Movie Review: Blade Runner 2049
More arthouse than mainstream and successfully pulls off the feat of not failing as a successor of the iconic original. Expands the question of what constitutes being human in an…
Movie Review: Nomadland
I've seen this two days after Three Billboards. Obviously, Frances McDormand is playing herself in both movies and both are about her. Which isn't a bad thing. She is the…
Movie Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
An uneven movie. Great as a whole with unique twists, pleasantly far away from mainstream sensitivities but some astonishingly awkward scenes as well in this one. And having seen this…
Movie Review: Green Book
Foreseeable underdog movie which is nonetheless quite moving. Would be great if not for the one-sided and not true-to-reality focus on the chauffeur. No wonder given that the script is…
Movie Review: BlacKkKlansman
A competent production. Stylish, at times funny, cool soundtrack. Much too obvious and blunt in its message during the movie part with the racists being ridiculous dumbasses throughout while the…
Movie Review: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
A hack job. Recycles some elements from the best Ritchie movie Snatch, adds LOTR battles including the war elephants, mixes the King Arthur legend with modern fantasy standard and uses…
Movie Review: Joker
A psychogram on the making of a super villain. Nature and nurture. A great movie but not for the Marvel super hero crowd.
Movie Review: Das Piano
A feast for the senses. The desaturated imagery draws you in. Obviously, piano music features a prominent role but the sound effects are much more important than in most other…
Movie Review: Tod auf dem Nil
Classic whodunnit with the mandatory final confrontation of all suspects. Has the subtle pleasure of crossing off a checklist.
Movie Review: Fright Night
Yes, it really is Marcy Rhoades as femme fatale! Fright Night is a cheap B-movie but a good one. It sparkles with ideas and knows not to take itself too…