The first episode with the series' Julia Pennyworth. Casting Christina Wolfe was a classic whitewashing drama because in the comics she's the dark-skinned daughter of Batman's butler Alfred and Mademoiselle Marie (but only since 2014). Originally, everyone was white, and Julia started as Julia Remarque, whose…

A film that offers some impressive moments, but as a whole it mostly skims the surface. It deals with a few key themes, but it is mostly too thesis-like and one-dimensional. A raging America where we get no introduction and a miserable, rushed conclusion. Jesse Plemons steals for himself what is undoubtedly the film's…

It’s too colourful, too CGI-laden, and Jennifer Lopez runs around with her big ass at the beginning and admits in one of the dialogues that she has wrinkles and covers her grey hair because nobody gets younger, and for that she gets my nod because her Botox colleagues in the industry probably see it differently. You…

The 61st Disney feature film is a modern blend of classic adventure stories from the Earth's core. The family dynamics are reminiscent of Indiana Jones, but one can practically recall anything from Verne's works to Narnia or Pellucidar. In the context of Disney films, the theme continues from Atlantis: The Lost Empire…

An extraordinarily gentle, quiet and slow film with a pure melancholic soul. It starts out as a profile of overpopulated, rain-soaked Mumbai with a look into the lives of two friends living there and later shifts to a calmer, quieter place. As the debut fictional film of an experienced documentary filmmaker, All We…

From a practical standpoint, there is perhaps no better option than marooning in the middle of the desert a bunch of sweaty guys who understand technology; from a non-practical, and of course more pleasant standpoint, I would prefer a different sort of people, i.e. women, for whom there was no room aboard the Phoenix …

Little kids are terrifying. Not only at Halloween. This drama by Scottish director Lynne Ramsay is actually “just” a more intense version of American family movies about problem children. It doesn’t dispense with standard situations such as “a change of scenery will do him good”, but rather takes them to extremes…

I am extremely satisfied with my first excursion into the world of CAT III films. I got three films for the price of one: a wacky, abnormally morbid comedy; a tense psychological drama; and a brutal slasher flick. Because the transitions between amusing comedy and thoroughly unfunny drama are drastically sharp, I’m…

The extraordinary charm of the ordinary. In his anarchistic road movie and with the aid of Hisaishi’s wonderful music, Kitano waxes lyrical about one summer of adventure experienced by a lonely young boy and his crotchety protector who have more in common than it seems at first glance. He does so with a similarly…

“I don’t dream.“ At first glance, a boy who knows how things work and how to get by. However, it sons become clear that he cannot face up to the challenges presented by society, as unfeeling as he is, though he is thoughtfully unfeeling. He is at least aware of the connection between survival and speed. He has to be…