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The Crooked Man (2016)

While at a slumber party, twelve-year-old Olivia is blamed for the horrific and mysterious death of her friend, after singing a song (created by a reclusive mastermind, Milo White) that summons a demonic figure known as 'The Crooked Man'. Returning to her hometown six years later, a string of unusual deaths lead Olivia (Angelique Rivera) to believe that she's still being haunted by whatever she saw that fateful night. Once you sing the rhyme, everyone in the house is cursed to die by his hands.

It was OK , pretty much what you would expect, nothing special.

4/10
 
In Cold Blood (1967)

Finally got around to watching this. Absolutely superb. Very faithful to Capote’s book. Acting and directing near enough perfection. Great editing, the scene were Perry describes how it went down was done as well as it was written. That final shot too, Jesus.

9/10.
 
Deadpool 2 More of the same only less funny and without the benefit of being something new and refreshing. Worth watching but not a patch on the original 6.5/10
 
Unbreakable (2000)
Never really thought about watching until tonight. Brilliant film-making all around, from screenplay to directing. M. Night Shyamalan's best movie IMO. Very atypical superhero movie with fantastic execution.

8/10

After watching it, I found out there's apparently a whole cinematic universe based on this movie and Split. The latter is next on my list. The third movie, Glass, will be released in January 2019.
 
I went to Nic Cage marathon, ostensibly to see his new film Mandy, but stuck around to catch the rest.

Mandy - a perfect vehicle for Cage's madcap energy, off the wall 80s nostalgia, violent and funny, completely weird. It looks glorious. This is how 80s porn should look and the like of Stranger Things and Abrams could learn a thing or two. So much fun.

Raising Arizona - so, so hilarious and great to see with a crowd. So many of Cage's laughs erupt from him underacting, which is something to behold, but he also pulls off the physical comedy. Holly Hunter is adorable and John Goodman is great.

Red Rock West - yawn. Dozed off.

Vampire's Kiss - the feck is this film. Incoherent, shoddily made, with a Cage performance that is now a meme. Full of gross misogyny it would probably characterise as satire but Cage is too into it for that to ring true.

The Wicker Man - as mad as some of this is - the bees, punching the bear - it's also really boring and has that cheap digital look common a decade ago.

Con Air - I was beyond dead by this point but this was a good one to finish on. Totally rubbish and completely watchable.
 
Archie Leach said:
Mandy - a perfect vehicle for Cage's madcap energy, off the wall 80s nostalgia, violent and funny, completely weird. It looks glorious. This is how 80s porn should look and the like of Stranger Things and Abrams could learn a thing or two. So much fun.
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Did you watch this in the cinema? Can't find it online.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
The Crooked Man (2016)

While at a slumber party, twelve-year-old Olivia is blamed for the horrific and mysterious death of her friend, after singing a song (created by a reclusive mastermind, Milo White) that summons a demonic figure known as 'The Crooked Man'. Returning to her hometown six years later, a string of unusual deaths lead Olivia (Angelique Rivera) to believe that she's still being haunted by whatever she saw that fateful night. Once you sing the rhyme, everyone in the house is cursed to die by his hands.

It was OK , pretty much what you would expect, nothing special.

4/10
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Is this the James Wan produced one? Surely can't be...

Archie Leach said:
I went to Nic Cage marathon, ostensibly to see his new film Mandy, but stuck around to catch the rest.

Mandy - a perfect vehicle for Cage's madcap energy, off the wall 80s nostalgia, violent and funny, completely weird. It looks glorious. This is how 80s porn should look and the like of Stranger Things and Abrams could learn a thing or two. So much fun.

Raising Arizona - so, so hilarious and great to see with a crowd. So many of Cage's laughs erupt from him underacting, which is something to behold, but he also pulls off the physical comedy. Holly Hunter is adorable and John Goodman is great.

Red Rock West - yawn. Dozed off.

Vampire's Kiss - the feck is this film. Incoherent, shoddily made, with a Cage performance that is now a meme. Full of gross misogyny it would probably characterise as satire but Cage is too into it for that to ring true.

The Wicker Man - as mad as some of this is - the bees, punching the bear - it's also really boring and has that cheap digital look common a decade ago.

Con Air - I was beyond dead by this point but this was a good one to finish on. Totally rubbish and completely watchable.
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Really want to see Mandy. You just lived my wet dream with that marathon :lol:
 
Archie Leach said:
I went to Nic Cage marathon, ostensibly to see his new film Mandy, but stuck around to catch the rest.

Mandy - a perfect vehicle for Cage's madcap energy, off the wall 80s nostalgia, violent and funny, completely weird. It looks glorious. This is how 80s porn should look and the like of Stranger Things and Abrams could learn a thing or two. So much fun.

