Whatever you do, don't watch Begotten. I wish I could erase that from my memory.
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The thing with comments like this is it instantly makes me want to know more. So I read one of the reviews (about the opening with God and Mother Earth and what Mother Earth “does”)….. …… ……
……. ……. and I don’t want to know any more.
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(my other reply was “why, is Nic Cage in it?” but I stopped myself
).Fine with animated but guessing anime… which is also fine. A good film is a good film.
I watched it because Elijah Wood recommended it in an interview.The thing with comments like this is it instantly makes me want to know more. So I read one of the reviews (about the opening with God and Mother Earth and what Mother Earth “does”)….. …… ……
……. ……. and I don’t want to know any more.
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(my other reply was “why, is Nic Cage in it?” but I stopped myself
Then after watching it, I went back to the interview and realised he said NOT to watch it.
Jane Fonda was FIRE. Her husband at the time (and also Barbarella's director) Roger Vadim persuaded Jane to join in threesomes (and foursomes!) with him and whichever ingenue was at hand. She hated Barbarella, and turned down the lead in Bonnie And Clyde, Rosemary’s Baby and Doctor Zhivago to do it, to add insult to injury. Just think about that for a moment! Giving up those roles for Barbarella!
This is one of the saddest sentences ever written in the English language.
All three worked out fine thoug(.Jane Fonda was FIRE. Her husband at the time (and also Barbarella's director) Roger Vadim persuaded Jane to join in threesomes (and foursomes!) with him and whichever ingenue was at hand. She hated Barbarella, and turned down the lead in Bonnie And Clyde, Rosemary’s Baby and Doctor Zhivago to do it, to add insult to injury. Just think about that for a moment! Giving up those roles for Barbarella!
Doctor Zhivago was quite a bit before Barbarella?
I suspect barbarella might outlast all them moviesJane Fonda was FIRE. Her husband at the time (and also Barbarella's director) Roger Vadim persuaded Jane to join in threesomes (and foursomes!) with him and whichever ingenue was at hand. She hated Barbarella, and turned down the lead in Bonnie And Clyde, Rosemary’s Baby and Doctor Zhivago to do it, to add insult to injury. Just think about that for a moment! Giving up those roles for Barbarella!
Nah he's a massive horror nerd. Look at the stuff Spectrevision make!
I didn’t verify that report cuz it was in the Daily Heil, but it listed those 3 movies as ones she turned down so she could do Barbarella for Vadim. This gives the conversation a veneer of “some bloke down the pub said…”.
Maybe Fonda passed and it ended up with Christie but as two separate events? … think with the time gap, Fonda could easily have done both.
Shelter
Statham protects a young girl from the full force of MI6, plus rogue elements.
Like Ronseal, you know what you're getting.
7.8/10
Statham protects a young girl from the full force of MI6, plus rogue elements.
Like Ronseal, you know what you're getting.
7.8/10
You’ve missed a zero off? That’s out of 100 yeah?
7.80/10
Statham should have made another Crank movie.
Could also be one of those “sure we want you to do the movie, but we heard you’re all booked up.”
Zhivago 1965, Barbarella 1968. Born December 21, 1937.
Quite a cast… including Charlie Chaplins daughter.
Riff Raff
Starring Bill Murray and Ed Harris, an ageing gangster living a quiet life in the woods finds his life turned upside down when his ex-wife, estranged son and pregnant girlfriend turn up in the middle of the night, on the run from two ruthless killers.
Very enjoyable crime noir with some twists and turns. Will be worth your while.
7.9/10
Starring Bill Murray and Ed Harris, an ageing gangster living a quiet life in the woods finds his life turned upside down when his ex-wife, estranged son and pregnant girlfriend turn up in the middle of the night, on the run from two ruthless killers.
Very enjoyable crime noir with some twists and turns. Will be worth your while.
7.9/10
Caught By Tides
Jia Zhangke cuts and pastes from his previous works to create a pulsating time traveling epic which encompasses the era of market reforms to global superpower.
The spectre of Mao haunts decayed working mens clubs and the Chinese youth embrace trance music. While monetised gender norms bring about the genuine possibility of independence for Chinese women although class exploitation remains.
