I haven't seen it yet, although it's been on my iMDB watchlist for a short time now. I'll get around to it this week, I should imagine.
The main antagonist (just realising this now) in Bacurau is the guy who played the the vampire boss in Blade.
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The main antagonist (just realising this now) in Bacurau is the guy who played the the vampire boss in Blade.
Watched Rambo : Last Blood the other night. I mean it's barely a film and what you might interpret as a plot is merely a drawn out set up for the carnage of the final 20 minutes which is as gloriously violent as you might expect.
Marriage Story
Baumbach's best work since Frances Ha. Brilliant performances, especially Adam Driver who will no doubt be an Oscar contender. Not quite Baumbach's best script, but certainly his best directed film, great cinematography from Robbie Ryan as always (with a narrow aspect ratio and bright grainy sepia colour palette). A mixture of Woody Allen (with an Annie Hall NY/LA juxtaposition) monologues, and then these wonderful Ozu moments and transitions.
9/10
Baumbach's best work since Frances Ha. Brilliant performances, especially Adam Driver who will no doubt be an Oscar contender. Not quite Baumbach's best script, but certainly his best directed film, great cinematography from Robbie Ryan as always (with a narrow aspect ratio and bright grainy sepia colour palette). A mixture of Woody Allen (with an Annie Hall NY/LA juxtaposition) monologues, and then these wonderful Ozu moments and transitions.
9/10
I didn't have high expectations but it exceeded them. Simple story and even simpler screenplay, but Stallone is in his element and carries the film.
I found it entertaining.
Would have made for a hell of a twist if it was.Oh, it definitely wasn't a matriarch
Yeah I didn't mind it. Think the missus enjoyed it more than me tbh which is weird. Keeping an eye on her...
Patriarch hahaI really enjoyed this too, Daniel Craig looked like he had a ball making this.
Oh, it definitely wasn't a matriarch
The Beckoning Silence
Great, tragic story about the climber Toni Kurz told by Touching the Void's Joe Simpson.
7.5/10
LA Confidential
Stellar.
9/10
Great, tragic story about the climber Toni Kurz told by Touching the Void's Joe Simpson.
7.5/10
LA Confidential
Stellar.
9/10
The Sisters Brothers
In 1850s Oregon, the infamous duo of assassins, Eli and Charlie Sisters, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally. Great cast but slow and boring. A lot of dialogue is mumbled so I couldn't really hear if there were some intricacies in the plot, but the plot in itself felt tumescent. Yawned throughout 2/10
In 1850s Oregon, the infamous duo of assassins, Eli and Charlie Sisters, chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally. Great cast but slow and boring. A lot of dialogue is mumbled so I couldn't really hear if there were some intricacies in the plot, but the plot in itself felt tumescent. Yawned throughout 2/10
Yeah damn shame that because the book is great. The film captures none of the humour.
So true! I'm going to watch it again with family soon, just so I can stare at her for every scene she's in now that I know the plot etc haha. She is beautiful and I've been slowly catching up on her other work. The Informer and Blade Runner 2049 were the last I saw her in, and she has plenty coming up too.
8/10 for the film 10/10 for Ana.
First Man - Really boring actor plays really boring man. Luckily all the space stuff was really well done and exciting. No doubting Armstrong was a brave and clever bloke. Just not very exciting unfortunately. It was good how you got a sense of just how rickety and dangerous everything was.
Gravity - rewatched and still enjoyed it. I like that it's a trim 90 minutes and rarely lags. Fantastic visually.
Gravity - rewatched and still enjoyed it. I like that it's a trim 90 minutes and rarely lags. Fantastic visually.
Corey Stoll playing Buzz as a prick teases the possibility of a much better film. The space stuff really is as good as I've seen though.
Yeah I really liked that bit. They should have explored the relationships between the astronauts a lot more. It was just dull how they occasionally drank a beer and talked shop.
I've just finished it and not quite sure whether I hated it or liked it. But for sure Adam Driver continues to show just how fine an actor he is.
I still don't understand why women swoon over him though.
