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Hellraiser Judgement

I am a big fan of Pinhead and his minions, the first few films are very good, but go down hill very quick.
OMG this is just a pile of shite, gore for the sake of gore, which I dont mind , but this has no real story , the acting is dreadful.
Really struggled to watch all of this.
I would not recommend it.

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pauldyson1uk said:
Hellraiser Judgement

I am a big fan of Pinhead and his minions, the first few films are very good, but go down hill very quick.
OMG this is just a pile of shite, gore for the sake of gore, which I dont mind , but this has no real story , the acting is dreadful.
Really struggled to watch all of this.
I would not recommend it.

1/10
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:lol: I tried watching this but gave up before I could finish it. Dog shit.
 
R.N7 said:
Coffee & Cigarettes - Cool but slight, definitely a Jim Jarmusch film. Most of the vignettes were fairly mediocre, the Alfred Molina/Steve Coogan one was probably my favourite, "I want you to love me" was a proper lol. The Wu Tang/Bill Murray one was kinda okay too.
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I haven't seen it in a while but I remember it being facile and quite boring. Also the thought of someone pitching "it's Wu Tang and Bill Murray in a room, it practically writes itself" makes me physically ill. That said, I got a giddy thrill out of watching Iggy Pop and Tom Waits hang out in a bar, even if their conversation was dull.

Did you ever see Paterson?
 
The Ritual

Don't know why but I'm into my schlocky horror at the moment and this Brit flick is one of the better ones I've seen recently. Rafe Spall and some mates go hiking out in Norway (won't spoil the backstory behind why) and decide to take an ill fated short cut through a forest after one of them twists his ankle. It's pretty creepy in places and thankfully one of those films whereby the reveal of the ******* doesn't disappoint. Pretty good.
 
Archie Leach said:
I haven't seen it in a while but I remember it being facile and quite boring. Also the thought of someone pitching "it's Wu Tang and Bill Murray in a room, it practically writes itself" makes me physically ill. That said, I got a giddy thrill out of watching Iggy Pop and Tom Waits hang out in a bar, even if their conversation was dull.

Did you ever see Paterson?
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Nah, haven't really been drawn to watch it, did you like it?
 
Dirty Schwein said:
Murder On The Orient Express
A bit biased here as I love murder mysteries, really enjoyed it for the most part. Shot really well, good set design and acting, generally just a pleasant film but my main issue with it was that I guessed the conclusion quite early, which was alarming considering it’s a film that relies on the guess-who nature of a murder mystery 7.5/10
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I'm a fan of murder mysteries too and I agree from a visual point of view it was very nice. Also a surprising cast of A-listers showed up in (I didn't really know much about the film before I watched it). I even thought Daisy Ridley was decent, despite not liking her in Star Wars. Same problem as you though, for a murder mystery they seemed to shove the 'whodunnit' down your throat and it was obvious from too early on in the film.

They're making a second one, which is cool. Hopefully these Hercule Poirot films will become a bit of a series, I was always a fan of the TV show.
 
R.N7 said:
Nah, haven't really been drawn to watch it, did you like it?
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I loved it. I think Jarmusch is on a great run even though people seem to have lost interest in him.

Annihilation - brainy, psychedelic, horrifying sci-fi from Alex Garland. It's ambiguous and difficult and visually inventive and has a couple of absolutely terrifying scenes, including one with a beasty with a talent for mimicry that's as scary as anything I've seen in any film in a long time.

Paramount dropped it because it tested badly with the kinds of idiots they round up for market research and so it won't be screening in theatres anyway but the States which is a massive fecking shame.
 
The Outsider
An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza. I normally love Japanese gangster films and I don't mind Leto so thought I'd give this a whirl... what a mistake. Clearly a Japanese movie written by an American. It looked really nice but was so fecking slow, the stakes never seemed high, was devoid of any real conflict... just Jared Leto walking around acting hard. Shame, as the opening scene had me hooked but had absolutely no follow through 2/10

Bicentennial Man
An android endeavors to become human as he gradually acquires emotions. Granted, I'm late to the party here, not sure who this film is made for. Too slow and boring for children and too silly and no depth for an adult to enjoy. Overly long and quite frankly a chore to get through 2/10

Gi-Eok-Ui Bam (Forgotten)
A man loses his memory after being kidnapped for 19 days, and his younger brother is determined to seek the truth surrounding the mystery of the kidnapping. Is his brother who he portrays? Mysteries linger after his return. WOW. After watching that junk The Outsider, I wanted to watch something that's authentically Asian, and found this on Netflix, and oh my god absolutely loved it. It's a mystery thriller with a dash of horror elements thrown in and I was hooked from beginning to end... it really stayed with me long after I finished it. There was one plot point that seemed a bit unrealistic but I'm not an expert in
hypnotherapy
So not sure if what was revealed is possible or not. I just went with it anyway and probably enjoyed this more than any film I've seen this year so far.

