Saturday, February 20, 2021
Beyond Skyline (2017)
A tough-as-nails detective embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son from a nightmarish alien warship.
Mindless, silly sci-fi entertainment full of action, CGI effects and lots of gore was obviously made for a quick buck.
Friday, February 19, 2021
Babylon Berlin, Season 3 (2020)
The third season is set in late 1929 around the Black Tuesday stock market crash and navigates the rise of the subversive Black Reichswehr and Communis political groups as well as the advent of talkies.
The third season finally tones down the complexity of its plot a bit and strives more into the direction of solving a crime mystery, on its way giving a good impression of the German film industry of its time and the political undercurrents in Berlin; furthermore, still a top-notch TV production compared to what German TV has to offer otherwise.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
First Lines: Piers Torday - The Dark Wild
My story begins with me sitting on a bed, looking out of the window.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke
Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile,
the Resistance prepares for battle with the First Order.
Competently produced and highly entertaining continuation of the Star Wars
saga, again proof that the recent productions are superior to the
previous trilogies concerning characters and character development, -
and diversity; Daisy Ridley's Rey is arguably the series' most agreeable
hero.
On rewatching: Although visually stunning in some sequences, this episode is in fact more generic and less entertaining on a second watch.
Monday, February 15, 2021
Pontypool (2008)
A radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.
A welcome original take on the zombie genre works quite well as a one-room drama with incoming (and outgoing) radio messages, but is muddled by a irritatingly ambiguous main character and a silly 'linguistic' explanation for the doomsday virus.
Sunday, February 14, 2021
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