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Nice, I prefer it too. I have to believe that a social butterfly, who could write like that, had to consist of more than the cynical opportunist that the Hoffman film depicts. They do different things though and I'd still recommend both, not least as a demonstration of the way the same story can be told in such different ways.
Truman and his friends learning to dance the Twist, their incessant gossiping and so on, must have seemed so utterly trivial to him in retrospect, once he had experienced the real stuff of love and death.
Night School
Kevin Hart goes to night school to earn his GEDs so he can get a financial analyst job and impress his fiancé. I'm normally a fan of Hart's comedy (sorry) but this was one of his weaker efforts. Had some funny moments but way too many jokes feel flat 5/10
Kevin Hart goes to night school to earn his GEDs so he can get a financial analyst job and impress his fiancé. I'm normally a fan of Hart's comedy (sorry) but this was one of his weaker efforts. Had some funny moments but way too many jokes feel flat 5/10
Shaft
The new Shaft film where Mace Windu plays Samuel L. Jackson. It was an enjoyable watch and Jackson was on good form as usual. He seemed to be having a laugh with it. Although it seemed to be setting up some other lad as the new John Shaft and he was shit. He's all politically correct and just not Samuel L. Jackson. Plus the actor wasn't very good.
It was more comedy than anything, it was not politically correct and you could see there was bits that would offend the types that get offended. You know what though, it's ok for stuff to not be politically correct, the world isn't politically correct. It's ok for it to offend you, you're not going to die, go watch something else. Not everything is for everyone and I wish we'd stop trying to make everything bland and acceptable.
Anyway it was a decent watch and I enjoyed it. Samuel L. Jackson carried it like the cool mother fecker he is.
7/10
Crocodile Dundee
Some would say it's a documentary about Australians. Some would say it's a comedy about a poacher that's full of shit trying to sell his story for a quick pay day while attempting to bang some woman. It's none of those things, it's a psychological horror about an evil Sheila that gets a job as a journalist through nepotism and uses this to travel the world wrecking the lives of the men she meets.
Sue has abandoned her boyfriend and fecked off for 6 weeks to "cover stories" wherever tickles her fancy, because daddy owns the news paper and she can do what she wants. To cut a long story short, she cheats on her boyfriend with Dundee, then gets engaged while carrying on with Dundee behind the fiancee's back leading both of them on without a care in the world. She almost gets mauled by a crocodile at one point because she's a strong woman and don't need no man. This leads to the death of the poor croc. She is told no women allowed at a tribal meeting, yet sneaks up anyway against the wishes of the locals. She also takes a man who has never been to a city before and just dumps him in the middle of New York of all places for what seems to be some sort of science experiment which she can churn stories out of and daddy will print them all. All while getting some side dick. Bloomin' Sheilas. Watching this pyschopath in action is truly chilling.
Still a great a film that's aged well and has a very under appreciated soundtrack.
9/10
The new Shaft film where Mace Windu plays Samuel L. Jackson. It was an enjoyable watch and Jackson was on good form as usual. He seemed to be having a laugh with it. Although it seemed to be setting up some other lad as the new John Shaft and he was shit. He's all politically correct and just not Samuel L. Jackson. Plus the actor wasn't very good.
It was more comedy than anything, it was not politically correct and you could see there was bits that would offend the types that get offended. You know what though, it's ok for stuff to not be politically correct, the world isn't politically correct. It's ok for it to offend you, you're not going to die, go watch something else. Not everything is for everyone and I wish we'd stop trying to make everything bland and acceptable.
Anyway it was a decent watch and I enjoyed it. Samuel L. Jackson carried it like the cool mother fecker he is.
7/10
Crocodile Dundee
Some would say it's a documentary about Australians. Some would say it's a comedy about a poacher that's full of shit trying to sell his story for a quick pay day while attempting to bang some woman. It's none of those things, it's a psychological horror about an evil Sheila that gets a job as a journalist through nepotism and uses this to travel the world wrecking the lives of the men she meets.
Sue has abandoned her boyfriend and fecked off for 6 weeks to "cover stories" wherever tickles her fancy, because daddy owns the news paper and she can do what she wants. To cut a long story short, she cheats on her boyfriend with Dundee, then gets engaged while carrying on with Dundee behind the fiancee's back leading both of them on without a care in the world. She almost gets mauled by a crocodile at one point because she's a strong woman and don't need no man. This leads to the death of the poor croc. She is told no women allowed at a tribal meeting, yet sneaks up anyway against the wishes of the locals. She also takes a man who has never been to a city before and just dumps him in the middle of New York of all places for what seems to be some sort of science experiment which she can churn stories out of and daddy will print them all. All while getting some side dick. Bloomin' Sheilas. Watching this pyschopath in action is truly chilling.
