Two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, live together on a peaceful planet known as Caprica, where a startling breakthrough in artificial intelligence brings about unforeseen consequences.

Watch the entire prequel series to understand how the Cylons were created and for more insight on the pre-war culture and civilization of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. It stars Eric Stoltz as Daniel Graystone, Esai Morales as Joseph Adama, Alessandra Torresani as Zoe Graystone and Polly Walker as Sister Clarice Willow. Too bad it got cancelled after the first season, cramming about four extra seasons of story into the second half of the first season, but in the end, it’s a solid retro-futuristic virtual reality cyberpunk sci-fi drama. I saw this back in 2010, weekly when each episode was released, and it’s a good starting point for the series, although it’s not actually mandatory. It is a bit slow burning at times, a bit annoying at other times (I kinda hate the mother, so this means she plays it well) and liked a lot the combination between technology, politics, religion and mobsters. Four popcorns.

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The movie bridges the gap between Caprica and Battlestar Galactica very nicely, following a young Adama in the midst of the Cylon war.

A lot of bright lights, lens flares and motion sickness inducing camera movements, but comes in strong with great CGI and an even better story. Young Adama is an annoying jock, but kinda sparks due to the others’ performances being fairly mid. Three popcorns.

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A family’s getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices, and two strangers appear at their door.

If it’s a mysterious techno-psychological thriller, make sure you have Sam Esmail on board. It’s dark, twisted, pressing and makes you want to know what happens next. It’s slow burning, but it’s not a necessarily bad thing, Julia Roberts playing an average woman, Ethan Hawke the average family dad, and Mahershala Ali smacking that role as the mysterious stranger. Four popcorns.

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Matt Murdock finds himself on a collision course with Wilson Fisk when their past identities begin to emerge.

Properly done, it continues properly the Netflix-based series, setting the proper dark mood and featuring the great role done by Vincent D’Onofrio as Kingpin Wilson Fisk, and Charlie Cox also reprising his role as Matt Murdock / Daredevil. The story is well written and well told and will keep you binging, for sure. Five popcorns and shows the direction where the MCU should go to.

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A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.

Mixing weird, cute and fantasy, Ponyo is a solid Miyazaki movie, falling in line with the rest of the Studio Ghibli movies. While touching more mature themes, like environmentalism, it’s also a story for kids, regardless of age. Five popcorns.

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After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must go on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

Avengers from Temu come to the rescue! Decent attempt from Marvel to catch once more the spark that lit the first two Phases of the MCU, but not even Sebastian Stan, Florence Pugh or Julia Louis-Dreyfus can save this. Of course it’s idioticly written, up to the point where pieces of a building are falling from the sky and moron people get off from under a sturdy bridge to run away out in the open. 0/10 survival skills. Otherwise, it’s a decent blockbuster, tries to be funny at some points (but it isn’t), we get Captain Russia, The Other Captain America, SuperTraumatized Girl, and Elaine Benes is now somehow chief of the CIA. I also think that George Costanza is the Kingpin. Three popcorns, one for every time this movie made me fall asleep.

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There comes a time when the stories told by your parents cannot put you to sleep anymore.

A story about two men, a divorced father and his son, who are running away from their own partner issues for a day, travelling cross-country for a festive family reunion in an unreliable car that requires a lot of care and attention. Part character study, part road movie, the titular car is symbolic of problems that eventually reach acceptance. All in all it’s a pretty decent story packed in a decent box, which makes this an “okay” movie to watch. Don’t get your hopes up, this is good on the first watch. Four popcorns.

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Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese’s style.

Time. Is. On. My. Side.

A brilliant late-90s thrilles with a young Denzel Washington, starring next to John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, James Gandolfini, Elias Koteas and Embeth Davidtz. This is definitely a classic and should be watched. Six popcorns and goes into the Movie Vault. I have known about this movie for a lot of time, but never got to watching it until now, during OCC 2025 on my PowerBook G4.

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The story is set in 1968, when a Romanian-German family from the city of Arad starts a journey to the German Democratic Republic.

A solid Romanian/German co-production, a road movie and a coming-of-age movie, all together blended and mashed up. Of course it ends bad for some characters, showing the futility of trying to resist the methods of a regime, regardless if it’s a communist, or capitalist one, showing how for The State, the individual si nothing but currency, a means to an end, an asset. There’s a lot of fine (and not-so-fine) irony in this movie, and it has the objective of showing you that it doesn’t matter how far you run, every place has its political regime that wants something from you. Five popcorns for a solid movie that goes into the Movie Vault. Thanks once again to Andrei, for his recommendation.

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A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.

This is one of my favourite movies of all time. It takes Frodo, puts him into a coming-of-age drama that’s (in my opinion) better (and definitely more realistic) than Lord of The Rings. It also stars Charlie Hunnam in one of his earliest and best roles ever. The pacing is great, the music is absolutely fantastic (Terence Jay’s One Blood is an all-time favourite). Strong, visceral, gut-wrenching, mixing the heartfelt moments with fistfights.

Re-watched during OCC 2025 on my PowerBook G4.

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Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.

Good 70s mystery thriller, with good suspense and interesting turn of events inside each segment, a movie definitely worth watching. Five popcorns and goes into the Movie Vault.

Watched during OCC 2025 on my PowerBook G4.

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A psychopath tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other’s most-hated person.

This is a movie that needs no introduction. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it tells the story of two strangers who meet on a train, one of whom is a psychopath who suggests that they “exchange” murders so that neither will be caught. In a class of his own, Hitchcock delivers drama, tension, terror and intense moments while using new technologies back in the day, including double exposures and other things. This is not only a good movie, it’s one of the best that Hitchcock made and maybe of all time, and it was lovely to see this gem again after so many years. Seven popcorns and goes into the Movie Vault.

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