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Hideg napok (1966) - 7/10

Distant Journey (1949) - 6/10

Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) - 7/10

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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Fantasy/Action

2/10

Dreadful...absolutely dreadful. The writing was obviously meant for (or perhaps provided by) a 12 year old. The jokes are lame or obvious. The revenge plot has been done to death and from what I saw, they just kept stealing scenes from other movies and adapting them for this one. Including, but not limited to, the jungle chase scene (Indiana Jones), Too many to mention Lord Of the Rings scenes (The One Tower, The Forged Ring, The Gates of Mordor).

DC has been in a death spiral for far too long, and this is its epitaph. i have little hope that even James Gunn can save or revive this failed brand. If, and only if, they abandon the juvenile characters and writing will they even stand a chance.

There are better ways to spend 2 hrs.

Edited by JD - January 28 2024 at 17:28

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richardh wrote:

Also suprised that Killers Of The Flower Moon has a similar number of nominations however there are so many awards categories nowadays for all kinds of things like Best person that strayed onto the set drunk (ok I made that one up!)

BTW I only watched the first 20-30 minutes of Everything, Everywhere, All At Once. Far too annoying and jumping around for my liking. Credit to Michelle Yeoh though for being the first Malaysian woman to win an oscar.

That's fair enough, and these preferences can be and are very personal things at times. The "jumping around" was one of the reasons I have watched "Everything..." more than once, something I am happy to do because each time I watch it again I pick up something I missed on previous viewings.

I actually like movies that challenge me in this regard.

As for "Killers Of The Flower Moon", I can't really comment because I haven't seen it, although it has become something of a tradition to nominate Martin Scorsese for best director whenever he releases a film these days.

Edited by Hugh Manatee - January 29 2024 at 18:26

I should have been a pair of ragged claws
Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas

One Life 2023

Starring Anthony Hopkins, this is about the British business man Nicholas Winton who helped save 669 Jewish children from the Nazi death machine that was sweeping through the Czech Republic back in 1938. It's estimated that of the 7000 or so Jewish children in that country that were put into captivity only about 200 survived. The film is largely a character portrait and a good one at that. 9/10

Fury. World War II movie from 2014 starring Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf and Michael Peña. Really good.

Silver Linings Playbook

A 2012 romantic comedy-drama. Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and a cast of other great actors.

Highly recommended.

Edited by Moonshake - February 09 2024 at 17:51

Gentle and Giant wrote:

Code 8 - A neat, low budget scifi from 2019. I only came across this as part 2 is released later this year. It was made on a small budget (2 million) which was crowd funded, but they really managed to squeeze every last drop of the cash to produce a decent movie. I'm really looking forward to part 2. 8/10

We watched part 2 of Code 8 last night which was only very recently released. It's nowhere near as good as the first one and just felt like an extended TV episode. A shame really as the series had potential. Only 5/10 this one

Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen

Argylle - I had very, very low expectations of this movie due to the scathing reviews. Maybe it's me then as I really liked it (my wife did too). Okay, maybe it was 20 minutes too long but it was funny and action packed. You sort of know what to expect with Matthew Vaughn (Stardust, Layer Cake, Kick Ass, Kingsman etc.) and to me this didn't disappoint. 8/10

Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen

The Iron Claw

Poignant & painful athletic drama on the pro wrestling Von Erich brothers who continually suffered family tragedy despite reaching the heights of their craft. Though a high-skill sport, professional wrestling is usually seen as 'not real' or just silly but here is given its due by lifelong fan writer/director Sean Durkin with a script full of heart and cast to back it up, making Iron Claw the best macho-man flick since Magic Mike.

Edited by Atavachron - April 06 2024 at 01:59

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Dune 2 - Just seen it - a brilliant movie, though I did prefer Part 1 a little more.

Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen