A young man took over his father’s real-estate business in 1970s and ’80s New York, and got the helping hand of an infamous closeted gay lawyer who helped him turn this young man into a notorious legend. Based on true events.

Sebastian Stan does a really good incarnation of Donald Trump, and looking at Jeremy Strong in the role of Roy Cohn, I can understand some of the behavioral patterns and life choices of POTUS. This is not a documentary, but a good insight in his life. Three popcorns.

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In mid-nineteenth-century northern France, a coal mining town’s workers are exploited by the mine’s owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.

Showing the incredible gap between the rich and the poor, it’s an excellent story of rich and poor, of oppression, of capitalism against socialism, in this eternal struggle of abundance against subsistence. Six popcorns for an excellent movie that is still actual, even if people are not going down in the mines each day.

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When Casey Connor, Herrington High School’s newspaper photographer, witnesses the murder of a nurse and sees her alive again, he decides to investigate the bizarre happenings.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie with such a huge density of stars (or future stars). Basically for the first 30 minutes you’re just gonna be pointing at the screen yelling “I know this one!”. While the movie falls pretty well into the slasher films of the end of the 90s, it’s got also depth into the character’s stories, which makes the movie much more interesting. The cast is filled with big names, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Salma Hayek, Famke Janssen, Christopher McDonalds, Robert Patrick, Usher, Jon Stewart, Elijah Wood, Jon Abrahams. Hell, even Danny Masterson appears at some point. Six popcorns for a cornerstone slasher movie directed by Robert Rodriguez that goes into the Movie Vault as fast as a pencil goes through a hand.

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Bad luck and bad judgment follow two generations of men in this tragedy set during World War Two. Censored by the Ceaucescu regime, its director had to run into exile.

“Beyond the Sands” is an intense Balkan saga, with road-movie and coming-of-age accents, set in a local illegal film convention. Revenge and disillusionment are constant themes throughout the film and dictate its subsidiary force, set in a gray-marshy landscape near Brăila. Five popcorns and goes into the Movie Vault.

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Philosophical conversations between a poet, politician, and scientist.

A lot of talk about a lot of subjects, basically the kind of talk you have after a couple of drinks with your smartest friend. It does touch a lot of good talking points and pokes them with some good arguments. All in all, six popcorns for this strong and good lecture in philosophy, science and life, in the shape of a movie that can also be a very good theater play.

That’s physics!
That’s poetry!
That’s wonderful!

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In 1945, Soviet war hero Ignat is sent to work as a locomotive mechanic in a Siberian labor camp where he meets an assortment of Germans and Russians.

“The Edge” is a story of suppressed passion and destructive obsession set in a remote post WWII Siberian village sparkled by the arrival of Ignat, an emotionally and physically damaged Soviet tank commander with an obsession for steam engines. His self destructive streak causes increasing havoc until he makes an astonishing discovery in the forest. Elsa is a German girl who had lived in an old steam engine in the forest for four years. Despite no common past or culture, by protecting Elsa, Ignat discovers how he can save himself. When they return to the village with the locomotive they have christened “Gustav”, a head to head, a winner-takes-all locomotive race will decide their fate. The only question is how much strength and fury can there be in one man, in his battle to assert his identity and to defend his love and eventually to become the winner … or forever remain a spirit trapped, never to be free. Five popcorns and goes to the Movie Vault.

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Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.

Excellent little animated miniseries based on characters and lore from the League of Legends game (which I don’t play, because I hate MMOBAs). The writing is decent, the animation style and music are superlative and there’s nothing that I can say is that I wish that the Warcraft universe would get a similar treatment. Six popcorns and jumps into the Movie Vault.

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On a hedonistic Greek island, a middle-aged doctor becomes obsessed with a young tourist when she lets him tag along with her group of hard partying friends.

It’s summer, it’s Greece, minds start going all over the place. Fun movie filmed in a beautiful location, with good acting from the main character and with good music. All in all, six popcorns for a movie that shows about 342 dicks. Gotta love European cinema.

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A weekend getaway with friends at a remote cabin turns into chaos after it’s revealed that one of the guests is not what they seem.

This is not a new story and you’ve seen it in various forms in other movies and stories. It’s a good mix of sci-fi and thriller, with a lot of comic situations and funny lines, where nothing is what it seems to be. Five popcorns and it goes into the Movie Vault. Well actually six for the line

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In 1970s Romania a rebellious and erratic teenager is vying for his older step brother’s love and attention while envying his fame and lifestyle.

Excellent movie about the relationship between two brothers. Excellent psychological movie directed by Mircea Saucan, with absolutely great cinematography, starring the great Dan Nutu and Ion Dichiseanu. However, the best performance is definitely the one of Ileana Popovici in the role of Dora, the naive young girl. Seven popcorns for one of the best Romanian movies out there, even better than the ones made by Goddard and ses amis, that goes straight into the Movie Vault.

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In the midst of crisis: how can we discover the truth when it seems that the world is being destroyed by uncontrollable forces? Also, to what extent are conspiracy theories our own inventions or products of our imagination?

Mixing conspiracy with improbable technology, what seemed to be a good tech show got turned into a political hullaballoo that not even Robert De Niro, nor Jesse Plemons, nor Matthew Modine could save. All in all, a nice conspiracy thriller, with a decent story and some good twists. Three popcorns.

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A young boy becomes callous to the deaths and battles that rage during World War II.

Telling the story of a child that has to face the harsh, often tragic, reality of war. Ultimately, the movie is a poem, told in very expressive images, the cinematography being one of its strongest points. Sad and heartbreaking, the movie tells a story that seems it got forgotten by most nowadays. Six popcorns and goes into the Movie Vault, because history that’s forgotten is doomed to be repeated.

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