Sunday, 17 July 2016
Surrogates (2009)
In a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
Fairly entertaining sci-fi tale with an amusing premise (war is fought by surrogate soldiers while the real ones rest in a building full of cots) doesn't quite live up to its existentialist implications.
Maltin***: "Smart science-fiction tale...Slick entertainment has some provocative ideas behind it."
Parallels (2015)
A mysterious building is the gateway to infinite parallel Earths.
A nice, but not quite original idea doesn't convince as a movie, since it is intended as a pilot to a TV series; what you get are two episodes and a disappointing cliffhanger ending.
Autómata (2014)
An insurance agent of a robotics corporation investigates cases of robots violating their primary protocols against altering themselves, and what he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
Intelligent sci-fi tale with a good cast and an intriguing story has some scenic post-apocalyptic settings and holds one's attention to the touching ending, although it does drag on in spots.
Saturday, 16 July 2016
Pasolini (2014)
A kaleidoscopic look at the last day of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975.
Demure, but intense and intriguing study with a great performance by Willem Dafoe in the title role doesn't shy away from the complexity of Pasolini's personality.
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