Movie reviews

AKADEMIA PANA KLEKSA (MR. BLOT'S ACADEMY)

There hasn't been a chance for any sneak preview yet and I hated the 80s versions, at the same time the producer of the remake has already got a deal for Lego merchandise. The movie's going to be ready in November 2023. There'll be dozens of CGIs in one sequence - hundreds of people will work on them in total. Brzechwa wrote the book before Rowling wrote hers so there are aspirations for worldwide distribution. The creators dream also of a film city in Katowice so that one can touch the movie. The new film is to be based on the book, published in 1946-47, which is still a set book at school, not on the first adaptation. The scriptwriter discussed the script with Heman - the CGI-makers and "tested on children", e.g. their language. This time there'll be no child nudity or the march of werewolves with metal music. The creative group has finished, they were at the end of pre-production in late May. The shooting takes place: in Norway briefly, Poland for a few months, next in Bulgaria. It won't be an old school musical where music would appear all of a sudden. Nowadays a pretext for music is needed. Music is going to play a role again but now it'll be custom-made illustrative music. Some rhythms of the 1983 version are alien to children nowadays but they're going to refer to Korzyński's too. The makers are planning to offer a range of interaction before and after the movie. The protagonist will be Ada, not Adaś Niezgódka, Tomasz Kot will embody Prof. Ambroży Kleks. Even Tomasz Kot had stage fright before this role.

THE NORTHMAN

Recommended. About 7 historians consulted the movie so the reality depicted may well be accurate. On top of the headings scripted in runes. While based on Nordic tales and making use of the splendid landscapes of Iceland, it's archetypal, taken the family ties and desires, Shakespearean, as a story of vengeance, power, with witches and prophecies, and reaching out as far as Greek mythology in the finale, where two muscled naked men, armed in swords and shields, fight on a black and orange backdrop reminiscent of ancient vases. A sword, carrying a name, is both Arthurian and Tolkienesque in the way its forging is presented. Atmos sound gives it clarity and spaciousness. The cinematography is a masterpiece in its own right. You feel powerful upon leaving the cinema.