Jia Zhangke has put on screen the biggest social transformation in human history with Zhao Tao as its defining figure.
“Ay, ay, ay, I'm your little butterfly”
10/10
Jia Zhangke cuts and pastes from his previous works to create a pulsating time traveling epic which encompasses the era of market reforms to global superpower.
The spectre of Mao haunts decayed working mens clubs and the Chinese youth embrace trance music. While monetised gender norms bring about the genuine possibility of independence for Chinese women although class exploitation remains.
Jia Zhangke has put on screen the biggest social transformation in human history with Zhao Tao as its defining figure.
“Ay, ay, ay, I'm your little butterfly”
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You were talking about animated movie Paprika, because the Paprika movie I watched was totally different.
The Tito Brass film ? I haven’t seen it but have watched some of his other work and yep it’s a very different vibe!
Watched a couple of incredibly shit films recently.
Return to Silent Hill was offensively bad. Christophe Gans is generally speaking a hack, but I actually have a soft spot for the original Silent Hill film which despite several flaws has a good cast and a great creepy vibe (and actually looked better than this one, despite being made 20 years ago). The 2026 is genuinely terrible - the acting and dialogue is laughably bad, it looks really ugly, and it's utterly stupid. One of the worst things I've watched in a long time and I watched all our games under Amorim.
Shelter with Jason Statham is just a generic Bourne film without the memory loss but with British accents, looks to have been shot in about 3 locations (the island, a generic office that is interchangeable between Naomi Ackie and Bill Nighy) and has an absolutely terrible child actor that is meant to bring heart to the whole thing. All the action scenes are generic and it's ultimately a massive waste of time.
Return to Silent Hill was offensively bad. Christophe Gans is generally speaking a hack, but I actually have a soft spot for the original Silent Hill film which despite several flaws has a good cast and a great creepy vibe (and actually looked better than this one, despite being made 20 years ago). The 2026 is genuinely terrible - the acting and dialogue is laughably bad, it looks really ugly, and it's utterly stupid. One of the worst things I've watched in a long time and I watched all our games under Amorim.
Shelter with Jason Statham is just a generic Bourne film without the memory loss but with British accents, looks to have been shot in about 3 locations (the island, a generic office that is interchangeable between Naomi Ackie and Bill Nighy) and has an absolutely terrible child actor that is meant to bring heart to the whole thing. All the action scenes are generic and it's ultimately a massive waste of time.
Turns one dimensional “acting” into an art form
Think of the women and children before you go posting inflammatory statements like that, good grief!
He makes Steven Seagal look like Daniel Day-Lewis.
Think it was @Badunk that recommended Bugonia
As you said, sometimes you know very early on with a film/show that you’ll like it and I did… very early on.
There’s a place for special effects, CGI, huge explosions and if used well, they can help make excellent films. But there’s something special about good films that rely on script, acting, scene setting, direction, especially when they’re not even using cool looking locations like NY, Paris, a rain forest, etc.
I thought Bugonia was fantastic.
Jess Plemons will probably get the most focus (and arguably deservedly so), and Emma Stone is very good too (and clearly devoted to her acting given…) but they’re experienced actors. Aiden Delbis is 19! and given that, I thought his performance was superb… there’s a bit just before he does something NOTABLE in the film where he takes a deep sigh and it’s perfect.
The look of it was great too and the scene settings and angles - I thought the “meal scene” was brilliant. I even liked the arty stuff (won’t say any more). Whoever was in charge of wardrobe is very clever (not something I usually notice) … really helped the feel of the film and the characters.
Did guess the ending but don’t think that’s because film made it obvious… just a hunch.
Will give it a while then watch it again.. usually a sign of a good film.
8.51/10
As you said, sometimes you know very early on with a film/show that you’ll like it and I did… very early on.
There’s a place for special effects, CGI, huge explosions and if used well, they can help make excellent films. But there’s something special about good films that rely on script, acting, scene setting, direction, especially when they’re not even using cool looking locations like NY, Paris, a rain forest, etc.
I thought Bugonia was fantastic.
