Movie review: Basmati Blues

Hello! Welcome to a review of a movie you have never heard of. I only really find out about it when I was buying a ticket to its screening. This is Basmati Blues. IMDb summary: A brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she

BEST, WORST, and MISSED movies of 2017

Hello!! Happy New Years Eve! For most people, it’s a day/night of celebration: partying and drinking. Well, I’m also celebrating but in my own way – by posting my cinema round-up of the year. Like in 2015 and 2016, I’m providing you with my personal list of best and worst films (and I’m linking all

Movie review: The Glass Castle

Hello! The Captain Fantastic-esque movie for this awards’ season – The Glass Castle – has reached theatres, so let’s see if it is as good as its predecessor. IMDb summary: A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who’s an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would

5 ideas about a movie: Free Fire

Hello! Welcome to a review of a new British indie movie Free Fire that acted as a great counter-programming to the awful Ghost in the Shell. IMDb summary: Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shootout and a game of survival. Long time readers of my

Movie review: Kong: Skull Island

Good day! Kong: Skull Island was not a film that I was excited for until I saw its first trailer. That 2-minute preview really got me hyped and raised my expectations. Let’s see if Kong can deliver! IMDb summary: A team of explorers and soldiers travel to an uncharted island in the Pacific, unaware that

Movie review: High-Rise

Hi! I really wasn’t sure whether I would go to the cinema this weekend. However, I decided that I need some fresh air – I have been binging on Daredevil Season 2 since it dropped on Friday – and went out to see the new British film High-Rise. It’s a dystopian movie (my favorite genre!)

The Awards Season Round-Up 2016

Hello Hello Hello! Welcome to the last (finally) post dedicated to the awards’ season. This time, I won’t be reviewing any nominated motion pictures (I have done that already), but I  will tell you my own personal winners and will list all the others films in a very subjective order in each category. I am

Movie review: Room

Hello! As the Academy Awards (with all the controversies and changes) are only a month away, let’s review – Room – another movie dealing with quite a heavy and depressing subject matter. I watched this film in the small art cinema (like Carol) with a bunch of elders and retired people (it was daytime). It