13

It is well-known that the most notorious number is 13. Hence, I didn't expect the movie “13” be bright and hilarious, nevertheless I was shocked to find it that dark.

The film starts innocently enough – by accident a guy, who name is Vince (Sam Riley), finds out the way of earning money fast. Despite the fact that he does not know any particular detail of it he is utterly resolute to try it.

After following certain instructions he ends up in some illegal casino, where one people participate in series of Russian roulette games and other bet on who will survive. After several rounds (where the last one is a duel) and against all odds Vince becomes the winner! He gets almost 2 millions of dollars. He takes the money and runs out of that place with one wish to forget about this nightmare.

However, the police is aware of such games and pull in Vince to ask him questions about it, but Vince doesn't reveal the truth and gets out of police station hurrying to the rain station to go home.

At that moment I even believed in happy ending of the film. Alas!

Jasper Bagges (played by Jason Statham) who lost his brother in the last duel against Vince sees him and follows … Without any doubts he kills the winner mostly on purpose to steal money from him and partly to get revenge for his brother's death.

However, Jasper doesn't know that Vince sent the money to his family by post before that!

The most sad and dark movie I have seen lately. Nonetheless, life consist of good and bad aspects which we must be aware of.  

Doctor Strange

There is one more movie which based on comics and … the best one!

It is known that it took a long time to make the film, but every second spent on preparation was worth it.

The film directed by Scott Derrickson and stars Benedict Cumberbatch who obviously is key reason to see the movie for Sherlock Holmes's admires. For me it was so, and he is brilliant there. Confident, bold and arrogant doctor, who might remind you Sherlock Holmes but only in the beginning of the film.

Moreover, all cast performed great. Although Tilda Swinton appeared in typical character for her - unemotial, endogenous, mysterious.

Anyway, “Doctor Strange” has fast moving plot and compels you to follow it till the end.

Of course, the fans of the comics already know the chain of events and it is pointless to build up any suspense. However, I can point out on amazing special effects of the movie. May be due to them you cannot be bored during the movie and when it ends you are surprised that 2 hours already passed.  

I can assure you of having no regrets but joy that you saw it. For romantic people, I may drop a hint about love story in the "Doctor Strange". 

So, go in the cinema. 

The Terminal

If you are searching for a lovely movie to see and do not know which one to pick, you must see The Terminal!

The film includes everything what makes a movie perfect! Drama, comedy, love story, outstanding work of two geniuses - Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg!

And it is what I like the most in the film, that is not just tough drama or sparkling comedy or sweet love story. It is a bit of everything. From my point, it is close to real life movie.

The main character, Victor Navorski, has arrived in New York's airport, but he is denied to enter the USA due to militari crisis in his homeland (as a result of it he has problems with his visa). So he is trapped in the terminal of the airport! He cannot neither enter the USA nor go back home.

In addition to such a terrible situation, he has problem even with communicating with people – he does not know English at all – and he does not have money. However he is inventive in earning some money and has plenty of time to learn the language. He makes a cycle of friends and even falls in love.

Generally, the film is very touching, it goes through your skin to reach the heart. It shows human feelings, sense of dignity and honor, and rough rules of life as well.

Main character faces all sides of life and reveals his true nature, which is pure and innocent.

The film stars by incredibly gifted actor Tom Hanks. He is truly outstanding. His acting is one of the main reasons why this film is so great! He just cannot do his work badly.

Of course, the cast includes other amazing actors, as Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stanley Tucci.

Do not hesitate, watch The Terminal!

The movie last almost 2 hours, but it seems like its duration is only a moment! That is how it is great!

The Grand Budapest Hotel

No, I am not going to describe all benefits of some hotel in the capital of Hungary. I will tell about one of the most delightful movies I have ever seen!

This comedy film, written and directed by extraordinary Wes Anderson, tells you a story of a concierge Gustave, who was blamed in a murder of a woman he loved. During the film he tries to prove his innocence with help of a bellboy Zero Moustafa, who becomes his friend.