Still a great a film that's aged well and has a very under appreciated soundtrack.
9/10
Mulholland Dr.
I appreciated it fully once I'd read some analyses.
Great acting by Watts.
God knows/10
I appreciated it fully once I'd read some analyses.
Great acting by Watts.
God knows/10
Wank dream, innit.
A Single Man
Beautiful film directed by Tom Ford, staring Colin Firth and Juilanna Moore. Don't want to say anything really as its better to go into this film knowing nothing about it but I will say the influence of a certain Mr Wong Kar Wai are all over this film.
9/10
Beautiful film directed by Tom Ford, staring Colin Firth and Juilanna Moore. Don't want to say anything really as its better to go into this film knowing nothing about it but I will say the influence of a certain Mr Wong Kar Wai are all over this film.
9/10
I watched this tonight because of your review. You now have a mortal enemy.
Do her evils never cease? I assume she caused all his "tax issues" too.
Halfway point of the year. All the new films I've seen.
https://letterboxd.com/robinacinema/list/films-2019-1/detail/
https://letterboxd.com/robinacinema/list/films-2019-1/detail/
The Librarian trilogy:
- Quest for the Spear
- Return to King Solomon's Mines
- Curse of the Judas Chalice
A cheap, low budget version of Indiana Jones movies. The overlaps are way too obvious to not be intentional. Despite predictable plot, generic cliches and some bad graphics, it still is a passable watch. Not sure what, but something keeps the movies ticking and prevented me from switching them off. Dialogues were surprisingly good for a cheesy copycat movie.
6/10
There is also a spin-off TV SHow on this which runs eerily similar to Warehouse 13. Just started on Season 1....
The Family Stone
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life. Not a fan of Sarah Jessica Parker but this wasn't awful mainly due to the other cast members (especially Rachel McAdams, who is smokin'). Some funny moments but the second half just falls into the usual rom-com stupidities with a love story that is completely baffling when you think about it 5.5/10
Grave Of The Fireflies
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. I don't know why I watch this film. Every time I do, a bloody ninja hides in my room and cuts onions. Pesky ninja 9/10
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life. Not a fan of Sarah Jessica Parker but this wasn't awful mainly due to the other cast members (especially Rachel McAdams, who is smokin'). Some funny moments but the second half just falls into the usual rom-com stupidities with a love story that is completely baffling when you think about it 5.5/10
Grave Of The Fireflies
A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II. I don't know why I watch this film. Every time I do, a bloody ninja hides in my room and cuts onions. Pesky ninja 9/10
The Cell (2000)
Interesting concept, good imagery but somehow it's flimsy.
6.5/10
Interesting concept, good imagery but somehow it's flimsy.
6.5/10
The one with Jennifer Lopez? I remember it being good indeed at the time. I wonder how the special effects hold up today though. For example the scene with that horse.
I liked the concept of the film and how they managed to make some of the scenes look like dreams somehow.
Yeah, it holds up, I think.
Hannibal owes a lot to this film.
Hannibal owes a lot to this film.
Triple Threat
I expected more from this given it's got Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais. I don't really know who Tiger Chen is and I don't think I want to know who Scott Adkins is.
It was good, but I just expected better action scenes. It even went as far as to have the guy that had the rooftop Taekwondo fight with Jackie Chan in Who am I? and the girl from Chocolate but didn't let either of them do much, they had about a minute of fight time between them and there wasn't really much high kicking involved.
I mostly came away from it wondering if Tiger Chen cuts his own hair.
6/10
I expected more from this given it's got Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais. I don't really know who Tiger Chen is and I don't think I want to know who Scott Adkins is.
It was good, but I just expected better action scenes. It even went as far as to have the guy that had the rooftop Taekwondo fight with Jackie Chan in Who am I? and the girl from Chocolate but didn't let either of them do much, they had about a minute of fight time between them and there wasn't really much high kicking involved.
I mostly came away from it wondering if Tiger Chen cuts his own hair.
6/10
Scott Adkins is Boyka. How dare you.
Toy Story 4 - basically plotless and most of the main cast have been cast aside (I know everyone hates Tim Allen but Buzz really got the short end). That said, it has a number of absolute belly laughs, mostly thanks to Key and Peele and Tony Hale as Forky. I went in with a pretty good buzz which is advised.