Deep voice. Must have big balls.
Very good flick, think it's based on Baunbach's own story with Jennifer Jason Leigh. Most foreigners might think it's absurd, but to me script rings 100% realistic.
As for the acting, I thought Adam Driver kinda overacts a bit, especially during some of the 'screaming' scenes - just looked unrealistic.
Widows
Decided to watch this given the excellent cast and mostly because of Carrie Coon. Not only does Coon barely feature but most of the cast is fairly underutilized. The movie starts out well and I think we're in for a good one but after some funeral scenes it goes downhill. Basically it's a heist movie where they try to stay away from most of the clichés but in reality they just papered over them. Usually you get some humor in heist movies, none of that here. You want to root for Viola Davis but the movies is filled with so many script fillers that you forget that she's the main character. The dude from Atlanta and his Get Out partner are kind of pointless and caricaturized. Colin Farrell's character could be cut out of the movie entirely and it wouldn't have made a difference. Maybe not entirely but they could have had him explained as a figure on TV but instead the movie is written in a way that it has to show 40 minutes of build up in order to explain how the very short end works and not the ending of the movie mind you (which is ridiculous) but just the simple matter of how characters come to know each other. The acting was fine, the main 3 women which are the focus were a nice bunch of characters but the whole premise was whack.
5/10
Decided to watch this given the excellent cast and mostly because of Carrie Coon. Not only does Coon barely feature but most of the cast is fairly underutilized. The movie starts out well and I think we're in for a good one but after some funeral scenes it goes downhill. Basically it's a heist movie where they try to stay away from most of the clichés but in reality they just papered over them. Usually you get some humor in heist movies, none of that here. You want to root for Viola Davis but the movies is filled with so many script fillers that you forget that she's the main character. The dude from Atlanta and his Get Out partner are kind of pointless and caricaturized. Colin Farrell's character could be cut out of the movie entirely and it wouldn't have made a difference. Maybe not entirely but they could have had him explained as a figure on TV but instead the movie is written in a way that it has to show 40 minutes of build up in order to explain how the very short end works and not the ending of the movie mind you (which is ridiculous) but just the simple matter of how characters come to know each other. The acting was fine, the main 3 women which are the focus were a nice bunch of characters but the whole premise was whack.
5/10
I start my 26-day holiday after tomorrow and am compiling a list of action/martial arts movies to rewatch in a binge fest:
The Raid
The Raid 2
Headshot
The Night Comes For Us
Hardcore Henry
Triple Threat
The Villainess
Maria
ManHunt
Ip Man 1/2/3
Police Story
Armour of God
Some of these are in my all time favourite movie list and just have the urge to watch them again. Any other suggestions welcome.
The Raid
The Raid 2
Headshot
The Night Comes For Us
Hardcore Henry
Triple Threat
The Villainess
Maria
ManHunt
Ip Man 1/2/3
Police Story
Armour of God
Some of these are in my all time favourite movie list and just have the urge to watch them again. Any other suggestions welcome.
No Way of the Dragon, Karate Kid, Bloodsport or Crouching Tiger?
Sakura Killers, Wheels on Meals, Mr. Vampire
I was incredibly underwhelmed with this one, especially as I love all Steve McQueen's work prior to it. It felt very distant to anything else he'd done, and just a bit of a "nothing" film, without being especially bad.
Oh yeah, you loved his Turner video work, and his war stamp designs didya, or are you chatting breeze mate?
Is A Christmas Tale worth a watch French guy?
Is A Christmas Tale worth a watch French guy?
Nobody said 'you sunnava bitch I'm in' either. most disappointing.
Very poor form indeed Bill
Ad Astra
Looked good and decent opening. Then it was so fecking boring. One of the few films I gave up on 2/10
Looked good and decent opening. Then it was so fecking boring. One of the few films I gave up on 2/10
A nothing film, waste of talent and time. Just see now that Hans Zimmer did the score which I barely noticed. Richard Roeper considered it the best movie of 2018
My two all time favorites:
House of Flying Daggers
Hero (has Jet Li vs. Donnie Yen)
Best of the rest:
Dragon Gate Inn
Come Drink With Me
14 Blades
The Assassin
Seven Swords
Detective Dee
Brotherhood of Blades
A Touch of Zen
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Inn
Shadow
Once Upon a Time in China
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Two stunning movies, Hero in particular is probably the most beautiful film I’ve seen. Must watch these again.
