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This series has plenty of sarcasm, cynicism, black humour, but also what I admire in old people: their outlook and the fact that they don't put up with anything and sometimes even anyone anymore. Lots of funny, incisive and heartfelt dialogue, but also a few sensitive and touching moments. Both grandpas were great, but Douglas especially made me happy.

Funny, charming and, most importantly, incredibly cute. The credit for this goes to Mélanie Bernier, who is downright adorable. Finally a nice and enjoyable romantic comedy.

A Start Is Born, although by that it means the character of Ally, for me personally two stars were born. Lady Gaga as an actress and Bradley Cooper as a singer. Specially him, who would have thought this guy can sing so bloody well? In my eyes, the surprise of the year. Although the film didn't surprise me much with the script, it completely won me over with the execution. I never thought Lady Gaga and Bradley would be such a great match, the chemistry between them is palpable. Lady Gaga as Ally is amazingly natural and so approachable that you will relate to her right away, and the same goes for the character of Jack. They are just both so endearing that you take an instant liking to them. I have to praise the music too, because it played exactly to my tune, a bit of rock, a bit of folk, and I was tapping my foot contentedly the whole time. Bradley's directorial debut couldn't have turned out better, so I hope he continues to complement his acting career with directing. A few days after the screening I still can't get the film out of my head and I had to wipe a lot of tears in the cinema, something no film has managed to do this year...

I can’t understand how this film has a higher rating than the first one – though I expect it to significantly fall with time. I like the first one a lot, it’s quirky, funny, nice. This sequel, on the other hand, borders on the peak of cringe perhaps every five minutes. It's true that I like Lily James, and I think she did a good job with the goofiness of her older self as portrayed by Meryl Streep, but overall it just didn't work for me at all. In the first one the whole Meryl and 3 men – 3 possible fathers – plot was very funny, but left room for imagination, here it took a definite form and I just didn't like it. I give 1 star for Lily, for the scene when the visitors arrive at sea and last but not least (how to describe it without spoilers): the final scene in the church... otherwise really quite an ordeal.

The first part of the film, which takes us into the training of the Marines, is great. Basically, it's about nothing more than a screaming and terrorizing sergeant who drives the soldiers to the edge of their physical and mental limits. This part of the won't let you breathe a sigh of relief, you just have to work hard and you can't even sniffle without permission. Among the soldiers, we have Private Pyle, who, although he's quite slow and lagging behind, has my admiration, because in this training I would pass out after two hours and I'm still cheering myself on. However, he doesn't handle it mentally; that blank maniacal expression of his will haunt me for a long time. It's just a pity that the climax of this plot didn't gain more momentum, it could have been a great theme for another film. The second part slows down a bit and gets a little boring, but once we get into combat, it's again a very good show. The only odd thing, the film is just under two hours long, and although I didn't feel like it dragged on for any length of time (unlike Space Odyssey, where the pace is slower), it felt like it was about 3 hours long, but no matter, I still liked it.

I think I first saw this film on TV when I was fifteen, and as befits that sentimental age, I properly cried. The next day, I already had the soundtrack on MP3 and I didn't listen to anything else for six months. After almost fifteen years, when I am that much older, I had the opportunity to see Moulin Rouge on the big screen as part of the musical package at SFS 2018. My love for this film is obviously undying, because despite having seen it maybe 50 times, I had more fun than ever. The atmosphere in the auditorium was amazing and it was clear that I was surrounded by like-minded fans. Proof of that was the applause that followed the "Like a Virgin" scene. Another amazing moment was when the naively blinded Duke realizes that Christian and Satine are in love, and many people in the room gasped in horror at that moment, and I thought: there are some lucky people who haven't seen the film yet, and I was a little jealous. I thoroughly enjoyed this colourful, kitsch and pompous ride, devouring every moment, singing every song in my head, tapping my foot to every rhythm, laughing at the crazy scenes and shedding a tear at "Your Song" when in the first seconds of Christian's great singing Satine finally shuts up and the night Paris lights up. What else can I praise? The perfect mix of songs, brilliantly performed? The great performances that are moving but also entertaining? The great choreographies? The costumes and sets? I wish I could still raise the rating because Moulin Rouge is perfect and spectacular in every way and I can't wait to watch it again.

Probably one of the most visually and thematically compelling documentaries I've had the opportunity to see so far. It consists of perfectly and contrastingly composed shots of masses of people and pristine nature, complemented by intimate snapshots of individuals who share with us bits and pieces of their lives and their views of the world. The contrast beautifully underlines the fact that each person has their own story, but also that we are basically not so different from one another. It doesn't matter the country we live in, the colour of our skin, our gender or our age, sooner or later we all ask ourselves the same fundamental questions. Love, wealth, family, time, meaning and death may mean different things to each person, but in the end we are all members of the same species: we are human beings facing the same fate. The path can, however, be radically different. Someone has a cheerful life, someone is filled with pain, someone lives in poverty, someone fights for life every day, someone lives in luxury, and that makes us all different. Whenever I’m bothered by some stupid thing or overwhelmed by gloom, I'll try to remember the people who are happy just to have something to eat and a place to sleep that day. This is a documentary full of contrasts that makes us think a bit, and I like that.

One of the best conversational dramas I've seen, downright original and quite topical, funny, sad and a little, or maybe even a lot, depressing at the same time. The end adds a subversive dimension to everything that happened at that dinner – eccellente!

My first encounter with David Lynch was quite a hard nut to crack. One expects a denouement, but in the last thirty minutes something completely different comes along to mess with your head even more. Furious at the lack of denouement and total incomprehension, I went to Google to find some explanation, and when the AHA! moment came, I decided that the film was actually very good :D My great admiration goes to those who got it :D (Is anyone really like that? If so, I'm expecting a message) Naomi Watts is amazing here and the strange dark and mysterious atmosphere has a lot going for it. Usually with films like this I feel the need to rewatch them to let it all sink in, but here I'm hesitant because it's quite long and actually pretty grim and heavy, just hard. Nevertheless, I am happy I watched it.

Just the other day I thought I hadn't seen a good comedy in a while, and lo and behold, I came across this gem. Even though it is a few years old now, at this point, in all the flurry of shallow, cheesy wannabe comedies that force laughter out of the viewer, this was absolutely fantastic, fresh and novel humour – I laughed my heart out every five minutes. I was incredibly entertained by both lead actors and they were a great match for each other.