5 ideas about a movie: Gringo

Hello! Welcome to a review of a film that looked fun but disposable from the trailers and turned out to be exactly that. In fact, it was so disposable that I forgot to write its review for two weeks. This is Gringo! IMDb summary: GRINGO, a dark comedy mixed with white-knuckle action and dramatic intrigue, explores

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: Call Me By Your Name

Hello! Another awards’ contender has landed in theatres! This is the review of Call Me By Your Name. IMDb summary: In 1983, the son of an American professor is enamored by the graduate student who comes to study and live with his family in their northern Italian home. Writing Call Me By Your Name was written

5 ideas about a movie: The Party

Hello! It’s nice to sometimes take a break from the mainstream cinema and see something super unique and very obviously indie. This is The Party. IMDb summary: A comedy wrapped around a tragedy. It starts as a celebration and ends with blood on the floor. The Party was written and directed by Sally Potter, whose previous

5 ideas about a movie: Detroit

Hello! The race issue has always been a prominent theme for the awards’ season. Nowadays, this problem has re-established itself as a contemporary issue and, with the street riots and the public displays of violence back in the news, Kathryn Bigelow’s cinematic return – Detroit – is more topical than ever. IMDb summary: Fact-based drama set during

2017 Summer Movies RANKED

Good day! Welcome to the fall/autumn and the post dedicated to the general overview of the 2017 Summer Movie Season. And bear in mind, I’m using the term ‘summer’ very loosely. Since a lot of blockbusters came during the early spring, I extended this movie season’s beginning from May to March, so the time frame

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

Movie review: Dunkirk

Hello! A movie, that needs no introduction, has reached theaters, so let’s talk about it. This is the review of Dunkirk. IMDb summary: Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II. Before we start discussing the film, I’d like

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