Between that Star Wars shit and his “singing” in Moulin Rouge (that sounded more like a horse with its balls caught in the gate), he’s used up every last drop of Trainspotting good will.Wait, that was directed by Robert David Mitchell?That's a hell of a skid mark to add to your filmography.Apparently he wrote it as well. Good Lord.
I've long suspected this since he appeared in those awful Star Wars films. Trainspotting was his peak.
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I mean it very well could be
On my list.
Critics reviews won’t be as eloquent as you but I like Barry Hertz “there are enough holy mother of god moments in the new martial arts extravaganza ‘The Furious’ during which your brain will melt so rapidly , you’ll have to wipe your shirt of grey matter seeping through your ears”.
I think it’s a positive.
I reviewed The Furious a few weeks ago. I was not impressed at all.
The Furious was a live-action video game, some great fight sequences. Too long and a bit goofy in parts but fun.
Midway. Roland Emmerich describing the legendary battle. Apparently, it's pretty historically accurate and the battle scenes are impressive. It's also interesting to see how events developed from Pearl Harbour to Midway. So the documentary side is decent (3/5), but the film side is poor (2/5) - the acting and dialogues would be cheesy in an intentional B film.
Got around to watching this last night. Really brilliant stuff.
Glad to hear that!! Had the feeling it'd be your cup of tea!
Terrible film.
Speak no Evil (2022)
Wasn't planning on watching this version, I planned to watch the 2024 Hollywood version with James McAvoy. After reading a bit about it I found out it was somewhat based on the 2022 Danish-Dutch movie by the same name. Many claimed it was better and darker than what some claimed to be a more family friendly 2024 version. So I watched the 2022 one instead. Even though the movie has both Dutch and Danish actors who occasionally converse in their native languages, the majority of it is English spoken. Interestingly though the languages help build what quickly becomes a very uncomfortable watch. A psychological slow burn that explodes the more you get towards the end. The idea I think is to show that being polite and accepting has a certain limit and where you draw that line is important. I can't help but feel some of this is also leaning into some Dutch stereotypes of directness to the point of discomfort, and the Scandinavian stereotype of being too conflict avoidance based and uncomfortable with close physical encounters. Whether that was intentional or not almost doesn't matter though, because even for those who aren't aware of those stereotypes the way the discomfort builds up is palpable. It's not your traditional dark movie, but without giving much away - it doesn't shy away from being one. Something that will stick with me for a while. Heard the 24 version is different enough to where I might still enjoy that one as it's own thing, but I'll need to take a short break from psychological thrillers for a few days after the 22 one.
7.5/10 for me.
Wasn't planning on watching this version, I planned to watch the 2024 Hollywood version with James McAvoy. After reading a bit about it I found out it was somewhat based on the 2022 Danish-Dutch movie by the same name. Many claimed it was better and darker than what some claimed to be a more family friendly 2024 version. So I watched the 2022 one instead. Even though the movie has both Dutch and Danish actors who occasionally converse in their native languages, the majority of it is English spoken. Interestingly though the languages help build what quickly becomes a very uncomfortable watch. A psychological slow burn that explodes the more you get towards the end. The idea I think is to show that being polite and accepting has a certain limit and where you draw that line is important. I can't help but feel some of this is also leaning into some Dutch stereotypes of directness to the point of discomfort, and the Scandinavian stereotype of being too conflict avoidance based and uncomfortable with close physical encounters. Whether that was intentional or not almost doesn't matter though, because even for those who aren't aware of those stereotypes the way the discomfort builds up is palpable. It's not your traditional dark movie, but without giving much away - it doesn't shy away from being one. Something that will stick with me for a while. Heard the 24 version is different enough to where I might still enjoy that one as it's own thing, but I'll need to take a short break from psychological thrillers for a few days after the 22 one.
7.5/10 for me.
Thanks for recommending it. Was amazed to read it's based on a real event. Also nice to see a good Al Pacino performance again.
Somehow I didn't dislike it as much as I thought I would. Maybe it's because I didn't pay full attention...
