Ad Astra (2019)

Roy Mcbride is an astronaut who embarks on a complex and dangerous mission out of a desire to find out the truth about his father, who disappeared on a similar mission 30 years ago.

Ad Astra is a sci-fi drama that deals with common human themes such as ambition and one's feelings towards disappointing or absent parents. We see here the predisposition to wanting to know one's roots, as well as the undeclared desire, hidden under a mask of apathy, to find out that the guilty parents have some mitigating circumstances. Brad Pitt is very efficient and skilled as always in rendering a wide range of emotions with very little effort, helped by his cynical and bored monologue his character delivers as also the storyteller.

With little action and more of an invitation to reflection, Ad Astra is an entertaining film only for a few.

Director:  James Gray    

With: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland

Rating: 9/10

Preacher (2016-2019)

Un pastor neobisnuit si cu un trecut patat isi da viata peste cap cand iubiri vechi revin in viata sa si ajunge sa porneasca un drum lung pentru a-L gasi pe Dumnezeu care se pare Si-A Parasit postul.

Plin de idei nebune si absurdism, Preacher va oferi multa distractie neintrerupta fanilor, fie ca acestia vor comedie, actiune sau situatii ridicole. Asteptand ca totul sa aiba un sens mai adanc, intreaga serie se va derula in fata ochilor fara un rezultat. Nimic nu e sfant, nimic nu e lasat fara ofensa, toate personajele sunt victimele slabiciunilor si defectelor, fie ele personaje negative sau pozitive. Colorat ca si comics-ul pe care e bazat, Preacher este placut vizual dar plin de orori de tip gore si violenta gratuita, ceea ce este ceva negativ doar pentru audienta ce a ales acest serial din greseala.

Creatori: Sam Catlin, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen

Productie: AMC

Cu: Dominic Cooper, Joseph Gilgun, Ruth Negga, Graham McTavish, Pip Torrens, Noah Taylor, Julie Ann Emery, Ian Colletti

Rating: 9/10

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