Hemanth Kissoon
@filmaluation.bsky.social
Cinema and arts journalist. Searching for creativity, brains, and all-out entertainment. My website is Filmaluation (www.filmaluation.com), an online film and culture magazine.
TIME BANDITS
Cracking start, the middle sags, but re-finds its groove with the lead’s gobby scene-stealing sister. Kevin Haddock is an ace character.
THE ELECTRIC STATE
Apart from occasionally vivid visual effects, this is riddled with poor storytelling, world-building & characterisation.
#movies
Cracking start, the middle sags, but re-finds its groove with the lead’s gobby scene-stealing sister. Kevin Haddock is an ace character.
THE ELECTRIC STATE
Apart from occasionally vivid visual effects, this is riddled with poor storytelling, world-building & characterisation.
#movies
April 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
TIME BANDITS
Cracking start, the middle sags, but re-finds its groove with the lead’s gobby scene-stealing sister. Kevin Haddock is an ace character.
THE ELECTRIC STATE
Apart from occasionally vivid visual effects, this is riddled with poor storytelling, world-building & characterisation.
#movies
Cracking start, the middle sags, but re-finds its groove with the lead’s gobby scene-stealing sister. Kevin Haddock is an ace character.
THE ELECTRIC STATE
Apart from occasionally vivid visual effects, this is riddled with poor storytelling, world-building & characterisation.
#movies
OPUS
The first half is cringe comedy. The second is body horror MIDSOMMAR-lite. The coda is an existential gut-punch in the vein of VENGEANCE [2022].
DEMON CITY
Doesn’t achieve the action highs it could have, but there are plenty of nifty combat sequences.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Opus
#DemonCity
The first half is cringe comedy. The second is body horror MIDSOMMAR-lite. The coda is an existential gut-punch in the vein of VENGEANCE [2022].
DEMON CITY
Doesn’t achieve the action highs it could have, but there are plenty of nifty combat sequences.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Opus
#DemonCity
April 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
OPUS
The first half is cringe comedy. The second is body horror MIDSOMMAR-lite. The coda is an existential gut-punch in the vein of VENGEANCE [2022].
DEMON CITY
Doesn’t achieve the action highs it could have, but there are plenty of nifty combat sequences.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Opus
#DemonCity
The first half is cringe comedy. The second is body horror MIDSOMMAR-lite. The coda is an existential gut-punch in the vein of VENGEANCE [2022].
DEMON CITY
Doesn’t achieve the action highs it could have, but there are plenty of nifty combat sequences.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Opus
#DemonCity
FLOW ★★★★★
Staggering animation. A perilous adventure of survival. A cross between LIFE OF PI and PONYO. So good I actually wanted to re-watch immediately - that normally only happens to me with things like JOHN WICK 4 and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Flow
Staggering animation. A perilous adventure of survival. A cross between LIFE OF PI and PONYO. So good I actually wanted to re-watch immediately - that normally only happens to me with things like JOHN WICK 4 and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Flow
March 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
FLOW ★★★★★
Staggering animation. A perilous adventure of survival. A cross between LIFE OF PI and PONYO. So good I actually wanted to re-watch immediately - that normally only happens to me with things like JOHN WICK 4 and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Flow
Staggering animation. A perilous adventure of survival. A cross between LIFE OF PI and PONYO. So good I actually wanted to re-watch immediately - that normally only happens to me with things like JOHN WICK 4 and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Flow
It is actor Oscar Isaac’s birthday. Isaac’s top 5 best films:
-EX MACHINA
-INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
-MOJAVE
-SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
-THE CARD COUNTER
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#OscarIsaac
-EX MACHINA
-INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
-MOJAVE
-SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
-THE CARD COUNTER
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#OscarIsaac
March 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It is actor Oscar Isaac’s birthday. Isaac’s top 5 best films:
-EX MACHINA
-INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
-MOJAVE
-SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
-THE CARD COUNTER
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#OscarIsaac
-EX MACHINA
-INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
-MOJAVE
-SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
-THE CARD COUNTER
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#OscarIsaac
THE MONKEY ★★★★☆
A rollicking gorefest with a dry, resigned humour. There’s a lot of blood. Joins the COMPANION and HEART EYES enjoyable run of black-comedy horror cinema. Prefer to director’s overrated LONGLEGS. Tackles Stephen King’s theme of bullying.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#TheMonkey
A rollicking gorefest with a dry, resigned humour. There’s a lot of blood. Joins the COMPANION and HEART EYES enjoyable run of black-comedy horror cinema. Prefer to director’s overrated LONGLEGS. Tackles Stephen King’s theme of bullying.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#TheMonkey
March 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
THE MONKEY ★★★★☆
A rollicking gorefest with a dry, resigned humour. There’s a lot of blood. Joins the COMPANION and HEART EYES enjoyable run of black-comedy horror cinema. Prefer to director’s overrated LONGLEGS. Tackles Stephen King’s theme of bullying.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#TheMonkey
A rollicking gorefest with a dry, resigned humour. There’s a lot of blood. Joins the COMPANION and HEART EYES enjoyable run of black-comedy horror cinema. Prefer to director’s overrated LONGLEGS. Tackles Stephen King’s theme of bullying.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#TheMonkey
The two best films of 2024 were:
1. NICKEL BOYS, and
2. KNEECAP.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Oscars
#NickelBoys #Kneecap
1. NICKEL BOYS, and
2. KNEECAP.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Oscars
#NickelBoys #Kneecap
March 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The two best films of 2024 were:
1. NICKEL BOYS, and
2. KNEECAP.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Oscars
#NickelBoys #Kneecap
1. NICKEL BOYS, and
2. KNEECAP.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Oscars
#NickelBoys #Kneecap
I watched Jackie Chan’s CRIME STORY last night. A different beast to his action-comedies, with a harder, grittier tone. The same explosive mayhem, but with a tougher edge to the combat sequences.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#CrimeStory #JackieChan
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#CrimeStory #JackieChan
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I watched Jackie Chan’s CRIME STORY last night. A different beast to his action-comedies, with a harder, grittier tone. The same explosive mayhem, but with a tougher edge to the combat sequences.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#CrimeStory #JackieChan
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#CrimeStory #JackieChan
It is director Mike Leigh’s birthday. Nearly 30 years on, SECRETS & LIES still astounds. If you haven’t watched, do yourself a favour, it is one of the peaks of British cinema. I hope Criterion bring out a 4K version.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Criterion
#MikeLeigh #SecretsAndLies
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Criterion
#MikeLeigh #SecretsAndLies
February 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It is director Mike Leigh’s birthday. Nearly 30 years on, SECRETS & LIES still astounds. If you haven’t watched, do yourself a favour, it is one of the peaks of British cinema. I hope Criterion bring out a 4K version.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Criterion
#MikeLeigh #SecretsAndLies
#FilmSky #MovieSky #Criterion
#MikeLeigh #SecretsAndLies
SUGAR [season 1] ★★★☆☆
Initially, a conventional neo-noir, but Colin Farrell’s ethereal performance masks a monumental rug-pull. The look & disjointed editing jar. Ambitious combination of elements, though individual parts don’t excel. Am still digesting. Theme of depravity disquiets.
#TVsky #Sugar
Initially, a conventional neo-noir, but Colin Farrell’s ethereal performance masks a monumental rug-pull. The look & disjointed editing jar. Ambitious combination of elements, though individual parts don’t excel. Am still digesting. Theme of depravity disquiets.
#TVsky #Sugar
February 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
BAD MONKEY [season one] ★★★★☆
A bingeable crime-comedy. With this and FREAKY, Vince Vaughn has dialled up the charm to delightful effect. Here, he is a one-man screwball comedy, with an on-form ensemble. The dialogue is terrific!
