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^ Currently 97% on Rotten Tormatoes. BTW would it do any harm to put some synopsis up and a few words??!

Here is the IMDB link at least

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Companion - From the the blurb on IMDb "A weekend getaway with friends at a remote cabin turns into chaos after it's revealed that one of the guests is not what they seem.". A clever movie and has a Black Mirror vibe. I really enjoyed this and the comedy elements made a big difference in what could have been a throw-away flick. 9/10

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^ that should be my weekend film viewing sorted. ''From the makers of Barbarian'', a film I enjoyed.

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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I enjoyed Barbarian. Stars Bill Skarsgard and Georgina Campbell as 2 complete strangers who seemingly through no fault of their own double book AirB&B, and worse still, in a very run down area of Detroit. Literally they are sharing the only inhabited house for miles. Yes I think I know where this is going but then it veers off on a completely different course to what I expected. Enjoyed it a lot as it had plenty of detail and just about the right amount of gore not to mention one of the most cringeworthy scenes you will likely see. Admittedly it's very far fetched but I felt there was just enough detail to make it plausible. 7/10
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Corner Office (2022) - Although branded as a dark comedy, this peculiar take on corporate office culture is more of a quirky drama. Jon Hamm is the star and performs the role of new employee Orson, working at The Authority. Nice acting job on this, especially the first-person narration that is used throughout. Alienation is a main theme and it grows considerably when Orson discovers a room that he's told doesn't exist. I won't mention any spoilers, but there's a lot more going on here and I think it was designed this way to allow for audience interpretation. Don't expect anything like "The Office" and although it has similarities with Office Space, it's a much darker offering. It was based on the short story The Room by Jonas Karlsson (which I have not read). Also stars Christopher Heyerdahl (Stargate Atlantis). 8/10

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Monolith (2022) - Australian sci-fi thriller starring Lily Sullivan. Sullivan is the only actor shown in this film as all the other characters only appear as voices in phone conversations. It's about a disgraced journalist that's hiding at her parents home and starts podcasting about unsolved mysteries. She receives an anonymous e-mail that leads to a story revolving around some strange black bricks. The story builds as more and more people report their experiences with these bricks, including a German art collector that has a collection of them that have been scanned and analyzed. As the film progresses she discovers that she herself has a backstory with the first brick that was brought to her attention. No spoilers, but the ending scenes leave much open for interpretation. Very unique film. 9/10.
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Becoming Led Zeppelin - I don't often go to Imax unless it's for something I REALLY wanna see.  A documentary on my favorite band of all time is just what it takes, especially since the band wa sextremely weary of documentaries before.  So this gave me some of what I've wanted for a long time: sitting down with the bandmates and hearing about everything they did before they formed the band, including that unreleased interview footage with Bonham!  In a spiritual way, that was the highlight.  Some of it was highly entertaining and made me wish I was there back then to see it.  And of course, for a guy who's heard a good deal of Zep bootlegs like Royal Albert Hall, Blueberry Hill, Ottawa Sunshine and Pure Blues, seeing the old concerts and the formation of such tropes as the violin solos in live renditions of Dazed and Confused.  There were a couple too many songs by the end when this was supposed to be a documentary, but overall, this was the documentary I've wanted for years.  And since it only covered the first two albums, I really want a sequel covering III, IV and Houses.  90/100
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Fellini's Casanova (1976) - Amazing psychedelic movie, on par with his Satyricon, one of the craziest movie I have ever seen. Donald Sutherland (RIP) is amazing, and the film is probably Fellini's darkest work. Very creepy at times.
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Infinitum: Subject Unknown (2021) - A rather quirky, weird film where a woman is trapped in a parallel universe and seems to be experiencing time loops or some sort of quantum thingamajig going on where she is forced to find a way to alter her reality. The star of the film is Tori Butler-Hart who gives a commendable performance. Also features Ian McKellen and Conleth Hill, who both play very minor rolls as professors giving the "science" behind the experiment. This entire film was apparently shot on an iPhone during the UK's lockdown during the pandemic. Given the circumstances, I'm impressed with the results. I feel like some of the parts could have been fleshed out a bit better, but still worthy of an 8/10.
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Teleios (2017) - A crew of genetically-enhanced humans travels to Titan to find out what happened to a mining mission which was retrieving minerals needed to help heal the Earth's climate problems. The story was difficult to follow as most of the crew seems to fall apart to unclear forces, like the crew of the mining vessel. A lot of different themes twist in and out of the storyline - genetically-enhanced vs. unenhanced, rights of robots, etc. The writing seemed subpar and the CGI effects look like they could've been pulled out of a 1990s SyFy Channel-made film. 5/10 is being generous.
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Checked out The Dirt again.  True, it's a generic biopic about excess debauchery.  BUT, there's some surprisingly effective bits of humor in this one, like a Jackass movie.  And of course, these four lesser-known actors (counting MGK as acting' not his typical forte) are freakishly good at just being "the guys," not "the band," "the GUYS."  I mean, they're good solo, but get them into a room together, and the sparks are hotter than their pyromaniacal stage effects.  And of course, Webber is actually singing in this movie, and it's practically impossible for me to tell him apart from the actual Vince.

