list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

2024 started with: 

Anthropophagus aka The Grim Reaper - notorious "video nasty" that partly lives up to its reputation.

Black Samurai - super fun action schlock.

Dune - I was surprised with how great this was. I'm eagerly looking forward to part two.

Scream - 2022 version, another surprisingly good film, though it got a bit too "meta" and smart for my taste in the end. 

Maniac - sleazy slasher classic. 

Latest Scorsese epic clocking in at 3hrs 25 minutes!. This is based on actual characters and is a period peice set in the 1920's and 30's about the Osage tribe and their good fortune in finding oil on their land. They rapidly become some of the richest people on the planet but their apparent naivety makes them prey for unscupulous characters such as De Niro's who may fancy a slice of the cake themselves. Di Caprio plays his nephew as if he's a dumb version of Marlon Brando's Vito Corleone (becomes very distracting after while). De Niro is solid as always but could have easily phoned in his performance. It's a great peice of epic film making, never boring at all despite the lengthy running time, just a shame about the slightly off key acting of Di Caprio and Lily Gladstone which never sparks into life. 7/10

I mean, the film is simply brilliant. There are too many highlights to name, but there is of course the spinning hallway scene, which was done entirely with Practical effects. I highly recommend it! It's a psychological thriller, my favorite type of film

that's a real shame. Jason Mamoa's career is in danger of coming off the rails. So good in GOT and See as well as the first Aquaman film which I enjoyed.

Way better than I expected, this is a proper hard core violent Western. Loved the authentic feel. 8/10

Classic.

The whole thing seemed a little unfocused to me and hopped all over the place for no apparent reason, sometimes in colour and some times in black and white.

The whole story was covered with much more clarity in the documentary included with the special features on the DVD/ Bluray.

5/10

After getting is so right with "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once" last year, my fear is that this movie will win a bunch of awards just to show how cerebral the Academy is.

Even now as I think about it, I might have been slightly generous in my rating.