Recent content by Szlia

My bad, I think I formulated my point poorly. My point is that Norway is one of the safest country in the world and also one that has a rather small population. In an average year, there are about 30ish murders in total, mostly by knife, mostly by people who knew the victim and had a criminal...

Obviously "no one" is a bit of an hyperbole, but I think it's more about conveying the fact that it's an unusual brand for Norway and that it might indicate that these go into the country through a single channel. And to be fair, with my personal gun knowledge that is limited to video games and...

Not familiar with the books. This first season adapts the 5th book of the Harry Hole serie (out of 13) which was the first to be translated into english and also the first that, looking at the pitch of books one to four, sets the bar pretty high when it comes to suspension of disbelief. In this...

Actually released in theater in my city. This dark comedy was not my cup of tea. It's original for sure, around the theme of how one perceive oneself and get perceived by others, but it got maybe a couple smiles out of me and that was not enough to counterbalance a surprisingly high level of...

I had high expectations for this one but left a bit underwhelmed. I did not enjoy the music that much (apparently mostly based on actual shaker songs) except maybe the Hunger & Thirst one. I also was left scratching my head as to what the film is trying to tell. A good looking movie for sure, a...

How many Hollywoodian actors playing lead parts do you know to be homosexuals? It's not a public opinion or peers perception issue, it's a career decision, it's about being able to be considered for as broad a range of parts as possible.

Hah! Saw that in a film festival last summer (The Neuchatel International Fantasy Film Festival where I also saw The Thing With Feathers, Touch Me, Reflet dans un Diamant Mort, Obex, Exit 8... maybe kroenen is part of the selection committee there?). It's ok. It feels like South Korea has been...

Just saw Hamnet. Having seen 8 out of the 10 nominees (I doubt I'll ever watch F1 and Frankenstein), my Top 3 is 1) Hamnet 2) The Secret Agent 3) Sentimental Value. Hamnet is not without problems, but you get a very solid film and, in an ending that is already very strong and moving, there is...

This movie has a very dated feel in its lack of subtlety. That's for the worst (the way the main character and the executives are depicted) but also the better (it dares some pretty extreme and crazy sequences and the plot is also over the top). Still enjoyed it overall, but I am the president...

Is it entertaining though? The actions scenes are brief, few, far between and not that great, and the plot is barely serviceable. It's watchable, but it's not much.

As I mentioned above, the hairy leg articles were real. Because of the censorship that happens in a dictatorship, journalists could not cover police brutality. So to go around the censorship, they invented an absurd boogeyman, the hairy leg. Readers understood what it meant. Here is a Gemini cut...

Never read the books, but I must say I did not enjoy this movie nearly as much as The Martian. My two main issues are the facts the problem that has to be solved is a lot more abstract and sciencefictiony compared to The Martian, and that here we have a Disney sidekick for half the movie. Really...

Saw it a few weeks back. Not a masterpiece, it feels the scenario leaves some juice in the lemon in the 3rd act, but still, I very much enjoyed seeing a well crafted non-comedic American cop and robber movie in theater. It's a type of movie that basically almost disappeared in the US with the...

I did not notice there was a post for this. It actually released in a arthouse theater near me a few months back. I have seen two of the previous three films by that director. I don't remember what Kaili Blues was about, but it's is mostly deambulations filmed in very long takes first in...

Just watched the 2nd season. It's a bit clumsy at times, but it pulls a very rare type of ending. It's a relatively short affair (six 1 hour episodes), so I would say it's worth it.