Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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1997
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A visiting city reporter’s assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.

Might be the weirdest and finest movie from Eastwood. He trades some of his careful storytelling for mystery, and the result is a great art-house cinema.
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Black Sea

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2014
Adventure, Thriller, Drama

A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival.

Many might not understand why such a rating for this kind of movie. Well, who doesn‘t like well-made action movies. And this one is just that. It‘s set underwater, it‘s…
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Side Effects

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2013
Thriller, Crime, Drama

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband’s upcoming release from prison.

Stylish cinema that reminds of older times when action movies weren’t so boring. Like expected from Soderbergh, the actors are good, the tension is there, and the movie doesn’t reveal…
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The Grand Budapest Hotel

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2014
Comedy, Drama

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

I see how Wes Anderson wanted to repeat the success of Moonrise Kingdom and how this movie had a lot of potential. But the main problem is that the story…
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