And I did find the battle scenes rather fascinating. War is such a bizarre thing - imagine being in one, or imagine choosing or having to send people into one!Beetlejuice. Tim Burton's 1988 classic. I didn't expect much from this, but I'm not sure why. I like his other films from this period and didn't know too much about Beetlejuice. Anyway, I thought it was really good: funny, offbeat, inspired design, and performed with lively exaggeration, to great effect. 4/5
I agree. If you are the person who usually cedes ground in your relationships by compromising and releasing control because you don't want to be confrontational (more so when you are right), this is a scarring film. But it is a very slow burn. The US version is more or less a copy paste film in the first two acts but without the subtle acting. And while you know that an American production would never go with the same tone and dark finale, it was kind of disappointing how predictably it shifted to what so many Hollywood thrillers become in the third act.
Buster‘s Mal Heart (2016)
Rami Malek still can’t act, and here he not-acts in a stop/start movie about a drifter and conspiracy theories and some other shit, but it was so turgid that I shut it off after 25 minutes. He watches news reports about himself as he breaks into vacation homes and eats their food. He looks ridiculous in his “derelict” phase. How does a movie like this get made?
099/1000
Rami Malek still can’t act, and here he not-acts in a stop/start movie about a drifter and conspiracy theories and some other shit, but it was so turgid that I shut it off after 25 minutes. He watches news reports about himself as he breaks into vacation homes and eats their food. He looks ridiculous in his “derelict” phase. How does a movie like this get made?
099/1000
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It was a surprise that such a perceived straight man in Michael Keaton could pull off such a wacky role so brilliantly. The sequel felt a tired retread with lots of one-liners landing flat, sadly.
On a similar '80s note, I saw Death Becomes Her a while back for the first time in decades and was surprised how funny and enjoyable it was.
The invite (2026)
Very funny and great performances from all 4 of the cast. Norton and Cruz play the "we saw you from across the bar and liked your vibe" swinger couple brilliantly
Very funny and great performances from all 4 of the cast. Norton and Cruz play the "we saw you from across the bar and liked your vibe" swinger couple brilliantly
The Gorge (Apple TV)
Sci-fi that is mainly getting this score because I tend to rate sci-fi or things with my favorite people like Anya Taylor-Joy. Won’t give away too much, but I started fast-forwarding through scenes as they blasted 70’s rock with boring scenes.
5.00/10.0
Sci-fi that is mainly getting this score because I tend to rate sci-fi or things with my favorite people like Anya Taylor-Joy. Won’t give away too much, but I started fast-forwarding through scenes as they blasted 70’s rock with boring scenes.
5.00/10.0
Yep. It was not great. I like ATJ but Miles Teller is just a dud.
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The Furious
A father fights fiercely against ruthless kidnappers to save his abducted daughter, pairing up with another man who's searching for his missing wife. This was basically Double Dragon the movie and I was so down for that! With a script written on one Whatsapp message, this is a 2 hour martial arts showreel with non-stop action, not too dissimilar to The Raid or The Night Comes For Us. However, the actual choreography felt less like a dance and far more gritty, with characters incorporating a lot of ground and pound as well as clinches, which isn't something I've seen too often on screen. They use their bodies in ways unfathomable to most mere mortals. The fights get better and better as the movie progresses and the penultimate scene is a genuinely one of the best fight scenes I've ever seen. Also, loads of surprises, which i don't want to spoil. Think I'll be watching this again on the weekend. Oh and let's give a special mention to Mad Dog being in it along with the lead actress from Chocolate, amazing stuff. If you're in the mod for non-stop scenes of two dudes beating the piss out of people, watch this. Easily my film of the year so far 9/10
The Last House
New Netflix movie about a family who get trapped in their house and with no way out, they must find a way to sustain themselves until they find a way out. This was really slow to begin with and I was expecting horror, but it was more like family-horror. Once I got on board with that, it was more enjoyable. Some decent acting and the plot has enough changes every now and then to keep things moving along. The ending was completely stupid though, really felt like they didn't know where to go with it 6.5/10
Hellraiser (2022)