Don't want to say too much as the whole enjoyment of this film is watching it's awesome plot unravel. It's on Netflix so no excuse not to watch it. Would highly recommend 9.5/10

 
Archie Leach said:
I loved it. I think Jarmusch is on a great run even though people seem to have lost interest in him.

Annihilation - brainy, psychedelic, horrifying sci-fi from Alex Garland. It's ambiguous and difficult and visually inventive and has a couple of absolutely terrifying scenes, including one with a beasty with a talent for mimicry that's as scary as anything I've seen in any film in a long time.

Paramount dropped it because it tested badly with the kinds of idiots they round up for market research and so it won't be screening in theatres anyway but the States which is a massive fecking shame.
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Ooh is this on Netflix today?
 
Archie Leach said:
Annihilation - brainy, psychedelic, horrifying sci-fi from Alex Garland. It's ambiguous and difficult and visually inventive and has a couple of absolutely terrifying scenes, including one with a beasty with a talent for mimicry that's as scary as anything I've seen in any film in a long time.
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Sounds great, can't wait.

R.N7 said:
I remember reading about it a while ago but lost interest when I saw the two words Natalie and Portman.
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Not the best actress, but she's wife material.
 
Not a massive Jarmusch fan but I thought Paterson was a great film too. It has a real poetic sincerity that I loved and it also just seems to get poetry. The conversation scenes with the young girl poet and the Japanese poet are perfect. Which means that the typical hip affectations and the slightly hack wife character become entirely tolerable. A celebration of art for the sake of art, rather than for the sake of cool. My favourite with Down By Law.
 
Archie Leach said:
I loved it. I think Jarmusch is on a great run even though people seem to have lost interest in him.

Annihilation - brainy, psychedelic, horrifying sci-fi from Alex Garland. It's ambiguous and difficult and visually inventive and has a couple of absolutely terrifying scenes, including one with a beasty with a talent for mimicry that's as scary as anything I've seen in any film in a long time.

Paramount dropped it because it tested badly with the kinds of idiots they round up for market research and so it won't be screening in theatres anyway but the States which is a massive fecking shame.
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I’m really looking forward to this. Although reading that it tested badly because of a lengthy dance scene at the climax of the movie has me a little perturbed. Is that as jarring as it sounds?!
 
Oh yeah just remembered I watched Brawl in Cell Block 99 over the weekend too. The violence is gloriously ott which makes for a grim but mesmerising couple of hours.
 
Archie Leach said:
I loved it. I think Jarmusch is on a great run even though people seem to have lost interest in him.

Annihilation - brainy, psychedelic, horrifying sci-fi from Alex Garland. It's ambiguous and difficult and visually inventive and has a couple of absolutely terrifying scenes, including one with a beasty with a talent for mimicry that's as scary as anything I've seen in any film in a long time.

Paramount dropped it because it tested badly with the kinds of idiots they round up for market research and so it won't be screening in theatres anyway but the States which is a massive fecking shame.
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Had no idea this was from Alex Garland, would've watched it this evening instead.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Can’t find a link to where I read that. And definitely possible it was a reference to Ex Machina instead. Oh well. Main thing is there’s no dancing, right?
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You can be rest assured there is absolutely no dancing of any kind.
 
The Betrayed
The story follows a young woman as she's put through a psychological journey under the thumb of a mysterious figure who suspects her husband of stealing millions from a crime syndicate. Starring Melissa George, I think I hate every film this woman is in, mainly because every character she ever plays constantly makes stupid decisions. Must have had budgetary constraints as the majority of the movie is in one room but the plot wasn't interesting enough to keep me hooked in there. There are some tense moments but generally, the film kinda just washes over you 4/10
 
Annihilation was visually incredible and had some interesting themes and ideas that it dipped into. Agree that the casting was a bit flaky but happy to report that there was no dancing to speak of. Best Sci-Fi I've seen since Arrival.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
I’m really looking forward to this. Although reading that it tested badly because of a lengthy dance scene at the climax of the movie has me a little perturbed. Is that as jarring as it sounds?!
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You're thinking of Zatoichi.
 
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