Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  Oh, sorry, is Trump good or Trump bad, I didn't quite understand?

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  In the Loop 2009

  ★★★★½ Watched 07 Mar 2025

  Who knew Gandolphini had such a sexy voice

Popular reviews

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  Viking 2016

  ★★★ Watched 29 Dec 2016

  There's a lot of good about this film.

  The cinematography is stunning and manages to avoid "american tackiness" - but the best part is the world of the ancient Russia: paganism , revenge-based law, dirt, snow and wooden-built capital, believable from the beginning to the end. Stunning work of the art director and costume designer and a lot of story explained entirely through their work.

  The worst part probably is the acting. The lead actor seems to have no inner…

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  The Rules of the Game 1939

  ★ Watched 20 Feb 2017 4

  FSDO2017 - French Poetic Realism

  Rarely I feel less for a film.

  I appreciate all the stuff that's going on, and the effortlessness of presenting such a complex plot and the variety of characters etc, but still I couldn't bring myself to care about... well, any of it. Nether characters, nor the story, nor the directing. Even though I really tried to appreciate it.

  The two things I was able to appreciate were:
  - Staging (very interesting, with dynamic foreground…