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Another time loop film, this time in the comedy genre with the beautiful Alexandra Daddario. It has a nice pace, a decent script for a comedy, good performances and even though you won't die laughing, it's good entertainment which, thanks to the time loop, is engaging and interesting enough with a message in the end. I had fun. Netflix hit it again. 75%.

You could tell it was a debut, because for a South Korean film it looks unusually cheaper than the usual technical standard. We have a Korean historical B-movie that is action-packed and the fights don't look bad, but the CGI blood spoils the impression a bit, the dark filter didn't work for me and the plot is also quite shallow, so it's clearly average, but OK for a first attempt. 60%

It is almost a sin to turn such an interesting material into a film so uninteresting, boring and without creativity. Matt Damon is going downhill, his quite possibly last good film was The Martian, he has disappointed twice this year and his upcoming film Oceans' 8 doesn't have much of a future. The first hour of the film was still passable and Christoph Waltz gave it quite an energy, but after the arrival of the annoying Vietnamese woman who got on my nerves like no character in a long time, the film degraded two notches and also absolutely deviated from the original concept – I felt I was watching a different film. 40%.

The standard Liam Neeson reunites with director Jaume Collet-Serra in a suspenseful thriller that is fun to watch but unfortunately doesn't bring much new to the table. It bothers me a bit that every new Liam film, is actually exactly the same as the previous one. Non-Stop was set on a plane, The Commuter takes place on a train, and the plot is more or less similar, except that I found Non-Stop more entertaining and its denouement more surprising, whereas here I found out all too soon. Too many similarities for my taste, as if they didn't know how to handle the script. That said, the train derailment is solid and Liam still manages the smaller fights, so it's still above average, but it could have been more creative. 70%

The first notch of the year from Britain? I quite regret not going to the cinema the other day when I had the chance, the atmosphere of the film is very good. A group of friends take a trip to the Swedish woods, where they become hallucinated, paranoid and haunted by something supernatural. It keeps up the pace. the scenes in the cabin are decently creepy and the central evil is excellent, too bad they didn't pay attention to gore as well, but still a decent affair and one of the best this year. 75%

Third visit to the cinema. A decent ending to a three-part teen saga that doesn't offend and definitely has something to offer in the cinema. The opening action set-piece is one of the best sequences of the film, it makes you feel you are watching a snippet from a Fast and Furious movie, but the other action scenes are also good, especially in the zombie tunnel where Wes Ball conjures a thick horror atmosphere, or the chase with the robot spider, or the finale, which could have been more destructive for my taste. Wes Ball is going to make a proper horror film next, and here he manages to solidly create tension and anxiety in a few scenes, so I'm starting to root for him. Decent entertainment that's nice to watch. 75%

This year's second visit to the cinema. Another modern war flick set in Afghanistan, where a 12-strong group of soldiers are tasked with taking down the Taliban with the help of an Afghan warlord. In terms of the cast, the film is packed: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, and for a debut it has very solidly executed action scenes, with explosions like Michael Bay, plenty of rawness and the combination of horses with M4s against tanks has something going for it. I'm not as intense as 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, but still a decent affair that I enjoyed in the cinema. 75%

January event! A teen retro Bonnie and Clyde in a twisted British package. The main character is a 17 year old introverted psychopath with a desire to kill someone, and his girlfriend is a 17 year old nymphomaniac with a very harsh tongue. What a pairing. The series doesn't mince its words with black to sarcastic humour, there are a few twisted scenes, the pace is fast and the tension grows from episode to episode and the finale literally shocks. A great mini-series ride. I'm looking forward to the second season. 90%.

Pretty boring for my taste with an annoying look and terrible cinematography. No gore, at least Bella Thorne is hot and sometimes the film manages to mine tension, otherwise slightly below average. 45%

After the lackluster Oblivion, Joseph Kosinski redeemed his reputation with me and made the best film of his career. He chose a very sensitive and destructive subject that immediately grabbed my heart and pulled me to my seat. Josh Brolin is excellent and commands incredible respect, and Miles Teller is the best young-adult actor working today. Kosinski has made a very heartfelt drama with some excellent moments including training and bullying, family issues, the transition from junkie to hero, great strategy and behind-the-scenes work by the American firefighters, and an emotionally devastating finale that had me decently shredded. A perfect film that is well acted, shot, tense and with intelligent dialogue. First five star this year. Surprise 90%