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Just watched 2001: Space odyssey... it was weird. the movie captures many themes like evil AI that goes against the spacemen.
lots of quirky space elements and a very impressive movie for 1968 it holds up to movies visually even in today's standards.
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The Circle (2017) - How much social media is too much? Should we let it control every aspect of our lives? What if everything we did was public? What if anyone in the world could track you down when you want to be left alone? These are some of the questions this film attempts to answer, kind of in a haphazard way. We are ultimately left with no real conclusion but apparently there are pros and cons for all of these questions according to this film. Starring Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, Patton Oswalt, and a nice surprise seeing Karen Gillan (of Doctor Who fame). It's a nice cast and there are some really great acting moments throughout. The storyline I think is trying to bite off more than it can chew. At moments the film seems rushed, and at others it drags. To be honest, I'm not sure what it needs to give it a higher rating than the 6/10 I'm giving it. Still, it wasn't a waste of my time either.

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The Electric State - loosely based on the excellent graphic book The Electric State by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag. I quite enjoyed this film, but something never felt right from the beginning. After chatting to my wife afterwards we both agreed that it was Millie Bobby Brown that's the issue. She simply can't act. Chris Pratt has lots of charisma and played his part pretty much like that in Guardians of the Galaxy and is great to watch. The effects and all the robots are brilliant and one forgets that most of this is CGI and when that happens (like in Paddington the movie), everything becomes natural and the norm. The story ticked along at a pleasant pace but sagged half way through before a quite brilliant, action-packed finale. The TV series Tales from the Loop (also based on the book by Simon Stålenhag) is far, far better than this Hollywood effort, but worth a watch to kill a couple of hours - just try to ignore  Millie Bobby Brown 6.5/10
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Nocebo 2022
I am fond of my 90 minute horror films but this one fails totally to build any tension or a sense of dread. Stars ex Bond girl Eva Green and, judging by this at least, her career is not going anywhere fast at the moment. The 'Nocebo' appears to be a reference to a Filipino 'witch'. Mostly filmed in Ireland for budgetary reasons I guess. 5/10
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Hi,

Not watching night for me ... instead I got to spend time with some new CD's ... I had to get them ... and you know the reason ...

Dr. Zhivago ... a nice soundtrack, but it is a lot of small stuff that helped the movie, but on its own on a CD, it seems somewhat empty ... I could not even remember the scenes for almost all of the pieces, and generally that is one thing I have no issue with. Maurice Jarre's music. (That's the other Jarre's dad, btw!!!)

Once Upon a Time In The West ... had to get that, because it was Ennio Morricone, and I remember how much of the music really made the film stand out ... I'm not sure the film would be as good without it being given some time with the music!

Kin ... in the last several years, this is probably one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard, and I have enjoyed blasting my ears with it. Some great visuals and the film, did not exactly use the music as well, but it did show some of it. I think the film would be better if the director had a better sense for music ... which is saying that MOGWAI is the entity that created the music that gave the film even more character. (I have not, so far, been able to write a review of THE REVENANT, which also has a soundtrack by MOGWAI. Not sure why exactly, but the film did not quite "grab me.)

Gonna watch THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS which is a fine film, but the music in it is even better, though not as well represented as it is in the CD. A couple of other things ... I'm hoping to be able to recheck a couple of Chinese Soundtracks ... there is at least one, that I have to find a soundtrack for ... hopefully. Zhang Yimou, did some nice stuff, but he was not exactly sensitive to the music. But there are a couple of folks that were around him that did some nifty things. I'll be damned if I can remember the names of the films ... and hope to get to that asap.

Kinda wanted to do the FIVE EASY PIECES and EASY RIDER for the music, which was well represented in the films, but both of those films are such a bummer, and I wish they didn't end so badly. As much as I appreciated a lot of the music in the films, I thought that the music was taken advantage of, and not used because it meant something to the story ... most of it didn't. I might revisit those films, which, BTW, I never saw them until last year ... I have this phobia about something that everyone else goes for etc etc etc ... and stayed away from it all ... I was really upset when the guys were shot in the end ... it ruined the good vibe in the film ... but that's what happened to the 60's in America ... as the media killed most of it!



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