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Category Archives: psychological
Movie review: Perfect Strangers (2016) directed by Paolo Genovese
Movie info: Seven long-time friends (three married couples and a divorcee) are having a dinner. They decide, as a playful game, to put each one’s mobile phone on the table and reveal every text message or phone call they would … Continue reading
Posted in comedy drama, contemporary, movie review, psychological
Tagged 2016 movie, italian movie, paolo genovese, perfect strangers, play-like movie
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Movie review: You Were Never Really Here (2018) directed by Lynne Ramsay
Product info: It is a movie adapted from a Jonathan Ames novella and it features Joe (Joaquin Phoenix), a horribly messed- up individual. As a combat veteran and former FBI agent with post-traumatic stress disorder he pops pills constantly. Pills are expensive so he earns … Continue reading
Posted in book into movie, drama, movie review, noir thriller, psychological
Tagged joaquin phoenix, Lynne Ramsay, meh, movie review, you were never really here
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Movie review: Therapy for a Vampire (2016) directed by David Rühm
Product info: 1932, Vienna. Dr. Sigmund Freud (Karl Fischer) helps a depressed vampire aristocrat Geza von Közsnöm (Tobias Moretti) whose marriage is on the rocks. Or rather on a tip of a wooden stake. After 500 years of ‘happily-ever-after’ it can … Continue reading
Movie review: Arrival directed by Denis Villeneuve
Product info: Linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) is caring for her dying adolescent daughter.While she is lecturing at a university, twelve extraterrestrial spacecraft appear across the Earth. U.S. Army Colonel Weber (Forest Whitaker) asks Louise to join physicist Ian Donnelly … Continue reading
Posted in movie review, one great movie, psychological, sci-fi
Tagged arrival, denis villeneuve, intelligent sci-fi, one great movie
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Movie review: Franklyn directed by Gerald McMorrow (2008)
I would like to thank dearest Melfka who told me about this film – you rock! Product info (from Wikipedia): Split between the parallel realities of contemporary London and the otherworldly metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn follows the tales of … Continue reading
Posted in dark fantasy, drama, movie review, psychological
Tagged franklyn, gerald mcmorrow, insanity, London, love, movie review, religion, revenge, too much of everything
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Movie review: The Girl on the Train (La Fille du RER) (2009) directed by Andre Techine
This movie has nothing to do with The Girl on the Train directed by Tate Taylor and released in 2016. Nothing whatsoever. Still I do admit I found it while searching for the former. I don’t regret it, to be … Continue reading
Posted in drama, movie review, psychological
Tagged 2009, andre techine, antisemitism, France, french movie, la fille du RER, Paris, the girl on the train
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Movie review: Ex Machina (2015) directed by Alex Garland
Movie info: Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a young, promising programmer works for an American internet-search giant, Blue Book. One day he finds out he’s just won the first prize in his company’s competition – it consists of spending a week … Continue reading
Posted in movie review, psychological, sci-fi
Tagged 2015, A.I., alex garland, androids, classic sci-fi, ex machina, one brilliant movie
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Movie review: Trance by Danny Boyle (2013)
Synopsis: A group of criminals try to steal a very valuable painting of Francisco Goya (Vuelo de Brujas; also known as Witches in Flight or Witches in the Air ) during its auction; however in the ensuing mayhem it gets lost. Only one … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary thriller/horror, movie review, psychological
Tagged action, art, Danny Boyle, movie review, psychological movie, trance
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Book to movie review: Wild by Cheryl Strayed vs. Wild directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (2014) and written by Nick Hornby
Synopsis: A road to hell or a road to redemption? A foolish project of an unbalanced individual or a life-saving pilgrimage? After a premature death of her beloved mother and a divorce Cheryl nose-dived into troubles. She dropped out of … Continue reading