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Plot Summary: This eye-opening documentary explores Europe's struggle to harness its own lithium resources for clean energy. Although rich in lithium reserves, the continent relies heavily on imports. The film examines environmental concerns, community resistance, and growing calls for sustainable and socially responsible mining practices. Director: Stijn van Baarle Presenter: Peter Tom Jones Production Company: Journeyman Pictures, Storyrunner, SIM² KU Leuven Runtime: 56 minutes Original Language: English Featuring: Peter Tom Jones (Self)   ***SPOILER ALERT*** First Impressions from the Portuguese Trenches Let me just say it straight: this documentary is a slap in the face. We’re being f*cked over. Our land, our hills, our Barroso, is getting auctioned off to some British company that plans to drill hole after miserable hole like it's a goddamn dartbo...

Plot Summary: Joanna Eberhart moves to Stepford, where wives are eerily perfect. She soon discovers a dark secret behind their submissive behavior and fights to uncover the truth. Director: Frank Oz Producer: Scott Rudin Screenplay: Paul Rudnick Starring: Nicole Kidman as Joanna Eberhart Matthew Broderick as Walter Kresby Bette Midler as Bobbie Markowitz Glenn Close as Claire Wellington Christopher Walken as Mike Wellington Roger Bart as Roger Bannister   ***SPOILER ALERT*** The Stepford Faceplant We carry on our trip through Oz’s filmography, but this time, we crash headfirst into a flaming pile of cinematic garbage. This movie is really, really bad. So bad, it almost feels insulting, like the writers thought their audience was made up of complete dumbasses who wouldn’t notice the absolute nonsense they were trying to pass off as a ...

Plot Summary: Two high school juniors, Eli and Danny, crash a New Year's Eve party in 1999, only to find themselves fighting for survival when the Y2K bug causes electronics to turn homicidal. Director: Kyle Mooney Producers: Jonah Hill, Matt Dines, and more Screenplay: Kyle Mooney, Evan Winter Starring: Jaeden Martell as Eli (Main character) Julian Dennison as Danny (Chubby friend) Rachel Zegler as Laura (Hacker Girl) Eduardo Franco as Billy (Bully kid) Kyle Mooney as Barry (Supporting character) Fred Durst as Himself Tim Heidecker as Eli's Father   ***SPOILER ALERT*** Nostalgia Misfired: A Journey Back to 1999 Gone Wrong I picked this randomly from this year's batch of movies because Y2K sounded like a good nostalgic escape. Who's the millennial who doesn't want to go back to the era of 56k modem dial-up interne...

Director: Luc Besson Producers: Luc Besson, Virginie Besson-Silla Screenplay: Luc Besson Starring: Caleb Landry Jones as Douglas "Doug" Munny Jojo T. Gibbs as Detective Munny Marisa Berenson as Marie Munny Clemens Schick as Emile Grace Palma as Young Doug Music: Éric Serra Cinematography: Colin Wanders Editing: Julien Rey Release Date: September 1, 2023 (Venice), October 6, 2023 (France) Running Time: 123 minutes Language: English   ***SPOILER ALERT*** Dogman: Luc Besson's Latest Misfire Let's start with a quick mention of Anna, which I decided to skip because I had already seen it on TV and it sucked. It felt like a rehash of Nikita set in Russia with bad accents. Helen Mirren’s performance was a particular disappointment. And finally, w...

Director: Luc Besson Producer: Luc Besson Screenplay: Luc Besson Starring: Louise Bourgoin as Adèle Blanc-Sec Mathieu Amalric as Dieuleveult Gilles Lellouche as Inspector Caponi Jean-Paul Rouve as Justin de Saint-Hubert Jacky Nercessian as Professor Ménard Philippe Nahon as Professor Espérandieu Nicolas Giraud as Andréj Zborowski Music: Éric Serra Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast Editing: Julien Rey Release Date: April 14, 2010 (France) Running Time: 107 minutes Language: French   ***SPOILER ALERT*** What the fuck, Besson? 13th movie by Luc Besson and I ask: what the fuck Besson? What has happened to this director since "Arthur and the Mini Vomits"? Another uninspiring and totally boring movie. I ordered some food 40 minutes in just...

