Pissdick

The bottomline here is this: transvestite's house is almost wrecked by a train. Otherwise, had I fastforwarded this garbage, I'd still died of boredom.

Trolls

I don’t know what’s more pathetic - me watching these shites or Nicolas Cage making them. Well, who am I kidding? I’m a sore fucken loser.

Quote of the day

“The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.” 

(Alfred Hitchcock – The Guerrilla Film Makers Handbook)

Always on the brink of a downward spiral

Very clever little thriller and what is amazing is that this is John Verdon’s fictional debut. Take your average pick and you wouldn’t get such cerebral and tension-building crime novel. In fact, a whole lot in the vein of Jeffery Deaver’s works.

The greatest thing since bullets

To me, the king of all cop shows. The coolest of them TV police detectives and smartarse wiseguys. Just brilliant. Dying to get the season 2.

Fríghtened souls

Not torture porn, which I despise, but a nice little sadistic feel in this supposedly low-budget French thriller.

There is no smoke in the dream sequence

As they say, funny little movie. Not as spectacular as I remembered, but goodhearted homegrown film about film making. Trivia that says a lot: “The only scene in the movie that is not a dream sequence is the filming of the dream sequence in the film that the characters are making.”

Boston usually works

Wonderful cast, absolute fucken topmost players, but I probably laughed only once and smirked twice or so. Tried to be little offbeat at times, but even if it’s somewhat enjoyable it’s only average funny.

We all have murder in us

British film that stinks of realism. A story of a young lad in the midst of all the IRA thing in the late Eighties. Had me nailed to the fucking seat.

This side or the other

Town is a powerful movie, extremely well shot and acted. Not really five stars, it was kind of in an idle motion midway through the film, but thumbs up anyways. One of the best depictions of Boston in movies that I have seen.

Hors-la-loi

A rather captivating movie of Algerians fighting for independence, tho’ with over two hours on the clock it was a bit of a bore in the long run.

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Cold war just down the road apiece

Every once in a while a silly action movie is all you need, but there should be a law against this kind of utter stupidity. Angelina Jolie’s performance as a lethal super-cool double agent is revolting and the story is ridden with laughable plotholes.

Novelty act

An award-winning fucker, this, but - god - wasn’t it much of fucking shite?

Life cast in cement

Dealing with life, death, love, immortality, universe, life choices, butterfly wings, future, marriage, past, kids and all that shite, Mr. Nobody desperately tries to be mind-boggling, one of a kind trooper of a movie, but even if it’s well-executed and entertaining enough, it’s bit of a lame fuck to be honest.

Wisdom on loan

The Finnish wilderness in its almost otherworldly beauty gets the depiction it deserves and the movie itself kind of gets lost in the shadows. Some nitty-gritty musings and harmless comedy - it’s all funny enough, but in the end, Finland’s landscapes prevail.

Vandelay Industries

Finished watching Seinfeld, the complete series, in all its 180 episodes. It’s something like 7th or 8th time I’ve done this. I’ll probably start with the first episode in few days and go through the whole thing again on something like a show per day basis. It’s a gift that keeps on giving.
Best show on television.

Hungry for human flesh

French zombie action within traditional heads-off zombie parameters. Pretty funny.

How manifold love can be

Mildly put, one of the most heartfelt movies in all of eternity. Dedicated to Finnish men. Period.

Pushing up the ante

Rather captivating film noir and Clive Owen stood out as the croupier/author -character.

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Born again electric

I don’t know if this collection of musings was worthy of a book - probably wasn’t - and, as advertised, Hunter S. Thompson calibre it ain’t, but in the end it's cool enough junkfood literature of sort. Härmägeddon is part memoir, part written report from a devout music enthusiast going through Finnish music scene during the course of one year. I thoroughly enjoyed it, I went down fast, it went down well.

Dinkus over there

I expected this to be a whole lot more spicier, racier, ironic, sarcastic and, truth be told, a whole fucken lot funnier.

Welcome to reality, baby

Wasn’t s as breathtaking fun as it was ten years ago, but an entertaining and visually invigorating action-packed fucker still.

No time to wallow in the mire

Some rare exclusive footage of The Doors or Jim Morrison in special, but if any historical values are concerned, this documentary merely scratches the surface. As a matter of fact, it was surprisingly uninformative a movie.

Walk it off

I don’t know what compels me to watch these totally average wishy-washy semi-comedic dramas?

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The silent war

An okayish film of an Australian tunnelling company in WWI. Based on factual events in Belgian soil, Battle of Messines and such, jada jada jada.

Eldorado

This movie had the makings of a decent outcome, but with flashbacks aplenty, it was quite of a messy clusterfuck. The problem (according to IMDB) lies herein: “Although the film was conceived of as an indie drama, when producer Elie Samaha took control of the film, he attempted to change the film to fit the action genre. Samaha recut the film against the wishes of the director and cast. This included shooting new action scenes. Since Val Kilmer refused to shoot these new scenes, Samaha used a stunt double to play the part of Kilmer. There are now two versions of the film: The director's cut (a quiet, character-based drama intended for film festivals like Sundance), and Samaha's action-based cut, intended for a video release in Eastern Europe.” I saw the action-based cut.

Empty city

A tad too sentimental bullshit for my everyday liking, but I was tied to a chair of its two hours or so. Also, I was surprisingly impressed my Adam Sandler, not an actor I’m jazzed about too often, but here his Bob Dylan-looking character did some miracles.

Karate kids on acid

Total waste of my time, but at least I’ll die happy knowing I don’t have to watch it ever again.

Imperial life in the emerald city

Electrifying war movie, but I got somewhat irritated at the plethora of swaying shots in almost art house quality, maybe it’s effective to some, maybe it portrays the action and movement of war, but it’s confusing fucken blur most of times.

The neurotics

A rather enjoyable movie of the lives of people in tinseltown. Pretty forgettable as it is, but an entertaining watch nevertheless.

Nefes nefese

A little bit too preachy for my liking. It felt that action was thrown in just for action’s sake and the outcome stood out rather messy.

Quote of the day

“As he looked down at her face, first light was slanting through the room. He would have said she was at peace, except that there was no one there. A skull. Some skin.” 

(John Harvey – In A True Light)

 

And those who can pluck the kantele are so few

A very human portrayal of a legendary and enormously gifted Finnish actor, singer, athlete or, as one Lappish wolf put it, extension to the trash bag.

I live in snow

The author of more than twenty novels, yet this is the first one I’ve read from Tom Piccirilli. Shadow Season is a charged violent thriller, but don’t quite compete with them very best out there, not quite in the league with the works of, say, James Crumley, Jim Thompson or George V. Higgins. Above average a story, nicely constructed, decent dialogue, but, dunno, a bit messy, somewhat busied at times.

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Death comes to all except those who deserve it most

The story here is a bit weak to be honest, but this is bloody cool film noir and Jeff Bridges, as always, is in an amazing form.

I have a bunch of savages out there just aching to splatter you all over the place

Not a classic but a gem in its own right. Oddball of a movie of a posse (led by Marvin) after a wanted man (Bronson) in British Columbian wilderness.