Lima

From the point of view of today's audience, it is an incredibly naive and ridiculous story. But at the time it was written, when the Cold War was raging and America was steeped in the paranoid atmosphere of McCarthyism, War of the Worlds had its place. Many, influenced by the mood of the time, replaced the Martians with the communists and looked at it differently than we do today. From a historical point of view I give it three stars, from a cinematic one I wouldn't be so generous. But since I love the films of that era and have completely fallen for them lately, I'll upgrade my original three-star rating slightly :)

I give one point for the shot of the mating turtles, the rest is not worth talking about. Don't hit me, I'm a romantic too, but I have my limits.

A top Soviet agent in the rear of the Nazi enemy, or Captain Kloss the Russian way. It was good to watch, even though it was Leonid Brezhnev's favourite series :)

A young female member of the Red Army is pregnant and gives up her revolutionary ideals. A Jewish family gives her shelter and help. The final prophetic vision of the Holocaust is chilling. An artistically and substantively impressive work.

In a word, hopeless. There are lots of conversational moments that are supposed to be funny but aren't and miss the point. The film cost 140 million, but it doesn't show in the end result. As a pilot for a TV series I could still accept it, but as a sequel to the globally successful first one it's crap.

For the the first two thirds the film is fast-paced and Joan's reimaginings of her encounters with God are brilliantly stylized. Mila Jovovich proves that she is not a good actress and overacts a lot, in her rendering, Joan, rather than a pious girl, looks like a hysterical cow. Engaged to Besson at the time, the poor man probably had no option when choosing the lead role, otherwise Saint Joan would have probably given him a hard time at home. The battle scenes are handled decently, but the last third drags excruciatingly. Overall, a strong three stars.

I totally agree with Tosim that we should realise what is and what is not important. Of course, the problem is that Zemeckis could have used the contrast “necessary for life vs. consumer life" to a much greater extent, but he did it in only a few scenes (Hanks at the table with crabs and a lighter). Instead, in the final quarter, he showered us with an emotional avalanche that may have made some cry, but annoyed the hell out of me. It's a pity, such an attractive premise could have been used much better, and the splendidly skinny Hanks with his gorgeous beard would have deserved it.

The story is very similar to (I'd almost say ripped off of) Point Break, but with the surfboards replaced by fast cars. Whatever. It has pace, the plot moves forward briskly and the weak plot is not a bad thing. I don't really like cars, but I was definitely not bored.

A very naive and at times suspenseful thriller set in a high-tech computing environment. Those who work with computers will either like it or laugh at it. For the rest it will be an average thriller and for their grandmothers it will be incomprehensible. Long live Open Source!

A young psychopath collects not only butterflies, but also women. He is unable to make physical contact with them, but likes to watch them and demands their attention. Unfortunately, at the cost of imprisoning them in his home, which, as you will admit, is not very conventional, and the girl he is imprisoning thinks the same. Terence Stamp as the emotionally deprived, icy-faced psycho is superb. But what surprises everyone, at least me, and not pleasantly, is the unusual ending.