The story takes place in imaginary country – the Republic of Zubrowka.

One peculiar detail, the narrative is formed as a story within a story within a story within a story. Moreover, it is divided into several chapters.

Without revealing other important details of the plot, I can point out the visual style and direction of the film. It is so engrossing that you rivet to it.

The cast carried out an outstanding performance. All actors were incredible, specially Ralph Fiennes as Monsieur Gustave and Tony Revolori as young Zero Moustafa.

It is common knowledge that sparkling screenplay and magnificent cast's work are key factors of film's success.

In this particular case, all worked out perfectly.

By the way, the movie received widespread critical acclaim and as a result many nominations for different awards.

In a conclusion, the movie is marvelous. You must have no doubt and hesitations – watch and enjoy!

Gone Girl

“Gone Girl” is a psychological thriller directed by David Fincher. The film stars by Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike.

Honestly, I have decided to see the film just because the director is David Fincher. He has his own very distinctive style, and even if you have seen only one of his movies, you will immediately recognize Fincher's work in “Gone Girl”.

The plot is fast moving and absorbing, compels viewers to follow the chain of events. By the way, the screenplay based on a novel of the same name written by Gillian Flynn, who also wrote the script.

Turning back to the film, the day of his 5^th anniversary, Nick Dunne (by Ben Affleck) returns home and finds his wife Amy (by Rosamund Pike) is missing. Of course, he goes to the police, then calls her parents. After all, the mass media covers the disappearance of Amy. Day by day the influence of the press on Nick's life is rising. Meanwhile, we find out the details of daily life of the couple which make us change our mind over Nick. Did he kill his wife? All evidences give us broad hints about it.

Whereas, Nick convinces his sister in his innocence and tries to prove it to everyone else, it turns out that the disappearance of Amy was committed by .. Amy. But no one knows it yet.

Will someone reveal the truth?

To find out the answer you must see the movie.

You will have no regrets after all! The film is absolutely worth of watching!

Begin Again

If you would like to see a not complex movie, but with interesting content, you might like seeing “Begin Again”. 

Written and directed by John Carney, the film made in musical comedy-drama genre and stars by Keira Knightley and Mark Buffalo. Also admires of Adam Levine have an opportunity to see him there. 

The genre of the movie implies that it is full of good music. 

Moreover, whole movie is about music industry and people, who are working in it and dreaming about it. More precisely, Dave Kohl (by Adam Levine) is newly successful musician, who used to write the music with his long-time girlfriend Gretta James (by Keira Knightley). After rising to fame, he breaks up with Gretta. However, she does not drop music and encounters Dan Mulligan (by Mark Buffalo), former successful record label executive. Dan takes liking for Gretta's music and persuades her to sing for his former record label. 

Without revealing further details, I can say that the film is easy to watch and leaves nice aftertaste. You will hear music from this film a long time after watching it

Witching & Bitching

When it comes to talk about witches and craft, I recall one movie “The Craft”. As for me, it is one of the most striking films about witches. But lately I watched another one.

"The Witches of Zugarramurdi" (also known as “Witching&Bitching”) is a Spanish comedy horror film, made in 2013 by Alex de la Iglesia.

It opens by a robbery which was pondered by two street artists Jose and Tony. The robbery does not go as well as they thought it would. Nevertheless, they manage to steal a bag of golden rings and successfully run from police. Moreover, a taxi driver, who was their hostage and drove them away from the crime scene, becomes their confederate.

Thus, the beginning of the film is full of action, chases and sparkling dialogues. The singularity of the situation is that Jose has brought his son Sergio and he becomes involved into the crime and all consequences of it. Due to Sergio, his mother, who is followed by police, manages to figure out their whereabouts.

The company ends up in the Navarrese town in Zugarramurdi, which is known as witch's town since Medieval times. They meet cannibalistic witches face to face. It goes without saying, that their only aim is to run away from that place, but it is not so easy.

