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The Critic (2023)
i cannot explain...
My joy on exeptional acting, cause my native language isnt english, rather than say ''detta va dritbra'', try to interpret that norwegian phrase and youll have a clue.
I might as well admit that im blinded by the light , little Ian has a marvellous mostrous voice, that vibrates so many chords in my mind, hes just magnificent in this little theatrical shock of horror movie from inner city londons playhouses, and their deemful critics squeling their doom , of live or let die upon the acting crowd , in the social media of that era, namely the newspapers...
a most colourful, but also dark and foggy production about success, secretess and death, it delivers far more than id expected, wouldve been a classic 90 years ago, and will be in 90 years to come...
the grumpy old man recommends...
Asalto al Banco Central (2024)
binge this...
And youll be awarded 3 days of sick leave due to maligne muscle pain in shoulders , neck and jaws outta the shere intensity pulled forward in this historical biopic spanish thriller drama, especially if you havent heard about this heist of the banco centrale, and are not so familiar to the history of spain from 1936 to 1985, and its extremely tumultous road from dictature to democracy...and money of course.
Some may complain over slow plot speed, and mondane spanish acting... i think theyve seen the english dubbed version, and forgets its in fact a 5 eps mini-series to fill and to some extent drag out...
but seing the spanish original, the grumpy old man has no doupt recommending this title, there may in fact come more on this story political decadence, corruption and secrecy, cause there are so many unanswered questions, that only a few persons alive today knows...
MadS (2024)
a surrealistic striptrip...
, a superbly acted, filmed and musical scored french blood and gore horrorthriller, that seems to me like made in a oneshoot technique, if not its darn well hidden away by the editor/director, to me ,it felt like i hung on the shoulder to one of the three main caracters the entire matine', in a film that are so hyperdynamic that my muscular CK-values overshot 10000 (normal 150-300) and my shoulders are still above my ears, and my guts feels quite nuts, as well as my subarachnoidale brain pressure, spilling wax from my tuba auditiva on my pillow...this is european filmaking avec superb...
this could never have been made anywhere than europe, therefore i believe the average score from this superbly motoricly acted frenchie will be low on global basis...
but believe me when i say this was a treat of a surprise that drives pass the narrative and story and all the glitches and plotholes, making you focus on just a few things; the filming , acting and music, ''im blown away'' says the grumpy old man...
Ms. Murder (2024)
lo and behold...
Without claiming to be funny at all, this is a solid work on real life crime cases that surtainly have gobsmacked the american people for years, there are many such cases, and these three first episodes will probably show the top of the iceberg of such crimes actually happening. Theyve systemized complex crimes scenarios in a brilliant way, allthough the reenactments couldve been far better done on the details and accuracy, and that is the main reason for me not awarding a 10/10 for this show.
But it came as a surprise that tubi embraced such crimes on their scheduele, the grumpy old man didnt see that one coming, just like the victims of the crimes heeded upon them handled in this tv-serie...therefore a recommend...
The Man Who Definitely Didn't Steal Hollywood (2024)
this is non-...
Sensemantic entertainment for the ever so ridicule nonsense that hollywood were back then and probably still is today, with shy money transactions, heavenfolded bribery and scams that would burst like a troll if shedded into the radiative force of the sunshine(not moonshine!), a heavenly open and forthcomming documentary comedy about the man who definately didnt steal hollywood, but shot carronades of cannon-balls and stole MGM for whatever little it was worth back then...
its italianissimo financialissimo bancruptissimo fraudissimo in cinesissimo inprissionamente in absentissimo...a jolly good fellow thinks the grumpy old man, parretti is like berlussconi...the archtypical italian cesarian minded gambler that didnt have a clue about films other than the box-office numbers... take a line and have a jolly good time...its for everyone who were into films in the 1980's and nighties...
The Hunt for the Chameleon Killer (2024)
my acclaim goes...
