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It sits in the middle of another scene and goes for about ten minutes. It's just a poor editing decision to plonk it into what is a pretty intense key scene.
The Disaster Artist - An absolute nothing film, just as misguided an attempt at making a new Ed Wood as Wiseau making a new A Streetcar Named Desire.
mother! - weird as feck.
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You'll probably find it entertaining but it's basically just celebrities dressing up and reenacting their favourite Room scenes, all very nice and tamely in order to get Wiseau on board with the project.Oh
Happy Death Day wasn't bad. Nothing really new within this "time loop" subgenre, but I liked the lead, and that it's pretty light-hearted flick, even if every loop ends with a usually nasty death.
I'm fine with light, as one of such films is pretty much one of the scariest and depressing films.
I'm fine with light, as one of such films is pretty much one of the scariest and depressing films.
Hmmmm
That drives past Wrong Decisions without a glance, slows briefly on the outskirts of Unbelievable Stupidity, and finally rolls to a stop before the asylum in Insanity.
Mother! - I have no idea what I just watched but I absolutely loved it! How it builds up is pretty spectacular.
Bardem was great as usual but I thought Jennifer Lawrence really stole the show in this one. Her best performance ever imo, or at least from what I've seen from her. Solid 8/10
The last part of the film ...
Bardem was great as usual but I thought Jennifer Lawrence really stole the show in this one. Her best performance ever imo, or at least from what I've seen from her. Solid 8/10
The last part of the film ...
wasn't supposed to be funny but I just couldn't stop laughing thinking about this meme at some point
Christ! The absolute carnage!
Was it supposed to be everything that ever happened in that house?
Christ! The absolute carnage!
Was it supposed to be everything that ever happened in that house?
Secret Ceremony - Quite a bizarre film. On the one hand it's a fairly serious meditation on loss and sexual abuse but on the other hand it's kooky piece of camp. Elizabeth Taylor looked lost most of the time, Robert Mitchum barged in now and then with mean tirades and a dodgy beard. Mia Farrow's long black wig look is probably my favourite look of hers.
So, yeah, a strange but eminently watchable film.
So, yeah, a strange but eminently watchable film.
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Wasn't just you, was really hard not to laugh at how mental it gotMother! - I have no idea what I just watched but I absolutely loved it! How it builds up is pretty spectacular.
Bardem was great as usual but I thought Jennifer Lawrence really stole the show in this one. Her best performance ever imo, or at least from what I've seen from her. Solid 8/10
The last part of the film ...wasn't supposed to be funny but I just couldn't stop laughing thinking about this meme at some point
Christ! The absolute carnage!
Was it supposed to be everything that ever happened in that house?
Jumanji 2: Welcome to the Jungle
100% fun. 100% adventure. Really loved it. None of the main characters really came out strong and the dynamic was slightly off....but the screenplay and comic timings makes up for it. One of the most fun movies I've recently. would watch it again.
8/10
100% fun. 100% adventure. Really loved it. None of the main characters really came out strong and the dynamic was slightly off....but the screenplay and comic timings makes up for it. One of the most fun movies I've recently. would watch it again.
8/10
10 for 1
Call me by your name - 8.5/10 Not as good as The Bigger Splash but Guadagnino got it right once again. Beautiful movie, the story reminded me of blue is the warmest colour and the setting and tone of the movie reminded me of Rohmer's movies in the south of France (The Collector, Claire's knee). Made me miss the summer and want to move to northern Italy. Chalamet was incredible.
Le notti bianche - 8/10 Pretty straightforward adaptation of Dostoyevski's White Nights set in Italy, second Visconti movie I've watched and they're 2 great movies (The Leopard being the first). Need to watch Ossessione soon.
Four nights of a dreamer - 9/10 Also an adaptation of White Nights but I actually prefered this to both the book and Visconti's movie. Great depiction of the loneliness and imagination of the book's main character and the brazilian music really set the tone of the film.
11:14 - 6/10 There's been a car accident and the movie follows several perspectives in a non linear way until we find out what actually happened that led to the accident. It's well made with a fun premise, but I thought it was pretty forgettable. Not really my kind of movie.
Herzog's Nosferatu - 9.5/10 Brilliant. The movie shows Count Dracula and the plague arriving at a city in central Europe and the terror and despair they cause. Fantastic acting, scenery, story, cinematography, etc. Movies don't get much better than this. Klaus Kinski
A Man Escaped - 9/10 A french soldier in WWII escapes prison. Best prison movie I've ever seen, it's such a simple and minimalistic movie but it's brilliant. Even though the title pretty much spoils it, it doesn't really matter.
