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(movie) Blood Shack(1971) – only for die hard horror fans!

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I love horror and am an avid collector of horror movies but sometimes, just sometimes I run into something that is possible to love only by true die hard horror fans. Blood Shack is one of such movies. This one is about a cottage with an ancient curse on it, like settlers killed native American tribe chief’s son and so they were dismembered and anyone who tries to stay a night in that cottage will die dismembered. Fast forward to now, meetl Daniel, crazy cowboy who is a hired worked by Carol, who just inherited that land and also that cottage. As it usually goes, there are brutal murders around and seems that the tribe chief’s ghost is back killing everyone who enters the cottage. Well, this movie is total freaking trash and only a true horror enthusiast like myself could stand all hour and ten minutes watching it. The killer looks like ninja and grunts some odd sounds killing and stabbing with something that looks like ninja or samurai sword. Actors are total desperation, Carolyn Brandt and Ron Haydock are a tiny bit above others but it is like I collect people in front of my neighborhood store and make movie with them. If it were parody, that would be awesome, but it is not. But, it is a proto slasher movie before golden era of slasher with enough bloody moments, so it is welcome in my collection.

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(film) The Banshees of Inisherin je s razlogom kandidat za Oscara!

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Martin McDonagh je čovjek koji je napisao/režirao odlične filmove kao što su Three Billboards i In Bruges, ali ovaj njegov najnoviji film je s pravom nominiran za Oscar nagradu po kategorijama: najbolji film, najbolji glumac, najbolji sporedni glumac, najbolja sporedna glumica, najbolji originalni scenarij i najbolji redatelj. Priča se događa na otoku 1923.godine u doba irskog građanskog rata. Na otoku vlada mir, svi poznaju sve i tamo živi pletora osebujnih likova. Padraic(Colin Farrell) je zgrožen činjenicom da njegov dobar prijatelj Colm(Brendan Gleeson) više ne razgovara s njim. Prvo misli da je to zbog prvog aprila, ali ustanovi da nije. Kako dani idu, njihova svađa sve više eskalira pod Colmovom optužbom da je Padraic dosadan. Padraic živi sa svojom sestrom Siobhan(Kerry Condon) u koju je zaljubljen mladi Dominic(Barry Keoghan), svojevrstan seoski ridikul čiji otac, jedini policajac na otoku tuče Dominica i seksualno ga uznemirava. Tu je i seoska vještica i proročica koju svi izbjegavaju, vlasnik jedinog puba koji zna sve o svima, te vlasnica jedinog dućana i tračara. Kada Padraicu ugine magarica Jenny zbog Colmove krivnje, odluči uzeti stvar u svoje ruke.

Ovaj film toliko podsjeća na život na našim otocima i malo me podsjetio na hrvatski film Osmi povjerenik, iako nema nikakve dodirne točke osim samog otoka. Toliko je dobro napisan, likovi su toliko dobro izraženi, da je ovaj miks drame, melodrame i komedije bio pravi gušt odgledati i nadam se da će potvrditi neku od nominacija na dodjeli Oscara. Svi su odlični i teško je izdvojiti nekog, ali Colin Farrrell mislim da je u ovom filmu jednostavno briljirao. Film je i vizualno lijep, miks kamena i otoka sa zelenilom i morem, kao i pjesma koja je zapravo naslov filma su odlični. Jako mi je bilo lijepo pogledati ovo.

8,5/10

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(tv series) Breaking Bad – the best series of all times?

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It was a long time until I started watching Breaking Bad, but now that I finished it, besides Lost who is number one series to me, Breaking Bad holds firm second place. How you know that a series is great? When you finish the last season, last episode, you are left with feeling of sorrow and melancholy and realization that it is over. This five season series revolves around how simple chemistry teacher good guy, namely Walter White(played by phenomenal Bryan Cranston), became Heisenberg criminal mastermind and meth cooker par excellence who managed to balance between criminal empire of cartel, neo nazis, DEA and above all his own wife and son. Until the bittersweet end that is. What I love about this series is that there were no filler episodes, each and every one of the episodes are superb and interesting in its own way. Actors are superb, Cranston as White/Heisenberg, then Aaron Paul as his partner in crime Jesse Pinkman, Dean Norris as good yet sometimes annoying brother in law, DEA agent Hank Schrader, of course Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman and bad guys, especially brilliant Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo Fring, kingpin of drug cartel who became one of my favorite actors playing bad guys from Mandalorian to Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul, Godfather of Harlem and more. When I finally watched this, all i can say to the creator of this series, Vince Gilligan is hats off, sir!

10/10