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Rafał Donica

Rafał Donica

Since watching "Blade Runner", he has been passionate about cinema, loves "Akira", "Drive", "Escape from New York", "North by Northwest", the underrated "The Hateful Eight" and "Terrifier 2". Author of the book "Frankenstein 100 years in cinema". Founder and editor-in-chief (in the years 1999 - 2012) of the Polish film portal FILM.ORG.PL. Since 2016, a professional reportage photographer.

SHUTTER. Truly terrifying horror with a stunning ending

SHUTTER. Truly terrifying horror with a stunning ending

Shutter is an example of how one can create a film based on (already overly exploited) templates, add something new of their own, take care of the...

MICMACS. Hilarious, surrealistic marvel of a comedy

MICMACS. Hilarious, surrealistic marvel of a comedy

Events from the borderland of cartoonish burlesque intertwine here with the dark humor of the real world, yet the whole never descends into...

GHOST RIDER. The Madness of King Nicolas

GHOST RIDER. The Madness of King Nicolas

There was Pale Rider and Easy Rider. There was also – oh horror! – Knight Rider. Now it’s time for Ghost Rider!

COWBOYS & ALIENS. Science fiction western mush-up

COWBOYS & ALIENS. Science fiction western mush-up

I might be stretching it a bit trying to compare Cowboys & Aliens to the adventures of the famous archaeologist-adventurer…

JACOB'S LADDER. Part horror, part puzzle, all excellence

JACOB'S LADDER. Part horror, part puzzle, all excellence

Adrian Lyne, starting from the year 1986, indulges in an intense analysis of the erotic side of humanity.

EDGE OF DARKNESS. Excellent thriller with everything at the right place

EDGE OF DARKNESS. Excellent thriller with everything at the right place

Taken 2: The Sequel?

SKYLINE. Shame on you Strause brothers

SKYLINE. Shame on you Strause brothers

I won’t discover America by stating that trailers often show the best scenes and sometimes are better than the finished movie.

THE FOURTH KIND. WTF of a science fiction horror

THE FOURTH KIND. WTF of a science fiction horror

In the Paranormal Activity trampled by me into the ground, a ghost haunted, who didn’t record on the camera…

CYBORG. Post-apocalyptic science fiction with JCVD CYBORG. Apocalypse? Just bring it on!

CYBORG. Post-apocalyptic science fiction with JCVD

This is one of those few films where Jean Claude Van Damme doesn’t play a Frenchman or one of two twin brothers…

STARSHIP TROOPERS. Visually spectacular science fiction satire

STARSHIP TROOPERS. Visually spectacular science fiction satire

Lately, we have been inundated with movies in which actors are just an addition to computer-generated extraordinary characters.