A Prophet - 8/10 Also a movie set in France and in a prison but I thought this was more of a gangster movie than a prison one. Anyone who loves the Godfather, Goodfellas, etc. will enjoy this too.
The Secret in their eyes - 7.5/10 Argentinian detective movie about a case that marked a detective's life and the corruption in the justice system in Buenos Aires. Pretty similar themes to Tropa de Elite but this had less action and more character development. Made me want to go to a football match in Argentina.
Le Havre - 8/10 An african boy arrives at Le Havre through a ship's container and an old shoeshiner helps him find his mother while the police are after the boy. I read Kaurismaki usually made depressing and bleak movies but this was the opposite. Very upbeat and optimistic film.
Lovers on the bridge - 8.5/10 Great romantic movie that follows 2 homeless people in the pont-neuf in Paris, one is an alcoholic and the other is a painter that's going blind. I had a few problems with how some parts of the story were done and thought there was no need to dramatize it as much as Carax did.
Great movie that could have been even better. Need to watch Holy Motors soon.
Call me by your name - 8.5/10 Not as good as The Bigger Splash but Guadagnino got it right once again. Beautiful movie, the story reminded me of blue is the warmest colour and the setting and tone of the movie reminded me of Rohmer's movies in the south of France (The Collector, Claire's knee). Made me miss the summer and want to move to northern Italy. Chalamet was incredible.
Le notti bianche - 8/10 Pretty straightforward adaptation of Dostoyevski's White Nights set in Italy, second Visconti movie I've watched and they're 2 great movies (The Leopard being the first). Need to watch Ossessione soon.
Four nights of a dreamer - 9/10 Also an adaptation of White Nights but I actually prefered this to both the book and Visconti's movie. Great depiction of the loneliness and imagination of the book's main character and the brazilian music really set the tone of the film.
11:14 - 6/10 There's been a car accident and the movie follows several perspectives in a non linear way until we find out what actually happened that led to the accident. It's well made with a fun premise, but I thought it was pretty forgettable. Not really my kind of movie.
Herzog's Nosferatu - 9.5/10 Brilliant. The movie shows Count Dracula and the plague arriving at a city in central Europe and the terror and despair they cause. Fantastic acting, scenery, story, cinematography, etc. Movies don't get much better than this. Klaus Kinski
A Man Escaped - 9/10 A french soldier in WWII escapes prison. Best prison movie I've ever seen, it's such a simple and minimalistic movie but it's brilliant. Even though the title pretty much spoils it, it doesn't really matter.
A Prophet - 8/10 Also a movie set in France and in a prison but I thought this was more of a gangster movie than a prison one. Anyone who loves the Godfather, Goodfellas, etc. will enjoy this too.
The Secret in their eyes - 7.5/10 Argentinian detective movie about a case that marked a detective's life and the corruption in the justice system in Buenos Aires. Pretty similar themes to Tropa de Elite but this had less action and more character development. Made me want to go to a football match in Argentina.
Le Havre - 8/10 An african boy arrives at Le Havre through a ship's container and an old shoeshiner helps him find his mother while the police are after the boy. I read Kaurismaki usually made depressing and bleak movies but this was the opposite. Very upbeat and optimistic film.
Lovers on the bridge - 8.5/10 Great romantic movie that follows 2 homeless people in the pont-neuf in Paris, one is an alcoholic and the other is a painter that's going blind. I had a few problems with how some parts of the story were done and thought there was no need to dramatize it as much as Carax did.
the ending and the man buring alive being the 2 main examples of this
10 for 1
Le notti bianche - 8/10 Pretty straightforward adaptation of Dostoyevski's White Nights set in Italy, second Visconti movie I've watched and they're 2 great movies (The Leopard being the first). Need to watch Ossessione soon.
That's a solid streak of movies.
Ossessione is a great pick, probably my favourite Visconti ahead of The Damned and Ludwig. I didn't think much of Le notti bianche.
I made sure to visit the Pont Neuf when I was in Paris just because I like these two movies so much.
I've scoured the internet for ages trying to find the song used in this scene but have only come up empty handed so far.
His films are often incredibly bleak but at the same time very hopeful and humanistic.
Here you go
Had to ask a brazilian friend to find it. I's called Musseke from this album but someone fecked up and put the wrong song. Seems like it's wrong on every streaming platform, spotify, iTunes, Deezer, etc. Pretty weird.
