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Crazy boring! A conversation drama in a car between two unlikeable characters about bullshit. The only survival was watching this film. If only the Wendigo was there, but nothing. Cheap, uninteresting, boring! 3/10.

For me, a totally watchable action B-movie with a likable Orlando Bloom and a great Andie MacDowell, who was excellent as the mafia godmother. It's suspenseful, there is some torture, and the action is only average, but serviceable enough. Entertaining, not offensive. 6/10.

Romcoms are back! Take two extremely likable and young Hollywood rising stars with great chemistry, stuff it with humour, make it not just an emotional romantic blackmail and this recipe can't go wrong, and judging by the decent box office returns it worked. Never mind that in terms of plot it is nothing write home about, but it has a very feel good vibe, I love Sydney Sweeney (that cleavage of hers oh my God!) and Glen Powell is a likeable guy here too. The humour works, the emotions worked for me at the end and it's definitely a film I'll be happy to watch with the ladies. Enjoyable stuff. 8/10.

Watchable, but nothing special. The chubby main character is a likeable guy and giving him the role of a babysitter is pretty funny, but it came in handy because a masked cult of intruders invades the house and you trust him to fight more than you would a 40-kilogram woman. It's quite gory and quite action packed, but it's a B-movie so you don’t get to enjoy the gore that much (it’s far from realistic), and the humour could have been played better. It didn't offend but I'll forget it tomorrow. 5/10.

Zone of disinterest. One of those films that the teacher puts on in history class, but 80% of the students would rather pull out their cell phones and scroll through Instagram because it's almost as boring as regular class. The film is completely empty in terms of information, so it doesn't even serve an educational purpose. We follow the banalities of the daily life of a concentration camp commander and his family. We learn nothing about the characters, the dialogues are cut down to the minimum, Auschwitz is not shown, so again a film for book readers, where the viewer has to figure everything out (fck you!!), it has no script, the atmosphere doesn't work at all, there’s no build-up, no tension or escalated drama between the Nazis, the emotions below zero, and in the end, instead of showing a pile of corpses, they show only shoes. The film is so empty, slow and boring that even if you skips twenty minutes, you won’t miss anything crucial. Son of Saul was thematically similar, but somewhere else. An intimate arthouse of the highest order. 3/10.

A martial arts historical gem from China! The blind bounty hunter is back in perfect form. The first one was already excellent and this is on a similar level. Miu Tse really is a very skilled dude and the grace and style with which he defeats his enemies is a joy to behold. Visually it looks perfect and even though it's just a revenge road movie in terms of plot. The cinematography, the choreography and the fight scenes elevate the film to a high above average. The first one had more limb breaking, here he uses the sword more often, but I had a great time. It needs a trilogy. 80%.

This film was touted as a British queer revenge thriller with rave reviews, but the result is queer drama, where there’s no revenge at all. It was all too queer for my taste, with perhaps no straight characters. That feeling you get when you want violence, murder, and thoughtful revenge and instead you get drag queens, gay porn, and gay sex scenes. Fuck this. George MacKay is good as the asshole, but that's about it. The film promised something else entirely. I guess only queers can rate it positively, otherwise I don't know what to give it plus points for, because it's not great in terms of plot either. Not for me. 3/10.

It could have been the first good horror flick of the year, but unfortunately I didn't enjoy it at all. The isolated setting, the test subjects, the fight for time, the experimental drug is a theme I like a lot, but unfortunately nothing works here in terms of horror. It wanted more imaginative deaths, this just can't interest anyone today. The finale is at least a little suspenseful and only really slightly gory, otherwise it didn't really grab me with the characters, the story let alone the atmosphere. 4/10.

An accurate representation of a lost generation. An unexpected blast from Russia set in the late 1980s from the gritty city of Kazan, where young siblings fight for territory. The entire series is interwoven with a spiral of violence and rough fights, where you are either a wimp bullied by everyone, or you become a man and join a gang where the rules are rough to the point of being a prisoner. The series focuses mostly on three characters: Andrei, who is initially bullied by everyone and decides to join a gang. Marat the bully and tough guy who undergoes a distinct and unexpected transformation, and his brother Vova, an older tough guy who returns from Afghanistan to be their leader. The series grabbed me from the very beginning, with its impressive retro atmosphere, well-acted and aptly chosen characters, sharp and gritty action, and I must also praise the soundtrack, which I instantly fell in love with as soon as it came on during a fight, I always got goosebumps. I also liked the romances of the three protagonists and the emotions. I really liked Andrei's mother, who is slowly breaking down mentally as her son changes before her eyes, that was quite a strong element for me. The series doesn't offer any major plot twists, but the faithful and chilling depiction of that time is absolutely perfect, and it makes me glad I didn't grow up in that world. I'd play this in schools too. Very good. The individual episodes rated with four stars, but the overall impression is five stars, as it's a powerhouse, and I haven't seen anything better from Russia.

The best true crime of the year so far, with twists and turns that would put even the most convoluted thriller to shame. If it were a movie, few would believe that such a thing could happen, but it's based on true events and it's wild! A mechanic tries online dating, but things take a scary turn as the woman he meets is a proper psychopath! Women can be such bitches and the police do an extremely bad job here. At 90 minutes, it has a great pace and fans of true crime and thrillers shouldn't hesitate.