for humans. Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is a visually stunning and thought-provoking sci-fi movie. A monumental epic even though some of the scientific jargon is quite unimaginable.

No man comes home from war

Explorers and soldiers explore an uncharted island only to soon discover that their mission may be complicated by the wildlife which inhabits the place. It's a bit silly and stupid the whole thing, but nothing too complex and it makes good fantasy. Just enjoy the ride.

Angry heart inherits the earth

A groundbreaking film. By Steven Spielberg. The security of a theme park for cloned dinosaurs is compromised and a group of experts invited to inspect the facilities find themselves in a battle for survival. One of the greatest and exciting adventures in modern day cinema.

Cross of thorns on headless cross

Godzilla and Kong meet and battle it out. Unfortunately their epic encounter is suffocated under mindless techno humbug and an uninspiring plot. Starring them two monsters, Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown and Rebecca Hall.

A kite dancing in a hurricane

A 2015 James Bond movie directed by Sam Mendes, starring Daniel Craig as the agent 007, Ralph Fiennes as Bond's superior M (the head of M16), Ben Whishaw as Q (the head of Department Q) and Christoph Walz as the main antagonist Blofeld. Theme song Writing on the Wall performed by Sam Smith. James Bond ventures towards the heart of S.P.E.C.T.R.E., a cryptic criminal organization, and the mission is an adventure loaded with bullets and explosions.

Cavemen refusing to go away

Reckon everyone's said the same thing. The Expendables gag has run its course. Numbers 2 and 3 were useless already, but the 4th one is borderline watchable, almost a parody to the franchise. Just a terribly bad action movie.

Better drag. More flavor. Less throat burn.

It's like a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood's golden age. The summer of 1969, an aging television actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) endeavor to revive their careers. Among bunch of other colorful characters, they encounter the murderous hippies lead by Charles Manson. Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood, by Quentin Tarantino, comes with a large ensemble cast (DeCaprio, Pitt, Al Pacino, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Timothy Olyphant, Luke Perry, Bruce Dern, Damian Lewis) and it's a wicked groovy ride.

Just a bloody stump

In Bermuda, two amateur treasure-hunting divers inadvertently discover the secret cargo of a World War II shipwreck and conflict with treasure hunters. Not one of the greatest classic seventies films, but surprisingly entertaining and exciting still. Starring Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Shaw and Eli Wallach, written by Peter Benchley (Jaws), directed by Peter Yates (Bullitt).

While we are here

Childhood sweethearts in Seoul go separate ways until 20 years later they meet again in New York. It's a simple and touching look on two longing spirits. Story telling stripped to bare essentials. A refreshing little thing.

All that sacrifice

Arthur Fleck's mental state ain't quite alright. Thence his stand-up comedy career hasn't really took off. Little by little he crumbles under the pressure of society that itself is pretty off-putting to begin with. Surprisingly a guy - Todd Phillips - who has made only shitty comedies (The Hangover, Due Date, Old School) in his career, produces one of the most haunting masterpieces of modern day cinema.

Living in twilight dance

Everyone in a Japanese bathhouse is stuck in a time loop where after two minutes, time rewinds and everyone returns to where they were, though their memories continue. It's awkward at first, quite funny the next, but eventually annoying as fuck and people are losing their nerves in this monotonous limbo. If they can't find a way to end to it, they have to find a way to live with it. A quirky and fun little science fiction indie.