A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites. I was looking forward to this as they finally made Pinhead female (closer to the source material), and the actress did a decent job and also, it was directed by David Bruckner, who was the filmmaker behind awesome indie horrors such as The Ritual and The Night House... however, despite this, the Hellraiser curse continues. The film looked like it was a slightly higher budget B-movie despite the talent behind it (had the writer of The Dark Knight on this - who I'm thinking is a flukey fraud). The gore was tame for a Hellraiser movie, the characters were generic and the Cenobites looked awful, not creepy at all. I did like some of the special effects and there were a few good moments but I am starting to think maybe this franchise just needs to die 3.5/10
A father fights fiercely against ruthless kidnappers to save his abducted daughter, pairing up with another man who's searching for his missing wife. This was basically Double Dragon the movie and I was so down for that! With a script written on one Whatsapp message, this is a 2 hour martial arts showreel with non-stop action, not too dissimilar to The Raid or The Night Comes For Us. However, the actual choreography felt less like a dance and far more gritty, with characters incorporating a lot of ground and pound as well as clinches, which isn't something I've seen too often on screen. They use their bodies in ways unfathomable to most mere mortals. The fights get better and better as the movie progresses and the penultimate scene is a genuinely one of the best fight scenes I've ever seen. Also, loads of surprises, which i don't want to spoil. Think I'll be watching this again on the weekend. Oh and let's give a special mention to Mad Dog being in it along with the lead actress from Chocolate, amazing stuff. If you're in the mod for non-stop scenes of two dudes beating the piss out of people, watch this. Easily my film of the year so far 9/10
The Last House
New Netflix movie about a family who get trapped in their house and with no way out, they must find a way to sustain themselves until they find a way out. This was really slow to begin with and I was expecting horror, but it was more like family-horror. Once I got on board with that, it was more enjoyable. Some decent acting and the plot has enough changes every now and then to keep things moving along. The ending was completely stupid though, really felt like they didn't know where to go with it 6.5/10
Hellraiser (2022)
A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites. I was looking forward to this as they finally made Pinhead female (closer to the source material), and the actress did a decent job and also, it was directed by David Bruckner, who was the filmmaker behind awesome indie horrors such as The Ritual and The Night House... however, despite this, the Hellraiser curse continues. The film looked like it was a slightly higher budget B-movie despite the talent behind it (had the writer of The Dark Knight on this - who I'm thinking is a flukey fraud). The gore was tame for a Hellraiser movie, the characters were generic and the Cenobites looked awful, not creepy at all. I did like some of the special effects and there were a few good moments but I am starting to think maybe this franchise just needs to die 3.5/10
Yeah, it's hard to even recognize Keaton in that role! My wife loved the sequel, so I'm quite curious who's right.
I liked Death Becomes Her when I saw it ages ago, and it recently appeared on our Netflix. Looking forward to watching it again some Saturday evening.
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould/22 Short Films About Springfield.
Title is a reference to the goldberg variations by Bach which Gould is most known for "recreating" and one short film is named Forty-Five Seconds and a Chair which is.....yep a zoom in shot of Gould silently sitting in a chair.
Full on artistic wank and it's absolutely brilliant. Captures the magic energy and intelligence Gould had as an composer. Colm Feore also does puts in a fantastic lead perfomace.
A must watch.
10/10
Title is a reference to the goldberg variations by Bach which Gould is most known for "recreating" and one short film is named Forty-Five Seconds and a Chair which is.....yep a zoom in shot of Gould silently sitting in a chair.
Full on artistic wank and it's absolutely brilliant. Captures the magic energy and intelligence Gould had as an composer. Colm Feore also does puts in a fantastic lead perfomace.
A must watch.
10/10
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It looked great and the performances were terrific but sadly in the end it seeked rather pointless. I have no idea why we should care about any of the characters in it.
This should be insane in a good way. From the guy who made Too Many Cooks.
It was shite.
This should be insane in a good way. From the guy who made Too Many Cooks.
feck this movie. I was writing what was meant to be my debut feature, easy to film as I have access to a studio that films children's shows like these... Then I saw this and had to scrap it.