It
Wanted to affix a couple of letters to the title for a witty review but no I enjoyed this very much. Skarsgard is an excellent Pennywise and there is good chemistry amongst the 'yoots'. The girl who plays Bev is the spit of a younger Maggie Gylenhaal and it would be amiss not to cast her for the second part. Tempted to show this to the kids to scar them for life. Too cruel?
Wanted to affix a couple of letters to the title for a witty review but no I enjoyed this very much. Skarsgard is an excellent Pennywise and there is good chemistry amongst the 'yoots'. The girl who plays Bev is the spit of a younger Maggie Gylenhaal and it would be amiss not to cast her for the second part. Tempted to show this to the kids to scar them for life. Too cruel?
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Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns. Not sure how Rob Zombie keeps getting films made. Haven't really enjoyed any of his stuff. This was pretty bad, awful acting, laughable dialogue, exploitative gore for the sake of shock, very repetitive... It was also edited really strangely, with these weird freeze frame shot transitions, that felt like mistakes. There were some cool moments, some interesting visuals and the performance of Torsten Voges was terrific... he could probably do a killer Joker in the DC universe if given the chance. Anyway, the film was quite bad 4/10
Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns. Not sure how Rob Zombie keeps getting films made. Haven't really enjoyed any of his stuff. This was pretty bad, awful acting, laughable dialogue, exploitative gore for the sake of shock, very repetitive... It was also edited really strangely, with these weird freeze frame shot transitions, that felt like mistakes. There were some cool moments, some interesting visuals and the performance of Torsten Voges was terrific... he could probably do a killer Joker in the DC universe if given the chance. Anyway, the film was quite bad 4/10
Thanks man!! That's probably why I could never find it.Here you go
Had to ask a brazilian friend to find it. I's called Musseke from this album but someone fecked up and put the wrong song. Seems like it's wrong on every streaming platform, spotify, iTunes, Deezer, etc. Pretty weird.
Day of the Dead: Bloodline - not really sure where to start. I didn't think it was possible to come up with another remake which was worse than the 2008 one, but this one does and then some. Original film from 1985 is obviously a bit dated but still a good watch.
Imagine a film that is a cross between a bad teen slasher movie and a bad zombie flick - zombies that roar like tigers, run like Usain Bolt with bad piles and have the strength of a bodybuilder. Kept thinking it must have been a spoof, but it isn't, po faced cheesy one liners all the way through. It is so bad it's untrue, not even a case of so bad it's good.
Just truly dire : -1/10
Imagine a film that is a cross between a bad teen slasher movie and a bad zombie flick - zombies that roar like tigers, run like Usain Bolt with bad piles and have the strength of a bodybuilder. Kept thinking it must have been a spoof, but it isn't, po faced cheesy one liners all the way through. It is so bad it's untrue, not even a case of so bad it's good.
Just truly dire : -1/10
I really enjoyed this too, probably more than I should have.
Hostiles. First time in a cinema this year. It works well for the first hour while it’s a self-contained road movie, with lots of conflicting allegiances opening up the chance to analyse some interesting character interactions and relationships. But then the second hour really suffers from shoving in too many plot strands which barely have substance and certainly don’t have much in the way context. They actually distract from the development of more interesting elements introduced by the film's first act. By the time it cuts to black the initial tone and focus have both been completely smothered and my interest had waned a fair bit. 6/10.
Murder on the cape. New movie out on Netflix.
0/10. Dreadful film. Nothing redeeming about it. Avoid.
0/10. Dreadful film. Nothing redeeming about it. Avoid.
It has a 2.5 rating on IMDB, did you know that before you watched it?
Unfortunately not. My girlfriend wanted to watch it for some reason. Had I known about the imdb rating I would have refused. Lesson learned!
Question for you movie lovers. What is the name of a french movie about a guy that buys a vinyl jazz album and goes home to listen to it, but get interupted all the time. I watched on an airplane and can't figure out the name. Pretty funny movie.
Jaws
Billy and the Record That Wouldn’t Slow Down
The Jazz Singer, Vinyl by Andy Warhol, Passenger 57 or Cyrano de Bergerac.
