All the good in the world is tinted with some evil. But if you come across a particularly nasty bad guy who makes life for people in your town a living nightmare, you need to take action. And just as in every good recipe for success you need a few key ingredients. Courage, skill, humor, wit, friendship, and trust with a pinch of madness won't guarantee anything, but do you have a choice? Will you accept the evil and stand silent? One woman was brave enough to collect a team to challenge a very unscrupulous man and you know which side you're on. A classic western and some good-willed cowboys to cheer. The Magnificent Seven.
You can live your quiet, uneventful life, not bothering anyone, getting in trouble, or aiming too high in life or career opportunities. But trouble tends to find you. What if you were mistaken for a millionaire with a reckless wife and thrown into a crime you had no intention of getting involved in? What if someone pissed on your carpet, and while having no other grudges, this one was offensive enough to trigger your anger? What if you were called like someone else, and this surname made you entangled in a weird family situation and placed among some greedy enemies? The Big Lebowski. When a guy just can't be left on his own. Enjoy.
For an average person, it takes a lifetime to finally own a home, save up enough for retirement and enjoy the autumn of their lives, spending what was once earned by hard work. But if you want to have a lot and you want it fast, you have to act in a different way. Acquiring lifetime savings of lonely elderly, imprisoning them in care, at the same time building a safety nest for oneself, and creating a clever machine that seems to work clockwork is one way to act. However, not all old ladies and gentle and polite. Some might be related to dangerous people with dangerous methods. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. So if they want to get you killed... you know the rest of the story. A great portrayal of a strong woman and some food for thought on where to draw the line between personal success and the violation of basic human rights. I Care a Lot.
If you have a matter to solve, you want to get the job done, don't you? And when the issue concerns the killing of your father, you want to hire the best possible person to make sure the villain will be caught and punished accordingly. And it doesn't matter that you are just a teenage girl in the brutal world of Wild West surrounded by unscrupulous criminals when justice rarely sees the light of day. A unique friendship, an unlikely bond and a quest towards one girl's justice. True Grit.
Are you fond of fairy tales? You can argue that they are for children, but written by adults, they have at least a pinch of truth in them. Do you believe in true love? Are you a fan of quests, castles, princesses in distress, and magic? Righteous knights and evil princes? Giants and revenge? And maybe a bit of humor? Then, a perfect story awaits, which still resonates with viewers and fans, despite the passing of time. A good "old" classic, The Princess Bride.
We've all been there. We have seen he said vs she said rape investigations, we have experienced discrimination at work, we had to fight against our father's, brother's, male politician's, and partner's wishes and ideas about our career choices, maternity decisions, and beliefs. Is there anything we, women, can do to finally feel equal? Is there a way to stop mistreatment and discrimination? Is there anything we can do to stop this porn-inspired, male-dominated world with uneven pays, uneven prospects, and double standards? Let's start with revenge. A sweet girl can do much more than make-up. So important in these times and a step towards the light when the world can be something else than another Handmaid's Tale. Promising Young Woman - a film every man (and a woman) should see at some point in their lives to finally learn.
One day, you're young and innocent, and all those married forty-year-olds stare at you weighing their thoughts whether to leave their wife and children for you and pursue their desires. And after a wink, the situation is reversed. You are the one who is abandoned for someone younger, prettier, more successful, or (and this is a slap in the face) completely different. You've been there through ups and downs, poverty, insecurities, and crisis, to realize that men run away from the difficult and problematic into the arms of easy and uncomplicated. And much without your control, you are typecast to be the leftover first wife who clings on the last frail remains of beauty and self-confidence. But you can get up on your feet and prevail! And taste the sweet flavor of revenge. Three women against their ex-husbands and an inspiration for many spouses, who treated unfairly, want to get back on their track. The First Wives Club.
The most frustrating thing in life is to run into a stumbling block of your ambition. But some things are just so difficult to overcome. Money, class, background, education - these things you won't easily acquire and there are no shortcuts. But if once rejected, you badly needed to be accepted back? What can you resort to in order to make your plan work and the girl of your dreams like and trust you back? Is there a limit to your scruples or Machiavelli was right and "The end justifies the means"? How a boy with no money and prospects tried to make it in the city of Warsaw. The Hater.
You always remember those who wronged you, don't you? Even one critical remark lingers for years, one hateful comment blurs hundreds of positive ones, one failed purchase sours your mood and memories of many successful ones. One accident leaves you traumatized and one failure in a relationship makes you cautious with the subsequent loves. But if you're innocent, entirely and blissfully and there are those who purposefully destroy your career, freedom, love, and family? Can you forget the betrayal? Can you really let go? Or will you find peace only when you revenge those who wronged you? Taking into account circumstances, making use of the true reversal of fate and pure luck, you might regain what was once taken from you. Life is made of ups and downs and this story is the epitome of its giggles of fate. A classic still exciting, enjoyable and interesting, based on a lengthy Alexandre Dumas' novel, with multiple film adaptations. Do you believe in God's justice? The Count of Monte Cristo.
War is not a child's game. It's about politics and ruthless killing. But once you form a unit of juveniles, equip them with weapons and make them take care of a hostage, you might deal with another Lord of the Flies. How pristine are human reactions in the face of a common enemy? Why trust is so easy to break? Why leadership goes from hands to hands in the face of circumstances? And why establishing a few rules makes people behave against their own beliefs? Monos.
Some people are really devoted to their professions. Others are equally devoted to their bosses, whether out of respect or fear of urban legends about the gloomy fate of those who dared to be disobedient. But what kind of consequences has a job in which your task is to kill fulfilling orders of your superiors? What if one such superior made you take care of his wife? What if, by killing the wrong person, you made your boss your biggest enemy? What if taking care of one crime you accidentally disturbed other more serious criminals and karma had some nasty ways to bite you back? Cult, violent, and hilarious, young Quentin Tarantino and his Pulp Fiction.
