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A solid picture about the beginnings, not just the commercialization, of skateboarding. Good in terms of directing, interesting in terms of visuals, appropriate in terms of casting. It has good pacing, not leaving time for boredom, although I would have liked to had a taste of the atmosphere when these kids were completely laid back and everything was just cool. But still, this is interesting and if you are a surfing and skateboarding enthusiast, this is definitely a picture for you. And, even if these two sports mean nothing to you, you risk no personal harm by watching this. Or not as much harm as if you went outside onto the street to try skateboarding in the flesh.

A great film with excellent actors and the perfect atmosphere of a stage that mean the world. A dramas behind and on the stage during the occupation of Paris, when people went to the theatre or cinema to relax. For me personally, one of Truffaut best.

In the type of role which gets usually bagged by Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson maybe tries a bit too hard. But the rest is quite good – at last I don’t mind Allen’s acting, Jackman is great, and Scarlett is at very least gorgeous. The screenplay is average, uninventive and completely predictable. It flies by quite smoothly and a couple of funny scenes work well... But it’s more of a put your feet up movie rather than a “masterpiece" in the good old Woody style we know so well.

Incredibly untapped potential. The fact that a seemingly genre film by Bong would not be a monster-movie even for a second, that's what I expected. The would-be satire and mirror-setting of the state apparatus and the security forces too, but I didn't expect it to be so insanely bland this time.

Beige, pink, green, purple, yellow and many more. No, they aren’t Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, but “gummy” bears – sweet and good. Just the kind of candy treat that I used to enjoy (for reasons that are now incomprehensible to me) in my childhood around 1988. And that is quite enough.

If you can forgive this new creation from the cult Aardman animation studios for being a little infantile, this is quite a pleasant surprise. Flushed Out has pace, humor and solid overall production. But it certainly won’t become a milestone like some other animated movies, and it isn’t as polished and hilarious as its plasticine brothers, but it has an undeniable magic about it too. A sofa movie with a couple of good gags, an absurd screenplay and lots of great singing worms. Although intended more for a younger audience, this is a movie that you won’t suffer while watching it, in fact you’ll have a wonderful time - if only for the pleasant references to other pictures and books.

I found Lebowski’s “fight for his peed-on rug" really entertaining and I enjoyed myself more than I have for a long time... But then I didn’t see it for a couple of years, and so maybe I idealized it too much, because when I at last got a chance to see it again, apart from a couple of ageless moments, it seemed really rather mediocre to me. Every single actor here is incredible, no doubt about that. It still has more snappy lines per foot of film than any other movie, but somehow it lacks “soul". But maybe in a few years I’ll see it again and it will again convince me that it is entertainment that has no equal.

Funny? Yes! Badly balanced? You bet it is. If you haven’t come across Cohen and his humor and sketches before, you’ll love Borat (if you can stand watching). Unfortunately, if you know him, then you will find that this feature-length offering is rather disenchanting, because it has a lot of dead places, and the scenes that work excellently a mere recycled versions of Cohen’s TV sketches. But at the same time, the whole thing is fine and likeable, and it is certainly no disappointment or failure because, at very least, Cohen’s charisma carries this pseudo-documentary even at its weaker moments.

A movie unworthy of Austin Powers’ quality and potential... The beginning is excellent, takes of well, but then old jokes from the preceding parts begin to get recycled and that just isn’t funny anymore. Proof that you can’t make an entire movie with just two or three hilarious sketches as a foundation. Unfortunately, not the usually charismatic Mike Myers has any chance of pulling this off.

A feeling of déjà vu over and over again. A great idea of combining a criminal thriller about a detective caught in a time loop, when one day repeats itself over and over, again and again and... again and again. It’s hard not to compare the result to a mixture of The Fugitive and Groundhog Day. This series has solid pace, the time games are pretty well thought-out, but the whole thing lacks suspense. It just sort of “happens", it’s good to watch, but not to enthuse about. Thanks to not being successful with viewers, they stopped broadcasting this series sooner than planned and the rest played out on ABC’s website.