rlesses Reviews

Another Life (2001)

Simply awful.

[1/10 · 10 July 2021]

Words cannot describe how awful this movie is. From the beginning to the end, repetitious, miserable, stupid and beyond belief.

Sliding Doors (1998)

Truly bad

[2/10 · 18 February 2019]

Two hours wasted. Starts ridiculously, develops predictably and ends weakly. Gwyneth Paltrow is not a good actress.

House of Cards: Chapter 1 (2013) Season 1, Episode 1

Limned in darkness

[8/10 · 12 February 2016]

How the hell did Zoe Barnes ever get a job? Her personality is (literally) repellent. She's no Mattie Storen. This is the only episode in which Underwood says, "You might say that. I couldn't possibly comment." He could have used it more effectively, but Ian Richardson's delivery of the line is much more apposite, and Spacey is not at Richardson's level. A lot of setup, introducing major and minor characters in interesting circumstances. The Underwoods's characters, the depth of which you find as they develop over the first season, are here limned in darkness. There are many two-second cuts, which is great for those of us with ADD, but which must be wearing for those without. Nevertheless, 8/10, just for the setup and hint of menace to come.