Hot Fuzz

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2007
Crime, Action, Comedy

As a former London constable, Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.

Starts as hilarious comedy, then gets weirder and weirder to the point where it enters the absurd territory. All of it done in such class that it’s only to the…
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The Bothersome Man

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2006
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment – even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there’s no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads […]

A heavily philosophical black comedy. You still with me? OK. Shown in a cold Scandinavian style and slow pace, this might be boring, but it’s all about style and idea.…
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

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2006
Crime, Fantasy, Drama

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world’s finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

We had a smart and a bit weird Christianity teacher, who played this movie during a lesson. Technically, we were just old enough to watch it and should have been…
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Pan’s Labyrinth

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2006
Fantasy, Drama, War

Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.

I was quite young when I saw this in a cinema. Expected an adventure, got a serious drama instead, but even then, I didn’t regret for seeing this movie. I…
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Adam’s Apples

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2005
Drama, Comedy, Crime

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

This film has a lot of great elements of Scandinavian cinema. The director explores important social topics and does it without pushing things, in a minimalist style and with some…
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Stranger Than Fiction

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2006
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

Just like Uncut Gems with Sandler, this is the only movie with Ferrell I loved. It’s well-acted, not empty and has a successful mix of genres that not many movies…
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Little Miss Sunshine

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2006
Comedy, Drama

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

Might be the best family movie I’ve ever seen. Technically, the plot reminds of the weekend’s morning movies, but there’s much more going on here. Seems like the directors and…
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Lucky Number Slevin

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2006
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. A film with many twists and turns.

A master class on how to make an interesting crime movie. It reminds of The Usual Suspects, but it’s too good to care about this. Many crime movies are considered…
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Three… Extremes

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2004
Horror

“Three” is an anthology of three horror shorts from three different Asian countries.In “Dumplings” an aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties; however, they contain a gruesome secret ingredient. In “Box” a soft spoken young woman has a bizarre recurring nightmare about being buried in a box in the snow. Searching for her long lost sister, she realizes her dreams and reality may […]

An eye-opening cinema that sums up the Asian horror and does it with style. The first movie is just good while the other two absorbed me with an outstanding cinematography…
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Evil

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2003
Drama

Stockholm, the fifties. Though academically bright, violent pupil Erik Ponti is expelled from his state school with the headmaster’s words “there’s only one word for people like you – evil… what you need is a good thrashing, and more”. In fact already Erik frequently receives a ‘good’ thrashing at the hands of his sadistic stepfather – so he is packed off by his mother to boardingschool

A very serious Scandinavian cinema. Young actors perfectly create the atmosphere, and even it’s a sad film, the time passes without noticing. It’s also an effectively provocative movie. I felt…
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