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The reliable Al Pacino is probably the only memorable thing in this film. I wasn't very interested in the theme from the tobacco industry, and Russell Crowe deserved his Oscar nomination only by his significant physical transformation, his performance here is rather bland. The result is a not very exciting, slightly tedious and emotionally bland film.

A very nice series with a famous Australian actress who was my platonic love in my childhood years. The first season was very good, a nice story in a beautiful setting, free of banalities. The second season wasn’t so good, or rather, not good at all.

Rambo with a police badge and in the jungles of Los Angeles. Sly massaged his ego with a script in which he cast himself as a self-appointed judge, a "cure" for criminals ("You're a disease, and I'm the cure."...... "This is where the law stops and I start, sucker!"), he introduced an awful actress and his then wife Brigitte Nielsen, whom he divorced shortly after filming, and the result is an awfully stupid affair with a very rudimentary plot and incredibly banal dialogues, which thankfully are few and far between, so there's more room for action, especially the final set-piece, where the motorcycle bastards fall like bowling pins and Sly gets to show off his muscles in a tight T-shirt. In a nutshell, the essence of the 1980s.

Daniel Day Lewis's method acting, where he lives his character even in the pauses between takes, seems to be bearing fruit, and in this film it’s really incredible! I'm always rather critical of actors' portrayals of physically handicapped people because a more often than not it's just overacting, but with Day Lewis, it's different, his performance blurs the line between acting and reality.

It’s a sloppy mess. Yet the premise, a lone predator amongst a pile of human delicacies, is so audience-friendly that it could easily yield several sequels. Of course, under the hands of a capable director, which this film’s certainly isn’t. The direction is utterly unimaginative; much more could have been squeezed out of the moment when a group of young people tie the boats together to better face the danger. It was also sorely missing a charismatic character like Robert Shaw’s in the first film. Roy Scheider alone couldn’t save it.

Gerard Depardieu at his best, as a grizzled revolutionary, is simply fantastic. If you don't like political dramas with a lot of conversation, Danton might not be for you. The rest of us will appreciate an interesting behind-the-scenes look at an important stage in French history, when the revolution began to devour its children and the main leaders of the movement were gradually guillotined through political intrigue. A very enlightening watch that makes you realise that people don't change and politicking and dirty tricks are immortal.

Yeah, I wasn’t expecting this masterpiece :) So, the cinematography is brilliant, likewise the script, and the direction is a blast. The casting is perfection itself. Tommy has nice tattoos, is very a skilled actor and his passionate acting inspired Pamela, who gives the greatest performance of her career. The famous film critic František Červenokostelecký, during his stay at a psychiatric ward, said this film was one of the most important post-modernist works of the second half of the 20th century. I don't think there's anything to add.

A probe into the mind of a member of a certain animal species from Wall Street who revels in expensive formal suits and designer goods, slaps on all sorts of menthol, moisturizing and peeling masks, regularly visits tanning salons, blathers about nothing in his circle of friends passing it off as serious deep musings. His measure of success is, among other things, the appearance of his business card, which he likes to compare with his equally afflicted friends, and to be free and cool, he goes to parties to snort coke. In fact, he is so bored with his emotional emptiness that he entertains himself in a quite "original" way, he kills. Those empty-minded suits sometimes make you so sick that the murders aren't even that disgusting in comparison. And to be honest, the murders are the least interesting thing about the whole movie.

I never thought that watching a car for 2 hours would be so enjoyable. But when there's a witty script with ornate dialogue, and even better, when it's all written by Jarmusch and scored by the brilliant madman Tom Waits, it's actually no wonder. Five short stories from different settings and with people of different mentalities and one is better than the other. From Los Angeles to Helsinki, people everywhere experience their own mini-dramas, and Jarmusch has a wonderful and warmly human way of talking about it.

A drama about a girl forced to live in foster care because her mother was convicted of murder. At times the film's very atmospheric mood is enhanced by a dreamy, ambient soundtrack, and Pfeiffer fits the role of a very strong woman to a tee. And by the way, what does that woman do to stay so beautiful? Alison Lohman as the daughter is also excellent. If this girl is lucky with her movies, I bet she'll become a great actor in the future.