Director: Luc Besson Producers: Luc Besson, Emmanuel Prévost Screenplay: Luc Besson Starring: Freddie Highmore as Arthur Mia Farrow as Granny Madonna as Princess Selenia (voice) David Bowie as Emperor Maltazard (voice) Snoop Dogg as Max (voice) Jimmy Fallon as Betameche (voice) Robert De Niro as King (voice) Harvey Keitel as Miro (voice) Music: Éric Serra Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast Editing: Yann Hervé Release Date: December 13, 2006 (France) Running Time: 94 minutes Language: English   ***SPOILER ALERT*** The Animated Disaster Here we have it. 2006 was the year Luc Besson decided he needed to make an animation, and for god knows why. This movie is boring AF AF AF AF! I was shouting at my TV like a madman at how bad this movie i...

Moonfall is a 2022 science fiction disaster film co-written, directed, and produced by Roland Emmerich. It stars Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Kelly Yu, and Donald Sutherland. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing only $67 million worldwide, and received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfall_(film) A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit and sends it hurtling on a collision course toward earth. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5834426/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** F: For my last movie of the week dedicated to AI, I had the misfortune of watching "Moonfall", a science fiction film that promised an exciting storyline about advanced technology and artificial intelligence, but unfortunately, the film ended up being just another poorly executed disaster movie. From the very beginning, it was clear that "Moonfall" had major issues ...

Air Conditioner is a 2020 Angolan film directed by Fradique (Mário Bastos). The film had its worldpremiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam and premiered June 6, 2020 in Luanda at the We Are One online film festival. The film was shot in 2020 in Luanda by Generation 80. The screenplay is co-written by Ery Claver. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Conditioner_(film) When the air-conditioners mysteriously start to fall in city of Luanda, Matacedo (security guard) and Zezinha (housemaid) have the mission of retrieving their boss's ac. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10389922/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** F: We apologize in advance for having left our week dedicated to Angola open and only after 2 months do this review. We were swamped with work and we couldn't get our hands on the blog. Anyway, I still remember my opinions about the film and I'm sharing them next.  K: Hello movie lovers! We went into a long hibernation afte...

The Pest is a 1997 American black comedy film directed by Paul Miller inspired by the classic 1924 Richard Connell short story "The Most Dangerous Game". It stars comedian John Leguizamo. The Pest was a box office bomb. The film came in at #12 in its opening weekend at the box office, with a gross of $1.8 million from 1,205 theaters. The film grossed a total of $3.6 million against an estimated budget of $8 million. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pest_(1997_film) Miami scam artist Pest Vargas is on the run from the Scottish mob and a German headhunter, the mob after 50,000 dollars, the German guy after his head. Pest dons many disguises in an attempt to evade their clutches. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119887/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** F: And here we have the first film starring John Leguizamo. I must admit that I should have listened to the film critics for the first time and completely discarded the plebs' comment...

Hold Up Down is a 2005 Japanese comedy movie directed and written by SABU. It stars the members of the popular boy band V6: Sakamoto Masayuki, Nagano Hiroshi, Inohara Yoshihiko, Morita Go, Miyake Ken, and Okada Junichi. source: There is no wikipedia page. Two robbers, three cops, a wanted criminal and a former priest's lives are intertwined when a bank heist goes wrong. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461523/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** K: Today we have Hold Up Down, another movie by SABU, filmed in the same year as Dead Run. And here, too, SABU weirdly touches on the Christianity subject. I'm interested in knowing what happened to him in 2005; that he could not avoid this theme in any way. Hold Up Down turned out to be jerky and uneven in mood. Sometimes a smile appeared on my face and sometimes I was hand-gesturing to hurry it up (the fight scene was unbearably long). Still, I watched the film to the end. It turned out to be trashy,...