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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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(movie) The Devil Below(2021) – nice Lovecraftian vibe little horror!

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Everyone who reads this webzine already know that H.P.Lovecraft is my favorite horror author of all times. I also love works of so called Lovecraftian Circle, meaning writers who were his friends or contemporaries and those who continued his cosmic horror style in their short stories and novels. Well, but I also love horror movies. And I love when it has that Lovecraftian cosmic horror vibe. Well, The Devil Below didn’t disappoint me. The story evolves around group of five explorers with leader Arianne who are looking for town called Shookum Hills which disappeared in the seventies with thousand miners and inhabitants. Legend says that they were digging and drilling hole to Hell like the one in Siberia and then something happened with underground fires burning still to this day. As it usually is, our heroes do not take local people warnings to their brains, find the lost city and then troubles start when they unleash something sinister from under the earth, something set on replacing humanity with other inhabitants. This is action packed sinister horror movie with lots of running, parts of mock found footage parts and nightvision, the only thing that lightly disappointed me was the finale under earth in the caves which was somehow to psychodelic and not directed and filmed to my taste, could have been better done, but I think that they did it on purpose because they were hiding lack of money for better prosthetic or CGI effects on monsters. The ending is satisfying and somehow bleak, just how I like it. Actors are so-so. Veteran Will Patton who plays local chief of security and ex miner looks somehow confused maybe due to lack in this character script development. Other young actors are Alicia Sanz as Arianne, main character, known for her tv roles in ‘El Cid’ and ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ tv series. She is somehow too wooden and not so convincing. Others like Adan Canto or Chinaza Uche are too thin, so the acting is not so good as it could have been. The movie was directed by Bradley Parker who worked on visual effects on ‘Ad Astra’ and ‘Loki’, also being assistant director of second unit on ‘The Batman’ and ‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ and directed ‘Chernobyl Diaries’ which was a fine movie to my taste. Story is written by Stefan Jaworski and Eric Scherbarth. This is an average movie by some standards, but I loved it and I love Lovecraftian cosmic horror themes, so I give maybe bigger rate it deserved.

7/10

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(movie) ‘A Wounded Fawn'(2022) – beautiful gore artwork, poetic justice is in order.

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Shudder never ceases to amaze me with their original program, movies they make for that horror streaming platform. A Wounded Fawn could be called art horror. It could be called body horror and mindfuck psychological horror, because it is all that. Co-written and directed by Travis Stevens(producer of ‘Girl On The Third Floor’ and ‘Jakob’s Wife’), this little movie with only two actors most of the time, shows how you can get great movie with little money if the story and idea are alright. Story starts when Bruce(Josh Ruben of ‘Scare Me’ and ‘Werewolves Within’) loses at the auction for eerie statue. He then goes to dinner to a house owned by winner of the auction Kate(Malin Barr of ‘Honeydew’) and we find out Bruce is a serial killer devoted to some pagan deity which compels him to kill. Fast forward, Bruce takes our main character Meredith (Sarah Lind – ‘The Humanity Bureau’) to a house deep in the woods which previously belonged to Kate. Meredith sees women that should not be there, supernatural things start to happen, and then Bruce tries to kill her. End of chapter one. Why? Because then movie totally nicely surprises me turning from boring serial killer chase I thought it would be to mindfuck psychological body folk horror with Bruce paying karma vengeance for his deeds. Some parts are so poetical, so beautiful done with such colors that reminded me of Argento’s Suspiria by its beauty, not story. Also, the ending is so nice, and poetic justice never sounded nicer. Acting and characters could be better, but since this is mostly two characters movie, it doesn’t really matter. Good one indeed!

7.5/10