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Film The Redcafe Movie review thread
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
I really liked it; I agree that Cusack was the main reason
I like this type if film, I did watch it on a boring night shift maybe I would think different if I watched it again.
I've always liked Cusack too- I actually enjoyed 2012 even tho everyone else panned it
It wasn't that bad a film
Nah, it really was. I don't really like any of Cusack's movies apart from Grosse Point Blank.
Grosse Point Blank is very good. I also like Con Air (cheesy as f*ck, but good fun) and Better Off Dead. I remember liking The Sure Thing too, but I was very young and I'd hate to watch it again and discover that it's rubbish.
I like Pauldy reviews. He may not be a film ponce but he knows a good horror fillum when he sees one.
I enjoyed High Fidelity when I watched it, though that was some time ago... I also remember thinking 1408 wasn't entirely terrible.
Being John Malkovich and Bullets Over Broadway were good.
You don't seem to enjoy about half of the stuff you watch though!
High Fidelity and Being John Malkovich are two decent Cusack films, I think he was in Stand by Me as well.
you are not wrong, but I am a sucker for bad films
Room 1408 is one of my fav Horror films
I read the reviews and gave it a swerve.
Cheers for that.
I can't believe you liked it. I bigged you up just a few posts above and then you go and ruin it.Cheers for that.
I also thought The Cabin in the Woods was alright too.
The Asylum Tapes also called Greystone Park.
Well it was billed has a horror film but it did not scare me once or even made me jump, so in that respect it failed.
It was another of these found footage films about a group of kids that go into abandoned old asylum.
Plot was weak and acting was just has weak, the filming annoyed the hell out of me.
There are a few strange and creepy things that happened but to be honest you could go in to any old abandoned building with a decent phone and make a film like this.
Even after all that I did find myself enjoying it.
4.5/10
Well it was billed has a horror film but it did not scare me once or even made me jump, so in that respect it failed.
It was another of these found footage films about a group of kids that go into abandoned old asylum.
Plot was weak and acting was just has weak, the filming annoyed the hell out of me.
There are a few strange and creepy things that happened but to be honest you could go in to any old abandoned building with a decent phone and make a film like this.
Even after all that I did find myself enjoying it.
4.5/10
Room 1408 is just the sort of horror I like best, where's has I found cabin in the woods just boring, it was like The Truman Show trying to be scary but failed miserably.
Wish You Were Here Good looking, well acted Aussie drama set in Sydney and Cambodia. The asynchronous structure works well although it possibly contributes to the rather disappointing low key ending. Well worth a watch a miles better than most things I've seen recently. 7/10
I liked it too, paul
Serendipity is a lovely film ( probably more for women, but still. ) I've always really liked John Cusack
Tron Legacy, any good? I've been watching Tron Uprising... and it's mint.
Erm, the first half of it is quite entertaining for what it is... (Namely, tron style action scenes) but films plot is totally ridiculous, and the last half of the film becomes incredibly tedious...
The soundtrack is fantastic though.
In it's favour it had a great soundtrack, it looked nice and fit women in skintight clothing, but yes, the plot is ridiculous, the main character is a plank and it's pretty samey and boring.
Red Lights.
I found this good and bad
The first 35 mins was excellent, Sigoruney Weaver was fantastic, she played a professional who helps to prove that paranormal abilities are not what they seem, maybe the best I have ever seen her do and then after 35 mins she dies, for no apparent reason.
Then the film just nose dives , Robert De Nero is dreadful, Cillian Murphy was OK. The film jumps around trying to get you interested in what was going on and really not much did, a few broken windows and dead birds thats about it.
There is one part where Murphy is getting beat up, which really did nothing for the film and could of been left out.
The ending was just rubbish.
The film could of been so much better if Weaver had been in all of it and her part was allowed to progress.
Still I enjoyed the film but would not watch it again I don't think.
5/10
I found this good and bad
The first 35 mins was excellent, Sigoruney Weaver was fantastic, she played a professional who helps to prove that paranormal abilities are not what they seem, maybe the best I have ever seen her do and then after 35 mins she dies, for no apparent reason.
Then the film just nose dives , Robert De Nero is dreadful, Cillian Murphy was OK. The film jumps around trying to get you interested in what was going on and really not much did, a few broken windows and dead birds thats about it.
There is one part where Murphy is getting beat up, which really did nothing for the film and could of been left out.
The ending was just rubbish.
The film could of been so much better if Weaver had been in all of it and her part was allowed to progress.
Still I enjoyed the film but would not watch it again I don't think.
5/10
The Crawl
I watched this Australian film on the bases of this.
A seedy bar owner hires a mysterious Croatian to commit murder, but a planned double-crossing backfires when a young waitress is taken hostage. A suspenseful, yet darkly humorous chain of events builds to a bloodcurdling climax.
It was not humorous , suspenseful or even had a bloodcurling ending.
It was slow, boring and has a very predictable ending.
A complete waste of 80+ min.
3/10
I watched this Australian film on the bases of this.
A seedy bar owner hires a mysterious Croatian to commit murder, but a planned double-crossing backfires when a young waitress is taken hostage. A suspenseful, yet darkly humorous chain of events builds to a bloodcurdling climax.
It was not humorous , suspenseful or even had a bloodcurling ending.
It was slow, boring and has a very predictable ending.
A complete waste of 80+ min.
3/10
"Beasts of the Southern Wilds". Land sakes, what a movie that was. Incredible. Strongly recommended.
I've heard great things about that one. Can't wait to see it!
Just rewatched Buena Vista Social Club (1999). 9/10
Inspirational documentary and fantastic music.
Inspirational documentary and fantastic music.
Yeah I love this watched it a few times I actually went to the place (Serendipity) here in NY where they met in the movie
We watched it on the flight back from NY funnily enough , and I wondered if it was a real place
I just watched The Proposition. Very good movie with the very underrated Guy Pearce. Written by Nick Cave, so you can imagine how dark it is.
Moonrise Kingdom - Enjoyable romp. The usual Anderson schtick with great music as always.
Moneyball: I have no interest in baseball, but I found this quite enjoyable. The fact that there's very little baseball in it probably helped!
Worth a watch if you like feel good films about over achieving underdogs.
Worth a watch if you like feel good films about over achieving underdogs.
Killing Them Softly
I wanted to like it, but just found it a bit weird. Brad Pitt puts in a cool performance, but i'd be in no rush to watch it a second time.
5/10
I wanted to like it, but just found it a bit weird. Brad Pitt puts in a cool performance, but i'd be in no rush to watch it a second time.
5/10
Weird in what way?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Exhausting but at the same time enjoyable absurdist, existential comedy.
Meh, not a good movie, it looked pretty bad to me.
I'm probably being a tad unfair, it just wasn't what I expected.
Very little violence or grit in it to be a typical "gangster movie." It was cool, and that was largely due to Pitt's character, I didn't dislike it or come out disappointed even, just didn't come out of it thinking, "yeah I'd love to see that again."