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On The Sea (UK)

By Golu
This one's a beautiful, tender, quiet romantic drama with a moody atmosphere, set in a tight knit Welsh fishing community. It's a touching story about a man waking up sexually in the middle of his life, and how he, his family, and everyone around him deal with it, which makes it emotional and sentimental without ever getting over the top. The slow burn plays out against a landscape that's as bleak as it is gorgeous, where quiet, closed off men are stuck inside rigid ideas of what masculinity should be. Some people might be reminded of "God's Own Country," but I think both films are lovely in their own way. Jack is a middle aged guy who co-owns a mussel farm with his rough around the edges brother Dyfan, and the tension between the two of them is simmering under the surface right from the start. Dyfan's three sons all help out with the work, while Jack's sulky teenage son Tom keeps skipping out. Jack's been with his wife since they were both 16, and...
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Wrecked

By Golu
A film that could have been a very nice thriller and drama on subject like a person is unable to move on from an abusive relationship, however hard you try is something new and can be very novel but as expected, the makers try to just put too much of nudity for thrill sake and lose out on a good opportunity.

Ryan is an 18- year old teenager, who is trying to make his mark as an actor. He has finally landed a gig in theatre and is trying his best to make it work. One day out of nowhere, his ex Daniel shows up and asks if he can stay there. Ryan hesitantly gives in in promise for a normal and loving relationship. It turns out that Daniel has history of drugs and random hook ups. None of that has changed. No later than a day, we see Daniel back to drugs and his anonymous sexual escapades, trying to hide from Ryan. But things are not working for Ryan either. He eventually gets kicked out from the theatre and he comes back home to find Daniel having sex with another guy. Instead of getting made, he joins them and they have a hot threesome. Ryan is downwardly spiraling fast and there is no way he will rise back up again, anytime soon.

There are a couple of full on sex scenes with erections and all and they are actually quite hot. I won't call it porn. What I was more interested in knowing is Ryan's psyche. Is he stupid or naive? Why is he letting Daniel use him? Why would someone want to continue in a lying, abusive relationship. Throughout the film he attempts to justify this weakness or stubbornness by describing it as a 'desire' to help Daniel. He is unable to explain this fully in his discussions with you the audience and thus is never able to convince himself or the observer. Also, its not like the relationship caused him his acting gig, he was just not good. Isin't it time for some retrospection. Instead Ryan goes and seduces his documentary making friend after Daniel fiasco. There are a lot of stretched theatre rehearsal scenes which unnecessarily drag the film and many other loopholes like how Daniel escapes and reappears every now and then. I was also not very clear on what the ending was. Has Ryan now become a hustler or something? It wasn't very clear. The direction with hand held cameras and constant shakes is amateurish at best.  It looks as though the film was made in the filthiest, messiest, most unattractive surroundings that could be found. Drunk and junkie Daniel is the only good thing about the film. He looks good and also acts decent. 

Save your time and money. Wrecked is definitely a complete wreck of a movie. (2.5/10)
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