To the researchers who has been able to sniff out victims and police detectives that still are alive these days for this production...the rest though is like two mice in a hazy dazy maze whos final conclusion is that there aint now way out...
another thing that rakes me about this production is how unbelievably slow they push forward this story, it even feels like the interviewees has been instructed to speak and diction very clear and slow, a fact that almost turns a grumpy old man nuts...and that is a pity cause the culprit of the story are an interesting casus, and the murder story is pitch perfect for any real crime nerd.... being non english languaged by birth having to use the ffwd at 1.5 speed to be able to crack this case then its not a perfect production. There are in fact series so intense that i have to use 0.75 speed to stay aligned to the narrative, so for the best of my understanding they shouldve reedited this title into a movie or a max of 2 episodes at least...
so for those who loves chameleon criminals its a small recommend from the grumpy old man, it couldve been so much better is my conclusion.
Anatomy of Lies (2024)
well, an interesting lie...
This was, or still is(?), i guess we'll never know for sure, but being harshly an objective reviewer, i think this story brings the noun ''victim'' too far stretched out ...i really feel that her demise of cruelty are most and for all towards the beyer family, her brother and a few friends, cause that is real life lies, and not fictional ones that could easily be swept under the carpet called occupational deep research.
So when viewing this docu-series , have in mind that hollywood foremostly is a big fraud or '' just an illusion '' to entertain your caputs entertainment central, and really taken outta the playbook of charles darwins ''survival of the fittest'' AKA if you lie good enough youll might believe it yourself, and then everybody will also be accepting the lie, cause its gold worth...
so as a grumpy old man i will recommend this serie, its well made but it lacks the ''full stop'' or the '' . '' on the conclusion. They might make a continuation series about this meticulous female screenwriter called Elizabeth Finch, how genial she really is/was.
So emphasise and support the beyer family for their lost of faith in all aspects of life , due to cruel conduct by loved ones, they are the real victims of this opera...
Alien: Romulus (2024)
WHEN A FILM...
Makes such divine tensions in an old grumpy fibromyalgic mans body like ''alien:romulus'' does, then there are still hope for the science fiction genre of filmaking, cause this was nearly perfect.
When my odessay started ill admit that my scepticism and squemishness was almost higher than high... mygawd was i wrong!
Its an intense voyage youre hauld into, with loads of beast, acidic phlegma, semiautomatic A. I.'s, and a realfeel of spaciousness ever felt since the first alien compartment. I do not miss sigourney weaver at all, such great cast has been found for this episode, let them take part in the next edition too.
So if you like gory horror, action and thrills on your favourite scree, then its a recommend...i may lure my grumpy old wife into a second view...!
#UNTRUTH: The Psychology of Trumpism (2024)
a groundshivering document...
On political authoritarianism, hate and propaganda. Its for a viewer living far away from usa, and is not an american citizen so true on its narrative, that it made me laugh at moments , on how misguided and steered a vast part of the american population has become since early 2010's, by making their minds up on social media and other political figures that has more selfish goals than you might think, a biased look on how easily people have been scruud and lied to... for the best of mankind and the american democracy...?
It is a must see documentary, its a humble try to show the american public what world will come to be a reality , if...!
Being polite and civil is a civic duty, if not is the recipe for civil war, not only in usa, but the rest of the western world too, including european states. So having the big advantage of being old and analouge, that still seek information from more than one source, and still reads printed books made of paper , its my grumpy old mans duty to recommend and tell people to share this film for all its worth...
The Eruption: Stories of Survival (2020)
there are loads...
Of ways to tell a disaster story, and the method used here lies under the anglofilic influence of television making, its slow burning, and victim oriented, thats fairly well enough, but as a scientific nerd its not anything new.
The stories from the survivers though are immense and truly horrifying, being a medical nurse myself, i wouldve been petrified if it happened on my watch... its not the burn burns thats the issue, its the acids produced by the eruptions that really made a big mess become a cataclysmic fight to recover from...
so ive learned that trotting on a volcano might give a burning sensation, so if youre greatest wish is to become a white island tour guide, have a look at this film, its worth it...