#TVsky #BadMonkey
A bingeable crime-comedy. With this and FREAKY, Vince Vaughn has dialled up the charm to delightful effect. Here, he is a one-man screwball comedy, with an on-form ensemble. The dialogue is terrific!
#TVsky #BadMonkey
February 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
BAD MONKEY [season one] ★★★★☆
A bingeable crime-comedy. With this and FREAKY, Vince Vaughn has dialled up the charm to delightful effect. Here, he is a one-man screwball comedy, with an on-form ensemble. The dialogue is terrific!
#TVsky #BadMonkey
A bingeable crime-comedy. With this and FREAKY, Vince Vaughn has dialled up the charm to delightful effect. Here, he is a one-man screwball comedy, with an on-form ensemble. The dialogue is terrific!
#TVsky #BadMonkey
THE GORGE ★★☆☆☆
A cross between THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, SERENITY, and THE LAST OF US, but not up there with any of them. A love story slash horror slash action flick, doing none of those particularly well. The ending is trite.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#TheGorge
A cross between THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, SERENITY, and THE LAST OF US, but not up there with any of them. A love story slash horror slash action flick, doing none of those particularly well. The ending is trite.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#TheGorge
February 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
THE GORGE ★★☆☆☆
A cross between THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, SERENITY, and THE LAST OF US, but not up there with any of them. A love story slash horror slash action flick, doing none of those particularly well. The ending is trite.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#TheGorge
A cross between THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, SERENITY, and THE LAST OF US, but not up there with any of them. A love story slash horror slash action flick, doing none of those particularly well. The ending is trite.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#TheGorge
If you’re going to the cinema, we have been spoilt with entertaining horror-comedies lately:
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#HeartEyes #Companion
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#HeartEyes #Companion
February 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If you’re going to the cinema, we have been spoilt with entertaining horror-comedies lately:
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#HeartEyes #Companion
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#HeartEyes #Companion
ELEVATION ★½☆☆☆
Three years on from invincible monsters emerging, characters are having conversations as if they’ve never spoken about them. The lazy and perfunctory dialogue sums up the experience. Even Mackie and Baccarin can’t, ahem, elevate.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Elevation
Three years on from invincible monsters emerging, characters are having conversations as if they’ve never spoken about them. The lazy and perfunctory dialogue sums up the experience. Even Mackie and Baccarin can’t, ahem, elevate.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Elevation
February 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
ELEVATION ★½☆☆☆
Three years on from invincible monsters emerging, characters are having conversations as if they’ve never spoken about them. The lazy and perfunctory dialogue sums up the experience. Even Mackie and Baccarin can’t, ahem, elevate.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Elevation
Three years on from invincible monsters emerging, characters are having conversations as if they’ve never spoken about them. The lazy and perfunctory dialogue sums up the experience. Even Mackie and Baccarin can’t, ahem, elevate.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#Elevation
If only Richard Donner had made more Superman movies. If only John Milius had made more Conan movies. I watched CONAN THE BARBARIAN [1982] last night. One of my favourite fantasy films. That Basil Poledouris score!
@arrowvideo.bsky.social
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#ConanTheBarbarian
@arrowvideo.bsky.social
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#ConanTheBarbarian
February 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If only Richard Donner had made more Superman movies. If only John Milius had made more Conan movies. I watched CONAN THE BARBARIAN [1982] last night. One of my favourite fantasy films. That Basil Poledouris score!
@arrowvideo.bsky.social
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#ConanTheBarbarian
@arrowvideo.bsky.social
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#ConanTheBarbarian
LOVE HURTS ★★★☆☆
A fun little action flick from maestro choreography production house 87North. Treading a fine line for Valentine’s Day, asking the question: Can something be gory and meet cute at the same time?
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#LoveHurts
A fun little action flick from maestro choreography production house 87North. Treading a fine line for Valentine’s Day, asking the question: Can something be gory and meet cute at the same time?
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#LoveHurts
February 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
LOVE HURTS ★★★☆☆
A fun little action flick from maestro choreography production house 87North. Treading a fine line for Valentine’s Day, asking the question: Can something be gory and meet cute at the same time?
