jordison-23652 Reviews

Pleasurecraft (1999 Video)

Really, the crew talks a lot and does little.

[2/10 · 3 March 2024]

Lots of talking and few sex scenes, which are quick and weak.

Spatial Pleasure is another example of spatial softcore. These films are usually very good, but I found this one to be just average. There are not as many sex scenes as in its counterparts, but the scenes are full of eroticism and voyeurism. The blah-blah-blah of astronauts perhaps takes up too much time that could be used more creatively.

My rating was based on the nude scenes, but if I were based on the story I would give it one star, very vague and boring.

All films of this genre that watch alien planets are similar to planet Earth.

But in general, if you don't have the option, watch it, preferably with someone.

Good movie to you!!!!!

Beautiful Bounty (2001)

This one really made me sleepy (see what I watched during the day).

[2/10 · 24 February 2024]

Very weak story and, from the camera shots (it looked like there was only one cameraman), it had a very, very limited budget.

Some shots were from angles where you can see that the actor is not aroused (of course in a softcore film there cannot be an erect member), but there is no need to show that.

In a world of mobsters, corrupt cops, bounty hunters and call girls, call girls Dusty and Jasmine are the only saving grace in this film. The best sex is the one where both people show up.

Unfortunately, I only saw the film's poster after watching it, so I took another point off my grade. This poster is criminal! You have to call for inspection! It gives the impression that we are going to watch an erotic version of Lara Croft and it has nothing to do with that. It was certainly made to make some money beyond the first Tomb Raider, which was released the same year as this film.

Rating: 1.5/5.

Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq (2007 TV Movie)

Incredible, one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. Anyone who lives complaining about life should watch it, seriously.

[10/10 · 10 February 2024]

Every American should see this movie

This war is real and it has affected many people in many defferent ways. This movies helps to show that-it brought tears to my eyes. But it also made me proud to be an American and proud to be a part of a United States military family. Tastefully done but real. It makes you think twice about not sweating the small stuff......

Remember to Say, "Thank You"!

Every American should see this film. What you think of the war you need to see this film. This is one of the most difficult films to watch, but you need to. In a heated political debate, Alive Day Memories shows one of the most important views of the war and its aftermath. Gandolfini is not the star, he is the audience, he is listening to the stories the same as you. There is no slant, no political agenda, this movie is about the soldiers, and helping those of us who have no idea, to understand just a little about them and what they are going through. While we leave with only a glimpse, it igives you a new apprecation for the sacrifice they have made for our country. They truly represent the best in us all.

The documentary is really very cool.

It's a shame it was done in a way that deifies war veterans, without remembering that they are people paid to fight a political war, which in many cases takes the lives of innocent civilians, women and children. I believe that most people really think they are fighting for their country and the safety of those who live there. Emotional stories from these veterans. This war is real and it has affected many people in many defferent ways. This movies helps to show that-it brought tears to my eyes. But it also made me proud to be an American and proud to be a part of a United States military family. Tastefully done but real. It makes you think twice about not sweating the small stuff......

Private Obsession (1995 Video)

Not Shannon Whirry at her best...

[2/10 · 4 February 2024]

Obscene Privacy is an erotic thriller (not very) with an above average script and performances. It's practically a tour de force between the goddess Shannon Whirry and the great Michael Christian, who plays Richard. The film belongs to both of them and that's why the nude scenes are restricted to Whirry's beautiful body.

The film is longer than usual and the nude scenes are more than halfway to the end. The focus is much more on the bondage plot than on eroticism, but no one can resist a naked Shannon Whirry... that little White lingerie set of hers was to die for... oh oh oh

Shannon exhibits fine acting in addition to her always fantastic body. Though some aspects of the movie could have been better, Shannon makes it all worth while.

But her bust is at its best, as always. Not a top-of-the-line evil nude kinkfest from Shannon Whirry, but it might turn the crank of some of you. The best scene is when Whirry tries to escape and jams her huge funbags in a doggy door... They end up greasing her up, which I have always wanted to see.

Shannon plays a male-hating super-model. She's abducted by a stalker-stile obsessed fan. He attempts to brainwash her - tries to undo her hate and turn her into a sex-slave. She fights for her freedom and sanity, willing to do anything to escape. A battle of will and manipulation ensues between them.

This is enjoyable, but not worth it's cost here.

Rating: 2.7/5.

Timegate: Tales of the Saddle Tramps (1999 Video)

It didn't meet my needs. [:-( Disappointment.

[2/10 · 3 February 2024]

The movie has a cool story, a beautiful female cast, erotic sex scenes, but it could be more daring. There is a lot of chest nudity, but little xotal and butt nudity. They could also reduce the conversations in the old west a little and add some tub baths. While I really enjoyed watching it and was pleasantly entertained, I was also very disappointed. The plot/story was contrived, silly, corny and, frankly, not very well presented. For a low-budget softcore film, the cast, acting, and sets weren't too bad, but the weaknesses of the script and Sam Silver's direction outweighed everything else..

rating: 2/5.

Tina and the Professor (1994)

An erotic film that sometimes borders on hardcore.

[7/10 · 28 January 2024]

The story itself is stupid (a hot blonde from the countryside who is horny and imagines sex all the time) and the film itself is monotonous at times (lots of sausage stuffing), but it makes up for it with the long sex scene (25 minutes ) between Tina (Sarah Bellomo) and the professor (Stan Haze) at the end of the film.

Haze, who directed the film, certainly did this to get with Bellomo, I don't blame him because she is truly a delight (The same delectable woman even did porn in the 1990s and 2000s as Roxxane Blaze).

Also with a rose like that - Beautiful, Horny and Hot - who wouldn't fall in love? Lol Note 5/5.

Secret Invasion: Promises (2023) Season 1, Episode 2

An amazing Nick Fury.

[8/10 · 29 June 2023]

Resurrection was a great early season episode that perhaps suffered a little from the weight of having to reintroduce Nick Fury to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, lay the foundations of the plot without overusing expository text (not always succeeding) and create a bombastic situation. , as was the attack in Moscow and, mainly, the death of Maria Hill, to show seriousness and commitment. Promises, which does not carry that burden, arrives to show that what we saw a week ago was not a lie and that Secret Invasion promises (he, he, he) to be a different miniseries in this superheroic universe, either because it does not have superheroes , or because it has something that has been increasingly rare in works of the genre: quality multifunctional dialogues that develop the plot, build its characters and naturally work with relevant socioeconomic subtexts without underestimating the viewer.

