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The movie by Eugene Jarecki concentrates on explaining how does the "military - industrial complex" in America work nowadays and how the web of connections between arms making corporation executives and the government turns a democracy into a "war democracy".

This movie cannot avoid comparisons to M. Moore's "Fahrneheit 9/11" but Jarecki does a great job of not trying to show off and avoiding making a zealot of himself (which is Moore's trademark). A lot of facts, a lot of documents and a lot of proof which give a picture of how "capitalism plainly wins (...) against democracy" make "Why we fight" a highly enjoyable document that makes you think about the system of the American administration and the decision-making process within.

A must-see for anyone interested in contemporary politics and international relations.

My score 9/10.

If you're looking for a comedy to spend some time laughing you've got the wrong movie. This one isn't funny and if there scenes to laugh about it's not because they're "funny" but because they're true.

"The Day of the Wacko" is about one day taken from a life of a underpaid, depressed, Polish language teacher in Warsaw. But it's also about getting old and tired of life that seemed so happy and nice at first and then turned into a total disaster - a disaster that a lot of people getting old (not only in Poland) experience. Another movie about Adas Miauczynski is true to the bone, it tries to picture the confrontation between the idealist dreams that all of us had while being young with reality that, often, is depressing and sad. And it does..."The Day of the Wacko" also makes a few points about us, Polish people (or rather people in general), that we often try to hide or make them go away in our minds. I believe each and every person after watching the movie will feel that this it's, even in a flash, about themselves.

The screenplay, and directing is really good, but the movie would be poor if not for some excellent acting by Marek Kondrat as Adas Miauczynski - he's not excellent, he's absolutely wonderful as a man that considers himself as the lowest of the low. In my opinion this is one of the most universal Polish movies ever made (at least after 1989) and anyone interested in Polish cinema should take a while to see it.

10/10

An absolutely classical love story by Emily Bronte filmed by Peter Kosminsky who did an excellent job not only by capturing the whole essence of the story but also by picturing the XVII/XVIII century England really well.

The main story is about three generations that occupied an estate called the Wuthering Heights. The film begins as Mr Earnshaw, father of two - Cathy and Hindley, brings a gypsy orphan from his trip to Liverpool. He names the boy Heathcliff and introduces him as a member of the family. Unfortunately after his death Hindley, who was never fond of Heathcliff, gets to be head of the Earnshaw family and Heathcliff starts his new life as a servant. Meanwhile both Heathcliff, and Cathy draw closer and closer to each other.

This movie has got all the things that weren't there in "Pride & Prejudice" (the one with Keira). First of all - it's not boring although it stays true to the original story it tells. I am not a fan of either J. Austen or E. Bronte, and I consider both books (Wuthering and Pride) dull but after being filmed "Wuthering Heights", as a story, seems far from dull to me. Furthermore, the casting is really what sets these films in two different worlds - R. Fiennes and J. Binoche are excellent whereas, even if Macfayden seems OK as Darcy, then Keira is there either because she's British or pretty (defineteley not because she's a good actress). And the last thing that seems to be "Wuthering Heights'" advantage, at least in my opinion, love and romance are not the main points of the movie - it's rather about revenge and prejudice, while "Pride & Prejudice" is a lot more about costumes, Georgian age and romance. "Wuthering Heights" are a lot more deep and complex but that's an advantage for those who would like to see something more than a simple love story.

One of the greatest love stories for me 9/10