Führer und Verführer (2024)
i didnt foresee...
A competitor to ''der Untergang'', its at the same level of importance, and gives you new angles viewing the participants of 2nd world war germany. I appraise the use of authentic media reels edited into the screenplay, the goebbles caracter are portrayed in an admireable manner, the only thing that draws down is the meek edition of herr hitler, who was known for his hysterical rage whenever or whatever, especially near the end of his lifetime, and i couldnt find anymore than stubborn dictatorship in this film. So a small blunder made by the caster and director, hitler is too nice in this film...
allthough that said, it is a film that is a must see, and watch ''der untergang'' afterwards, then you have the whole order of nazicriminals of that era. A recommend from the grumpy old man.
Twisted Twins (2024)
interesting start...
Having viewed the first 2 episodes of twisted twins, allthough built on repetitive stock footage and media clips, its reaching back quite far in the past in some cases, that are really petrifying and how twisted the natures creation is when concerning identical twins, their dna and their invisible bonds on more levels than doktor mengele found back then in the 40-s, a research that has inhibited the modern science of human duplicity, and the hidden secrets that are still to be unveiled about this phenomena, also the sosio- and psychopathic part of them.
It also raises the quest s about being born evil, or raised to become evil...
have a look at these episodes, they really go deep into the criminal matter thinks the grumpy old man.
Speak No Evil (2024)
not much...
Negative to pick on here, macavoy delivers in the roles he knows best, and if you dont feel, at any moment , scared by his acts, then youre not a good film viewer. I really felt an depleasing uneasiness of disgust, when the going went hot, and complete acclaim to what happened in the end...
i havent seen the danish original production so i cant compare, maybe just as well, cause i couldnt watch two of a kind in one shift.
Its choice of locations, its props filming, editing and acting are very well executed, they couldve been bolder on the musical score, so a 9 outta 10 comes from the grumpy old man.
AfrAId (2024)
its hard ...
To understand the a.i. Stuff , if youre non-digital, and grumpy and old as me, watching a...probablisticly a bullseye hit using this concept....to make a good bunch of money as a blockbuster.... but the director/screenwriter loooses the grip in the last quater of this quite enerving and thrilling film, believe it or not, its still worth a 6 outta 10 but that is merely hanging in there. Because the cast delivers, and the story works as well, until it doesnt (last 1/4)
the squemish hitech audience will probabbly laugh this outta the lists, and a cultclassic it wont become, because theyve just scraped the matter with a fingernail, and comes out even for me the analougist as too superfiscial on the AI subject.
They couldve saved this project by rewriting the end and maybe lengthen it to a 2 hour matine', using the horroor factor for what its worth. Im critical, but its still worth a watch as an inbetweener when nothing else to do...
Wolfs (2024)
an inbetweener...?
Squeezed into their blockbusters in the making, search me, but it tastes a bit like that. But if you adore the dynamics of the two smooth operators called clooney and pitt, then its a home run anyway.
Its a film that leaves you unstung on twist and turns, the storyline is juust a tiny little strand of a rope of opportunities, so it leaves you with a sense of a ca-ching and dollar signs in the producers eyes even before the story was made, just because of them culprits clooney and pitt...
but as an inbetweener or refreshener, binging movies in your rat infested basement appartement, it may work. Just a small recommend from the grumpy old man, i rather drink my coffee without milk or sugar ,''thanks''
Last Straw (2023)
a shamelessly well...
Made thriller horror, using a 2 way mirror-like story telling, that may usually miss the grab on the audience, but not in this little shocking horror movie called ''last straw''.
Its a rather cheap budget production, that turns lead into gold due to a very well acting cast and production crew, led by a directoral (debutant??)comet on the starspangled slverscreen-heaven.