Picking up where the opening episode left off, but making use of cleverly inserted flashbacks right off the bat to help contextualize and explain Gravik's actions in light of Nick Fury's unfulfilled promise to find the Skrulls a new home, Promises works. A succession of sequences that do the opposite of what is normally expected from series like this, that is, they value conversation, dialogue, leaving the action almost completely aside. On the macro side, we have the exalted spirits of the world powers (and not so powers) being left unanswered by a Colonel James Rhoades loaded with an unexpected arrogance for the character who works almost as a spokesman for the presidency of the bellicose Reagan Era, which works perfectly for a series that tries to emulate the Cold War. Don Cheadle, impassive and self-assured, makes his character climb a few steps in the MCU's internal hierarchy by rejecting the allegations against his country, basically saying that no one there has the power he has behind him, in a very efficient sequence, yet How deliberately boastful.

And Cheadle's differentiated presence in the series doesn't stop there, since, in the next moment, we see Rhoades sitting at the table with a Nick Fury who comes with his hat in hand asking him for help like a brother until the moment he realizes that this new Rhoades is definitely not the good old War Machine of yesteryear. The tense dialogue that takes place between the two is one of the best examples of how Brian Tucker's script manages to work on the development of the plot without losing depth, without failing to comment on something latent and present in the conversation between two people of African descent who know very well that they got to where they are just as easily as people with less pigmentation. And it's phenomenal to see Samuel L. Jackson transform his character in front of the cameras, without for a moment doubting the realism of what we are watching. Fury starts out weakened, almost subservient, but little by little, in the face of Rhoades' coldness, he gives clues to the old Fury, changing posture and tone of voice, until he, in the blink of an eye, takes physical control of the situation by subduing and disarming the security guard who wants to take him away, he utters that clever phrase - "I am Nick Fury. Even when I'm out, I'm in." - surgically created to make the viewer vibrate and fulfills this exact function and, the next moment, already outside the restaurant, reverts to the tired Fury, clearly untrained and out of shape, panting on a bench.

But this is not even the first time that a dialogue of this quality is seen in the episode, since the conversation between the same Fury and Talos works exactly the same way, but with another function. There is the same subtext in the story that the protagonist tells about his past when he could only travel in the segregated carriages of the trains and that serves to make it clear to his friend that he knows there is something he has not told, something that he extracts right away. : The silent invasion of the Skrulls is not about to happen, it has already happened. Talos' "benign" betrayal, of course, is not well received and opens a gigantic gate that puts all humans in this universe in check, something that is immediately amplified in the great sequence in which Gravik executes his coup d'état before the Council Skrull made up of very important personalities of world politics.

To those who ask themselves "where are the superheroes who release lightning from their hands?", the script hasn't forgotten about you either and delivers not one, but two answers. On the one hand, Fury doesn't want the superheroes involved right now to prevent the Skrulls from turning into them, which is a weak-sounding excuse that carries its logic. On the other hand, Gravik is acutely aware that the Avengers are a problem, with much of the episode devoted to G'iah's discovery that the Skrulls are likely experiencing power-ups a la the Super-Skrull of the comics. With samples of Groot (I don't need to say who it is, do I?), Cull Obisidian (from Thanos' Black Order), an ice monster from Jotunheim (from Thor's mythology) and even the Extremis nanotechnology created by Maya Hansen and Aldrich Killian (from Iron Man 3, better known as the most underrated and misunderstood Marvel movie that I will defend to the death) precisely with the aim of going head-to-head with the flashy suits.

It may seem out of context, but I am forcing myself, regardless of anything, to talk about her: what to say about Olivia Colman, huh? Her character Sonya Falsworth, from MI-6, was introduced in the first episode in a tête-à-tête with Nick Fury and I confess that I didn't expect to see her back so soon because Colman is Colman and not... an Emilia Clarke of life , but behold, we have her back starring in a scene that carries a certain encore in idem, but that just having her is worth the episode. After all, when could we imagine having this actress, apparently having fun like there's no tomorrow, ripping off an alien lizard's finger (oops, was I politically incorrect here?) and injecting whatever-whatever into her derrière ( French twice in the same paragraph, oh là là!) to torture him and this right before he crawls through a tunnel to escape? Will we get her back, gun in hand, to fight alongside Fury in the miniseries' climax? It will be a massacre, because, after all, there's no way to win any fight against these two together!

And, just when we thought the episode was over, behold, we got another twist, only this one is the exact opposite of the tragedy that was the death of Maria Hill: Nick Fury, who knew, married a Skrull (her name is Priscilla, according to the credits, lived by Charlayne Woodard, who, in turn, lived the mother of Jackson's character in the Body Closed Trilogy). If he knows she's a Skrull, well, he's Nick Fury and Nick Fury, even in his old age, is still "fashionable" Nick Fury, so yes, he knows. We can glimpse, there, a little more of the secret life of the character that has been unveiled in the series and that, of course, has a very close connection with the destiny of the alien race that, by all indications, already commands a large part of the planet with few people. Knowing your neighbor might have green skin, pointy ears, and a grooved chin. This additional and unexpected layer for Fury is welcome, as it helps to humanize the character who is normally seen as more invincible than the Hulk.

Already in its second episode, Secret Invasion confirms that it did not come to play, but to offer a miniseries that has everything to be of high quality on its own merits and, of course, affect the entire MCU in the process. Let's just hope this isn't just an optical illusion or a series that looks like something, but turns out to be something else.

Secret Invasion: Resurrection (2023) Season 1, Episode 1

Nick Fury returns!

[7/10 · 29 June 2023]

When Marvel Studios - after the sadly defunct Marvel Television - went into TV series, broadening its range of offerings, it overdid it. There were no less than eight series and miniseries (nine if we count Eu Sou Groot) that reused characters from the films and presented others still unpublished in the Marvel Cinematographic Universe, not counting two specials, all in a period of less than two years and only in Phase 4 which, in the same period of time, had seven feature films. Although the endeavor on the small screen was, for me, much more positive than negative, it was undeniably exhausting, seriously contributing to that fatigue of works of the genre that, at least in my case, remains firm and strong.

