I really liked JoJo Rabbit but turned Uncut Gems off after about 30/40 mins - I hated them all and had no interest in what happened to any of them.
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I really liked JoJo Rabbit but turned Uncut Gems off after about 30/40 mins - I hated them all and had no interest in what happened to any of them.
I should probably finish Jojo Rabbit.
Uncut Gems was worth watching for Julia Fox, where the feck did they find her? I reckon she might be the most wanted actress(Margot Robbie style) pretty soon, mostly for her looks.
Yeah, people acting like animals was pretty believable with the death percentage they had in the movie.
Uncut Gems was worth watching for Julia Fox, where the feck did they find her? I reckon she might be the most wanted actress(Margot Robbie style) pretty soon, mostly for her looks.
Yeah, people acting like animals was pretty believable with the death percentage they had in the movie.
The % was pretty scary, something like 24m in a few weeks.
The Gentleman
Hugh Grant does an impression of Michael Caine doing an impression of Russel Brand.
Lowest common denominator rubbish.
Hugh Grant does an impression of Michael Caine doing an impression of Russel Brand.
Lowest common denominator rubbish.
Agreed. Oh and both Day After Tomorrow and 2012 were made by the same dude!
I always liked that 70s Meteor film with Sean Connery. The spinning meteor seems to have attached trombones that parp everytime you see a shot of it.
The Big Hit:
1998 Marky Mark vehicle featuring Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate and Avery Brooks.
Marky Mark is a hitman with a heart of gold who manages to find ways to combine extreme athleticism and gunplay in various uninteresting ways. He also manages to balance an annoying wife and an affair with a gold digging bit on the side to add some "comedy" value to proceedings.
Lou Diamond Phillips reminded me why he disappeared from major movies as he put in a cringe inducing display that could easily make the top ten over-the-top gangster portrayals of all time. There is also another member of their hitman crew who discovers masturbation and becomes addicted to it. Yeah, that actually happens!
Best part in the movie is the attractive jailbait daughter of a movie mogul. Attractive, yet smart character which surprised me due to the other shit characters in the film. The movie mogul actually produces a film with a title that's the funniest gag in the movie.
So bad that it's watchable to see how bad it gets.
1998 Marky Mark vehicle featuring Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate and Avery Brooks.
Marky Mark is a hitman with a heart of gold who manages to find ways to combine extreme athleticism and gunplay in various uninteresting ways. He also manages to balance an annoying wife and an affair with a gold digging bit on the side to add some "comedy" value to proceedings.
Lou Diamond Phillips reminded me why he disappeared from major movies as he put in a cringe inducing display that could easily make the top ten over-the-top gangster portrayals of all time. There is also another member of their hitman crew who discovers masturbation and becomes addicted to it. Yeah, that actually happens!
Best part in the movie is the attractive jailbait daughter of a movie mogul. Attractive, yet smart character which surprised me due to the other shit characters in the film. The movie mogul actually produces a film with a title that's the funniest gag in the movie.
So bad that it's watchable to see how bad it gets.
Bowfinger (1999)
A classic. Saw Steve Martin playing the banjo on twitter so I downloaded this movie.
Hilarious as always. Laughed my ass off for 90 minutes. Still one of the best comedies ever.
Very underrated.
10/10
A classic. Saw Steve Martin playing the banjo on twitter so I downloaded this movie.
Hilarious as always. Laughed my ass off for 90 minutes. Still one of the best comedies ever.
Very underrated.
10/10
Very good cheesy film, I love disaster films, even the chessy crappy ones.
Feel like we could use a new large scale end of the world scenario type movie right now--it d be good distraction. Kinda like - yeah things may be bad and thousands are dying but you know - we could have millions/billions dying if get hit by some massive freak of nature or space thingy. Though between the earthquakes, forest fires, mud slides, tornados etc and hurricane season coming this could be a truly wild ride.
One of two movies I skipped class to go watch, waaaay back when. Released during a mini-surge in Hong Kong action directors trying their hand in Hollywood. I bet the movie's aged like a fine dollar store wine.
The bolded part guy (best known as the soldier who trains a gun on Ed Harris in The Rock) later went on to be the 'shocker' in Spiderman: Homecoming. Something something hands.
Oh yeah, I thought he seemed familiar.
I'm sure he looks back on his role as an obsessed masturbator with pride.
Amen.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. That year - and the ones around it, to be fair - was a crazy good year for movies.
