BABAM VE OGLUM (MY FATHER AND MY SON)

Recommended. Turkish Almodovar.

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

Watchable. Amazing are the CGIs, the soundtrack is very good too, the acting is lousy and the dialogues just pathetic.

The trailer at the end (in the middle of credits) shows Mystique from "X-Men". Strange but promising. I'm a great "X-Men" fan.

JEWISH MOTIFS FILM FESTIVAL

A PLACE IN HEAVEN

Watchable. You can learn what forms the basis of Jewish patriarchy but the film itself is so protracted you're just aching to leave. The cast includes Michael Alonso but he only appears in a cameo as a wounded soldier who dies quickly.

KORCZAK

Recommended. A truly great film about a great man.

JEWISH MOTIFS FILM FESTIVAL

OUT IN THE DARK

Recommended. Having seen pictures of the lead actors, especially Michael Alonso, I went to see a hot gay flick. It was much more than that. Both leads are hot indeed but it's a subtle love story, a political drama and a thriller all in one. Unforgettable.

NIGHT FILM MARATHON - HIGH-OCTANE CINEMA

BRICK MANSIONS

Watchable. "Banlieue 13" ("District 13") it isn't. The tongue-in-cheek money laundering scene, numerous puns and some good action scenes are a plus. Unfortunately the two lead actors and slow English lines pale in comparison to energetic acting and machine gun speed French conversations of the original.

RUSH

Watchable. Casting an Australian actor speaking American English to pretend to be British was a big mistake. Still, it's fun for linguists as, apart from a mixture of English varieties, you get German and Italian. Some scenes are funny, e.g. hitching a ride after a car breakdown. Hans Zimmer's music is marvellous, including the credits score. The psychology of characters and their rivalry appears genuine. Last but not least that's how history of sport is made.

LONE SURVIVOR

Watchable. On the one hand it's yet another war movie and yet another Seals appraisal. On the other a chance to see a real war and real Afghanistan. Demystifies the local population.

JACK STRONG

Recommended. Another linguistic attraction. Plus perfectly drawn characters and the Cold War atmosphere. Excellent suspense. Convincing acting. And the real life mystery of Kuklinski's sons deaths.

NIGHT FILM MARATHON - THE NIGHT OF ADAPTATIONS

DIVERGENT
VAMPIRE ACADEMY
ENDER'S GAME

Watchable. All of them (the first two seen for the first time, the last one for the second) this time were quite fun but standard fare, nothing you wouldn't have seen before. And all of them talk about teenagers/school and teach you that practise of martial arts makes perfect.

THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES 

Walked out. I had found it watchable the first time but it seemed too silly to see it again.