There are some sound glitches and some missing scenes that shouldve fullfilled the tale(around the bonfire), but saved by the fast pace and a dead on the spot playlength, you are bloody amazed when the cast and crew list appears...
so thug this last straw and have a big snuff of redneck heartland horror, it is not often youll get nice acting , directing and soundtracking as you get here thinks the grumpy old man.
Fatal Distraction (2020)
i'm sorry that...
Im the first to review this on imdb, this is really a film that everyone growing up ,and especially dreams about having a car and having children to put them in whatever reason you have... just dont forget your child, or pet, or both in the bacseat of your car, their crashproof in their seat but definately not solar radiation/heat proof, and the ultimate judgement of your automatized brainwill fall upon you the day you forgot yours while going to work or cheating or whatever...
shall they be convicted as murderers??? I think tomyself that the benefit of the doupt should delve humungously in these types of ''accidents'', after realising that more than 2000 fatal ...accidents of this kind has happened in the u.s. Alone... ive got 3 sons myself, and i never had the chance to forget to let them kids out, cause they where of the hyperactive kind that never stopped being verbal, ... ever!!!
So to those who have made this unforgiveable mistake, i forgive 99 percent of you on the benefit of the doupt, and suppose that the punishment of the pure agony and heartache loosing a child is shall be thy sentencing. Do spread the importance of pure attendency always, use your phone alarm, clockalarm or a message service that wakes you up whenever you unforgetfully/unconciously leaves your small ones behind in the car at the most beautiful sunshining day this year.
Do it a 2nd time then youre done...
a superb documentary about an automotive epidemic disease. RIP to all the victims, youll never be forgotten, and neither will you the closest one.a strong recommendation to view from the grumpy old man.
We Will Dance Again (2024)
this is not...
A film that you may say you love or hate, cause it is IT, and IT is a fear that you cant put words on, other than death, hate and and believe it or not love...love for being alive and for being still a free spirit, that can tell the whole world about all the free spirits that faded away at the nova festival in israel october 2023, innocently killed in a way that you wont believe is true, unless you watch this documentary...
lots of opinions there are on ''the palestinian problem'', but the way of extent hamas took things this way were far of anyones mind, a massacre upon your neighbour youth that has very few historical comparitions.
I cried and bled inside watching and listening to this armagheddonlike bestiality, that became a hamas partypurge that left 1200 dead, and 1000's wounded, and millions that wish for revenge...maybe hamas have lost their partytickets for life after showing that kind of humanity...how wrong could they be?
I award this film a 10 star on the imdb meter, its a lot to swallow, and there are still 99.99% of audio and visuall recordings on stock, and how they have subjectively balanced this matter is really worth attention, thinks the grumpy old man.
The Money Game (2024)
from all of...
Us, to all of you, sporty duracell rabids out there that love to kick or throw a ball , make a spin around the corner, pole vaulting canals or just have a breezy swim in the water, now you have the opportunity to make some doe's on your hobby, sport or whatever your mum and dad decides to make an economic outcome of going scholastic or bombastic at high school or college/univ. Cause now you are able to make money the legal way as an adolescent so if you have a wise head between your shoulders and social antennaes, and know how to use social media,and like likes and soforth, have a look at this docuseries how to make your way to the stars.
Me, the grumpy old man, swam once upon a time, leveling fine in my nations resultstandards, and wouldve grabbed this opportunity if reborn today.have a look self, it is still pro bono to think and fantasice for oneself...
The Godfather of Fentanyl (2024)
from fox...
