cinematiccritic

cinematiccritic

Favorite films

  • Apocalypse Now
  • Queen Margot
  • Chinatown
  • Cinema Paradiso

Recent activity

All
  • Escape from Mogadishu

    ★★★★

  • Petite Maman

    ★★★★

  • Censor

    ★★★½

  • Robots

    ★★★

Recent reviews

More
  • Censor

    Censor

    ★★★½

    Set in the. grrrrrt0’s the Director Prano Bailey-Bond has created a film which reflects the style of body horror at that time with a psychological twist.

    This is at the time where many films went straight to video and could be bought and played over and over again on the TV in the privacy of one’s living room and watched by children in the absence of parental control. Films showing extreme violence and body horror that many felt were inciting…

  • Escape from Mogadishu

    Escape from Mogadishu

    ★★★★

    A civilian version of Black Hawk down with a really interesting diplomatic political backdrop.  Based upon a true story where the North and South Korean consulates joined forces in helping each other escape from Mogadishu whilst the civil war kicked off in 1991.

    Both nations were Competing against each other in courting the support of the African nations in an effort to secure membership of the UN of which neither were members. The opening act has some funny scenes parodying…

Popular reviews

More
  • The Lucky Ones

    The Lucky Ones

    ★★★

    I absolutely hate gung ho bad ass American movies about returning heroes, which is just as well, as this film is not about that. Neither is it critical of the war, nor does it portray the three central characters as being disillusioned or even returning heroes.

    In fact the film is somewhat lightweight but the casting of the three leading actors is inspirational they are all so different yet it makes them a likable combination of credible characters all screwed…

  • Festen

    Festen

    ★★★½

    Well this is a story of what I would call a seriously fucked up extended family. This Danish film is an excellent portrayal of what lengths people can go to deny that which they know to be the truth when confronted with it. This film deservedly won a special prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The acting is good with an excellent cast and their interesting range of characterisations.

    In this case it starts off as a story of a…