Children of men was excellent. Didn't even expect any action, but action scenes were amazing, great effects and very realistic. Majority of movies from 2000s have far better action scenes and production than the late 2010s crap that looks like terrible video game most of the time, with few exceptions.
Bad Boys for Life
Decent fun. A few laughs. Good chemistry between the leads. Everything you'd expect from the series.
I'm just a bit unsure about the action, though. At its best, it was really good. At its worst, I had no idea what was going on, who was winning, who'd got shot, how the characters had ended up in those positions, etc.
If you like this kind of movie, you'll enjoy it.
Decent fun. A few laughs. Good chemistry between the leads. Everything you'd expect from the series.
I'm just a bit unsure about the action, though. At its best, it was really good. At its worst, I had no idea what was going on, who was winning, who'd got shot, how the characters had ended up in those positions, etc.
If you like this kind of movie, you'll enjoy it.
With coronavirus it could be the highest grossing film of the year.
I thought it was great!
A collector James Bond memorabilia got burgled and had some replica guns nicked, but they missed Oddjob's bowler hat.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/bond-guns-stolen-in-north-london-burglary-gbkqw3xx3
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/bond-guns-stolen-in-north-london-burglary-gbkqw3xx3
The Good Liar
This is good. A review is difficult to write as those who have seen will appreciate. 7/10
This is good. A review is difficult to write as those who have seen will appreciate. 7/10
The Villainess
Korean female Bourne + mafia + soap opera family drama + revenge movie
The plot was absolute BS and 40 mins in I was convinced I had seen 2 hours already. Had to look up wiki to make sense of it after I was done sine I saw it in instalments. The very violent action was well done, especially the opening sequence, but it's not for me.
Korean female Bourne + mafia + soap opera family drama + revenge movie
The plot was absolute BS and 40 mins in I was convinced I had seen 2 hours already. Had to look up wiki to make sense of it after I was done sine I saw it in instalments. The very violent action was well done, especially the opening sequence, but it's not for me.
I had similar issues. I heard it was great, but I couldn't get into it. I had no clue what was going on and the camera during action scenes felt too gimmicky and distracting.
Big Trouble in Little China
What a film, one of my favourites. I don't know how The Rock gets the sheer gall to think he can produce a remake and cast himself as Jack Burton. The original is perfection and Kurt Russell's bumbling John Wayne impression is his best role for me, the mixture of bravado and slapstick is brilliant. The only negative is Kim Cattral annoys the feck out of me for some reason. Although there's a scene you can see right through her wet blouse and she's wearing nothing underneath which leaves me wondering how they used to get away with showing this on TV at like 3 in the afternoon. But then I remember the 80's were great.
10/10
Home Alone
One of my childhood favourite films ever 9/10
One of my childhood favourite films ever 9/10
Haha such fantastic brainless entertainment in a way. A classic 80s movie in every sense.
Yesterday - Rom-com about a struggling musician living in a world where the Beatles never existed and passes off their songs as his own. Actually liked this way more than I thought I would. Never been to Liverpool and from all the stories on here, was expecting a shithole but looks surprisingly normal. The Indian bloke playing the main character actually has a decent voice, and Lily James plays a girl next door type but is still fecking gorgeous. 7.5/10
The Rock is really starting to become fecking annoying. He's everywhere these days.
He's never even in anything that you'd say is particularly good. At best it's watchable. I don't get the appeal.
Oh god this isnt happening is it?
Home Alone 2
Decent but borrowed too much from the original whilst not adding much new 7/10
Decent but borrowed too much from the original whilst not adding much new 7/10
Yeah he's been on about it for a while. As far as I know John Carpenter is against it.
I keep going through Prime, Netflix and now Disney Plus looking for a film, but I then end up going to my blu ray collection and watching something old. I think that Marky Mark film put me off new films.
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Bloodshot
Waste of time and money. Shambles of a plot that makes no sense, crappy dialogues...even Vin Diesel can't save this. Eiza Gonzalez looks hot though.
3/10
Knives Out
A very interesting mystery movie a la Christie and Holmes. Well acted, taut screenplay and interesting till the end.
8/10
Waste of time and money. Shambles of a plot that makes no sense, crappy dialogues...even Vin Diesel can't save this. Eiza Gonzalez looks hot though.
3/10
Knives Out
A very interesting mystery movie a la Christie and Holmes. Well acted, taut screenplay and interesting till the end.
8/10
The Report (2019)
On Amazon Prime. A movie about the senate investigation into the CIA’s torture program of suspected terropost 9/11.
