There are few authors with the visual excitement of the Wachowskis. Every movie they make will be, I’m sure of it, unique, at least as a visual treat. After “Matrix” and “Cloud Atlas” they failed with “Jupiter Ascending”, and I was skeptical about their cooperation with a legend of the SF genre – J. Michael…
A cup of “Coffee in Berlin” (2012) …
aka “Oh Boy!” “Slacker” was one of the great movies of the nineties. Some critics say that it defined the generation and described perfectly the sense of loss after the Cold War, which was, arguably, won by the West. That oxymoron, sense of loss after victory, came from the disappearance of the adversary which influenced…
“Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015) reminded me why do I love movies.
I was skeptical about “Mad Max: Fury Road”. Sometimes, I thought, is the best to leave the classics where they belong. Mel Gibson was the man who WAS “Mad Max” and it seemed as blasphemy to think that anyone else could fill his shoes. Then again, the director of the new “Mad Max” is the…
“Arrow” missed the target in Season 03.
CW’s “Arrow” S03 is over. “My name is Oliver Queen” was familiar intro into the series from the very beginning and at the end of the S03 it is also the title of the last episode. “Arrow” closed the full circle. Final episode of the third season could serve as the end of the series,…
TREASURE CHEST: Some things are always “Fresh” (1994.)
We are all lost in the symbolic game of chess with ourselves. As Samuel L. Jackson politely pointed out: “Your queen is just a pawn with some fancy moves, nothing more.” We often overestimate our capabilities without realizing that all in life comes with a price. The difference between the greater and lesser people is…
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015) are the bridge within the MCU
Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” is one of the most expected movies of 2015. Fairly simple strategy is hidden behind Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. There are solo movies, and there are team-ups. In the first phase, there were solo movies about Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America after which they all teamed up nicely in the…
70th anniversary: “Band of Brothers” are the best WW2 depiction ever made.
Anniversaries are delicate when the important events are concerned. In modern times there are few anniversaries more important than the VE Day of the World War Two. Allies defeated Nazis in Europe in May of 1945 and the consequences of that victory we can still see today. The world in which we’re living now is…
Return of the childhood “Dragon” (2011)
aka: Wu-Xia (original title) In the eighties there was a different culture of enjoying movies. There were VCR’s and we watched the tapes rented from the local video-stores passionately and devotedly. I think maybe we appreciated them more, new movies were rarities then and newly created myths entered the popular culture with the lightning speed….
“Marvel’s Daredevil” has bloody good point! (of view for a blind man) :)
There was a lot of expectation around “Marvel’s Daredevil” in the comic community. We have already seen the same hero on the big screen and that movie with Ben Affleck didn’t come close to the potential of the character. That is also the reason why I was skeptical about his role of Batman, but that’s…
TREASURE CHEST: The meanings of “Keoma” (1976)
Spaghetti western has a simple storyline. There is always a hero, alone against everybody, trying to free the oppressed against greedy and emotionless villains. Almost every spaghetti western can fall into that category, and it was refreshing to find one as different as it can be. Starring Franco Nero, living legend of the genre and…
Don’t dismiss “The Knick” as another “House” alike show
When I saw the announcement of “The Knick” on CINEMAX, I thought that the show will be just another “House” copy. “The Knick” has similarities to “House”, but it’s very good show in its own right. The brilliance of Clive Owen truly shines in the role of John Thackery, a surgeon who is changing the…
TREASURE CHEST: Irish are the blacks of Europe in “The Comittments” (1991)
Ireland is a country of workers and simple folks. It’s situated on an isolated island and as such is considered as a god forsaken land by the continental people. As Jimmy Rabbite would say in “The Commitments”: “Irish are the blacks of Europe”. His ambition is to form “the hardest working band in the world”….
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