Raising Arizona - so, so hilarious and great to see with a crowd. So many of Cage's laughs erupt from him underacting, which is something to behold, but he also pulls off the physical comedy. Holly Hunter is adorable and John Goodman is great.

Red Rock West - yawn. Dozed off.

Vampire's Kiss - the feck is this film. Incoherent, shoddily made, with a Cage performance that is now a meme. Full of gross misogyny it would probably characterise as satire but Cage is too into it for that to ring true.

The Wicker Man - as mad as some of this is - the bees, punching the bear - it's also really boring and has that cheap digital look common a decade ago.

Con Air - I was beyond dead by this point but this was a good one to finish on. Totally rubbish and completely watchable.
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WOW perfect evening, there is loads of Cage films to go at. Some are good , some are bad and some are feckig horrible, but I have seem most of them.
 
Justice League is on Sky now. Is it as atrocious as the reviews suggest?
 
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The Titan (Netflix Original)

Rather than trying to advance technology for humans to survive in alien planets, what if we changed ourselves genetically to improve our survival? A very interesting plot ruined by very bad story writing.

The plot had all the breaks needed to make it interesting, but fails and falls into cliches every time. Should be remade by a better director.

Worth a watch if you don't have anything else. 5/10
 
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The Titan (Netflix Original)

Rather than trying to advance technology for humans to survive in alien planets, what if we changed ourselves genetically to improve our survival? A very interesting plat ruined by very bad story writing.
The plot had all the breaks needed to make it interesting, but fails and falls into cliches every time. Should be remade by a better director.

Worth a watch if you don't have anything else. 5/10
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It was so good for the first 45-60 minutes.

To have it descend into what it did (I have no idea how to put stuff in spoiler Caps) was just pathetic.
 
The Meg
3/10 or 7/10 (depending on how you feel about B movies with borderline A grade actors)

So much fun. But so awful. But really enjoyable. But so bad. But knowingly sending itself up. But putting serious shit in for some reason.

Lily Rose and Statham save the whole thing.

Yet another blockbuster that surely must have had Chinese backers or simply chased the Chinese box office $. The wonderfully named Li Bingbing appears again after stinking up Transformers 17. That, along with this, Rampage & Skyscraper all show pretty big signs of trying to grab cash from that market simply by putting Chinese stuff on screen. Odd.

Finally : Statham > The Rock (as a somewhat believable actor)
 
Watched Kingsman 2. Didn‘t have high hopes because everyone shat on it, but really wanted to see it after I loved the first one and enjoyed this one very much. Great style, creative action, interesting characters and fast paced - only needed more of Channing Tatum instead of that other Statesman dude. 8/10

I also watched The Raid 2. The story was predictable and slow, but the performances were convincing and the action was the best hand-to-hand combat around. Great finale as well. 7.5/10 and if you are an action fan, closer to 9/10.
 
dumbo said:
I watched Deadpool 2 the super duper cut and thought it was a really good film. The storytelling is there, the characters fresh and fleshed out and the humour spot on. The first act does meander a little but it really kicks up a gear once the gang is being put together. The action is exciting and inventive. Some of the cgi is still a little ropey here and there (why does it feel like we're going backwards with this) but crucially - and unlike the marvel movies - the choreography feels creative and purposeful.

I thought Domino was one of the best superheros to have appeared on screen, I loved the actor and the whole character design and she fits perfectly into this world as a meta-commentary on plotting and story predestination.

The jokes have a high hit rate and the characters have depth, allowing it to work both as a solid superhero movie and as a solid comedy spoof of the genre. Most importantly of all I got the feeling that the filmmakers actually cared about the film rather than acting like they were building a giant ugly slot machine that impotently flashes, bangs and bleeps; designed solely and soullessly to suck in as much money as possible. In other words it feels like a film apart from the Marvel and co superhero genre cesspit that is responsible for so much processed movie slop.

The slowish start aside I think it's even better than the first. Also I love that it's references tend to be slightly left field (Enya, Say Anything, Yentl, Frozen, Robocop, cool runnings), lazier writing could have easily turned it into some wanky aint I cool/smart/edgy Rick and Morty style shit.
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I enjoyed your post and then you took a cheap shot at Rick and Morty :nono:
 
sullydnl said:
Having enjoyed Your Name I had a look at another of the director's films, 5 Centimetres per Second. I liked it but not as much as the former. The ending has stuck with me today more than I thought it would though. This guy makes pretty films.
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Try watch Garden of Woods. I think its the best animation from Shinkai.
 