That's why, for the most diverse reasons, when the studio decided to reformulate the cadence of releases of its new series and films, spacing them in a more civilized way, my reaction was one of relief. What's more, when Secret Invasion, starring Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury, long gone, became the first series (a miniseries, actually) in Phase 5 of this ever-expanding universe, I appreciated the possibility of a return even if momentary to simpler times with less flashy costumes and a little more down to earth. And, to remove that argument that asks why existing superheroes are not called upon to deal with a crisis like the one presented in Resurrection, my answer is simple: because it is not necessary, because it is already tired and because it is much more challenging. Follow the path of normal humans dealing with incredible threats rather than putting a guy in armor to deal with all the problems. And even if superheroes do end up showing up - Don Cheadle's presence in the episode is an obvious indication of this that I hope doesn't materialize as War Machine or Iron Patriot or whatever he decides to be now - I'm rooting for May the focus remain on Fury and Talos, the good Skrull embodied by Ben Mendelsohn who was introduced to us in Captain Marvel.

With that preamble done, let's go to Secret Invasion, which is an adaptation of the homonymous comic book saga written by Brian Michael Bendis and published between 2008 and 2009 by Marvel Comics and which has as its premise a "silent invasion" of the Skrulls to Earth that, transmorphs that are, have taken to kidnapping important humans, including superheroes, and replacing them, slowly taking strategic positions around the world. It was, of course, a Marvelian dressing up of similar alien invasion films from the 50s and 60s which, in turn, represented the paranoia established by the Cold War, something that the series tries to replicate by introducing the story to Russia, establishing that Rebellious Skrulls, disgusted with the alleged inaction of Fury and Talos in finding them a new home, have taken to using the abandoned nuclear power plants there as hideouts that serve as both home and headquarters for their invasion due to their physiology to be immune to radiation.

This premise - in general terms, of course - had already been used by Marvel Studios itself in Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier, still one of its best films, and Secret Invasion wisely maintains the same more down-to-earth and more mature approach to the aforementioned long for everything we see in this first episode that works very well to align the story and re-establish Nick Fury as an important cog in this vast gear. It's not an extraordinary, jaw-dropping start or anything like that, but it promises not only to place Fury for the first time as an effective solo protagonist of some MCU work, something that should have happened before, by the way, but also to deliver a story of intrigue and betrayal that surrounds itself with a classic and elegant aura, without ceasing to easily merge with the macro universe in which it operates.

To do this, the script co-written by Kyle Bradstreet (the egressed showrunner of Mr. Robot) and Brian Tucker (who only has Line of Action in his resume) drinks a lot from Fury's mythology established in the MCU, notably from what we see in to the end of Infinity War, where he turns to dust, and the events of Captain Marvel, where he meets the Skrulls, especially Talos. However, Secret Invasion's Nick Fury is a profoundly changed, aged, and saddened man, something the script verbally hammers out far more times than actually necessary, with Thanos' blip contributing to his deciding to leave the planet to help build a space defense base, even though it is clear that there is more behind his abrupt decision. This undoing of the MCU badass Fury image is welcome and Jackson recreates his iconic character very well, keeping the shadow of what was in check for the person he now is, although I envision a more standard return - the "no beard, with an eye patch, leather clothing and a trebuchet" - very soon (but I hope I'm wrong).

In terms of structure, Resurrection makes good and brief uses of Martin Freeman as an infiltrated Skrull and Cheadle as an advisor to the President of the USA, in addition to the imposing presence of none other than Olivia Colman as Sonya Falsworth (character created for the series), an MI6 agent who is an old acquaintance of Fury and who seems to have somewhat opposing interests to him. This expansion of scope right at the beginning, using Everett K. Ross as a spearhead for the premise that anyone can be an alien, is important for the development of the narrative and to mark well the broad scope of the silent invasion, in addition to contributing to the reconstruction, in its own way, of the Cold War atmosphere I mentioned at the beginning. In turn, the special participation of Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill fulfills its function of being the important and necessary sacrifice to inform us that the miniseries wants to bet big, even though I have my doubts if it will really follow that path.

On the purely alien side, it's always a pleasure to see Mendelsohn acting and his partnership as Jackson promises to pay off. In turn, the villainous core is still shy, with Emilia Clarke as the treacherous G'iah, daughter of Talos, and Kingsley Ben-Adir as Gravik, leader of the invading Skrulls, not exactly managing to show what they came to beyond the basics that is expected from characters like this, something that victimized Falcon and the Winter Soldier, for example. I hope they gain plot space and complexity and that their plans for world domination aren't just what's on the surface.

Secret Invasion is off to a great start, and the return of Nick Fury is a great way to kick off the MCU's Phase 5 series. It remains to hope that what was presented at the beginning does not get lost in approaches that only try to be something more than the basics, but that, in fact, are full of easy exits and script conveniences, as it would be to bring superpowered beings to this game of espionage and infiltration. The superhero genre sometimes needs to leave its characters more colorful on the bench and go down paths with less fireworks and this miniseries is the perfect vehicle for that.

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

Just imagining the embarrassment Disney's "Pinocchio" producers must feel comparing their live action to this masterpiece.

[8/10 · 26 February 2023]

"People fear what they don't know."

One of the most ambitious animations of recent times and also a clear love project from its director, its long-awaited version of Pinocchio joins "Coraline" and "Kubo and the Two Strings" on the podium of the most dazzling and incredible stop-motion animations. Motion of all times. Each frame is an explosion of detail and imagination with jaw-dropping designs, there were moments that even took my breath away and my eyes were shining stars with what I saw on the scene, it is simply a great visual achievement. And Del Toro's reimagining of the story is a very clever one, he's managed to keep the childlike charm but also mix very heavy themes like war, mortality, identity and grief in a way that works really well and makes for some very emotional moments. Alexandre Desplat's soundtrack is also absolutely impeccable, elevating the film even more in the moments in which it is present. I'm really happy that this movie is finally here and I'm really excited to see the public's reaction to it.