Don't disrespect Scott Adkins. He's just unfortunate because he's an asian martial artist stuck in a white man's body
He should have been a big martial arts star!Tiger Chen did the choreography for The Matrix and I know him through a mutual friend, great dude!
Ripley's Game (2002)
I wish Malkovich had made more Tom Ripley films.
8/10
I wish Malkovich had made more Tom Ripley films.
8/10
I don't know what that is so I'm daring.
This is the only time I've seen Adkins, every other film of his I've seen advertised has looked like the kind of thing I'd ignore on the shelves of the video rental place for years. I assumed he was some sort of low rent cockney Steven Segal.Don't disrespect Scott Adkins. He's just unfortunate because he's an asian martial artist stuck in a white man's body
Tiger Chen did the choreography for The Matrix and I know him through a mutual friend, great dude!
The Librarian trilogy:
- Quest for the Spear
- Return to King Solomon's Mines
- Curse of the Judas Chalice
A cheap, low budget version of Indiana Jones movies. The overlaps are way too obvious to not be intentional. Despite predictable plot, generic cliches and some bad graphics, it still is a passable watch. Not sure what, but something keeps the movies ticking and prevented me from switching them off. Dialogues were surprisingly good for a cheesy copycat movie.
6/10
There is also a spin-off TV SHow on this which runs eerily similar to Warehouse 13. Just started on Season 1....
Not seen the films , but thought the series was excellent , agreed it is very much like Warehouse 13, which I also enjoyed.
Class show alright, can’t beat a bit of David Lynch. I agree though it’s very hard to rate his films on a normal scale or even recommend them to people as they are so off the wall and generally unsettling.
I want to watch something cheap and trashy that I haven't seen before. Could so with some inspiration.
I've started with John Wick or The Conjuring. Any other ideas?
I've started with John Wick or The Conjuring. Any other ideas?
I dont get your definition of cheap and trashy
Try Resolution, its weird
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1977895/
Have you seen Overlord? Great movie and probably exactly what you need.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4530422/
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The Cabin in the Woods
Any film that starts with Richard Jenkins and Amy Acker has my attention.
Although to be honest most of the first hour or so was a bit boring, interesting premise and mystery going on but on the whole it wasn't gripping. The final half hour was great when everything gets revealed and it all kicks off. Then someone turns up which I think was supposed to be a surprise because I did not see her in the credits at the start, but her voice plays over an intercom at one point and I knew who was coming because you ain't getting her in just to do a voice.
6/10
Any film that starts with Richard Jenkins and Amy Acker has my attention.
Although to be honest most of the first hour or so was a bit boring, interesting premise and mystery going on but on the whole it wasn't gripping. The final half hour was great when everything gets revealed and it all kicks off. Then someone turns up which I think was supposed to be a surprise because I did not see her in the credits at the start, but her voice plays over an intercom at one point and I knew who was coming because you ain't getting her in just to do a voice.
6/10
Watch Coffy (1973) with Pam Grier.
I'm Not Your Negro (2016)
A powerful and moving documemtary. Based on James Baldwin's unfinished book "Remember the house".
10/10
A powerful and moving documemtary. Based on James Baldwin's unfinished book "Remember the house".
10/10
Redwoods
Low budget horror that was nowhere near as shit as I expected. I think I may have written that exact same sentence before in here. Basically a couple go hiking and he's dying of leaukemia which I can't spell. She also has a terrible disease where she can't utter any sentences without his name in them. She must say the word Josh about 3000 times in this film it's fecking annoying. Also her accent seems to flip between Irish and American. I dunno if that's what her accent is or if she's bad at doing accents, but she was a much better actor than the main actor in spite of this. Also the guy from Buffy with the really punchable face was in it.
It was fairly decent and there was a nice bit of creepy build up, there were a few shots that I wish more horror films would do that were very effective. One in particular where there's someone in the background just getting into a hiding a spot, it's not at all highlighted and very easy to miss to the point I thought it was maybe a member of the crew. Maybe there were more shots like that that I missed, I dunno. It was really effective and if I was making a horror I'd be layering those in there. Reminded me a bit of the older Halloween films where sometimes you'd just see a white thing in the background and your mind automatically assumes it's Michael's face.
Unfortunately you can see the twist coming a mile away and although the build up to the action is very good, the gross stupidity that goes on is very distracting. Why hide in a tent of all places? Trying to be quiet in there like it's not the first place that would be looked in. Also who goes into the woods with no knife, ax or any sort of equipment other than a tent? It's madness. They didn't even bring a rocket launcher. Guy trying to cut wood with the saw on a pen knife. Numpty.
