If viewers were to vote on the attractiveness of both previous seasons, the second season would easily win. Not for the quality of the scriptwriting, which is noticeably weaker, prone to issues, didacticism, and schematics, but for the attractiveness of the subject matter, which this time revolves around human…

Oh so this is not going to rank with this year's New French Wave and there was a lot of faith in Xavier Gens, who could have saved the eco shark horror after a long time, but who hasn't come up with a quality genre film in years, and instead of a proper shark carnage, he made a sort of activist eco drama? WTF! I don't…

A bit of a disappointment for me, but that's due to the film's premise, which lured in a serial killer who cuts off women's lips, and I was expecting a gritty Hannibal-style murder mystery, and it really didn't. The murders are at most just talked about. I was expecting it gritty, unpleasant, raw and brutal and I…

A psychological, dense, disturbing conversational Thriller that came out of nowhere and is one of the nice surprises much like Last Stop in Yuma County. Unfortunately, I can't say too much about the film, as there's an interesting twist at the 20 minute mark that piles on more twists and turns, and it's a pleasure to…

Mike and Marcus are back, and since the captain calls from beyond the grave to tell them he has another case for them, they won't be bored. But you might be a little. The fourth outing of the Bad Boys attempts to build on previous installments not only in style, but more importantly in story, and sometimes overdoes it…

A powerful anti-war drama about power corrupting, and absolute power corrupting absolutely. One night on the eve of a decisive battle that made history, portrayed by Rudolf Hrušínský as Napoleon and several other top actors from his circle as his victims or adversaries. Radovan Lukavský portrayed the intriguer Fouché …

The remarkable confrontation between absolute five-star ratings and categorical dismissals occurred long before television production even ended. The truth probably lies somewhere in between, and at least these extremes balanced each other out. Compared to contemporary Czech television detective series, it's passable,…

If there's one thing I truly miss after the dissolution of the federation, it's Slovak TV on Czech television. The Slovaks provided a constant connection to a slightly different culture and significantly expanded the pool of actors, directors, and overall talent. Moreover, they allowed Slovak creators to escape the…

Guy de Maupassant was a master at describing the twisted characters of French (petty) bourgeois, and he usually managed it in a concise story spanning just a few pages. The creators of this TV play took a broad approach, delving deeply into psychology, thus stretching a story that could have been told in about 45…

For a film to succeed, you need a quality screenplay, good actors, and a decent budget. The latter was lacking here because in the early 70s, Czech Television definitely couldn't afford to splurge, and cardboard studio backdrops appeared not only in fairy tales but even in productions for adults. However, this…