Lima

"Doctor, let's put it this way, I saw a strange guy in a fur coat (probably an alien) nuke all of humanity on Earth. Only six people survived: a grandfather, a grandmother, a boy, a girl, a babe and a beefcake. They were the last threat to other dudes in fur coats on some other planet somewhere. And so the one in the fur coat kept walking through some desolate landscape to get them. And I was very sorry for him, walking all the time in that fur coat. Why didn’t he take it off? He's got nukes, he's got a spaceship, and he has to drag himself up the hills? Do you think that’s normal? But he wasn't without feeling, no no. He fell in love with the babe. And so he went after her, but she ran away with the beefcake and they planned their honeymoon. I don't know where they wanted to spend it, but a trip through a ruined Paris, coupled with a tour of the corpses, might not be bad. But I'm digressing… And I also saw a plasma screen made of paper, and I think some nutcase was blowing into a bubble blower, because there were bubbles flying around, but I don't know why. Yeah, and there were also dinosaurs, and… Ouch! Ouch! No, I’m not making it up. I really saw it, Doctor! Let me go, I don’t want a shot! Please! Help…”

Street Trash is definitely not extremely bloody, as Pomo writes here (hello). You will hardly see any blood, but there are such "delicacies" as foosball with a severed penis (without blood), six people melting into a shapeless colored mass, there is even a scene with a bunch of homeless people jerking off while watching someone fuck, their walk and movements reminiscent of a bunch of zombies. There is also one bloated body that subsequently explodes (very similar to the fat man scene from Monthy Python's The Meaning of Life) and even a police investigator deliberately throwing up on a wanted murderer. And the story? The whole thing revolves around a liquor store where homeless people go to get a bottle of some beverage called Viper, after which they melt or explode. It looks very cheap, with lots of filth, shots of junkyards, disgusting individuals and a few surprisingly funny moments.

A very well crafted thriller. The story follows a classic, well-trodden template where the killer murders according to a book he is a fan of, so, nothing new. There’s also the final “surprising” twist, which at least for me was a bit predictable. What’s interesting, though, is the very stylish murder scenes, Argento uses a garish red-white contrast in each of them. White dresses, white walls (the scene when a severed hand scratches the entire pure white wall with an arcing motion is one of the most unforgettable), a white kitchen, a white sheet on a victim's body, and everywhere the red colour of blood fits like a glove. But I can’t say I was scared. Tenebrae is not a horror film, but rather a crime drama in which the murders are depicted in a slightly harsher way than is usual in this genre, which, of course, it’s to be expected from Argento.

Remember the various directorial ideas from Silence of the Lambs, such as the bell scene at the end, the psycho showing off in front of the mirror, or the night vision goggles? You won't find anything similarly refreshing here. Rattner is wooden, a man of routine who sticks one ordinary shot after another, and the result is so uninteresting and boring. It has no atmosphere, only once, at the end of the film, did a faint chill run down my spine. Norton and Keitel sucked, not to mention Hopkins, on the other hand Emily Watson and Fiennes were great and they are the only reason to watch this movie. So, the two stars are only because of them. Rattner, go back to the B-movies!

It’s impossible to get mad at this kind of deliberately stylized bollocks. Turn your brain off, stick your hand in the popcorn or something else, put on an amusedly ironic smile and it won’t even matter that it's stupid, what matters is that Lucy Liu flips her hair and Drew Barrymore is great behind the steering wheel.

Fans of bad movies, you have to see this!!! Lucy Liu massacres an entire host of men, even the Terminator would piss his pants in front of her. The whole film hovers in a kind of haze of unbelievability, starting with the "script" and ending with the execution; the director's name Kaos cannot be a coincidence. If you like to have fun at the creators' expense, this will be a great choice. The rating is very clear, Boo! Just that.

5 stars. Some of you might think I’ve had a stroke, but there are two ways you can judge a film like this, rationally or with your heart. Rationally, it’s rubbish obviously, because you just don't see something so cinematically awful every day. But with my heart it’s a clear five stars, because I had so much fun! Aside from three boring and long dialogue scenes, it's one blunder after another. The most memorable highlight for me is the scene where the vampire chases the pilot's wife through the cemetery. Thanks to the unearthly awful editing, day and night, light and twilight, Bela Lugosi in a static shot and his body double with his face obscured so that you can't tell it's not Lugosi (which is, of course, very funny), alternate in the same moment. This sequence instantly became one of my top 10 favorite movie scenes of all time. Reason defies belief that this was not Ed Wood's intention. The interior of the alien spaceship is also amazing, consisting of two tables, one stool, a couple of receivers and one ladder (!!!). But the crown on top is the army commander who in one scene orders the army the open fire. It is supposed to look like he is standing somewhere outside, but behind his back you can see a studio wall with folds on which the actor is casting a shadow. And there are countless similar gems. The whole thing is so horribly bad and yet so entertaining that it's beyond normal rating categories. That's why I say let's love Ed Wood, the world of cinema would be more boring without him.

Mostow directed a decent action ride, but it doesn't bring anything new and will soon fizzle out of your head. Cameron's Terminator 2 was a revolutionary feat that has become an immortal film classic, Mostow's T3 will become at most a video store staple. Surprisingly, there are a few deaf spots and especially a strange ending that more like an open door for a sequel it feels like a barn door. Arnold is getting a bit old, but it doesn't matter, he has his charm. Judging by the reviews I expected him to be spouting one catchphrase after another, but it's not that hot. So the biggest asset of the film for me is my new sex icon Kristene Loken as a revamped version of the Terminator. The juxtaposition of a cruel killing machine in the guise of a beautiful woman is quite a turn-on, and Loken playfully puts Arnold in her pocket with her performance. I hope it's not just Terminator in her case.

KIEFER RULES! The main star in this inventive thriller for me is not the great Colin Farrell, but the absolutely perfect voice performance of Keifer Shuterland. I wouldn’t want to see this film dubbed. And I also wonder how the video distributors will handle it when converting it to VHS format. Schumacher divides the screen into several windows in which we see the plot running simultaneously from different locations. It's nothing new, but I like this method often used in the 1960s.

Seen on a wide screen in the classy premises of Slovácké divadlo and I have to say that it was my greatest experience at SFS so far!! A visual and auditory feast with Visconti's incredible magic with images and the divine music of Gustav Mahler. Even the story, however simple, can captivate with its poignancy on the theme of forbidden love and the decay of society and the human spirit. However, it is how and where you see the work that is essential to the overall impression. This really belongs in the cinema.