"In this world you get what you give"

A beautiful and sad film at the same time, which makes us reflect on the time we still have... That it's never too late to dream... About hope, about death, about second chances, about the unconditional love of parents in their children, and of children to their fathers. Impossible not to get emotional. And it also talks about the pain that is loss, conscience (the cricket) and the consequences of lies. Timeless work... and also more faithful to the Italian tale!

There are countless versions of the book "The Adventures of Pinocchio" that Carlo Collodi wrote in 1881, from the 1940 Disney animation to films by renowned directors such as Matteo Garrone (2019), Roberto Benigni (2002), Robert Zemeckis (2022) , but none of them come close to the marvel that Guillermo del Toro has now done.

His Pinocchio is heartbreaking and charming at the same time, it's dark and delicate, it's pure cinema, the kind you leave the room remembering why it's so good to be moved by the movies.

Nowadays, people watch movies with their cell phone in hand, they don't give themselves to the work, they don't allow themselves to dream for two hours, forgetting the real world. If you're one of those people who doesn't turn off your cell phone during a movie session (even at home), allow yourself to dream of Pinocchio by del Toro, disconnect from the world and then reconnect with more passion for life.

Because life is short, the film talks about that, about time, about moments. What happens, happens. And then we left.

And it's a shame most won't be able to experience it where it was meant to be seen, but I'm glad that on Netflix it got funding and worldwide distribution for all to watch.

The Silent World (1956)

Without subterfuge, Le monde du silence reveals itself (also) in all its horror.

[5/10 · 18 January 2023]

In the mid-fifties, Jacques-Yves Cousteau was already famous and on the way to becoming a veritable institution. Cinema was an important element in gaining popularity, through the various short films (such as Épaves) that he made throughout the 1940s. The step forward, towards a work of greater brilliance, needed to be taken, corresponding after all to the status it already possessed and which could well be translated into the acquisition of the Calypso, the legendary ship specially equipped by the French navy for the Groupe d'Etudes et des Recherches Sousmarines directed by Cousteau. And that step forward was this Le Monde du Silence, chronicle of a great Calypso expedition sponsored by the National Geographic Society: Cousteau's first feature film, and his first color film - beautiful colors, the copy to be shown render full justice. Given the unprecedented nature of the experience, and because it was no longer compatible with the "artisanal" amateurism of some of his short films, Cousteau recruited the very young Louis Malle (he was then 23 years old) to oversee issues more directly related to cinematographic technique. (ending up recognizing him as the "co-author" of the film, since it was Malle who conceived most of the "dry" scenes), and chose Edmond Séchan as director of photography, who had worked with Albert Lamorisse (the director of Le Ballon Rouge) and was used to shooting under extraordinary circumstances.

As anyone who has seen Épaves will easily see, this increase in ambition translates into significant differences, not all of which lead to entirely positive results. From a technical point of view, it is obvious that the sea in Le Monde du Silence is much more spectacular, restored in all its polychrome, and guaranteeing moments that will not fail to fascinate the spectator who is usually more insensitive to "beautiful images". But, if we gain this, we may lose some of the "poetic" spontaneity of Épaves or of other of those early films, Paysages du Silence: contrary to what happened in them, in Le Monde du Silence Cousteau's didactic and scientific responsibilities now occupy the first flat, leaving little room for purely lyrical daydreaming. One can feel a greater adherence to reality (and to the "realism" of a mimetic tendency) and this results in a sea that is certainly much more beautiful but, with equal certainty, much colder. And one also feels (a reflection of Cousteau's status and ambitions) that the sea is no longer the only protagonist, having a strong rival in Calypso himself, in his crew and logically in the figure of Cousteau: we perceive it when the we see it in a work of "self-iconization", looking at the sea with a pipe in its mouth, or when the camera is more fascinated by the "gadgets" available to the team (the underwater "scooters", for example) than by the surrounding scenery.

On the other hand, it remains true that Le Monde du Silence faithfully fulfills its pedagogical purposes, in addition to having more than enough moments to justify the expectations that were naturally created around Cousteau's first production of this dimension. There are rare episodes, some curious (even at the level of mere scientific "fait-divers", such as the sequence of catching the lobsters), others more violent (the beautiful submarine "travelling" over the dead fish after the dynamite explosion on the reef of coral). But the film's greatest virtue resides in the fact that Cousteau, while still celebrating the harmony of nature (note the amazing shots of the birth of the baby turtles), does not fall into that idyllic vision that so often undermines projects with these characteristics. There is a brutal and savage dimension to nature that Cousteau does not forget to focus on: the best and most impressive moment of Le Monde du Silence will therefore be the whole sequence of the accidental death of the young whale (caught by the Calypso's propellers), whose blood attracts the shoal of sharks that will eventually devour it. Without subterfuge, nature reveals itself (also) in all its horror.

Rogue Heroes (2022–2024)

Unfortunately we have almost no films about the "Special Service" units of the Second World War.

[8/10 · 13 January 2023]

Watching the SAS: Rogue Heroes series and without a doubt, I consider it one of the best productions I've seen in many years on the special forces theme.

It is good to remember that great productions like The Pacific, Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan, have their focus on conventional units and it is interesting that Private Ryan's Rangers behave like normal infantry soldiers, and not like Commandos, as they were trained to be... We see little quality in cinema when it comes to modern units of Special Operations and Special Forces, with very rare exceptions, such as Black Hawk Down, 12 Heroes, The Great Hero, and Six Days... Just to name a few... Produced by the BBC, the series was created by Steven Knight, the man behind "Peaky Blinders", and is based on the book by Ben Macintyre, and tells the story of the formation and first achievements of the mythical SAS.

The fact that it is a series based on real characters and true stories does not take away from the pace and emotion, because the adventures of the SAS pioneers were truly mind-blowing and violent.

The production is rich in details and has a good script, the dialogues are intelligent and the humor comes in adequate doses. The cast performs brilliantly.

However, the series is not perfect... Its weak point is the special effects when it shows bigger scenarios, planes flying, explosions, etc.

