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Earthquake Bird (2019) 

English If this film hits the mark (you need to be in the mood for something slower, that's all about the characters and what looks beautiful, you should not be looking for a thriller full of surprises), you'll be satisfied. I was very impressed by the ending, and it's "just" a quiet conversation between two people. Alicia Vikander is great.

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Blades of Glory (2007) 

English A little Zoolander on ice, a little Dodgeball, Semi-Pro, Talladega Nights... But still fun. I like Will Ferrell that way, and I like how Blades of Glory simultaneously makes fun of sports movies while keeping the story about friendship pretty sincere. Many of the scenes are really hilariously funny, but there are some slightly (not too many) weaker moments.

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Drunk Parents (2019) 

English A really bad comedy that isn't even funny. I am searching my memory in vain to recall whether I've ever seen Salma Hayek or Alec Baldwin in a worse film, and I have the strong impression that I haven't, because the "jokes" aren't funny, the story makes no sense, Baldwin is desperately unbelievable as a bitter cynical loser in an expensive suit, and Salma Hayek is completely clueless.

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Watchmen - Little Fear of Lightning (2019) (episode) 

English I think it's one of the best episodes so far, if not the best altogether. It focuses on one character and explains a lot (thanks to her), but other questions remain and answers won't be far away. It's nice to see how well thought out it is, and I'm really enjoying Watchmen. I'm just curious if the President of the United States will make an appearance in a future episode.

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A Blonde in Love (1965) 

English A beautiful film, more beautiful than I remembered it. And that's in spite of a lot of things that happen in it.

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The Little Hours (2017) 

English Certainly not blisteringly funny, but definitely a good comedy that thankfully doesn't just benefit from the characters behaving very contemporaneously in the Middle Ages, it cares about those characters too. The final crazy confrontation is irresistible, and the ending, like the tone of the whole film, is – unexpectedly – beautiful.

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State of the Union (2019) (series) 

English Polished dialogue with perfect acting, but be warned – the ten-minute episodes are tempting, but you'd better not watch too many of them in a row; keep your distance between them or you'll feel like the characters are trying to talk you to death. And that would be a shame, because State of the Union is a fine series.

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Ford v Ferrari (2019) 

English A spectacle as intoxicating as the speed of a race car, perfectly filmed, with amazing sound... It's movies like this, that take me "right there" for a few hours, that make me love cinema the most. In fact, I knew almost nothing about the story of this famous race, and thanks to that it never ceased to surprise me from the beginning to the very end, entertaining me with its speed, insight, and relaxed atmosphere, and constantly seeming to say "It's not over yet, wait for the finale." I waited, and I have to say that this is to Le Mans '66 what a Live Aid concertis to, say, Bohemian Rhapsody – a huge spectacle, enthusiastic and enthralling. Christian Bale is an absolute standout (I realized I last saw him in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises and that's quite a shame) and he's as good with Matt Damon as, say, Robert Redford was back in the day with Paul Newman. James Mangold's direction is precise and the idea of the film is beautiful. I hope there's a book about Ken Miles now.

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Doctor Sleep (2019) 

English A very faithful adaptation of a book I enjoyed very much, that builds on one of the best films I've ever seen. The courage of the makers of Doctor Sleep was tremendous – to continue Kubrick's story, but at the same time be true to King and make more than an epilogue to The Shining. They succeeded brilliantly, thanks largely to Mike Flanagan, who straddled the line between King and Kubrick, standing firm, and I can only thank him for it. When you see all the original and very impressively executed mind travel (and combat), the atmosphere, which is much better than the trailers suggested and relies not on scares but on honest suspense... That's exactly how I imagined it when reading the book, and yet the book lacked the film's biggest trump card – the Overlook. I could find a scene or two to fault, but overall I'm so pleased with Doctor Sleep that I can't, or rather won't. The ending is a downright treat for anyone who has not only seen The Shining, but also read it... Notto mention the amazing Ewan McGregor.

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The Last Aristocrat (2019) 

English I'm afraid that as long as Jiří Vejdělek writes his own scripts, he probably won't make a good comedy. The Last Aristocrat is just another spasmodic attempt to be funny, nothing more. The excellent book has lost its greatest trump card on the way to the screen, i.e. the narrator Maria, and much that beautiful verbal humor; the plot often makes no sense at all, and the sometimes good actors here are simply terrible because that's what they were obviously asked to do, and all of them are severely upstaged by the young Yvona Stolařová, and she's not even trying. If I ever laughed, it was always thanks to Pavel Liška – not his useless character, but really him, the actor Pavel Liška, who clearly understands humor better than Jiří Vejdělek.