Only seen it yesterady influenced by the Golden Globe hype train after I'd forgotten about your review but you're pretty spot on. It's not a 1/10 or something like this but I fail to understand what it is exactly that should make this film special other than the actress playing the mother which in fairness was good. For the benefit of 'dark humour' McDonaugh created a ridiculously implausible plot with hardly any character development (aside from policeman Dixon) that isn't even funny. Good thinking.
just to present to specific cases of this not so thoughtful plot:
- a cop (Dixon) decides to beat up the head of the advertising company resonsible for the billboards (hasn't done anything illegal at all) and throw him out of the first floor window onto the main street of the town. Get's fired, that's it. Seems legit.
- at one point a stranger threatens the mother in the store she works to get the billboards taken down. The same guy appears in the late stages of the movie in the town bar and appears to be bragging about raping a girl 'here somewhere' (in Ebbing). Dixon overhears it, takes his DNA, notes his license plates and later proceeds by making a DNA analysis. ... no match, was in the military during the time. Dixon and the mother then agree to go kill the guy anyway. WTF
- a cop (Dixon) decides to beat up the head of the advertising company resonsible for the billboards (hasn't done anything illegal at all) and throw him out of the first floor window onto the main street of the town. Get's fired, that's it. Seems legit.
- at one point a stranger threatens the mother in the store she works to get the billboards taken down. The same guy appears in the late stages of the movie in the town bar and appears to be bragging about raping a girl 'here somewhere' (in Ebbing). Dixon overhears it, takes his DNA, notes his license plates and later proceeds by making a DNA analysis. ... no match, was in the military during the time. Dixon and the mother then agree to go kill the guy anyway. WTF
3 billboards. - 8/10.
It is what it is. A melodrama that doesn't do much wrong in terms of film making.
Ok, there aren't any twists and the ending doesn't help much but still a solid film.
It is what it is. A melodrama that doesn't do much wrong in terms of film making.
Ok, there aren't any twists and the ending doesn't help much but still a solid film.
Sounds like Abel Gance's La Roue.
I think it's this one actually: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3667648/
Freeway - Surprisingly enjoyable pulp. It's pretty much what Natural Born Killers could have looked like if it had been written and directed by John Waters.
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Jigsaw
I really liked the first two Saw films but the franchise went to shit after those. With the name change, I thought they'd be changing it up and trying something fresh or innovative but no, this is the same old shit and convoluted plot that drags the last however many entries in the franchise. There were a couple of twists that got me but I didn't really care because 90 minutes of shit acting, stupid plot contrivances and utter boredom will do that to you 3/10
Table 19
Eloise, having been relieved of maid of honor duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text, decides to attend the wedding anyway, only to find herself seated with five fellow unwanted guests at the dreaded Table 19. Written by the Duplass brother, I found this quite fun and laughed a few times. Stephen Merchant is awesome and although I find anna Kendrick to be really watchable as an actress. Maybe this was good or maybe it's because I saw Jigsaw right before it, either way, I had a fun time 7/10
I really liked the first two Saw films but the franchise went to shit after those. With the name change, I thought they'd be changing it up and trying something fresh or innovative but no, this is the same old shit and convoluted plot that drags the last however many entries in the franchise. There were a couple of twists that got me but I didn't really care because 90 minutes of shit acting, stupid plot contrivances and utter boredom will do that to you 3/10
Table 19
Eloise, having been relieved of maid of honor duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text, decides to attend the wedding anyway, only to find herself seated with five fellow unwanted guests at the dreaded Table 19. Written by the Duplass brother, I found this quite fun and laughed a few times. Stephen Merchant is awesome and although I find anna Kendrick to be really watchable as an actress. Maybe this was good or maybe it's because I saw Jigsaw right before it, either way, I had a fun time 7/10
I think you owe IMDB a writing credit, Dirty Schwein.
Not often I see a movie recommendation on here that might be enjoyed by me and the missus, so immediately checked this one out on IMDB too!
it's easier to get synopsis from there.Try Mr. Right with Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell. Romantic comedy about a deranged hitman so had action as well as romance.
Not often I see a movie recommendation on here that might be enjoyed by me and the missus, so immediately checked this one out on IMDB too!
The Shape of Water. - 7/10.
Watched this last night. Not my type of film but it was well made. Seemed more like an upmarket B-movie.
Watched this last night. Not my type of film but it was well made. Seemed more like an upmarket B-movie.
I really enjoyed that. Sam Rockwell is a gift from god.
The foreigner. 5/10.
Jackie Chan vs the IRA. Pffft
Jackie Chan vs the IRA. Pffft
Fair score...decent watch.
what do you think happened to the masked man from the original robbery? Obviously he was dead but they never found him. Mark that down as a plot hole?