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12 Angry Men is one of those films that is set in very few locations, or even just only one. They demand far more tension than other films. 12 Angry Men takes place almost entirely in a single room. I say “almost” because the beginning and the end don’t quite happen there. The film begins with a trial that has just concluded, and the jury is given its instructions. They are to gather in a...
We Need to Talk About Kevin is a really powerful movie, difficult to watch for sure. Right from the start we see this dreamlike imagery that we can’t make real sense of. Still, it sucks us in as we urge for the chance to see a glimpse of what it’s all about. It’s cleverly filmed, and Tilda Swinton does a fantastic job in the lead role! The essential story is about a mother trying her...
Boy in the Walls is a horror/drama from 2023. It’s about this family movie out in the countryside after purchasing an old house, probably at a bargain price. The daughter immediately hates the place. Maybe it’s the fact that it’s “only 45 minutes into the city” as her father puts it. or it’s just the fact that she will be stuck there with her new stepmom. I understand the tension. It cannot be easy coming...
The Train of Death or Kereta Berdarah as the original title is, is a horror film from Indonesia. I for one have little experience of films from this country of islands. I have seen very few films from there and the ones that come to mind are more cult films than anything qualitative. But soon dive into the action or the story at least. It opens up strong and I soon become very interested in...
In Eyes Beyond, Two brothers share the same house. One day they invite their next-door neighbors over for a nice dinner. What the neighbors don’t realize is that everything is not right with the brothers and they soon find themselves in a game of ultimate humiliation and degradation. They’re at the mercy of their captors and the only thing that can release them from the nightmare is death – or is it? I’ve seen my...
Monolith is a special movie. What’s special about it, among other things, is that there’s only one actor onscreen. Everything else is just voice-acting over the phone. There are other films like it of course. Films where we only see one actor or when the set is quite limited to one place. On the top of my head, I think of Buried where Ryan Reynold is buried alive and needs to find a way to...
Since the full title of this movie – Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon is a bit long, I will keep referring to it as plain and simple Yeti. It’s a creature I was always fascinated by. I know that there are multiple names for this mythical creature. And, it also depends on where in the world it’s claimed to live. In the United States, it’s either Bigfoot or Sasquatch. But in the Himalayas it’s...
I have been told that I misunderstood what Ronny wanted to do with Dust Box and for that reason, I have re-written the first paragraph which contained some factual errors. According to Ronny, Dust Box is sort of a sequel to Récompence at least as far as the theme is concerned. I don’t really follow it but I guess if you take some roaming in the woods and call that the theme I understand what...
When Christiane F turns fourteen she tries to inject heroin for the first time. She has previously snorted it and used both valium and hashish. Her life begins to take a different and more decadent path, in fact, her life shatters. Her friends decrease in numbers and she only has one thing in common with the ones she has left – the drugs! But they cost money and where can a fourteen-year hold get money?...
God’s Not Dead is a movie from 2014. There are things that I love about it and things that I hate about it. Among the things I love is the underdog fight against society and rules that you deep down know it’s wrong. The little man stands up for what he believes is right. The story is about this kid taking a philosophy class in college or the university or wherever. His professor starts of...
Beyond the Grave is set in another time and another place. The story more or less revolves around a cop of sorts. He’s searching for a possessed serial killer. But possession is not all there is. There are also zombies and black magic rituals going on throughout the entire plot. It’s kind of incomprehensible most of the time but I really like the cinematography and the image compositions most of the time. There are a...
Chekist – pre-KGB, is the Russian secret police. They arrest, prosecute, and execute enemies of the state in a matter of minutes. This is part of everyday life and it’s the same thing over and over again. A few officers decide rapidly if the prisoners will face the firing squad or not. Well, they always meet the same fate in the basement. They are put five at a time against wooden doors in the basement....