The assembly and characterization of the scenarios of the Afrika Korps airfields and of some vehicles is to be desired... The enemy aircraft are not well done, some single-engine planes try to impersonate the Messerschmitt BF 109, but without much convincing. There's even a modern tank posing as "German" in one scene, and some SAS men wear shemaghs with post-WWII prints. But none of this compromises the series and will go unnoticed for most people.

The soundtrack is first rate with the presence of bands like AC/DC, Black Sabbath, The Clash, etc.

This series is worth watching for anyone interested in military history, the history of elite units and special forces, and beyond...

Lady Chatterley's Lover (I) (2022)

I got the film very good, intense and very well set. I think it was the best adaptation of this novel that I have ever watched.

[6/10 · 6 December 2022]

Some people are saying shallow things or ruins of this movie. Well, I digress. It's a little dragged out at first, it's true. But understand, we are facing a great production. The settings are beautiful, the costumes are stunningly beautiful, the colors... everything enraptures you, captivates you. Having not read the 1920s book the movie was based on, I didn't know what to expect. At the beginning of the interaction between Connie and Oliver, I thought it was going to be just sex. A repressed hard-on with a dose of melancholy from both of them. Didn't even get eaten. But what a surprise for me when, from that simple encounter, a deep connection developed between them (in representation of Connie's social relationships with friends, family, which are so "progressive" while hypocritical and elitist). Common literary tastes, passion for the simple and beautiful things in nature, political opinions that complement each other, as equals. The many sex scenes are the part where all of their previous suffering spills out. And they deserve it! They deserve to be happy in scenes like those, with pleasure, with freedom, as they say. And they never disrespect each other, they are always companions, that's the most important thing.

So don't watch with a moralistic head of someone who can't stand the sight of pubic hair or a woman making fun of a man who really cares if she was satisfied with his performance. They watch with the open heart of someone who can endure moments of comfortable silence between those who love each other, without the obligation to say anything. Everything that needs to be said is in the hearts of both and above all, in the eyes.

To the (false) moralists on duty and to those who are looking for action movies like Fast and Furious, avoid watching this drama, as they will get bored and inevitably come here to write nonsense, because the level here is sinister.

Anomalisa (2015)

"Since reading your book, productivity has gone up 90%!"

[7/10 · 2 November 2022]

That's the phrase Michael Stone, writer of the "book of the moment" on customer service, hears most on his business trip. And we immediately find it strange that the main character of "Anomalisa", a sad, downcast and rude man, can offer advice on pleasing customers and increasing sales. This is just one of the apparent paradoxes of this postmodern animation.

We are a civilization of solitudes that meet and disagree continuously without recognizing each other. This is our drama, a world organized for detachment, where the other is always a threat and never a promise.

• Eduardo Galeano

In "Anomalisa", we follow Michael Stone on the plane, at the airport, at the hotel, at his lecture venue, and finally back at his home. And we soon realize that there is something very wrong with him. Unable to make real contact with other humans, Michael seems to be irritated by everything they say, wanting to get rid of them as quickly as possible. But ironically, Michael doesn't seem comfortable even in his own company, as once he's alone, he feels lonely and starts calling some of the people he knows.

Ironically the protagonist is a motivational speaker. It's more or less that clown story that makes everyone laugh, but it's actually sad. Michael Stone knows the theory but can't put it into practice because of depression. The fact that he listens to all people with the same uninteresting voice to him confirms depression. Nothing motivates you anymore. When he meets Lisa, he even thinks she's different at first, but depression makes her just like everyone else. Excellent theme, the colors match the subject covered and the animation is very well done.

But about discarding people for the slightest flaw in the film, I believe this is above the protagonist, he wants to connect, he seeks and, at first, he didn't find flaws in a girl who only knew how to point out her own flaws, who thinks she is stupid, uninteresting and that he hid with his hair, also hiding the scar near his eye.

But that's not what he saw in her, he even thinks that there are only the two of them in the world but, as he says in the lecture "I lost my love", the admiration and the connection doesn't last, the voices and faces standardized for me suggests that this is above his will.

I don't think he saw her as a product and discarded her. The little connection makes him annoyed with little things that repel him.

Many comments here have already explored the objective that the film has in representing contemporary human relationships and human anguish. I would like to draw special attention to the way Lisa is seen. Stone sees her as a lifeboat when, in fact, he can't even relate to himself. This idealization of romantic love and the projections we make are what often undermine relationships from the start (especially these days). Even Lisa's "strangeness" seems idealized and, as soon as she reminds him of her (own) annoyances, everything loses meaning. One scene struck me as crucial. The one Michael talks about wanting to cry and not being able to. At this point, he wonders if the behavior is related to the use of Zoloft (a medication used for depression). That's when I thought: how is it possible to cry in a society where it's not even allowed to feel? A society in which this nuisance is not allowed, failure is not allowed. A society where people are not concerned with really listening (to others and to themselves), where we have become apathetic to our own lives and are just another number on a mechanized production line. Well, at least we allow ourselves this great nuisance that the film is. Worth it.

Interesting detail: The hotel is called Fregoli, which is the same name of a psychological syndrome that leads the individual to believe that the people around him are capable of disguising themselves, changing their appearance, clothes or gender, to pretend to be other people".

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Requiem for a Dream, Darren Aronofsky's most punishing film. grade: 8.9 / 10

[9/10 · 16 August 2022]

Really the music is amazing and the movie is a work of art in all its aspects. Going through the mastery of Darren's direction, and his already known way of filming and telling powerful stories, and the incredible cast, especially the great Ellen Burstyn, we still have the iconic soundtrack by Clint Mansel.

The film, by the way, is much more than just addictions and drugs. It is a deep analysis of society and the individual and of our loneliness, even when we are accompanied.

A very uncomfortable movie to watch, it shows several degrading situations to a lesser or greater degree. Addictions, sex, loneliness, prostitution and how one situation ends up linking the others and how the relationship between the characters ends up affecting these situations.

Cast in great performances, especially Ellen Burstyn and the development of her character from a housewife, through addiction and mental illness, spectacular.

More than recommended, NOW is not an easy movie to watch!

Sherlock (2010–2017)

The only bad thing about the Sherlock series is the time it takes to premiere each season.

