Documentary, Drama, Movies, Phantasy

Sinners

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Sinners is one of the most creative films I’ve seen in a long time. It blends several genres at once: a 1920s period piece, Quentin Tarantino–style gangster violence, and—most surprisingly—a vampire film intertwined with a kind of documentary about how blues music traveled from the Deep South to Chicago.   One actor plays two characters simultaneously, and you find yourself [Read More]
Movies, Phantasy

Companion

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In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been reading more and more alarmed voices calling for a moratorium on the development of advanced AI models. Even researchers who were previously enthusiastic about the positive potential of AI are growing concerned that we may be stumbling into building systems that could turn against humanity—like in one [Read More]
Movies, Phantasy

Dune

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I do not count myself as a big aficionado of Sci-Fi movies but Dunes get’s my two thumbs up. A marries futurism with features of the Middle Ages. On top, it puts the old theme of a person being the chosen one to lead humanity out of the darkness and mental superpower skills where you [Read More]
Movies, Phantasy

Beauty and the Beast

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As an adult you walk into Beauty and the Beast not expecting suspense how the story will end. Of course the beast will get the beauty in the end! The open questions are about their journey. What challenges will the couple face before their happy ending? For me the best part of the [Read More]
Drama, Movies, Phantasy

LaLa Land

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Unlike in the case of Sully, I knew very little about Lala Land except that it is a musical. Lala Land feels very fresh. It resurrects the musical genre but does it in a way that our current sensibilities are not offended. The most interesting part of the film is how it vi- sually told [Read More]
Movies, Phantasy

Finding Dori

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All weekend I have been reeling from the Brexit vote shock. The only time my mind could forget this calamity while watching Finding Dori at the cinema. For 90 minutes Pixar took me into a parallel universe created by the wonderful people of Pixar. Every time I see a Pixar film, I have the same [Read More]