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#LoveHurts
A fun little action flick from maestro choreography production house 87North. Treading a fine line for Valentine’s Day, asking the question: Can something be gory and meet cute at the same time?
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#LoveHurts
Over 40 years on, the song sequences still exhilarate. They sound amazing. I watched this last night:
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Prince #PurpleRain
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Prince #PurpleRain
February 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Over 40 years on, the song sequences still exhilarate. They sound amazing. I watched this last night:
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Prince #PurpleRain
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#Prince #PurpleRain
SEE [seasons 1-3] ★★★★★
One of the most spectacular shows of all time. The jewel in Apple TV+’s crown. Pulse-pounding, breathtaking, brutal, tragic. A cornucopia of dystopian carnage.
#ActionSky #TVsky #See
One of the most spectacular shows of all time. The jewel in Apple TV+’s crown. Pulse-pounding, breathtaking, brutal, tragic. A cornucopia of dystopian carnage.
#ActionSky #TVsky #See
February 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
SEE [seasons 1-3] ★★★★★
One of the most spectacular shows of all time. The jewel in Apple TV+’s crown. Pulse-pounding, breathtaking, brutal, tragic. A cornucopia of dystopian carnage.
#ActionSky #TVsky #See
One of the most spectacular shows of all time. The jewel in Apple TV+’s crown. Pulse-pounding, breathtaking, brutal, tragic. A cornucopia of dystopian carnage.
#ActionSky #TVsky #See
Watched BIRDS OF PREY yesterday. A ratatat bone-breaking action flick. McGregor’s trust fund man-baby is his best performance. The mayhem orchestration impresses, especially Harley Quinn breaking out a prisoner. Out Deadpools DEADPOOL.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#PhysicalMedia #BirdsOfPrey
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#PhysicalMedia #BirdsOfPrey
February 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Watched BIRDS OF PREY yesterday. A ratatat bone-breaking action flick. McGregor’s trust fund man-baby is his best performance. The mayhem orchestration impresses, especially Harley Quinn breaking out a prisoner. Out Deadpools DEADPOOL.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#PhysicalMedia #BirdsOfPrey
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#PhysicalMedia #BirdsOfPrey
Fancy a movie double bill looking at the brutality of being part of a family of criminals? Check out AT CLOSE RANGE and ANIMAL KINGDOM. The violence is made all the more unnerving because of the familial bonds. See also Fredo in THE GODFATHER PART II and the line Michael crossed.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#FilmSky #MovieSky
January 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN ★★★★½
Music biopics are a lacklustre genre; they tend to be inert and hackneyed. Normally I feel director James Mangold is mediocre with a few moments of inspiration. Here though, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is both electric and enigmatic.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#ACompleteUnknown
Music biopics are a lacklustre genre; they tend to be inert and hackneyed. Normally I feel director James Mangold is mediocre with a few moments of inspiration. Here though, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is both electric and enigmatic.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#ACompleteUnknown
January 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN ★★★★½
Music biopics are a lacklustre genre; they tend to be inert and hackneyed. Normally I feel director James Mangold is mediocre with a few moments of inspiration. Here though, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is both electric and enigmatic.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#ACompleteUnknown
Music biopics are a lacklustre genre; they tend to be inert and hackneyed. Normally I feel director James Mangold is mediocre with a few moments of inspiration. Here though, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is both electric and enigmatic.
#FilmSky #MovieSky
#ACompleteUnknown
ENTER THE DRAGON is a sports movie, wrapped in an espionage film, encased in a martial arts spectacular. I watched the extended version yesterday.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#EnterTheDragon #BruceLee
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#EnterTheDragon #BruceLee
January 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
ENTER THE DRAGON is a sports movie, wrapped in an espionage film, encased in a martial arts spectacular. I watched the extended version yesterday.
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#EnterTheDragon #BruceLee
#FilmSky #MovieSky #ActionSky
#EnterTheDragon #BruceLee