Movie review: Ocean’s 8

Hello! And welcome back to the sporadic AF movie reviews. Ocean’s 8 is the topic for today. IMDb summary: Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City’s yearly Met Gala. Writing Ocean’s 8 – a spin-off of the original trilogy rather than its reboot (this is no Ghostbusters) –

Movie review: Rampage

Hello! And welcome to a review of another Dwayne Johnson movie. I swear his filmography is becoming a whole separate genre of cinema. This is Rampage. IMDb summary: When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago.   Writing Rampage was written

Movie review: The Post

Hello! Spielberg. Hanks. Streep. Need I say more? This is The Post! IMDb summary: A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country’s first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government. Writing The Post was written by Liz Hannah (a first-time writer on a movie)

Movie review: The Man Who Invented Christmas

Hello! The Christmas movie season continues. After a couple of comedies (A Bad Moms Christmas and Daddy’s Home 2), we now have a biographical drama – The Man Who Invented Christmas! IMDb summary: The journey that led to Charles Dickens’ creation of “A Christmas Carol,” a timeless tale that would redefine the holiday. Writing The Man Who Invented

Movie review: Thor: Ragnarok

Hello! What a time to be a nerd! A new Marvel movie is in theatres every 4 months! Is this heaven or what? Without further ado, let’s discuss Thor: Ragnarok! IMDb summary: Imprisoned, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race

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

5 ideas about a movie: Carol

Hi! Welcome to one of the first reviews of the awards’ nominated film. I watched this one back in the middle of December, but I will only be able to see other awards’ contenders in January. So, let’s talk about Carol. IMDb summary: In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life