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Tales from the North 12: Me and Morrison

September 17, 2012 in HedonisticActor

In the second part of the loosely defined Restless trilogy a slacker/stoner falls in love with a mysterious, charming bad boy who has some shady business going on and who also happens to be a single father. Contains some nudity so sensitive viewers, be on vary. Read the rest of this entry →

Tales from the North 11: Restless

September 9, 2012 in HedonisticActor

This Finnish movie from 2000 tells about a doctor who can’t feel any exictment and everything feels nothing causing pain to those who want to love him. Restless was the most watched domestic movie of its year and was notable for its sexual content so let’s see does it have any other values than just that. Speaking of which this review contains strong sexual scenes so viewers are suggested to be on vary. Read the rest of this entry →

Worthy of an Oscar 12: The Sting

August 26, 2012 in HedonisticActor

The best film of 1973 tells about two lovable rascals in the 1930’s who are trying to con a douchebag mob boss. More interesting than it sounds. Read the rest of this entry →

Worthy of an Oscar 11: It Happened One Night

August 16, 2012 in HedonisticActor

This time we look at the pioneer of screwball comedy, a romantic tale from 1934 about a rich heiress trying to reach her would-be-husband and a reporter wanting to make a story about it. This is also my first video review in a shorter review format. Read the rest of this entry →

Old Shames: Energycore of Power #1

July 31, 2012 in HedonisticActor

For the first time to the public eye I present the first issue of a superhero comic series that I used to write and draw in my youth for my own amusement, this particular number was done when I was only 14 years old. Nine years and improved writing skills later it is needless to say that my perspective about it has changed somewhat. Read the rest of this entry →

Worthy of an Oscar 10: Gladiator

July 3, 2012 in HedonisticActor

https://www.veoh.com/watch/v137358505Q8RGKYxw

In the best film of 2000 an army officer serving the army of Rome gets his life destroyed by the new emperor so he swares vengeance in this life or the next. So how does the movie that marked the return of sword & sandal genre fare? Read the rest of this entry →

Tales from the North 10: The Unknown Soldier (1985)

June 13, 2012 in HedonisticActor

The classic Finnish war novel about a group of colorful people fighting against Soviet Union for various of reasons got readapted 30 years after the iconized first film adaptation. With the guy behind The Earth Is a Sinful Song at the director’s chair this film takes more realistic and documentaric approach that has both advantages and disadvantages. Was also Finland’s submission for Best Foregin Language Film Oscar race. Read the rest of this entry →

Tales from the North 9: The Unknown Soldier (1955)

May 27, 2012 in HedonisticActor

The most watched domestic film and maybe even the most canonized one this war movie tells about the group of colorful personalities defending their country during Continuation War. But just how well this classic has stood the test of time? Read the rest of this entry →

Worthy of an Oscar 9: Ben-Hur

May 1, 2012 in HedonisticActor

In the best film of 1959 a wealthy man named Judah Ben-Hur gets betrayed by his former best friend and swares vengeance. Can anything extinguish the hatred in his heart? Read the rest of this entry →

Tales from the North 8: A Time for Roses

April 21, 2012 in HedonisticActor

This is the first video done as a member of Manic Expression. A Time of Roses, released in 1969, is the first Finnish scifi movie. In the year 2012 when at least Finland is ruled by sciencists a goverment official is making a documentary about an ordinary woman (1946-1976) and desides to use a living model, a nuclear engineer, to tell her story. But little he knows that the engineer is part of a group trying to make the system fall. Read the rest of this entry →

Tales from the North 7: Producing Adults

April 7, 2012 in HedonisticActor

In this submission to the Best Foregin Language Film Oscar race from 2004 we look just how difficult relationships are to manage these days, especially when people simply act stupid. Read the rest of this entry →

Tales from the North 6: Bad Boys

March 7, 2012 in HedonisticActor

Based loosely on real life events this popcorn flick from 2003 tells about four lovable rascals who rob stuff to cover their debts. However they also have a paranoid schizophrenic father to worry about.