Any reviews on 6 underground : the new movie on Netflix ?
Lone Star (1996)
Good little 90s flick. A bit slow but interesting nevertheless.
Good little 90s flick. A bit slow but interesting nevertheless.
Dolemite is My Name
I loved this movie from beginning to end. Loved everything about it. Eddie Murphy kills it, Wesley Snipes was great. Loved seeing these redemption arcs of actors combined with solid talent plus a relative newcomer to the screen (Tony nominated Da'vine Joy Randolph). My only knowledge of this movie going in was watching the cast (sans Murphy) talking about working on this movie and answering some questions about each other and they all looked thrilled talking about it. I knew of those types of films but mostly because of satirization and I had no idea the kind of character of Rudy Ray Moore was. There was a lot of cursing but despite that it was a very wholesome viewing experience. The best way to describe it is that it's sort of like The Disaster Artist but this takes place in the 70's black America which is a world that isn't often the focus of major movies and I usually enjoy some insight into worlds that are far away but yet close at the same time.
Good to see Eddie Murphy in a good movie again. He's always been one of the most talented people out there and it's nice to know that he's stille got it.
8.5/10
I loved this movie from beginning to end. Loved everything about it. Eddie Murphy kills it, Wesley Snipes was great. Loved seeing these redemption arcs of actors combined with solid talent plus a relative newcomer to the screen (Tony nominated Da'vine Joy Randolph). My only knowledge of this movie going in was watching the cast (sans Murphy) talking about working on this movie and answering some questions about each other and they all looked thrilled talking about it. I knew of those types of films but mostly because of satirization and I had no idea the kind of character of Rudy Ray Moore was. There was a lot of cursing but despite that it was a very wholesome viewing experience. The best way to describe it is that it's sort of like The Disaster Artist but this takes place in the 70's black America which is a world that isn't often the focus of major movies and I usually enjoy some insight into worlds that are far away but yet close at the same time.
Good to see Eddie Murphy in a good movie again. He's always been one of the most talented people out there and it's nice to know that he's stille got it.
8.5/10
Ad Astra Loved the first half of the film as it had a Heart of Darkness/Apocalypse Now vibe. Second half went nowhere with a deeply underwhelming end. 5/10
Joker Great central performance but an utterly unconvincing mess of a plot. 5/10
Identity Thief What a terrible film. Unfunny and ugly at times followed by trite and stupid. How did this film do so well at the box office? 1/10
The Bromley Boys I had high hopes for this one as it was described to me as a Full Monty or Brassed Off level British comedy and was based in football. Sadly it was very disappointing. Low key plot, largely poor acting and no chemistry between characters 2/10
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood I enjoyed this but ended up unsure what the point of the film was. 7/10
Joker Great central performance but an utterly unconvincing mess of a plot. 5/10
Identity Thief What a terrible film. Unfunny and ugly at times followed by trite and stupid. How did this film do so well at the box office? 1/10
The Bromley Boys I had high hopes for this one as it was described to me as a Full Monty or Brassed Off level British comedy and was based in football. Sadly it was very disappointing. Low key plot, largely poor acting and no chemistry between characters 2/10
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood I enjoyed this but ended up unsure what the point of the film was. 7/10
Two absolute must see from Jackie Chan..
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080179/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_105
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078252/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_109
Seen Drunken Master years ago but never heard of the second one. Will have to check it out. Thanks.
Been waiting for this to come out. Landed on Netflix today. Will watch that tonight.
Still got quite a few of those on DVD but don't have a Region 1 player anymore. Not so much a fan of the 'wire work' style arty martial arts films tbh but yeah Hero is a visually captivating film for sure.