All in all though it was very good in the build up then the action let it down. A bit like most horrors really. Probably a lot better if you don't see the twist coming either.
7/10 Purely for the build up and those couple of great shots.
Low budget horror that was nowhere near as shit as I expected. I think I may have written that exact same sentence before in here. Basically a couple go hiking and he's dying of leaukemia which I can't spell. She also has a terrible disease where she can't utter any sentences without his name in them. She must say the word Josh about 3000 times in this film it's fecking annoying. Also her accent seems to flip between Irish and American. I dunno if that's what her accent is or if she's bad at doing accents, but she was a much better actor than the main actor in spite of this. Also the guy from Buffy with the really punchable face was in it.
It was fairly decent and there was a nice bit of creepy build up, there were a few shots that I wish more horror films would do that were very effective. One in particular where there's someone in the background just getting into a hiding a spot, it's not at all highlighted and very easy to miss to the point I thought it was maybe a member of the crew. Maybe there were more shots like that that I missed, I dunno. It was really effective and if I was making a horror I'd be layering those in there. Reminded me a bit of the older Halloween films where sometimes you'd just see a white thing in the background and your mind automatically assumes it's Michael's face.
Unfortunately you can see the twist coming a mile away and although the build up to the action is very good, the gross stupidity that goes on is very distracting. Why hide in a tent of all places? Trying to be quiet in there like it's not the first place that would be looked in. Also who goes into the woods with no knife, ax or any sort of equipment other than a tent? It's madness. They didn't even bring a rocket launcher. Guy trying to cut wood with the saw on a pen knife. Numpty.
All in all though it was very good in the build up then the action let it down. A bit like most horrors really. Probably a lot better if you don't see the twist coming either.
7/10 Purely for the build up and those couple of great shots.
Didn't like Captain Marvel at all. The best thing about it was the cat.
Although there was a few funny moments; some of these correctly placed, others conflicting with the tone of the scene too much. Didn't think the acting was great, especially Brie Larson. Some of the character decisions and reactions don't make any sense:
It's difficult with Captain Marvel because she has no real weakness so the stakes of each scene are very low, which doesn't generate a sufficient level of excitement and conflict.
Although I was bored, I thought at times the movie was too fast paced. Things were happening without any background to why it was happening.
Probably give it 4/10, for the cat and Nick Fury.
Although there was a few funny moments; some of these correctly placed, others conflicting with the tone of the scene too much. Didn't think the acting was great, especially Brie Larson. Some of the character decisions and reactions don't make any sense:
When Carol Danvers friend sees green aliens, she acts normal, doesn't freak out. Same thing when one of these green aliens has her daughter.
It's difficult with Captain Marvel because she has no real weakness so the stakes of each scene are very low, which doesn't generate a sufficient level of excitement and conflict.
Although I was bored, I thought at times the movie was too fast paced. Things were happening without any background to why it was happening.
Probably give it 4/10, for the cat and Nick Fury.
Control - 8/10
The Lost City of Z - 8/10
The Lost City of Z - 8/10
Prince of the City (1981)
Wow. Great movie, directed by Sidney Lumet.
Wow. Great movie, directed by Sidney Lumet.
Alita: Battle Angel
Flawed but semi-entertaining movie. Plot is predictable and obvious cliches aside, has some cool graphics and fight sequences. Doesn't make you want to turn off in the middle. Could have been so much better.
5/10.
Flawed but semi-entertaining movie. Plot is predictable and obvious cliches aside, has some cool graphics and fight sequences. Doesn't make you want to turn off in the middle. Could have been so much better.
5/10.
I am Mother. 6/10.
Great idea. Just missing depth and budget.
Great idea. Just missing depth and budget.
Two great films
I really liked both movies.
You were right about Pattinson's good acting, mate - I only realised he was playing the middle-aged Henry Costin on viewing the credits after the film ended(!)
You were right about Pattinson's good acting, mate - I only realised he was playing the middle-aged Henry Costin on viewing the credits after the film ended(!)
He'll have that Twilight sticker for a while but his film choices since then have been excellent.
Also, a film I saw a couple of weeks ago and left a good impression was Under the silver lake. Andrew Garfield plays an aimless guy who meets a girl and then goes looking for her when she disappears. It's difficult to explain, but his eerie exploration of an underground LA is really engrossing and is funny and creepy at the same time. You never know quite what's going on, just like the main character, but it's a nice ride.
EDIT: just seen that it's the same director as It follows, which makes sense. In terms of atmosphere, there's definite similarities between the two.