Sousou no Frieren is being hailed by many as the best anime released to this day, a modern masterpiece that comes as close to perfection as possible. For those yet to encounter the nearly immortal elf, you might be wondering, "Is it really that good?" Speaking as someone who has been immersed in anime for 14 years,…

After the fun and entertaining reboot, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire falls into the typical blockbuster mediocrity we see so often today. Sure, there are plenty of callbacks to the original films, and they’re nice, but it doesn't really make up for how bland the main story feels. There’s not a single scene that really…

Knock at the Cabin is classic Shyamalan. At first, it gave me strong Servant vibes—probably because Rupert Grint is in this one too. But then it shifts gears, leaning more towards The Village, with that signature uneasy tension that starts to feel a bit illogical. The concept is cool, but it plays with such extreme…

A solid modern allegory with a touch of Kaufman vibes, and I really enjoyed it. A big part of that is Nicolas Cage in the lead, playing it deliberately average, almost dull—and yet, you still buy into the underlying madness brewing in his head. It's minimalist in its humor, but the concept is something every true film…

An inventive look at Norway's industrial fishing industry, but with a family drama twist that feels straight out of a romance novel—which, honestly, I didn’t expect from the Scandinavians. Then again, with Norwegian cinema, you can expect just about anything. The focus on salmon, the beautiful Nordic landscapes, and…

Equinox is a parody of Ari Aster's Midsommar and Hereditary, taking the main theme of controlling cults from them, and it's safe to say that is the only good thing about this series. The episodes are unnecessarily tedious, you could literally skip the first three straight away, the whole thing has poor directorial…

The Minions of Midas has one defining characteristic, and that is that the story goes literally nowhere for almost six hours. It ends in the sixth episode exactly where it started in the first, and everything in between is just a boring, tedious and damn soporific chat about nothing, all of which takes place against…

Replace is a very inept mix of mediocre body horror elements, wannabe art styling and an attempt at an innovative and original twist. Norbert Keil certainly had an interesting original vision for the basic theme, but his directorial immaturity is evident here and the result is so little of everything that it's also a…

A comedy you just can't make up. A woman gets aroused by tears, so she constantly makes her husband cry by thinking about the death of his parents or chopping onions. A husband and wife trying out a role play where he gets so caught up in it that he doesn't want his identity back. A woman longing to be raped by her…

A pretty uninteresting thing from Spain, it isn't rubbish, but has absolutely nothing to impress. The synopsis says it all and nothing much happens in those 106 minutes. The ending is equally unengaging and boring. In this year's movie rush, I recommend skipping this one and saving yourself some time.