February 1, 2022

Causeway (2022) **

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January 1, 2022

The Woman King (2022) *

Confusing film set in an African kingdom. Set on an intersectional collision course between feminism and slavery, the film tries to highlight the former in order to explain the latter, but fails to tell a coherent or exciting story. Compared to this, "Black Panther" looks like a well-researched and accurate historical drama...
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) *

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The Northman (2022) *


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Good Luck To You Leo Grande (2022) *

Very boring film starring Emma Thompson.
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RRR (2022) *

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Don't Worry Darling (2022) *

Even Florence Pugh's excellent performance cannot save this pretentious and cliché-ridden variation on "The Stepford Wives", poorly directed by Olivia Wilde.
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The Elephant Whisperers (2022) *

40 min.
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Strange World (2022) *

The worst Disney animated feature film ever. Dull, slow, and very predictable. An embarrassing disaster of epic proportions. While many have blamed its alleged "wokeness" to explain its pathetic performance at the box office, the excessive political correctness is the least of its problems.
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Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (2022) *

As one reviewer on imdb has put it: "If you're over the age of eight and you use pronouns like he and him, then this movie is probably not for you. Note the liberal use of the words cute and adorable and heartwarming in most reviews. It should give you a pretty good hint about the target audience."
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Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2022) *

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Mrs Harris Goes To Paris (2022) *

Weird film about a British cleaning lady trying to buy a Dior dress. Compared to this, "Emily In Paris" is a nuanced and complex film d'auteur...
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To Leslie (2022) *

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December 12, 2021

Top 10 Films of 2021

1. "The French Dispatch" (Wes Anderson, USA)

2. "Red Rocket" (Sean Baker, USA)

3. "Illusions perdues" (Xavier Giannoli, France)

4. "Mothering Sunday" (Eva Husson, UK)

5. "In The Mirror" (Laila Pakalnina, Latvia)

6. "Bad Roads" (Natalya Vorozhbit, Ukraine)

7. "Titane" (Julia Ducournau, France)

8. "Licorice Pizza" (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)

9. "1970" (Tomasz Wolski, Poland)

10. "The Worst Person In The World" (Joachim Trier, Norway)


Other great films:

Ahed's Knee (Israel)
Aline (France)
Belfast (UK)
Days (Taiwan)
The Dig (UK)
Gluck (Germany)
A Hero (Iran)
Norbourg (Canada)
Nulle trace (Canada)
The Power Of The Dog (New Zealand)
Soumissions (Canada)


Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 2021:

1. "Benedetta" (Paul Verhoeven, France)

2. "Drive My Car" (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Japan)

3. "Annette" (Leos Carax, France)

4. "The Hand Of God" (Paolo Sorrentino, Italy)

5. "Lamb" (Valdimar Jóhannsson, Iceland)

6. "The Voyeurs" (Michael Mohan, Amazon Prime)

7. "Rhino" (Oleh Sentsov, Ukraine)

8. "The Girl And The Spide" (Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher, Switzerland)

9. "Serre moi fort" (Mathieu Amalric, France)

10. "Lune" (Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Arturo Pérez Torres, Canada)


Top 3 Shorts:

1. "The Flowers I've Ruined" (Yohan Riba Martinez, USA)

2. "French Water" (Jim Jarmusch, USA)

3. "Three Songs For Benazir" (Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei, Afghanistan)


Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "Throwback" (Michael Patrick Kelly, Germany)

2. "Don't Go Yet" (Philippa Price, Pilar Zeta, Camila Cabello)

3. "Wild Side" (Tanu Muino, Normani)


Top Commercial:

"It Wasn't Me" (Cheetos)


TV Top 10:

1. "Squid Game: Season 1" (Netflix, South Korea)

2. "The Beatles: Get Back" (Peter Jackson, Disney)


4. "The White Lotus: Season 1" (Mike White, HBO)

5. "Stay Close" (Neflix)

6. "Pretend It's A City" (Martin Scorsese, Netflix)

7. "Station Eleven" (HBO)


9. "Hacks: Season 1" (HBO)



Other great TV shows:


Top 3 Cartoons:

1. "The Catalyst" (Callum Angel, UK)

2. "Affairs Of The Art" (Joanna Quinn, NFB, Canada)

3. "The Windshield Wiper" (Alberto Mielgo, USA)


Other great cartoons:

Bestia (Chile)

Top 3 VR films:

1. "Heaven's Gate" (Marco Brambilla, UK)


3. Marco Polo Go Round (Benjamin Steiger Levine, Belgium, Canada)


Top 3 Stand-Up Comedy Shows:

1. "Jimmy Carr: His Dark Material" (Brian Klein, Amanda Baker, Netflix)

2. "Dave Chappelle: The Closer" (Dave Chapelle, Netflix)

3. "Michael Che: Shame The Devil" (Kristian Mercado, Netflix)


Weak films of 2021:

Bac Nord (France)
Between Waves (Canada)
Bootlegger (Canada)
Brain Freeze (Canada)
Confessions (Canada)
Eiffel (France)
The Exchange (Canada)
Flee (Denmark)
France (France)
Islands (Canada)
Jasmine Road (Canada)
Learn To Swim (Canada)
Memoria (Colombia)
Motherly (Canada)
Night Riders (Canada)
Pleasure (Sweden)
Range Roads (Canada)
The Righteous (Canada)
Wildhood (Canada)
Woman In Car (Canada)

Weak shorts:


Weak TV shows:


Weak cartoons:

Boxballet (Russia)
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