Egregius

Such a weird movie. It mixes hyper-realistic animation of plants and animals and water, with the occasional stilted maneuver by dandelion seeds, or projected on flames. It asks a bit much of the viewer, to get invested in seeds finding a new home to sprout in, but by golly, in the end I was rooting for them.

5 _0%

Wolfgang (2026) - Rated 05 Feb 2026

Indy film makers who try to do somehing different, without any budget, have my utmost sympathies. BUT. This movie was literally unwatchable for me: the editing and camerawork gave me so much motion sickness I had to close my eyes to continue watching(listening). The main star was actually good; her interpretation of Mozart channeled the current rage of Iranian's youth against traditions. But we have to sit through so much, sorry to say it, pointless frivolousness, to get to that.

79 _39%

Akh (2024) - Rated 04 Oct 2025

Honestly, this movie threw me a massive curve ball. The description referenced two stargazing brothers getting lost in a web of illusions. Yet the movie insightfully shows how the pressures of everyday life at the margins chip away at someone's good intentions, until darkness is left. And then the second half of the movie starts... with a subtle tonal shift (at first) when Suhail is revealed to have secrets. But soon it feels like the movie did a 180, and I was left reeling.

78 _36%

How I Became a Super Hero (2020) - Rated 03 Jul 2025

Although the set-up might seem very similar to that of Project Power (released the same year, interestingly on Netflix as well), this one is based on a novel from 2007. What makes this interesting is that it's a French take on a superhero movie, which mostly means avoiding the superhero-tropes, and replacing them with 'veteran cop reluctantly gets partnered with upstart rookie'-tropes. That makes the whole thing a lot more human&fun. Unfortunately not all superhero tropes are avoided in act 3.

20 _2%

Conan (1997) - Rated 03 Jul 2025

So how bad is this really? The DVD set has no episode numbers on the DVDs anywhere. So the two episodes I've watched, with a long interval, by picking a random episode, turned out to be the same one. Yet I didn't realize until the very end when a terrible CGI blob appeared, because the rest of the episode was so goddamn unmemorable.

83 _51%

Invincible (2021) - Rated 29 Jun 2025

Something about S3 really rubbed me the wrong way. S1: amazing concepts, brutal execution, amazing voice acting, memes galore. S2: I don't quite remember what happened, but a lot had to do with making the main character unhappy. S3: Man the writing is bad. All the badguys are motivated by being unrationally angry, singling out one person (main guy) to hound for no good reason. Voice acting still good, but the animation is dropping to pay for it.

87 _67%

X-Men '97 (2024) - Rated 16 May 2024

Based on just the first 9 eps: wow. I was reluctant to watch a childhood-sentiment series because that's often when I find out the cartoon is still aimed at kids, while I've grown old(er). X-Men '97 however just picks up where it left off 27 years ago, except with a maturity level aimed at the 40somethings who watched it originally. So much happens, characters even die. My only gripe is the pacing! It's like they're trying to cram 27 years worth of stories into just 1 season.

83 _51%

Foundation (2021) - Rated 09 Jan 2024

S1: very loosely based on the novels, solid high-concept sci-fi series with great acting and great settings. S2: completely divorced from the novels, space opera with fantasy elements that irk me. Still great acting/scenery/sfx, but pushes my suspension of disbelief just a little too far. Derails a bit towards the end, but enjoyed the rest greatly.

83 _51%

How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Rated 14 Dec 2023

What the story lacks in surprising twists, it more than makes up for in charming action and cool soaring visuals.

69 _19%

Jabberwocky (1977) - Rated 14 Dec 2023

Hard to recommend, other than for the curiosity of being an early, quirky (of course) Terry Gilliam movie. Suffers from setting up either story, jokes or action scenes perfectly fine, but then just going through the (slow) motions of making them land. Lacks punchiness. Got a few mild chuckles from me though.