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Hercules
In our second Hercules flick of the year, Dwayne Johnson (aka 'The Rock') fakes his way through this cheesy Saturday matinée-style adventure that has more in common with Pirates of the Caribbean than Greek mythology. Embarrassing if not for the tongue-in-cheek attitude, and well worth missing. |
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Did you notice that everyone in the film seemed to know that it was fairly rubbish, so hammed up the acting and offered a bit of humour, but poor Rock was deadly serious and acting his heart out! ![]() Just watched: OUIJA A rubbish mainstream Hollywood horror movie about a bunch of teens who mess with a spirit board. Deadly serious acting, a deathly slow pace with predictable scares. Second half was a little stronger, but still awful....at least it was better than that recent dreadful `Annabelle' flick....maybe. ![]() |
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A Walk with the Tombstones with Liam Neeson.
A superior dark thriller about a retired cop tracking down a bunch of sadistic kidnappers. Very stylish, shot in suitably drab colours, terrific performances and gutsy hard-hitting action in a few spots, it's often along the lines of Nic Cage's great `8MM' from so many years ago, as well as a touch of vigilante flicks like last years `Prisoners' and things like `The Punisher' etc (although it's not an action film as such). |
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To Rome with Love
Breezy romp in Italy is a jumble of infidelity and misadventure with Woody Allen as a nervous father who's giving away his daughter and stumbles upon an unknown opera virtuoso. |
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The Wolf Of Wall Street
Imagine 'Goodfellas' set in the world of stock brokering rather than the mafia & you'd be pretty close to what this film offers (even down to the fact of being based on truth). Hardly Scorcese's most imaginative film, but that said, it is an excellent film, due in no small part to Leonardo DiCaprio, who's performance is stunning - he's in virtually every scene but never overshadows the supporting cast, none of whom let the standard down. Sometimes funny, sometimes difficult to watch, way too many standout scenes to pinpoint a highlight & always compelling - this is genuinely one of the best films I've seen in a long time. Solid 5 stars. Edited by Jim Garten - November 11 2014 at 11:25 |
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The Gauntlet
In what amounts to Dirty Harry in the desert, a hungover and disheveled Clint Eastwood is tasked to bring in call girl witness Sandra Locke but someone doesn't want them to make it. Eastwood was still cutting his teeth as director but this holds-up fairly well as one of his better early efforts with good action sequences and a nice building of tension. |
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Toaster Mantis ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 12 2008 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 5898 |
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Yeah, I've noticed that a major theme in Scorcese's films starting with Mean Streets is how he depicts organized crime as more like a business world that happens to exist outside the law - an approach I much prefer to the overtly romanticized view F. F. Coppola presented in The Godfather. It'd make sense for Scorcese to occasionally flip the script. |
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Nymphomaniac vol 1
Charlotte Gainsbourg in her most provocative role as a self diagnosed nymphomaniac gives away to some truly mesmerising scenes. That being said, I'm growing a wee bit weary of the 'female evolving' theme that has tattooed itself on Von Trier's latest movies. He's going in circles at the moment imo. Some times it's an uncomfortable porn movie other times a slow paced intellectual drama that Lars has been perfecting for the last 20 years. So yeah.....both YAWN!!! and damn! did he just do that!?!?! |
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Toaster Mantis ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 12 2008 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 5898 |
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The term "artsploitation" comes to mind. I originally coined that word to describe David Cronenberg, I think, but Von Trier's probably an even better example. As might some of Kim Ki-duk's earlier films.
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He just needs a change of scenery - a slap on the face - a wild acid trip in Dyrehaven - or someone close to him with balls of brass telling him that he's becoming a bit of a bore (which isn't going to happen. People fear him just as much as they respect him).
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Toaster Mantis ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 12 2008 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 5898 |
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Yeah, it's funny how at times the "avant-garde" becomes a sort of cliché. I've actually become more and more 'classicist', for lack of a better word, with film and literature too over the last year or two.
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Bless the Beasts & Children
One of the great underground classics of the 1970s as a group of boys flee their summer camp to let loose a herd of buffalo scheduled for slaughter. With a troubled darkness that pervades the movie and an Easy Rider atmosphere, it remains one of the most poignant B List coming-of-age films. |
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Toaster Mantis ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 12 2008 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 5898 |
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![]() The entire "documentary TV crew sent back in time" gimmick is pretty damn goofy, but I like it for showing more prehistoric marine life of the monstrous variety than the usual suspects like plesiosaurs and megalodons. Some of those prehistoric giant squid, armoured predatory fish and toothed whales are some scary critters. Why don't the dunkleosteus or basilosaurus have its own horror movie yet? ![]() For a film made in 1933 and probably one of the very first "talkies", it's surprisingly modern. Not just does the creative camerawork with a lot of movement feel as much like something from the 1950s as the 1930s, but the way the plot focuses on both the police investigation of the story's central crimes and the various layers of the organized crime hierarchy is really ahead of its time to reminding me of many modern crime TV series. Then there's the bizarre expressionistic dream scenes and borderline supernatural plot twists later on, adding an absurdist feel to things that still marks this film as a product of interbellum Germany. |
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Død snø & Død snø 2
I've never been a fan of trash horror fiction, yet it was quite fun to watch those films. Although, the sequel could be cut at least for twenty minutes shorter to keep it less tiresome (and, consequently, funnier). |
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This night wounds time.
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Any Peter Greenaway fans here....?
I've seen The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover. What are some of his better films after that one...?
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Have recently watched two animated films:
"A Scanner Darkly" based on P.K. Dick novel - kind of 7/10, very beautifully animated, realistic, you can easily believe this happens in reality. I loved the actors' playing, some of them reminded me of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". However the plot is somehow predictable, to me it seems a good yet well-known message. "Waking Life" - 9/10, minus one point just for the perfect is out of reach ![]() ![]() Also watched "Dallas Buyers' Club" - 8/10, I guess, seemed to me very strong and absolutely sincere, no showing off. The personalities are very bright and memorable, and the atmosphere and soundtrack also are a pleasure.
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A Most Wanted Man
Low-key spy thriller with Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his last roles as a German intelligence officer running surveillance on Hamburg's Islamic community. Tense and dreary, not a bad little espionage flick. |
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Kraftidioten
Excellent crime comedy-drama. |
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- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
As most people probably guessed - not as good as the first one (it didn't get much of a theatrical release) Visually interesting and a good soundtrack - but it brought nothing new to the table other than overexposing Marv. (Mickey Rourke is my favourite actor - ever - but I like the Marv character when he's a hulking mystery.) I don't like rating movies on a scale - but for the purposes of this thread .. 6/10 - Neighbours (2014) Amusing at times - I did laugh out loud in a couple of places - but i'm getting really tired of the Seth Rogan doper movies. No surprises here. The funniest moments were about parenting - not the conflict. I much prefer the weirdness of the 1981 Neighbours (this is not a remake) 6/10
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Walton Street ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 24 2014 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 872 |
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that's probably his most accessible - god I love Helen Mirren I saw The Draughtsman's Contract years ago - cant remember much about it. I have A Zed and Two Noughts, The Belly of an Architect, Drowning by numbers, and Prospero's Books buried in the VHS part of the collection, but I haven't watched them yet |
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