A more melancholic and weepy version of Me Before You in the lower middle class. Javier Bardem is excellent, there are some great ideas and some interesting dialogue, but it's primarily the strength of the premise and its existential overtones than how it's executed. The love triangle was like something cut out of a…

A more thoughtful, tense and overall more minimalist version of Civil War with a gradually escalating atmosphere in the style of Take Shelter. Technically outstanding. Great cinematography and editing. Superb acting, a shame some elements were left unexplained and perhaps the conclusion was too rushed given the…

A tribute to a difficult profession, which it's a shame doesn't have its own category at the Oscars. Fall Guy is certainly not popcorn for everyone, which is why it will have a difficult time with high box office and general acceptance. For the average viewer, it's far too loaded with references, innuendo and props…

Undisguisedly Hitchcockian. The script is very stupid, but what Brian De Palma spoils as a screenwriter, he makes up for mightily as a director. Plus, he's not afraid to use the skills of Ralf D. Bode and Pino Donaggio. More than one scene could have gone straight into the textbooks as an example of "how to slowly…

This hammy romp about a deaf and dumb killer who has to overthrow a totalitarian regime spares no expense with absurd scenes, black humour and incredible action that combines the best of The Raid with childish imagination and naivety. The self-parody sequences where the protagonist tells the story in a video game…

A prime example of a Dadaist film, in which the viewer's attention is captured mainly by the hypnotic spinning of various-looking spirals in combination with "spinning intertitles". Had Marcel Duchamp chosen a shape other than a spiral (or circle), the film would certainly not have had the effect it does.

Hans Richter switched from abstract animation to Dada and gave us, the audience, a view of a morning during which everyday objects come to life in a chaotic way. But, as is the case everywhere, at the stroke of twelve (here, noon, not midnight) everything returns to order.

I really like and seek out movie adaptations of Stephen King's horror stories, like The Shining and Misery, which is why I was quite disappointed after watching Room 1408. The film gradually builds up an eerie atmosphere and of course, as a horror film, there must be some scares here and there. The "monster" this time…

When I turned on the TV in the morning they were showing Pay It Forward, credits flashing with the sonorous names of Helen Hunt, Kevin Spacey and Haley Joel Osment, and when I discovered that the film's music was composed by my favourite Thomas Newman, I didn't hesitate to stay in front of the telly. Admittedly, this…

Freaks is a perfect example of the saying don't judge a book by its cover, or a physically ("freakishly") disabled person can often be more human than a femme fatale or a beauty. Of course, by casting authentically handicapped people, Tod Browning achieved an unparalleled effect that culminated in the rainy scene…