I'll still watch it though.
Don’t take this lying down!
Rewatched Midnight Run for the first time.
10/10 on the first viewing years ago.
9/10 on the second because of ...
10/10 on the first viewing years ago.
9/10 on the second because of ...
...the Implication?
Don't want to spoiler anything. It's probably my favourite comedy movie.
Never seen it. Might have to dust off the dodgy firestick...
I don't think anyone I've ever asked has seen it. I think it's incredible.
Went to see The End of Oak Street today. It was a pretty fun watch. I enjoyed it, the dinosaurs were vicious and it almost felt like a horror movie. I really liked the cool premise and there was plenty of tense moments. 7/10.
(SPOILER for the ending)
(SPOILER for the ending)
Soooo....did she just make sure her "other" versions were sent to the dinosaur world to make sure that they will be straight up murdered? They took away their other versions husband/father for themselves, They literally just killed his family and replaced them. Nah thats pure evil, That's so fecked up
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Obsession Pretty good for a low budget horror film. Inde Navarrette was particularly good imo but in the end it suffered the usual horror film fate of being just a bit silly. 6/10
They made that film for the same amount of money that was spent on Brad Pitt’s hair dye in F1.
I really struggle with comedies, in that i don’t find them particularly fun nor funny, but Midnight Run is an exception. It’s fantastic.
I have been watching quite a few Nuclear Wars films recently.
Maybe to do with the current world situation, but I have always had a liking for films like this.
Most are from the 80'S some earlier.
The Day After
A decent film and pretty graphic, good build up to the attack.
For me this is just a popcorn version of Threads, still a very good film, but I think just fell short of how bad a Nuclear attack would be.
7/10
By Dawns Early Light
Another very good film about an attack, a very good cast, very realistic I though.
7/10
The War Game (1965)
This is one I have only very recently seen, TBH I had no idea it even existed, a docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain.
Like Threads made by the BBC, very realistic, minimal build up to the actual attack, concentrates more of the aftermath , food shortages , civil unrest and riots.
It is a grim watch.
Apparently it was banned from being shown in the BBC for 20 years
8/10
Wargames
A very decent film, about how easy it would be for a computer to start WW3.
The opening 5 mins when the operater refused to obay the launch order, wonder how realised that would have been in real life.
Good cast, good story, with one small point , could a teenager hack top secret military systems
7/10
Threads
The best of the lot, it was grim when I watched it the first time and that has never changed.
This sort of stuff is what the BBC are best at.
Not a film to watch if you are depressed.
10/10
Maybe to do with the current world situation, but I have always had a liking for films like this.
Most are from the 80'S some earlier.
The Day After
A decent film and pretty graphic, good build up to the attack.
For me this is just a popcorn version of Threads, still a very good film, but I think just fell short of how bad a Nuclear attack would be.
7/10
By Dawns Early Light
Another very good film about an attack, a very good cast, very realistic I though.
7/10
The War Game (1965)
This is one I have only very recently seen, TBH I had no idea it even existed, a docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain.
Like Threads made by the BBC, very realistic, minimal build up to the actual attack, concentrates more of the aftermath , food shortages , civil unrest and riots.
It is a grim watch.
Apparently it was banned from being shown in the BBC for 20 years
8/10
Wargames
A very decent film, about how easy it would be for a computer to start WW3.
The opening 5 mins when the operater refused to obay the launch order, wonder how realised that would have been in real life.
Good cast, good story, with one small point , could a teenager hack top secret military systems
7/10
Threads
The best of the lot, it was grim when I watched it the first time and that has never changed.
This sort of stuff is what the BBC are best at.
Not a film to watch if you are depressed.
10/10
It does seem weirdly underrated and lower ranked among De Niro's films. Great film and Charles Grodin is excellent.
Just finished it.
Very good… that 20-30 minute sequence in the police station is ridiculous (in a good way). Possible sequel (or prequel) I think.
It's not on any service in the UK so I'm gonna have to wait until it appears.