Who said that you can't have dreams? And again, who said that these dreams cannot be made true? Rules are only rules because the society established them for more or less rational reasons and some are worth to be broken. You'd think that being born with Down syndrome, rejected by your family and imprisoned in a retirement home can ruin your chances for an exciting future, but the right moment can help you spread your wings and fly. Maybe a genuine friendship is just around the corner, maybe not only you have lost something and need something else, this time with meaning. A beautiful journey of three lost souls who found each other for a reason, good old magic of the 90s movies, The Peanut Butter Falcon. Enjoy.
Aren't you tired of the stories of pedophilia, corruption, and sexual exploitation? We all know that in any organization, especially based on abstinence and complete devotion to religion, some nasty scandals will pop up now and again. But aren't we all somehow connected to religion? Weren't we all praying to God in times of trouble? Don't we need some sense of community and belonging? This is what the Church should stand for. Sometimes vocation finds itself in the most unlikely individuals. What if a troubled boy deceived everybody and pretended to be a priest? Can he save a small town sunk in grief and hypocrisy? Can he be a better human than those given the privilege and respect? Very true, Boże Ciało.
Imagine a distant Swedish village, which in full light celebrates one of the most famous Scandinavian traditions. Imagine white robes, friendly people, the beauty and cleanliness of the Swedish north. Picture life without technology, immune to the threats of the contemporary world, unspoiled by the sins of the modern lifestyle. To this ad a group of fascinated youths who have their own issues to figure out and need a journey to forget and distance themselves from the world. What can possibly go wrong? Nothing like this so far, Midsommar.
There are some love stories that shaped your life irreversibly. They caused heartache, the change of plans, they caused pain. You know this feeling, you fell in love with the wrong person, the wife of another man, the object of adoration of someone rich and powerful. In such cases, it's difficult to expect a happy ending. But once crashed with the burden of events, can you come to terms with the past? Can you forget the biggest loves of your life: a woman, a film, a vision, beauty, and happiness? Can you deal with the fact that your everything is also everything for someone else? Los abrazos rotos.
Time flies by so fast that it's difficult to keep track of its flow. What now can be seen in musea was used every day by thousands of us, not even expecting what the future holds and how today will look like. Our present will also be someone else's past, possibly even a distant past. Our fascinations and philosophies will be seen as basic and out-dated, our technology will fill the shelves of galleries and our clothes and food will be the center attention for school trips for children, organized to extend the curriculum of classes if there will be such. How the world will look like hundreds of years from now? How our inventions will influence the inventions from the future? Can you imagine moving cities on wheels on shifted continents and London, being one of these cities, facing a catastrophe caused by flawed and corrupted politics? Based on Philip's Reeve novel, with a bullet of Peter's Jackson film-making capabilities, the adventure of the future. Mortal Engines, enjoy.
War is unpredictable. Within a second it can destroy everything you have worked for for the whole life, it can delete from existence everyone you loved, leaving you broken-hearted. It has no mercy and taste for happy endings. But war involves millions. It forces people to take sides, make choices, and follow fear, love, or the instinct of survival. At the same time, it teaches us lessons. It puts into perspective our problems, dilemmas, and little material things that we fight for: gold, land, power, admiration. Can the heart of one wild pilot be overwhelmed with love for one married woman? Can a hurt nurse find peace after witnessing so many traumas and losses? And finally what is the factor that connects them all? The quintessence of the fragility of life and love despite consequences and sides to take. The English Patient.
Two hundred years have passed and still, the biggest difference between people, a difference deeper than race, religion or nationality, is the financial status. Some have very little, others live the lives of privileges and pleasure, enjoying the services of private doctors, fashion designers, gourmet cooks, and luxury travel. We love the stories of from rags to riches, fables of how a poor and good boy resorting to wit and luck became a millionaire and changed his life for the better. But the reality is less optimistic. There were millions who starved to death, millions who died in political conflicts, and millions who sold everything, including their dignity, for a better life for their children. Despite the passing of time, a story of one who overcame poverty and those who were somehow connected to his renewed life. The fate of the criminals of the circumstances, the cruelty of the hungry, money-making world, the young French paying for the sins of their parents, trying to fight for their own happiness. Poverty-struck France with all its injustices, based on Victor's Hugo novel, Les Misérables.
Being an attractive woman, you don't know what kind of relationship you're getting yourself into. You can be tempted by wealth and power, promised admiration in the spotlight and long-lasting support, but life is unpredictable and you might be left with nothing. Nothing is still something positive, as opposed to threats, fear of being killed and torn to pieces. Falling for the most dangerous man in the country has its consequences. Being a lover of kings and popes could guarantee jewels, fashionable gowns, and boastful feasts, but also could grant you one less pleasant beheading. Based on a true story, a twist of power, drugs, money, revenge, murder, and politics. Loving Pablo. Be careful who you fall for. Enjoy.
We usually associate heroes with white Americans or Europeans hit by personal tragedy, which made them plot vendetta against their enemies and opponents. The world is far wider than the cities we are used to. It comprises tribes, following different customs and traditions, landscapes unsurpassed in their beauty, wild animals living freely in wide open spaces of valleys and hills, and people struck with global problems far different than mortgage and student's loans. A tribute to Africa with its all distinguished highlights, a story of Wakanda, revenge, technological progress, and a proof that the world is in need of another kind of hero. Black Panther.