The plot is evolving rapidly and including a lot of supernatural and terrifying action. Some of scenes were absolutely horrific. But I really like the movie though.

Also, to my opinion, the plot of the film has similarities with “From dusk till dawn”. Bad guys are running from police and end up in a strange place facing supernatural creatures. 

Anyway, "The Witches of Zugarramurdi" is a great film.

Have you ever seen Django Unchained?

Have you ever seen Django Unchained?

If you have not, I must insist, please, watch the movie!

It is one of the best Tarantino's movies. Mr. Tarantino thought through the plot very carefully. No wonder that he got an Oscar and other supreme awards for the screenplay of Django.

After such a successful cooperation with Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds Tarantino decided to continue cooperating with this talented actor. Doctor Schultz, the new character of Christoph Waltz, was written amazingly good, thoroughly. So Christoph Waltz transformed into this character completely.

At first sight, harmless and considerate doctor turns out to be a hunter for wanted men on purpose to kill them in exchange for money afterwards. “It is flesh for cash business”, as he said himself.

Despite of seeming cruelness of the doctor, he sympathizes with Django's fate, a slave, who was separated with his wife by their owner's will. Therefore, King Schultz suggests to Django (played by Jamie Foxx) keep on hunting wanted men together and find his wife. Meanwhile, Django already obtains his own freedom thanks to the doctor. 

Finally, they succeeds to find out further destiny of Brunhilda, Django's wife. She is one of the slaves of Calvin Candie, savage and cruel plantation owner in the South. Consequently, the team consisting of the doctor and Django goes for Calvin Candie to buy Brunhilda, but they understand that they need very gentle approach in this case on purpose not to scare him away from selling Brunhilda. Ingenious Schultz outlines the plan of actions and fun begins.

In addition to Calvin Candie, starring by Leonardo Di Caprio, it is a very controversial character, but no doubt, he is vile, self-indulgent, narcissistic and racist character though. Nonetheless, Leonardo Di Caprio did a magnificent job! There was no trace of lovely Leo, there was only that evil Calvin, who you want to hate. Moreover, during one scene Leonardo hurt his hand badly but ignored this fact, continued acting and even involved his own blood into the scene. Needless to say, it was the most powerful episode in the film.

If I did not say enough to persuade you to see the film, I do not know what to say further.. Just watch! You will have no regrets after!  

Inglourious Basterds

I know, perhaps, I am a bit obsolete.. but till this night I had never seen that movie. And.. I've realized that it was one of the biggest mistakes of my life!

Inglourious Basterds is an outstanding movie!

I even cannot tell what exactly I liked the most. I have nothing but praise!

 Above all, I must admit - Tarantino is incredibly gifted screenwriter and director! Judging by Basterds he put a lot of efforts in writing the screenplay. His holistic and meticulous approach is noticeable. It is hard to imagine how much time did he spend on writing the script.

 When it comes to the cast, I am full of praise for Christoph Waltz, who was magnificent as Hans Landa. Undoubtedly, he is extremely talented actor! And no wonder that he won a lot of praises for this role. The character made by him was precise, convincing, sparkling! It was such a pleasure to see him playing despite the fact that his character was negative one.

 Also, I cannot dismiss a role of Brad Pitt! It goes without saying, that he did a great job as well, however, the most striking for me was his his accent! Adorable! If I hadn't heard any American speaking, I would have thought that this is how all Americans are talking!

 Of course, all the cast did an amazing job! All actors were on their places. I mean that I cannot imagine other actors in these roles. Perhaps, it is a merit of the director too, who did all right.

 Generally speaking, the plot is intriguing, provoking an interest, carrying viewers with it. During the movie I was wondering – what is going to happen next? So the film captured all my attention. I even was afraid of breathing to not miss any important details. And in the end, I stood up and gave a big clap as a sign of respect to the crew, to the outstanding movie!

 I was not focus on historical, moral or whatever aspect of the story. I watched it as a story which was made up by one genius.

I hope, I inspired you to see the film! Believe me, it is worth it!