[7/10 · 21 July 2022]

Unlike all adaptations already made, the series brings the stories of Sherlock Holmes to the 21st century, and without losing its essence, it manages to translate what the detective's life would be like today.

My highlights go to (1) the structure proposed by the series: 3 episodes of 90 minutes per season. Each episode tells a different tale from the original work. (2) The language of the series. For the first time, the audience is taken inside Sherlock's head, and begins to decipher the riddles with him and not after everything is completed. Editing (3) is fundamental to sustain this new language, because it is through it that we see, in cuts and letterings, what Sherlock is deducing in his observations. In addition to bringing scene transitions, to make any editor jealous. (4) The performances are another highlight and help a lot in the success of this plot. Through them (and the direction), the series was able to easily transition between humor, drama and suspense - a form that has been used a lot lately, but which fits the series like a glove. And finally, (5) the photography of the series is magnificent. It brings important details to the scenes, without leaving out the beauty of the scenery (London).

Benedict was made to be Sherlock. Simply perfect. Robert Downey Jr. Cries thermal pools every time he hears the name of Benedict Cumberbatch.

The Sea Beast (2022)

How to Train Your Dragon meets Moby Dick and the Master of the Seas.

[7/10 · 16 July 2022]

What graphics are these, my jaw dropped so far, there were scenes that I thought were showing real landscapes, this was too flawless. It's a shame it's only on Netflix, seeing this movie in theaters must be amazing.

Impossible not to remember 'How to Train Your Dragon' meets 'moana' and 'the pirates of the caribbean', but even so, the result is excellent and delivers a fun animation and visually it's a spectacle.

It has scenarios that seem to be real and the effects are exciting, in addition to having good characters.

That kind of recycling that, when done right, continues to work.

Elvis (2022)

'Before Elvis there was nothing." - John Lennon

[7/10 · 15 July 2022]

People! Austin Butler appeared in several series and teen movies in the 2010s, I didn't give much for him 😶 and check it out lol

The first hour is just perfect. The film is very moving and the songs are sensational, very good the emphasis they give to the roots and influences in the music and rhythm that Elvis had. It's very interesting the way they parallel Presley's mannerisms with his references to black music.

Unfortunately, Baz Luhrmann's visual exaggerations carry too much for me in almost 3 hours, and at the end there's a rant about Elvis' decline that bothers me a little. Still, great experience!

Forrest Gump taught Elvis to dance, more than just Tom Hanks being in the movie.

Elvis is flamboyant, energetic, a little superficial, slightly tiresome... now Austin Butler is more than worth the ticket.

Grade: 7.9/10.

The Bare Wench Project (2000)

You can't even compare the great classic Blair Witch with that; nor as a parody, the ending was the craziest thing I've ever seen.

[1/10 · 8 July 2022]

If it was released before the Blair Witch project, it could even be a hit, but it only serves as a reasonable softcore within its genre. "No clothes" version of Blair Witch Project, the frontal nudity movie, very topless, but it doesn't have straight sex scenes, a pity.

You can't even compare the great classic Blair Witch with that; nor as a parody, the ending was the craziest thing I've ever seen.

As I suspected, it really is a parody of "The Blair Witch Project", but apart from the beauty of the bodies of the four girls, what remains is a film with a lot of boring and irritating talk.

If the intention of the movie was to be bad, congratulations, they did it... hahahahaha.

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

"Top Gun: Maverick" breaks the nostalgia barrier with its supersonic boom. In the middle of 2022 the guy with practical effects ..

[8/10 · 7 July 2022]

In the current cinema where everything is based on CGI .. Hats off to Tom Cruise!

It's great to see a TRADITIONAL action movie, with an original script, and a flesh and blood hero, who uses ray ban and a fighter to fly, and not a cape (Marvel and DC, I'm looking at you!) be released these days! Top Gun the film that boosted Tom Cruise's career and at the time took many people to aeronautics.

Fighters dominated theaters: Top Gun was the highest grossing of 1986. The US Navy saw enlistment increase by 500% the following year.

"Simple, ancient and incomparable pleasure". It was exactly what I felt, an immersion in 80's and 90's movies that wanted to entertain and bring lightness, give a break from life's problems. It's been a long time since I've seen a current movie with such a simple and delicious proposal, without that obligation to address social issues that afflict us every day.

It's great to see a TRADITIONAL action movie, with an original script, and a flesh and blood hero, who uses ray ban and a fighter to fly, and not a cape (Marvel and DC, I'm looking at you!) be released these days! Top Gun the film that boosted Tom Cruise's career and at the time took many people to aeronautics.

Fighters dominated theaters: Top Gun was the highest grossing of 1986. The US Navy saw enlistment increase by 500% the following year.

Even better if it succeeds and inspires other movies to be released, we need it! I miss the 80s and 90s, when we had creative and original films being released around the world: Fight Club, Butterfly Effect, Sixth Sense, Matrix...etc, etc.

Berlin - Take My Breath Away also has its share of importance in this 80s classic

The Patrouille de France, the French "Smoke Squadron", paid tribute to actor Tom Cruise during his passage through the Cannes Film Festival, one of the most traditional in the world. Air Force acrobats performed, last Wednesday (05/18/2022), low passes with smoke in blue, red and white as the cast of the film "Top Gun: Maverick" posed on the red carpet of the event. On Twitter, the institution published images of the flight, taken aboard an Alphajet aircraft, and said that the protagonist of the work "inspired a generation of pilots", as well as "awakened vocations".

I love this movie, reminds me of youth, wonderful plot and soundtrack! If Tom Cruise said "I feel the need. The need for speed!", I feel the need to see this movie! The reasons are:

1st has no sealing 2nd has no ideology at all 3rd has no political correctness 4th bonus: movie that gives hope for new movies, people don't care about ism and ist ideologies, the 80's are back.

Thank you Tom "Maverick" Cruise.

Grade: 8.4 / 10.

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

"Thor" is more rambling than love or thunder.

[6/10 · 6 July 2022]

The Marvel movies are leaving me with the feeling of "oh ok, another movie". I no longer feel that exhilarating energy I felt before.

Taika Waititi showed in "Jojo Rabbit" that he knows how to use humor as a tool for resilience when dealing with difficult and very sensitive topics. In this case, I believe that Marvel's heavy hand has destabilized the dosage.

