swee'pea99
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The Harder They Come. Raaas!
What film did you watch last night?
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AndyRM
XOXO
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The Trainspotting 2 trailer worries me a little. It looks like a re-hash of Trainspotting, but with "modern" references and an awful lot of nods to the first film.
Boyle has talked a lot about not wanting to spoil the "legacy" of Trainspotting, and that's fine but I feel if he really meant it he'd have made Porno, not something "loosely based" on it labelled Trainspotting 2.
Boyle has talked a lot about not wanting to spoil the "legacy" of Trainspotting, and that's fine but I feel if he really meant it he'd have made Porno, not something "loosely based" on it labelled Trainspotting 2.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Second half of 'Hotel Transylvania' with daughter (first film)
Quite good fun!
I do need to introduce her to Beetlejuice though!
Quite good fun!
I do need to introduce her to Beetlejuice though!
AndyRM
XOXO
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Macbeth - 7/10
Stellar cast, gorgeous cinematography (which wears its Herzog and Refn (amongst others) influences grimly on its sleeve) and a haunting soundtrack. A great adaptation, though the lines are a bit mumbled at times.
Stellar cast, gorgeous cinematography (which wears its Herzog and Refn (amongst others) influences grimly on its sleeve) and a haunting soundtrack. A great adaptation, though the lines are a bit mumbled at times.
Drago
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13 Hours - The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. Velly good.
Our Kind of Traitor
Typical le Carré in that the pacing is fairly slow and it leaves some unanswered questions.
Interesting story, and good performances, particularly from the 4 main leads (Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsgård (he's always good) and Damian Lewis)
Not as good as The Night Manager.
6.752146544 /10
Typical le Carré in that the pacing is fairly slow and it leaves some unanswered questions.
Interesting story, and good performances, particularly from the 4 main leads (Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsgård (he's always good) and Damian Lewis)
Not as good as The Night Manager.
6.752146544 /10
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
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- Crewe
Django Unchained (Netflix)
The best Tarantino I've seen in a while, although the things that irk me about his work are there in great abundance. (Jarring tonal shifts, crowbarred homages that take you out of the film, music that doesn't suit or make sense as coherent soundtrack choices, a despearate need for someone to either stand up to the director, or take a firm hand when editing etc, etc). What it does have is great performances from pretty much everyone but Tarantino himself, whose Australian accent (no, really) is appalling, and a decent story, Will it hold up to a second watch? Who knows. I was conscious throughout that I could be watching a western less obviously in love with its own cleverness, and I suspect that that might stop me re-viewing it.
Gone Girl (Netflix)
Interesting psychological thriller - I can't say how close it is to the book, not having read it, but Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike are very good, and David Fincher's direction is excellent.
Worth catching.
The best Tarantino I've seen in a while, although the things that irk me about his work are there in great abundance. (Jarring tonal shifts, crowbarred homages that take you out of the film, music that doesn't suit or make sense as coherent soundtrack choices, a despearate need for someone to either stand up to the director, or take a firm hand when editing etc, etc). What it does have is great performances from pretty much everyone but Tarantino himself, whose Australian accent (no, really) is appalling, and a decent story, Will it hold up to a second watch? Who knows. I was conscious throughout that I could be watching a western less obviously in love with its own cleverness, and I suspect that that might stop me re-viewing it.
Gone Girl (Netflix)
Interesting psychological thriller - I can't say how close it is to the book, not having read it, but Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike are very good, and David Fincher's direction is excellent.
I did feel slightly uneasy at times about the overall thrust of the story - is it mysoginistic? Ultimately though, Affleck and Pike's characters being imprisoned, effectively, by their own poor choices is both horrifying and fascinating.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
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The Cobbler with Adam Sadler
Very good
Very good
jefmcg
Guru
They are not words often seen together
(and it's a hard "no" from me based on my previous experience with Sandler, and it's 9% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes)
philk56
Guru
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- WAy down under
Went to see Nocturnal Animals at the weekend. Great to look at and the story within the story was very gripping - reminded me in some ways of No Country For Old Men. Michael Shannon is always good to watch. Not sure if the whole film all came together for me but worth seeing in my opinion. I'd be interested to read the book upon which it was based to see if it tied things up any better.
Leaway2
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Philadelphia. 10/10
swee'pea99
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Wake in Fright - a genuinely nightmarish portrayal of Aussie g'day mate culture at its rawest, as our protagonist finds himself stranded among the hard-drinking denizens of an isolated outback mining town. Horrible and grimly compelling. I've never seen anything like it...and I'm not sure I ever want to again, tho' it is, in its bleak and remorseless way, something approaching a masterpiece.
AndyRM
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Classic. Sadly being remade. For TV, which is a travesty.
