A relaxing ride for a good mood. Guy Ritchie watched Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds and thought he could make something cool like that too. Well, it's not that good, but it's fun to watch. A stylish wartime flick with a western score, a great Henry Cavill and Alan Ritchson as the ultimate killing machine; it…

Can it really be so bad in India? The transformation of pure feminine innocence into the only possible form of existence that is not submissive to the laws of the patriarchal jungle. In some poor Indian social classes, family values are not the same as they are with us. And what initially seems tempting to take the…

A procedural analysis of the actions of Eastern European villagers – the family of the injured party, the police and the father of those who are responsible – during the investigation of a crime and the subsequent handling of the facts that are brought to light. Though incomprehensible to the point of absurdity in the…

Icelandic teenagers and a tragic event that they did not anticipate. The modifier “intimate” takes on even greater significance here than is usual. The detailed depiction of the rising fear of losing a loved one and subsequently dealing with the resulting pain. The main character goes through that mostly in secret,…

Atmospheric found footage inferno!!! I didn't think I'd ever be scared to go to the toilet after watching a horror movie, but here I was, like, super uncomfortable. I don't mind ghosts or demons, I don't mind heads and dicks being cut and guts flying around, but I downright hate mannequins and clowns and this combo is…

At the end of 2021, I had the chance to see My Neighbor Totoro on the big screen (and in its original version), where it has a lot more charm. While I still stand by the fact that I wasn't as enchanted by "Miyazaki's cutest character" as I was by Spirited Away or Howl's Moving Castle, Totoro is a powerful experience…

The three-dimensional (in my case, fortunately only 2D) Piranha is IMHO the bloodiest, most brutal and most disgusting film of the decade. The film has loads of floating limbs, hanging entrails and blood. On the other hand, the effects were pretty cheap at times, for instance the shot of more than one piranha or a…

Hayao Miyazaki is a master of animation, James Cameron is a master of the spectacular, and Stephen Daldry is a master of drama. What this guy can convey in his films, that's something you don't see every day. Compared to The Hours and The Reader, Billy Elliot is a little less bleak and shocking, but it's more fun and…

Icelandic teenagers and a tragic event that they did not anticipate. The modifier “intimate” takes on even greater significance here than is usual. The detailed depiction of the rising fear of losing a loved one and subsequently dealing with the resulting pain. The main character goes through that mostly in secret,…

A procedural analysis of the actions of Eastern European villagers – the family of the injured party, the police and the father of those who are responsible – during the investigation of a crime and the subsequent handling of the facts that are brought to light. Though incomprehensible to the point of absurdity in the…