The Nice Guys

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The Nice Guys I really liked this more than I thought I would. Ryan Gosling was especially hillarious. The whole feel of the film worked for me and I can recommend it in good conscience to the lovers of the genre. 

Verónica

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Verónica turned out to be very good horror film. I was not really scared (I rarely am these days, jaded I suppose) but I was into it the whole time and I liked the way how teenage hormones and problems projected into the horror aspect. The actors all gave good performances and the period details were nicely done. 

Hostel: Part II

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Hostel: Part II I liked the first time I watched it and I liked it better the second time. In this one girls are being told about a spa (the naked women worked for boys but not for the girls) and as with the first one the two end up horribly dead (we get to peek to the torture chambers of others and one of the worst for me is that one guy was being eaten while he is conscious, it was chilling) and the final girl gets off using her finances (but before that she actually tied her torturer up and was standing with garden shears against his exposed penis - so she is pretty bad ass apart from being super rich). The thing that surprised me in the rewatch was that she kills the woman who lied to them about the spa at the end (by beheading her) and I was like "whaaaaatt??? I totally forgot about her!!!!". 

Tango and Cash

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Tango and Cash this blast from the past never gets old. The action, the funny one liners, the 80s and it still makes good viewing. 

Woman of Dignity

Woman of Dignity interested me enough to check out and I really loved it. It worked for me on almost all levels (only lacking in the romance a bit and I didn't mind that much) and now I know why everyone loves Kim Hee Soo so much. I need to watch Faith now I guess. Hopefully it will be on one of the legal platforms. Anyway this one steered from the course a bit at the extention (it is 20 episodes a sign that the ratings were good since modern S.Korean weekday night shows are usually 16 episodes) it still worked so well. The two leads are amazing and the characters were both very interesting. The side plots are also engaging and the comic relief made me laugh (this doesn't happen very often). 

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

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Elizabeth: The Golden Age didn't leave an impression when I first watched it (unlike Elizabeth, which did) but then I have read A Column of Fire and wanted to watch it again. At the time it was unavailable but then I caught it at Bein Channel liked it a bit better, now knowing the history a bit more. However it is still uneven and too short for the events depicted. The performances are all solid gold though and the visuals are amazing. 

The Third Murder (Sandome No Satsijin)

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The Third Murder (Sandome No Satsujin) is a film I was looking forward to since I love this director's film (my favorite being Our Little Sister) but this didn't work for me. Visuals were good but the story did not work. There was an imbalance and lack of rythm. The actors were all fine, I especially liked Masaharu Fukuyama.