Lifer Movies

Title: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale Rating: 3.5/5 Genre: Adventure, Horror Starring: Jorma Tommila, Peeter Jakobi, Onni Tommila Director: Jalmari Helander Language: Finnish IT'S CHRISTMAS! Well, actually no it's not. Come to think of it, if you are even remotely in the 'Christmas spirit' two and a half months before the actual date you should stop it, right now. It's not even fucking close to Christmas; it's not even been Halloween yet, so get your god damn priorities straight. That said, there is nothing at all wrong with a little bit of preparation, particularly where films are concerned else you'll be stuck watching the same shit they put on every year; "Home Alone," "The Goonies" (which I do love, but enough is enough), "Elf," "Santa Clause" and god knows what else that for some reason they feel needs to played every god damn year despite often sucking the first time. The age old combination of "Die H...

Title: Mies Vailla Menneisyyttä (The Man without a Past) Rating: 4/5 Genre: Comedy/Drama Starring: Markku Peltola, Kati Otinen Director: Aki Kaurismäki Language: Finnish A new wanderer in town, holding everything he has with him, falls asleep in a park only to be beaten to a pulp by hoodlums. He enters a hospital, the doctors believe he died, they leave him, he awakes finding that he has no memory of himself, he instantly gets out unnoticed and passes out near a cost line. He is found by a couple, among the people living in containers in that area, and is offered help until he gets his balance back. Describing the plot is pretty silly. Basically there isn't much to add, but what makes this film a powerful and enjoyable film to watch is that it easily enters the heart. There is no over-dramatizing yet we will be touched by the sadness and sorrow showing on "M's" (Peltola) face, there's no attempt to make us fall on the floor from laughter yet we will get some good ...