TVCorporation, comes this minitv-series documentary , about the socalled inventor of street quality fentanyl George Erik Marquardt, an unscholard chemical genious, that trodded the path of recreational drug users demand for illicit drugs just to get higher than hi, starting up with heroine, moving to meth and ending up at the chemical base of fentanyl, (and probably pcp and other psychedellic substances not mentioned in this documentary)
usually i do not fall for foxcorp productions, but this one has that magic push of addictiveness of an opiat, so ending up binging the whole lot in one instance, and believe it or not, not at 1.25x speed as i usually do, cause the pace is perfect , the storytelling is exhilarating and the end isnt dreary and sad, as in most tlc-tv docus...
so if you have a habbit of bingingonal behaviour to tlc entertainment ill recommend this, cause youre gonna be sold by the blink of an eye, just like me, the grumpy old man did...its brilliant.
The Chicano Squad (2024)
you wanna history lesson...
About houston texas, its crime problems and immigration and language barriers among the blue's back in the 1970's, to solve crimes and soforth, then delve into the story about the chicano squad, machachos forever...
they couldve made 10 episodes of this kinda documentary making, and i would cry for even more of it, so a hit and homerun for the makers of this documentary series...
its one of the first police squad of the kind of ''history of''-from the lone star state that i can recall, so texas state city PD's, roll up your sleves and tell us your stories too, there are a lot of untold material out there, just like the chicano squad...aint texas got a mafia ey'...
a must see thinks the grumpy old man.
Copa 71 (2023)
it made me...
Smile, from ear to ear, watching this tournament documentary, that were so premature for the macho male driven world back in the late 1960's early 1970's, that climaxed with a bang at the aztec stadium ,mexico city, with denmark as the supreme best soccer women in the world, though not on FIFA ranks...as it took merely 20 more years to convice the fifas that breast milk wont become milkshake , as where their main medical view prohibiting /banning organized womens football as part of their brand...
well , now thats history, and women can play too, so watch this anecdotal documentary, about the first campionato del mundo de futbol, they hid it away for long but it was not forgotten. The grumpy old man reviewing this didnt know, its historical matter to the finger tips, therefore a recommend.
Metanol (2018)
exciting...
Dramatization af a true crime story, with a hampering amount of deaths and diasabled, at a magnitude next to terrorism if you ask me...
methanol blended with ethanol has been an issue here in my homecountry of norway too, but not with such tragic outcome as this czech spirit'ual progroma.
This is a splendidly made docudrama, that gives you a great overview chronology and location, the persona gallery is spledidly covered by well groomed actors, and it seems almost unheard of that this is just a'' tv-production''...
so make more of these dramas, youve got a fan in the grumpy old man, i saw it in czech with english subs that raced of like a formulae 1 car high on methanol, a definitive recommend if youre unsure what your own bottles contains...
Talchul: Project Silence (2023)
you like disaster movies...?
Then this might be one to watch. Its south korean, its heavily edged by S. K. cultural and ritual behaviour of typical hierarchical submission, but that put aside, a mean dog production, on a long bay bridge on a foggy night in seoul.
For the squemish viewer there are loads of hitches and glitches, and the cgi nerd will barf at moments, but for the average novice this might be a great initiation to the disaster action genre.
The cast consists of well known and tough south korean actors, they do a fine job, cosidering script and screenplay ditches, and loads of green room filming, the beasts though aint the best cgi clones that iv seen, but they bite decently, and may even sting a canine-lover to scream ''kill it''.
So if you should go for south korean tonight, try '' silent project'' , it made my time, the grumpy old mans, fly.
American Godfathers: The Five Families (2024)
if you like ...
Mob stuff, are infatuated by the italian mafia of new york, usa, the 5 families, the commision,or if youre a real life crime nerd, like me the grumpy old man, then youre in for a treat of historical feinschmaecker on steroids.
The episodes are so brimfilled with crime entertainment, and ill consider this tv-series among the best made ever on chronology . Ill admit that i binged the whole stuff at once, using 12 hours with digressive activity searching more info on wikipedia and such, etc to fill in and expand my knowledge, so its a clear inspirator for comprehensive activity.
So my definite recommendation is to watch this 3 part series, its well made and well narrated, the research on the subject is splendid, so have fun...