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   Finished The Penguin, excellent!! 9/10Carry On (Netflix) surprisingly very good. 8/10
Children's Train (Netflix), got better as it progressed, enjoyable. Kids aside the acting was just ok. 7/10

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Catcher10 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 17926	Post Options Post Reply Quote Catcher10 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: December 23 2024 at 09:19
	Finished The Penguin, excellent!! 9/10 Carry On (Netflix) surprisingly very good. 8/10 Children's Train (Netflix), got better as it progressed, enjoyable. Kids aside the acting was just ok. 7/10


richardh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 28962	Post Options Post Reply Quote richardh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: December 28 2024 at 00:00
	A Quiet Place Day One 2024 This is the third in the franchise and does not feature either John Krasinski or Emily Blunt (although Krasinski co-wrote the screenplay) who appear in the other 2. This does exactly what it says on the tin. One moment all is normal in NYC, next it's complete carnage but because, perhaps, they don't have a big Hollywood budget for a load of CGI, instead it centres on one or 2 characters a la The Walking Dead. It's very good with faces I'm not familiar with plus a very clever cat! 7/10

Gentle and Giant Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 24 2019 Location: Blackpool Status: Offline Points: 4538	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gentle and Giant Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 01 2025 at 08:45
	Movies watched over the festive season: Heretic - A horror movie with Hugh Grant. A great start but went downhill a bit later on. 2 young religious girls get trapped by an anti-religious nutter in his house during a storm. Worth a watch though 7/10 Little Bone Lodge - 2 criminals seek refuge at a remote Scottish property where a mother and her daughter live with the disabled husband. It heads in a totally unexpected direction and the twist is a good one. Nicely acted and some decent jumps near the end. Recommended 8/10 Gladiator II - I wasn't overly fond of the original despite it's positive reviews. This one isn't great tbh. The action scenes are decent but it's way, way too long and the story is quite weak (I could never watch something this long and drab in a cinema). The 2 Emperors were the best thing in it. 4/10
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Gentle and Giant Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 24 2019 Location: Blackpool Status: Offline Points: 4538	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gentle and Giant Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 03 2025 at 06:45
	Conclave - Not the type of film we normally watch but this one turned out to be quite good. After the death of the Pope all the Cardinals meet up to select a new one - hence the movie's title. A great cast and a good story made the 2 hours fly by. It's full of twists and turns with an ending that no one could ever foresee and a real jaw-dropping moment. 8/10
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richardh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 28962	Post Options Post Reply Quote richardh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 03 2025 at 18:11
	^ Would like to watch Conclave at some point. I watched a few 2024 film review shows online and it seems The Substance is getting the plaudits (watch out for the shock Oscar that could be coming Demi Moore's way!). Not seen it myself but can't wait. Sounds intriguing. On the other side of the coin Madame Webb would probably get the worst film of the year award if such a thing existed (or does it? ''The Razzies'' maybe?). Again can't say much as I've not seen it (and probably won't!).

Gentle and Giant Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 24 2019 Location: Blackpool Status: Offline Points: 4538	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gentle and Giant Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 04 2025 at 08:46
	The Substance is good - maybe not as shocking as some places make out though. Last night we watched Elevation - Anthony Mackie and the gorgeous Morena Baccarin star. Nasty beasties appear out of nowhere and kill only humans. From the revealing title these nasties can't go any higher than 8,000ft. So 3 years later all the surviving humans live up in the mountains until, one day, our hero has to venture down to Boulder, Colorado to get medication for his ailing son. It's not too bad actually and there are some very tense scenes but ultimately there is nothing new here. Kills 90 minutes though and there is a hell of a lot worse - 7/10
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richardh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 28962	Post Options Post Reply Quote richardh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January 16 2025 at 00:19
	Immaculate 2024 I have to admit I watch too many of these 'throw away' horror films and at 90 minutes this was never going to be a classic! Stars Sidney Sweeney as a US girl who decides to become a nun in an Italian convent (as presumably such things don't exist in the USA?!) and quickly wishes she had stayed at home. It delivers some decent shocks and a satisfying enough conclusion. 7/10 (but to be taken with a large pinch of salt!)

MortSahlFan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 01 2018 Location: US Status: Offline Points: 3031	Post Options Post Reply Quote MortSahlFan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 hours 43 minutes ago at 13:18
	Adelheid - 8/10 Best movie I've seen in at least 2 years.. Despite my neighbor and her loud assed muffler going on for an hour.. I had to take a break (play drums to block out the sound) which usually is a hindrance to a movie, but I couldn't take it anymore.. I had this on my IMDB watch-list... along with 2,000 others. Don't remember ever even reading the title. I did a Search on here and found 0 results. Less than 1,000 votes on IMDB but it's on Criterion. I need more movies like this. Contemporary dramas about people that stand on their own, ones you can't compare.
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