This Czech interpretation of true crime succeeded. The subject was easy to choose because the Stodola couple became legends of criminology years ago. Director Petr Hátle relied on a pair of actors who are fairly new. Jan Hájek has directed plenty of average things, and Lucie Žáčková is also a much more prominent…

If viewers were to vote on the attractiveness of both previous seasons, the second season would easily win. Not for the quality of the scriptwriting, which is noticeably weaker, prone to issues, didacticism, and schematics, but for the attractiveness of the subject matter, which this time revolves around human…

The autobiographical story of a young Sorrentino? A nice film about growing up and the effect that a terrible family tragedy has on a young man’s adolescence. In the first half, even the quarrels and friction between the characters are lightened with typical Italian humour and the film is a likable view into a…

A slick Hollywood adventure with nicely constructed ape characters featuring flawless digital rendering of their facial expressions. And a screenplay rich in plot development in a beautiful, varied setting. But toward the end, there are some things in it that don’t make sense, that don’t correspond to the preceding…

The story of Furiosa and her anticipated revenge, with more looks into the Citadel, is dramaturgically richer than the endless chase in Fury Road. Despite that, it’s not emotional even in the cruellest scenes and hints of feelings. And mainly it doesn’t have Tom Hardy. However, the character of Furiosa, who since…

This film is already good just because of the original premise, and then it was just a how everything around it is handled. And the result is a solid mystery film full of action and repeated explosions that gradually builds up to the denouement. Hidden underneath it all is a tiny amount of drama and romance between…

After the gloominess of the Matrix trilogy, the Wachowski siblings chose slightly stuff that literally overflows with all the colours that mix in an unusual visual orgy. Story-wise, it's perhaps not a particularly original film, and most of the plot is clear from the first line. Here the directors relied heavily on…

Lee Carter, a textbook example of a school deviant played by the annoying Eustace from Narnia, together with the naive and somewhat limited Will Proudfoot, decided to make a film that should win a young filmmakers competition. Well, I've heard worse combinations! I like films where someone tries to make an amateur…

Dracula, the immortal monster classic starring the brilliant Bela Lugosi, whose mesmerising gaze and incredible charisma made the Transylvanian Count an unforgettable figure in horror cinema. I've seen very few Dracula films, only Nosferatu and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (which is actually a parody, but pretty…

Very similar to all the previous parts, especially the third. Once again, the Grim Reaper is sharpening its scythe on the unfortunate few who dared to bypass it, and all the seemingly rather random deaths of the survivors are tragic to the point of morbid. The whole film is really about Death being unable accept any…