The Meg (2018)- Another shark movie. I went into it not expecting much but it was fun in IMAX. Jason Statham still can't do American accents! 6.5/10
 
Patient Zero.

Matt Smiths horrific attempt at an American accent aside, the movie sucks. A weird take on the zombie/infected trope that tries to be different at the expense of being interesting or even fun. Its also yet another VOD movie Ive watched recently thats been written by people that have no idea how to end a movie. Are they failed pilots? Setting up hopeful sequels? Who knows, or (more accurately)by the time the credits roll who cares.
 
In Darkness
A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld. The first half is great, very Hitchcock-esque. Then the film switches at the mid-point and becomes cliche thriller and has a twist that you can see coming (no pun intended) and retroactively screws up the whole movie. At least you get to see Natalie Dormer's tits 5.5/10

Skyscraper
Another movie of The Rock doing things only The Rock can do. I'm bored now. This movie should have been dumb popcorn fun but it forgot the fun element. Fell asleep twice 3/10

Demon
A bridegroom is possessed by an unquiet spirit in the midst of his own wedding celebration, in this clever take on the Jewish legend of the dybbuk. Quite enjoyed this Polish movie, had some good performances and an intriguing story but the ending was quite flat 6/10
 
Dirty Schwein said:
In Darkness
A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld. The first half is great, very Hitchcock-esque. Then the film switches at the mid-point and becomes cliche thriller and has a twist that you can see coming (no pun intended) and retroactively screws up the whole movie. At least you get to see Natalie Dormer's tits 5.5/10

Skyscraper
Another movie of The Rock doing things only The Rock can do. I'm bored now. This movie should have been dumb popcorn fun but it forgot the fun element. Fell asleep twice 3/10

Demon
A bridegroom is possessed by an unquiet spirit in the midst of his own wedding celebration, in this clever take on the Jewish legend of the dybbuk. Quite enjoyed this Polish movie, had some good performances and an intriguing story but the ending was quite flat 6/10
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:lol:These are the key details we need in reviews.
 
Has anyone managed to make it through the entirety of Valerian? I gave up after about 30 mins too.
 
caid said:
Has anyone managed to make it through the entirety of Valerian? I gave up after about 30 mins too.
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I got through it. I didn't overly mind it as I thought the artwork was interesting. It did get a bit better (from memory) as it progressed, but the ending was a bit meh.
 
George Owen said:
A Quiet Place (2018)

A movie i had great expectations, but once again, disappointed in the end.

People making stupid decisions just for the sake of the plot. feck that shit. Also, it wasn't scary at all. (some major plot holes too)

The idea behind the movie was good, but not the best execution.

5/10
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Just watched it and thought it was very good, quite tense and nerve racking, id give it 7/10
 
Vato said:
What?! That's one of the best (if not the best) Marvel films I've seen. You must one of the very few that hated it.
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I felt it was way too cartoonish. Too much comedy. They made Loki to look so silly on this one.

Watched "Avengers: Infinity War" and it's so so much better. A proper 7/10.
 
Tag
A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country. Thought this was surprisingly good. Liked the premise, which is nuts that it's based on a real life game between 10 friends. The cast were great, there were just about enough funny moments and it's just a light bit of fun on a Sunday evening. Isla Fisher though really annoyed me and every time she was on the scene, I got visibly annoyed 6.5/10
 
The Other Guys
Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops, whom they idolize, only things don't quite go as planned. Saw this again and the same feelings washed over me. Some really funny moments but had potential to be much better. Eva Mendes gave me a boner. The Rock and Sam L Jackson should have been in the movie a lot more and I hope The Rock takes more roles like the one he does in this film. The Tuna vs. Lion scene is just too funny everytime I watch it 6/10
 
Dirty Schwein said:
The Other Guys
Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops, whom they idolize, only things don't quite go as planned. Saw this again and the same feelings washed over me. Some really funny moments but had potential to be much better. Eva Mendes gave me a boner. The Rock and Sam L Jackson should have been in the movie a lot more and I hope The Rock takes more roles like the one he does in this film. The Tuna vs. Lion scene is just too funny everytime I watch it 6/10
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Thanks for the F-shack, Love dirty Mike and the boys.
 
Dirty Schwein said:
The Other Guys
Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops, whom they idolize, only things don't quite go as planned. Saw this again and the same feelings washed over me. Some really funny moments but had potential to be much better. Eva Mendes gave me a boner. The Rock and Sam L Jackson should have been in the movie a lot more and I hope The Rock takes more roles like the one he does in this film. The Tuna vs. Lion scene is just too funny everytime I watch it 6/10
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Shake your dicks, this pissing contest is over!

What a great film
 
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