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1Q84 - Trilogy - (2009-10)
Author: Haruki Murakami. 1Q84 is a character-driven epic magic-realism fairytale. As such, it's hard for a cynical person like myself to...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read
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The Matrix Resurrections - (2021)
Director: Lana Wachowski. Maybe I should stop watching American films... There is something really upsetting about the glorification of...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read
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Black Narcissus - (1947)
Director: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It's been a while since I fell asleep during a film. It was a fun sleep nevertheless. I...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read
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Kimi - (2022)
Director: Steven Soderbergh. Everything about Kimi is good besides the ending. I really liked the settings and characters. The story was...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read
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Don't Look Up - (2021)
Director: Adam McKay. The all-stars home-theater flick "Don't Look Up" is a somewhat funny allegory about social media and U.S politics....
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read
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Titane - (2021)
Director: Julia Ducournau. I liked some of it, but the majority of the film really pissed me off. I liked the homages to Crash (1996),...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read
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Get Out - (2017)
Director: Jordan Peele. It could have been a good movie if it had a better defined visual style and if the subjects of voodoo and slavery...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read
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Mistborn - Era 2 - (2011 - 2022)
Author: Brandon Sanderson. Finished reading the 2nd sage of Mistborn for the 2nd time (all 5 books) I don't like it... I don't like it at...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20232 min read
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Saint-Narcisse - (2020)
Director: Bruce LaBruce. Bruce La Bruce's take on the clichรฉ tropes of the gay-motorcyclist and the sexually-molested-church-boy is...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read
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Doctor Sleep - (2019)
Director: Mike Flanagan. Surprisingly good, I would even go to say it has more of a Stephen King vibe than The Shining. The weakest point...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read
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The Brood - (1979)
Director: David Cronenberg. The film is great but the score (by Howard shore) is really annoyed to the point it destroys the film. The...
Amir Steklov
Jan 5, 20231 min read
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Raised by Wolves - S01 (2020)
Show runner: Aaron Guzikowski. The opening animation credit sequence is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in mainstream...
Amir Steklov
Jan 5, 20231 min read
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Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020)
Directed by: Burhan Qurbani. A German-crime movie that uses a lot of "artistic license" when adopting the novel. It's a classic example...
Amir Steklov
Jan 5, 20231 min read
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