Another version of the subject of an isolated community (again on an island) whose residents begin to realise that something is not quite right with their “perfect life”. The discovery of one’s own sexuality after getting off the daily inhibitory “medicine” is likable, and the feelings between the characters are…

“Thanks, Costa. Thanks for another film in which someone is dying of cancer. You have surpassed all others, with several patients dying at once. Thanks for the tons of enriching dialogue with them involving the film’s protagonist, a renowned author/philosopher with a nascent brain tumor. And thanks for those few…

No fearful symmetry. Will we first be served meatloaf, a sweaty thigh, frail autistic lamb, or a piece of stepfather’s pig? Given the skills of the hungry kitty, which is better at smashing phones calling 911 than hunting, we can’t expect any surprises from the menu. It’s probably clear that if Briana Evigan had been…

A minimalist social drama that follows the everyday life of a young Portuguese woman with no hobbies, friends or kindred spirits, doing shift work at a warehouse in Scotland. Sorting goods on shelves, cooking, having conversations with her colleagues at work and in the employee dormitory. At first glance, On Falling…

Seemingly the perfect autumn film. A tribute to classic gothic horror, a trendy cast, beautiful costumes, stunning production design... and yet it doesn’t work nearly as well as it could. It wasn't necessary to create another adaptation of a classic, but the script that Guillermo del Toro prepared with Matthew Robbins…

The director, whose name is reserved by speech therapists for advanced teaching, does not hide his almost mathematical sense for a specific yet functional form here; the special effects still look pretty good even after decades, and Marco Beltrami plays purely A-list notes. However, if fun had the form of an insect,…

Don't cross your skis!” A reconstruction of the biggest organizational failure since Pheidippides ran from Marathon to Athens scores points for its authenticity in outdoor scenes, thunderous music (the opening with the horizon resembled something between Wolf's Hole and The Thing), and a well-rested Oldřich Kaiser as…

An operation whose activation and evaluation are shrouded in the smoke of Churchill's cigar, a low blow from producer pimp Ponti, who places Sophia Loren at the top of the credits and then lends her to the customer for only 15 minutes, while George Peppard, who wouldn’t have a part in his hair even if he stood right…

The caring dad Lino wanders around Montreal, occasionally delivering a right hook that crushes someone’s jaw or rib, and sometimes he gets crushed himself. Before his relationship with the outspoken waitress develops, it’s clear that the only thing that can hurt him is Canadian cuisine. Ventura, as a factory of…

So there’s a giant gyroscope on our Moon. Fine. And we’ll need an endoscope to see how deep the king of box office disasters is buried. Emmerich pulled out a formula that works less and less for him (humanity in danger, rediscovering affection on the father-son axis, self-sacrifice of heroic losers, etc.), and…