Fascinating insight into that program that made headlines when the Abu Ghraib story came out. Some disturbing scenes will have you grimacing, no doubt.
The notes at the end about prosecutions, etc are unreal.
On Amazon Prime. A movie about the senate investigation into the CIA’s torture program of suspected terropost 9/11.
Fascinating insight into that program that made headlines when the Abu Ghraib story came out. Some disturbing scenes will have you grimacing, no doubt.
The notes at the end about prosecutions, etc are unreal.
Steamboat Willie (1928)
Making the most of my Disney+ free trial, I finally got round to watching Mickey Mouse's first official appearance in a proper cartoon. I've always loved the simple 2D animations having been fed a large diet of Popeye the Sailor, Bugs Bunny, Tom & Jerry, Speedy Gonzalez, all the Looney Tunes etc. then on to the likes of The Hair Bear Bunch, The Addams Family, Top Cat, Wacky Races, Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Scooby Doo, Powerpuff Girls, etc., etc., for most of my life. I could go on forever. I'm not ashamed to say that I will never, ever, ever get tired of watching cartoons.
I've always seen the iconic clip of Mickey Mouse whistling at the ship's steering wheel but have never seen the whole cartoon. It's only about 7 minutes long but it's pretty funny and every scene is pretty much a visual gag, some quite creative and some really funny. It's hard to believe that this cartoon is nearly 100 years old but it still looks great. I can fully understand how it would have been a massive hit all those years ago. 2D animation gives you so much freedom to bend rules and express yourself in ways not possible in other formats, giving inaminate objects personality and a life of their own, for example. Despite obviously being very basic in detail and in black and white, it does not detract from the simple story. Good fun. I'm also currently working my way through 30 seasons of the Simpsons.
I'm giving this a 6/10.
Making the most of my Disney+ free trial, I finally got round to watching Mickey Mouse's first official appearance in a proper cartoon. I've always loved the simple 2D animations having been fed a large diet of Popeye the Sailor, Bugs Bunny, Tom & Jerry, Speedy Gonzalez, all the Looney Tunes etc. then on to the likes of The Hair Bear Bunch, The Addams Family, Top Cat, Wacky Races, Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Scooby Doo, Powerpuff Girls, etc., etc., for most of my life. I could go on forever. I'm not ashamed to say that I will never, ever, ever get tired of watching cartoons.
I've always seen the iconic clip of Mickey Mouse whistling at the ship's steering wheel but have never seen the whole cartoon. It's only about 7 minutes long but it's pretty funny and every scene is pretty much a visual gag, some quite creative and some really funny. It's hard to believe that this cartoon is nearly 100 years old but it still looks great. I can fully understand how it would have been a massive hit all those years ago. 2D animation gives you so much freedom to bend rules and express yourself in ways not possible in other formats, giving inaminate objects personality and a life of their own, for example. Despite obviously being very basic in detail and in black and white, it does not detract from the simple story. Good fun. I'm also currently working my way through 30 seasons of the Simpsons.
I'm giving this a 6/10.
Doom Annihilation
The fact that this took me four days to finish despite it being only 90 minutes days a lot 1/10
The fact that this took me four days to finish despite it being only 90 minutes days a lot 1/10
Completely get what you mean.
I'm about 4 minutes in and haven't gone back to it since. Sounds like I don't need to bother.Ideal film for anyone stuck inside at the moment, I think. Fun escapism that pretty much the whole family can watch.
I'm on day 78 of my Star Wars: ROS watch. You did great.
I’m sure this isn’t the right place to ask this, and unsure if it’s worth a thread of its own or has been discussed elsewhere, but have any of the film studios discussed releasing movies that were originally intended for cinemas onto any of the streaming platforms instead during this pandemic? Cinemas look like they’ll be shut for months ahead and maybe the studios could release them to the highest streaming-service bidder instead? Blockbusters intent on recouping $100m+ at the box office won’t entertain this idea but a few niche, independent studios may.
Has this been mentioned anywhere yet? Cheers in advance.
Has this been mentioned anywhere yet? Cheers in advance.
It's already happened, mate. A lot of the movies that were in cinemas when they closed are now on places like Amazon Prime and Sky Box Office. The problem is they are charging and extortionate rate of £15.99 for a rental. I'd have rented The Invisible Man if it was reasonably priced like other films, but not at that price.
I think there's been talk of Mulan and Black Widow going straight to streaming while other films have been delayed.