Jess Plemons will probably get the most focus (and arguably deservedly so), and Emma Stone is very good too (and clearly devoted to her acting given…
) but they’re experienced actors. Aiden Delbis is 19! and given that, I thought his performance was superb… there’s a bit just before he does something NOTABLE in the film where he takes a deep sigh and it’s perfect.The look of it was great too and the scene settings and angles - I thought the “meal scene” was brilliant. I even liked the arty stuff (won’t say any more). Whoever was in charge of wardrobe is very clever (not something I usually notice) … really helped the feel of the film and the characters.
Did guess the ending but don’t think that’s because film made it obvious… just a hunch.
Will give it a while then watch it again.. usually a sign of a good film.
8.51/10
The Ballad Of Wallis Island (2025)
2 liked it a lot, 1 liked it alright, and 1 walkout. I knew only Cary Mulligan, so grew really interested in these characters. Tom Basden was great. Some real moments of great feeling concerning lost love and the past.
810/1000
2 liked it a lot, 1 liked it alright, and 1 walkout. I knew only Cary Mulligan, so grew really interested in these characters. Tom Basden was great. Some real moments of great feeling concerning lost love and the past.
810/1000
The Running Man
Entertaining enough remake, but lacks the gravity it maybe thinks it has and the ending is a copout.
The update to zone in on fears about mass surveillance, social media and AI fakes is fitting and I liked the grimy urban aesthetic. It's hamfisted about Richards' morality though and the hunters are pretty dull- especially compared to the camp original ones.
Disappointing they opt for the original set up for the ending from the King/Bachman book, then fudge it horribly.
It passed a two hour flight, but even the message on how to deal with social media- turn it off, rather than smash it- felt a bit of a cop out.
6/10
Running Man was a middling Arnie blockbuster, as opposed to Terminator, T2 and Total Recall, so I could this remake without any lingering attachment to the original.
Entertaining enough remake, but lacks the gravity it maybe thinks it has and the ending is a copout.
The update to zone in on fears about mass surveillance, social media and AI fakes is fitting and I liked the grimy urban aesthetic. It's hamfisted about Richards' morality though and the hunters are pretty dull- especially compared to the camp original ones.
Disappointing they opt for the original set up for the ending from the King/Bachman book, then fudge it horribly.
It passed a two hour flight, but even the message on how to deal with social media- turn it off, rather than smash it- felt a bit of a cop out.
6/10
Running Man was a middling Arnie blockbuster, as opposed to Terminator, T2 and Total Recall, so I could this remake without any lingering attachment to the original.
Do you go to very small cinemas?
Who are they and why.
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I was today years old when I discovered that Bryan Cranston voiced Fei Long in the English dub of Street Fighter 2: The Animated Movie.
Blue Ruin
Quirky revenge thriller, where a guy living out of his car hears that the man who murdered his parents is being released from prison. What follows is a quiet everyman turning into a calculated killer, determined to wipe out the other guy's family (who seem like hillbillies who live outside the law) before they get to him and his sister.
Was entertaining. 8.2/10
Quirky revenge thriller, where a guy living out of his car hears that the man who murdered his parents is being released from prison. What follows is a quiet everyman turning into a calculated killer, determined to wipe out the other guy's family (who seem like hillbillies who live outside the law) before they get to him and his sister.
Was entertaining. 8.2/10
Director also did Green Room. He likes his movies with a color then a noun beginning with R. I’ve seen both, both are quirky and violent.
That was a great film, did you also see his newest one?
No, I think there was a big discussion in here that put me off. Plus, it doesn't start with a color, although it does have a noun starting with an R.
Rebel Ridge?
Oh and I Swear is a wonderful little film. It navigates the balance between drama and comedy exceptionally well and Robert Aramayo delivers an all-time great performance, full of empathy and sensibility. It never becomes gimmicky or a caricature and the film handles its subject matter with a lot of care. I've often been critical of biopics as I feel they don't do much from a cinematic perspective, and in fairness this would also fit that criticism - it looks fine, it's well shot, but it doesn't have any ambitions beyond showing the story. However, it does it so well, and it's so engaging and engrossing that you can't help being blown away by it. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll love it. Great film.