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Note : Wow, it really deserves its poor reputation and it turned out to be so much worse than I anticipated. I mean, I never cared for the parody genre to start with but this must be the very worst one I have seen. Why should I start? There was not one funny joke at all and, to watch this movie 10 years later, it makes the whole thing also dated and even more cringe-inducing to behold. The other thing that bothered me is that instead of focusing on the romantic-comedies, they keep throwing some references to some other movies coming from very various kinds and, as a result, it all felt totally random and even less effective. 
“Obviously, I didn't expect much from this flick but since it was on Netlfix, I thought I might as well check it out. Wow, it really deserves its poor reputation and it turned out to be much worse than I anticipated. I mean, I never cared for the parody genre to start with but this must be the very w” read more
“Since this movie had some rather low ratings (like pretty much all the movies directed by Tyler Perry), I had some rather low expectations but since I was actually positively surprised by the first installment, I thought I might as well check this sequel too. Well, even though it was a slight step d” read more
“Even though this movie is rather obscure, since it was directed by Steven Spielberg, I was still quite eager to check it out. Indeed, even though 'Duel' is nowadays considered as Spielberg's directing debut, this movie was in fact his official first theatrical feature film. Anyway, even though 'Du” read more
Notes: It is widely known that 95 % of all sequels are worthless. Not this one... Is it better than the 1st one ? Difficult to say but it is definitely a worthy sequel. I remember, I saw this movie with my father when it came out. I must have been 12 years old and it just blew me away. On top of that, the character of John Connor made it really easy to get into the story since I was about the same age. In fact, the story was almost identical to the first movie but they have added so many new elements so it didn't bother me whatsoever. This time, James Cameron had a huge budget (in fact, it was the most expensive movie ever made at that time) and it clearly shows on the screen. Indeed, you have here some groundbreaking special effects and some really kick-ass action scenes. Once again, the story is a mix of despair, funny scenes with great oneliners and even some interesting bonding between Sarah Connor, John Connor and the Terminator. Unfortunately, all the sequels that came afterwards would turn out to be rather weak and underwhelming. 
“Like any other pop-star, Eminem tried to be an actor at some point but, even though most of this movies turn out to be usually pretty terrible (see ‘Crossroads’, ‘Glitter’, ‘Burlesque’, ‘The Bodyguard’ or ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin'), this movie turned out to be actually pretty goo” read more
Notes: I’m not sure if this movie has a big reputation abroad but, in France, it is definitely considered as a massive cult-classic. Back in those days, there was no ‘Jean-Pierre Jeunet’ but only ‘Caro & Jeunet’, at least, that’s how they were known in France at the time. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, it seriously exceeded my expectations, something that sadly doesn’t happen very often these days, and I was just quite blown away by the whole thing. Indeed, first of all, it is just a very original movie, above all, visually, but it went beyond that. Indeed, I really liked this story which was some kind of dark fairy tale with some rather messed-up characters. Eventually, Caro & Jeunet would work again together for ‘La cité des enfants perdus’, another very interesting French cult-classic, and they had a big budget this time but it would be the last movie they would make together which is too bad. 
@djprojexion, I have seen this movie at least 3 times and the last time was just last year so I don't feel the need to re-watch it again any time soon.
The fact that McFly flies back to the 50's mig
“When I was a teenager, I had the opportunity to see ‘The Killer’ in the movie theater and since it was such a big classic, I had some huge expectations but, to be honest, it turned out to be a massive disappointment, probably one of the most disappointing movies I have ever seen. With this in mi” read more
chosen by Ria
Notes: Once again, after 'Borgman' and 'The Lobster', Ria went for another really absurd black comedy but I think, this time, she really outdid herself. Indeed, it was so weird, I'm afraid I never really managed to get a grip on the damned thing. First of all, even though it was taking place in Hungary, there were many references to the Japanese culture and this mix of 2 really foreign cultures was sometimes hard to swallow. For example, sometimes, I wasn't even sure if the main character was actually speaking Hungarian or Japanese because she basically used the very same accent for both languages. It doesn't mean that it wasn't funny, in the contrary, I really enjoyed every time we got to see this Japanese crooner doing his whacky little songs. Eventually, for me, the best way to summarise this movie where those scenes with an old police officer trying to tell a proverb but he never manages to end it up and instead says 'shit...'. Sure, it was funny but it didn't fly very high.
(Jul. 2016)
“To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick but, if I recall it correctly, I actually saw the damned thing in the movie theater when it was released. Eventually, I though it was a really solid movie about the war in former Yugoslavia but even though most of it worked really well, ” read more
Notes: Sometimes, I do wonder if Krzysztof Kieslowski is really famous among the Listal users and that's a shame because he is responsible of some of the most striking movies of the 90's and 80's. I can’t believe he passed away already 20 years ago and, in fact, I should myself watch many more of his movies. On top of that, I was probably too young to really appreciate his Three colors trilogy and I hope I will give it a second chance at some point in the future. Right now, I actually preferred this one which is my favorite of his movies so far. Indeed, I thought this tale was just mesmerizing. I have to confess that probably most of the symbolism went over my head but I just loved the mood and I felt a great connection with this story and the characters involved (something I was slightly missing with the Three colors trilogy). Concerning Irène Jacob, back then, it seemed that she would become the next great French actress but aside from the massive 2 classics she made with this great master, her career turned out to be rather underwhelming after all.