Movies
Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
An ordinary suburban couple (Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher) finds it’s not easy keeping up with the Joneses (Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot) – their impossibly gorgeous and ultra-sophisticated new neighbors – especially when they discover that Mr. and Mrs. “Jones” are covert operatives.
Great fun flick with decent laughs and some action, perfect to see on a lazy afternoon with friends. This won’t win many awards, but it’s not a waste of time either. It also has Gal Gadot in underwear, so that’s a win. Three popcorns.
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2023-12-26
Afacerea Est // Eastern Business (2016)
Two friends begin a journey full of adventures in Eastern Europe, trying to make it in business and fulfill their long-time dreams.
The movie tells the story of a friendship between two Moldovans, Marian, a provincial intellectual, and Petro, an opportunist full of ideas. The two go on a crazy journey in search of the money needed to fulfill their dreams: Marian wants to marry Veronica, while Petro wants a crane to rent. They decide to become business partners and start working on a plan. A typical comedy about real life from great Moldovan director Igor Cobileanski. Five popcorns.
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2023-12-19
Abigail (2019)
Abigail’s town has been closed for years due to a mysterious epidemic that caused most people in town to be taken away, including Abigail’s father. When Abby discovers her father could still be alive, she sets out on a journey that completely overturns everything she thought she knew about the world, her family, and herself.
Directed by Aleksandr Boguslavskiy, this is a brilliant little movie. With good acting from Eddie Marsan and Tinatin Dalakishvili, the movie takes us to a steampunk dystopian world, similar to Europe’s 1930s. It seems that it was filmed in English and (maybe because of accents) was re-dubbedd, and many people found that distracting and bad. However, the only source I was able to find this movie had Russian dubbing, which was actually good. The technical part is spotless, there are a lot of flashy and well made special effects, with a lot of good CGI. All in all, this is a good fantasy flick, greatly blending magic and storytelling, akin to Harry Potter and Hugo. Six popcorns and jumps into the Movie Vault.
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2023-12-12
Elemental (2023)
Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, earth- and air-residents live together.
eck out a brand-new trailer for Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental,” an all-new original feature film that transports moviegoers to an extraordinary place called Element City, where a host of elements live and work. The trailer showcases each element—air, earth, water and fire—and what sets them apart according to Ember, a quick-witted and fiery woman who’s always stayed close to home in Firetown. In “Elemental,” which opens in theaters on June 16, she finally ventures out of her comfort zone to explore this spectacular world born from the imaginations of Pixar’s filmmakers and specifically crafted for the big-screen experience. Element City is inspired by big cities around the globe and embraces theorized contributions from each elemental community—from giant pine-tree-like buildings and waterfall skyscrapers to a tornado-shaped arena called Cyclone Stadium.
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2023-12-12
Peacemaker (2022-)
Picking up where The Suicide Squad (2021) left off, Peacemaker returns home after recovering from his encounter with Bloodsport - only to discover that his freedom comes at a price.
John Cena is amazingly funny and the script is bonkers fun. Whatever Marvel lost with their dark boring shitty TV series, whatever Arrow and The Flash were missing are overcompensated in this 8-episode TV series. It’s bonkers, it’s raunchy, it has a ton of nudity and racism and it’s so over the top it’s brilliant. Seven popcorns and jumps into the Movie Vault.
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2023-12-06
The Silent Sea (2021)
During a perilous 24-hour mission on the moon, space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets.
The Koreans really know how to tell and make a story. What starts as a slow burning space sci-fi thriller turns into a very good fast paced sci-fi space thriller. Besides it’s beautiful set design, it’s got very good writing, plot twists and characters with hidden motivations. Without any trace of political correctness (or politics, in general) this is one of the best and most honest mini-series out there. And it’s also starring Bae Doona (you might know her from Cloud Atlas). This has a really good production quality, even better than most Hollywood productions. Five popcorns and it’s definitely a must-watch, actually Movie Vault-worthy.
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2023-11-21
The Boy and the Beast (2015)
When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he’s taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice.
From director and writer Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children & Summer Wars), this movie is a masterpiece, on par with what Studio Ghibli does. While I’m not a big fan of anime made for teens, this is a brilliant movie made for all ages, blending modern and traditional Japan scenery with great music and storytelling about the adventures of a misfit kid that tries to find his place in a world different than ours. Six popcorns and it jumps into the Movie Vault.
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2023-11-12
Bound (2015)
The daughter of a wealthy real estate broker falls in love with a younger man, who introduces her to B&D and S&M. Using her newly awakened sexual prowess, she finally takes charge of her own life.
Not to be mistaken for Bound (1996). This is a classic Asylum movie, which is a jab thrown at 50 Shades of Gray. You get some B-list actors or has beens (One-brother-but-not-Alec Baldwin, Charisma Carpenter aka that chick from Buffy and Veronica Mars), bring in some relatively-hot guy from somewhere and make a movie with what you got. The movie has some good moments, a decent amount of nudity and that’s pretty much all. It suffers from an identity crisis, with some scenes that are supposed to turn you on (and they do up to a point), and then followed by some corporate buyout finance bullshit scenes that take all away. It’s badly written, badly directed, decently acted, but I don’t think anyone involved in making this movie actually took themselves seriously while filming it. All in all, this gets 2 popcorns because it’s so bad, it’s actually fun and because of Charisma’s tits.
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2023-11-12
Bodies (2023)
Four detectives in four different time periods of London find themselves investigating the same murder.
Mixing suspense, Victorian London, World War II London, Modern London and Future London, it brings together suspense, police work, conspirations and science-fiction. All in all, a great mini series to binge over a couple of days. Five popcorns and jumps into the Movie Vault.
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2023-11-08
Happy Accidents (2000)
New Yorker Ruby Weaver believes she has found the man of her dreams in Sam Deed, who is her best catch in some time–except that he assures her that he came from the future.
Ruby Weaver has man trouble: she tries to fix them, so she’s stuck herself with a string of losers. Her current lover, Sam Deed, seems different: he’s sweet, tender, just in from Dubuque, but that’s about to change pretty fast. A great movie starring Tea Leoni and Vincent D’Onofrio, who got a brilliant chemistry together. Six popcorns for this masterpiece that gets into the Movie Vault.
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2023-11-02
The Fisher King (1991)
A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.
Excellent movie starring some of the best actors in Hollywood: Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams, under the masterful direction of Terry Gilliam (Brazil, The Zero Theorem, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 12 Monkeys). That’s all that needs to be said. Six popcorns and jumps into the Movie Vault.
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2023-11-01
Singles (1992)
Romantic comedy about six of Seattle’s young people, most of whom live in the same apartment building and whose lives revolve around the city’s ever-expanding music scene. The inter-related stories about each character’s progress through the singles scene are intriguing and often very funny, and the soundtrack is a grunge fanatic’s dream, with the likes of Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Mudhoney.
The movie is nicely paced and features a list of good actors, but what makes this a cult movie is the soundtrack. Featuring some of the best grunge bands in history, it was the place where people like me discovered Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Three popcorns for the movie and an extra 50 for the music.