Man this article brings back the not-so-pleasant memories of me watching and suffering through all of these movies, despite having the knowledge that they won't get any better. The first and the last one were the easiest to get through because they were willing to spice up the melodramatic hogwash with batshit crazy…

I celebrated the new year by mostly staying at home (I can't stand the cold), finishing Luke Cage and watching a ton of movies. Interstellar still holds up, Hunt for The Wilderpeople was charming, The Age of Shadows (a korean period spy thriller from Kim Jee-woon) was slick, stylish and suspenseful with ten tons of…

I don't think even have the strength anymore to be sad or be enranged towards 2016. I just feel burned out and empty, like war-torn soldiers with the thousand-yard stare.
R.I.P. Carrie.

Spent a peaceful christmas with my folks and my brother, eating the most awesome tasting salmon, and watching The Long Kiss Goodnight for the perfect mood.
Could be worse I guess.

Amazing stuff. Another good reason why you should't make "best of" lists before January.

Man, my sister is gonna be devastated, she loved George and his music. I never got into his stuff very much, but his talent was more than obivious given the many classic pop singles he dropped over the decades. In fact I'm listening to the smooth, sexy jazz of Careless Whisper right now. I mean dying just at…

It's strange how simple titles are the ones that I usually screw up.

Rogue One was pretty good. Not great, but good. I felt the first act moved a bit too fast with its plot and didn't spent any time developing the characters, thus when the movie tried to hit the emotional beats later, it didn't quite worked for me. Plot was basic, simple and straightfoward, the side characters were…

One if not the most defining, most re-watched movie of my adolescence, a wall-busting, eye-popping, seat-grabbing perfection of an action film with a good script, well-drawn characters, a palpable sense of urgency, danger and tension, topping them all with state-of-the-art yet smartly used visuals, action and…

Watched a couple of sport documentaries over the past days, including one that covered the tragic boxing match between Gerald McClellan and Nigel Benn. Heavy stuff, especially the part when the near-paralyzed McClellan and Benn meet for the first time in twelve years. This is the kind of real life embedded emotional…

Was pretty much a shut-in this weekend due to a combination of bad mood, early winter darkness and increasingly colder weather. To cheer myself up, I rewatched one of my childhood favorites The Naked Gun trilogy. It aged a bit worse than I expected, but each one of them were still a joy to sit through with many scenes…

At this point I'm more than certain that Sony are purposely destroying themselves by pouring truckoads of money into projects that reek of desperation. The only thing I can imagine is some kind of over-the-top 21 Jump Steet-like spoof.

"Layla" by Derek and the Dominos. The transition from the hard rock section to the piano part is always cathartic, but the first time I've heard it was an experience that it cannot be replicated nor described. I was just mesmerized by its beauty.

Saw this movie the first time when I was a kid and it was both pure awesomeness and a total nightmare-fuel with its grotesque and ultra-violent imagery. Total Recall perfectly fits into the "best-of-both-worlds" category as the fast-paced, intense and sometimes downright innovative action of Schwarzenegger movies are…

I was suprised how much I enjoyed Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them but that's largely due to Rowling's astonishing sense of world building and David Yates's ability to once again capture the feeling of discovery of this world. On the story side however it's a bit weak with some conflicts getting resolved way…

With most TV shows that I enjoyed, I'm more than happy to revisit every once in a while even if they gut-wrenching, tragic or expansive like The Wire or Breaking Bad. If there is a TV show that I loved yet I don't want to revisit and doesn't suffers from the "they-screwed-up-the-last-season-or-finale" syndrome…

This's pretty much sums up 80's/90's HK action films in general. Even the most obscure and goofiest actioner has some of the most insane, bone-breaking, death defying stuntwork and action you'll ever see.

As they say: different strokes for different folks. It's stange because usually melodramatic stuff really irks me, but every once in a while a movie does it so effectively that I give it a pass.

To quote one of my friends its the best Tony Scott movie that was not directed by Tony Scott.

(SPOILERS) Exactly. Earlier Jeff and Lee make a promise that if Jeff doesn't make it though the end, then Jenny would get his coronas. And just where does the villain shoots him? Right in the eyes. It's downbeat as hell, because it renders all the tragic heroism and sacrifice into complete defeat, and I'm not ashamed…