"It's not that he misses, it's that he doesn't get it right" PERFECT DEFINITION 🌷

Thor: Love and Thunder is better than Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but not by much.

"Just don't make mistakes who don't." Very well said. I think the worst thing about people is always expecting the closest to perfection from others, when we ourselves don't even get 10% of what we really want.

Marvel no longer cares about the quality of the movie itself. The content machine cannot stop. Connections to other movies, cross-references, Disney+ series hooks, and post-credits scenes. Everything seemed fine until Phase 3 of the MCU. In phase 4, which started with the Black Widow movie, everything went wrong. All movies are more concerned with taking the fan to the next movie. The biggest proof of this was Doctor Strange who managed to make a solo movie that doesn't develop character and that Wanda is practically the star of the movie.

After Endgame the MCU became a Netflix! Quantity ALWAYS, quality ALMOST NEVER! If I hadn't liked Ragnarok, which the critics loved, imagine this one being massacred! It is a pity!

Grade: 6.4/10.

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is original, subversively funny, and even heartbreaking. Rating: 8.8 / 10

[8/10 · 2 July 2022]

Tarantino is a dreamer who would love to change events, taking matters into his own hands. Since he can't do that, he makes movies.

This film was a tribute to Sharon Tate and her family. Anyone who is not familiar with the horrific story that happened with her will not understand anything about the film. One cannot forget the film's title: "Once upon a time" refers to fairy tales, in which in a perfect world tragedies would be avoided and executioners of humanity's worst crimes should be dealt with. It's a shame that a lot of people didn't understand and hated the movie. All the construction of the characters Cliff Booth and Rick Dalton was necessary to culminate in this redemptive and "tarantinesque" end, in which everything ends well, the happy ending of every fairy tale, the other end of the "once upon a time" line. Perhaps the film's biggest flaw is the story itself, so little known and for that reason it didn't touch the vast majority of the public.

I even think that sometimes they exaggerate the "deification" but it's impossible not to have fun in most of his films. Inglourious Basterds is amazing, and I don't even think this one will beat it, but compare to what?!

While the stuntman (Brad) saves the day, not letting the hippie psychopaths kill them and whatnot, the actor (Leo) is seen as the hero even though he hasn't done that much and is invited to go to his house. Sharon possibly in the future even making a movie with her husband.

I understood that the stuntman represented the backstage of the films, all the people who write, direct and among other works and make the film work as a whole. While the actor's job is to just enjoy all that work and "just" act (not that it's easy), thus becoming the star of the "show", the guy that people will remember and glorify when they see such a movie.

Verdades Secretas (2015–2021)

"Indecent. Immoral. Addictive. Obscene. Violent. Vengeful"... What went right in "Secret Truths 2 (2021)"!

[10/10 · 26 June 2022]

The public did not spare adjectives for the campaign of "Verdades Secretas 2", the first exclusive soap opera of the streaming platform in Brazil. "Verdades Secretas 1" was a phenomenon of the eleventh grade, in 2015, and entered the list of Walcyr Carrasco's many hits, still winning the International Emmy. And the sequel is dividing opinions...

The marketing plan was very well designed. Publicity is constant, both on TV calls and on social networks. Always making a point of focusing on the intense sex scenes that the plot has (sex cover stocks ran out on recordings). Of course, the intention is to provoke a buzz by the high temperature of several sequences. The proof is the intention to leave a taste of wanting more in the public because of the way the chapters are released. The soap opera has 50 chapters and ten are placed on streaming every 15 days, only for subscribers. The last ten will air on December 15th.

The first chapter was made available in a live, on October 20th, open to non-subscribers. A great strategy to reach a new audience. And it worked. The production is already the most watched in the history of Brazil, with more than 26 million hours consumed on the streaming service.

The third batch of chapters yielded 3.4 million hours, an even higher result than the second batch. In other words, the author has yet another great success in his career. Although successes are also visible in the sequel, there are mistakes that need to be mentioned.

The most tiring part of the new story is precisely the plot of Angel (Camila Queiroz, who was the protagonist of a controversy. Everything surrounding the investigation into the murder of Alex (Rodrigo Lombardi) borders on the ridiculous. It would be much more believable if the new plot didn't have a passage of time of more than five years. Why did Giovana (Agatha Moreira) take so long to start an investigation and claim her inheritance? As much as the millionaire family of Guilherme (Gabriel Leone), who died in a suspicious car accident in first chapter, did everything to hush up the case and cover up the crime, how could the police have left traces of blood easily identified by luminol and a bullet on the speedboat in which Alex was killed by Arlete? No one saw or wanted to cover it up? Another point unrelated is the fact that the character's hair was found at the scene of the crime and served as evidence for the protagonist's arrest. Angel herself had admitted that she was with the then-husband. On the speedboat, but that he had hit his head and fallen into the sea. That proved what?

Amora Mautner's direction has its ups and downs. The excess of neon in all the scenes is the mark that the director wanted to print and even used in some scenes of "A Dona do Pedaço", by the same Walcyr, in 2019. However, it tires the viewer's vision to follow the same pattern in every scene. Maybe in a ten-chapter series it would work. But in a 50's soap opera, no. At the same time, Amora was right when she adopted the passages of always aerial scenes, showing the top of the various buildings in São Paulo, and focusing the sequences from afar, on the windows, all without curtains, as if the viewer were a voyeur. She was also very happy with the way she presented some moments, starting the dialogue before the characters met. While the audience is seeing one character greeting each other in the elevator, for example, the audio is already of their conversation in the office. A distinctive feature. And there is still a good use of the well selected soundtrack.

The new dramas of "Secret Truths 2" are quite attractive. The saga of Lara (Julia Byrro, a grateful and beautiful revelation) has been well conducted and the most impacting scene of the plot is carried out by her, when the girl kills her stepfather who tries to rape her. The character has a trajectory similar to that of Angel in the first part. But she doesn't have the innocence that Arlete had. The malice of the girl who came to São Paulo on the run with the intention of becoming a model is perceptible, taking her mother out of jail - Araídes (great Maria Luisa Mendonça) took on her daughter's crime and ended up in a psychiatric clinic - and taking revenge on Angel . That's because she is Guilherme's bastard sister and blames her rival for the misfortune that turned her life around, since the widow refused to continue helping the family with an allowance. It's a cliché that rarely fails in television drama.

The whole situation involving Matheus also provokes curiosity for the next developments. The boy joins the Blue Book and ends up getting involved with an entire family out of interest. First, the boy becomes Betty's steady partner, who is enchanted by the male escort. It doesn't take long for the woman to present the character with ever-increasing financial rewards. In fact, the actress has been starring in hot scenes and it is worth mentioning the author's boldness in putting a 50-year-old woman well resolved sexually. But the stylist's case is discovered by her stepson, Gioto, who threatens Matheus. But the intimidation doesn't last long because he also ends up being seduced by Matheus. The actors star in intense sex sequences that can already be considered the most daring of the soap opera. As if the triangle weren't enough, Matheus still seduces Irina, Gioto's sister and Betty's stepdaughter. And everyone makes money. All with the guidance of her grandmother, the pickaxe Berta, lived by the wonderful Zezé Polessa. Apparently, not even Lorenzo, Betty's betrayed husband, will escape the call boy's seduction. The context - inspired by the 1968 film "Theorem", in which a visitor seduces all the members of a bourgeois family (the maid, the son, the mother and the father) - attracts attention and all the actors convince.

Special mention is needed of Rainer Cadet, who has made Visky one of the highlights of the sequel. The character had already shone in the first part and won awards for the interpreter, but now the actor manages to be even more comfortable and his scenes with Ícaro Silva, who plays the model Joseph, are full of chemistry. Rainer also repeats the successful partnership with Dida Camero, interpreter of the ferina Lourdeca. Blanche's right-hand man ends up walking around all the nuclei, which implies constant apparitions. Other good names in the cast are João Vitor Silva (Bruno), Rodrigo Pandolfo (Benji), Júlio Machado (Nicolau), Daniel Andrade (Lúcio) and Rhay Polster (Chiara).

Another point was the haste of Laila's attractive plot. In one day, Blanche prescribed the model amphetamine to lose weight and the next day the character was already addicted and having outbreaks. There was no construction and there was time for good development. The impact would have been much greater. Even so, the nucleus was one of those who aroused interest in the novel. Érika Januza gave herself completely and starred in strong scenes. The outcome of the character is shocking, surprising, and the actress gives a show from beginning to end of the scene. It is a monologue without text. In fact, the interpreter gained a character that valued her talent. Walcyr had already gifted Érika who did good scenes with Sérgio Guizé (Ariel) and the great Maria de Medeiros. Blanche's cynicism is revolting and the interpreter shines.

About Cristiano... His sudden love for Angel didn't have any construction and it sounds laughable for the ex-cop to fall for all the ragged lies told by the investigated. To top it off, his partner, Euripides, is the worst adviser a person can have. Fortunately, it is necessary to mention that the actors are very well in the scene and the chemistry that Rômulo has with Camila Queiroz and Agatha Moreira is one of the highlights of the production. In fact, Giovana is the character that stands out in the script. The actress is much safer and it really seems that the school girl, seen in 2015, has become a seductive woman who gets everything she wants. The only attraction of Angel's conflict is the rivalry mixed with sexual tension between the protagonist and Alex's daughter. The temperature always rises when the two meet. The conflict between Angel and Percy, inspired by the successful trilogy "50 Shades of Grey", unfortunately did not work. In the beginning it was interesting to see the perversity of a clearly sick subject and the fear of his 'victim', but throughout the chapters the scenes fall into repetition.

"Secret Truths 2" does not repeat the quality trajectory of "Secret Truths". Visible errors affect the set and harm the result, but the second season also has assets that need to be recognized. Even those who don't like it, end up watching and wanting to know the future events. That quality Walcyr Carrasco always had: to hold the viewer. Even when it's not so inspired, as is the case with the sequel that gave the author a lot of headache in the final recordings. Between failures and successes, the fact is that streaming in Brazil came out profiting a lot. Now a question remains:

Is it worth producing "Secret Truths 3"? YES YES YES!

Peaky Blinders: Lock and Key (2022) Season 6, Episode 6

I thought the ending was great!

[8/10 · 14 June 2022]

I thought the ending was great! At the end of the series he kind of "dies", in addition to losing everything (john, ruby, polly, michael...) he has drifted away from the family, acting purely out of his greed for power. His caravan is burned by the doctor's butler (representing the gypsy's death).

Tommy's first scene is him looking for a horse healer and he always said that the spirits don't let him die (because every time he tried to kill himself, he saw a sign or something happened to "interrupt" the plans) so for me it made sense to show him immersed in superstition. Still, I think this arc was to show how Tommy doesn't know how to deal with the lack of being able to have control over everything. He can control people, he can take their lives but he couldn't avoid any of the losses he loved: wife, daughter and aunt. For me Tom's BIGGEST ENEMY was DEATH. I thought they could explore this better.

I found it emblematic that he starts in the dirt of the streets, riding a black horse, and ends in green pastures on top of a white horse. When the bell rings he says he has found peace. Could it be that "after the gypsy death" he found a paradise on earth? Would Tommy be a free spirit now?

Even knowing that there will be a movie to tie up some loose ends, I expected more from Michael as an antagonist. I believe that by the death of Helen McCrory, they had to change this fight by interfering in the plot of both.

I also thought that Lizzie deserved a more dignified ending for all the support she gave Tommy behind the scenes, even though I knew his great love had always been Grace.

Anyway, expectations for the film that will take a while to close these ends! = ((

Still, I think they could finish with another season, I don't know if a movie will be able to address the unfinished business with the Americans, the Billy boys and the Nazis.

Fort Bliss (2014)

And that's life, made of choices... The difficult task of being a mother and being a professional.

[6/10 · 12 June 2022]

Strong and moving......

Don't be fooled by the synopsis. The movie is cute, but her conquest for her son's love is too fast. The great point of the film is not about conquest but choices.

Led by a moving performance by Michelle, the film carries weight with sensitivity, more interested in the pains of post-service reentry than the usual pressures of a war zone.