Ira Gaines Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 That's the UK's entry into the foreign language Oscar list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Civic Life 7/10 Actually a collection of shorts by a British husband and wife team, sort of poetic documentaries all done in one take, the camera seems to be able to go anywhere, rather than say in Victoria where you feel like you're running alongside the gang. They focus on elements of civic life (obv) but without being overly political. The best one is called Who Killed Brown Owl? but it's really about a community in Enfield just kind of loafing about on a nice day and then the camera spots a scene...and then just moves on. Second best is Town Hall, about a day at West Bromwich Town Hall, which is actually fairly funny as much as excellent to look at. Moore Street is about an immigrant worker on Moore Street market in Dublin, bit more po-faced tbh. There's also one that is accidentally hilarious given The Day Today called Leisure Centre. They are generally very good, this description makes them sound far more dry than they actually are. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMDP Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Off work sick the last few days so watched a few documentaries on Netflix.Winter on Fire - about the 93 days that protestors spent in the maidan in Kiev trying to get rid of the Yanukovich regime. Some interesting footage of horrific tactics from the special forces that I don't remember at the time. 7/10.Amanda Knox - fascinating documentary featuring Knox herself as well as raffaele sollecito. Journalist Nick Pisa(as played by John Collins) manages to repulse more than almost anything else. 8/10.Audrie and Daisy. Really well made doc about teenage sexual assault in the US and social media/technology leading to tragic results. 7/10.Another day off sick today, will probably blast through another couple of films. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Trainspotting - 10/10. Watched this for the first time in a while last night. Still perfect. Forgot how good the scene where Begbie starts shouting at Spud's maw in the pub is after he gets locked up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieT1314 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Carlisle's performance is perfect. Best baddy in a movie ever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Stand Up, Nigel Barton 6/10 Time to start working though my Dennis Potter set with his first TV play, starring Keith Barron. Nice bit of dreamy agit-prop that goes back and forth between Nigel Barton's childhood in a grim mining town and his arrival at Oxford. It's very much a play on television but there are some cool connecting sequences that would become a hallmark of Potter's stuff (as does having adults play children's roles). Whilst my experience wasn't as extreme, probably because I was much older, there was a bit to recognise with the being a fish out of water in both your hometown and acquired home. Easy watch but fairly slight. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 The Good Woman Of Bangkok ?/10 On the face of it it appears to be about a Thai sex worker. But really it's about the director slowly falling in love with her. He offers to buy her out of prostitution, and does, briefly. Aoi, the Good Woman of the title, is a really interesting subject; total fucked off with the world and up to her knees in shit. The film shows dozens of horrendous piggish sex tourists bragging and grabbing women - and because ultimately the director is a John himself, just one of those sad ones who want to talk and love you - it doesn't feel critical or impactful, just PROPERLY depressing. It's hard to give it a mark because it is thought-provoking and the ethical transgressions of the maker cost him his reputation. 1/10 for humanity, 8/10 for film. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Blue Jay Sarah Paulson and Mark Duplass play two childhood sweethearts that meet up 20 years later. The movie is basically those two catching up. This is just played absolutely perfectly. Both leads just charming as hell without overplaying it and the chemistry between them just makes every scene insanely watchable, and also makes the final act ridiculously impactful as well, despite that being low key as well. The movie doesn't really go anywhere, for the most part, but it doesn't really HAVE to either. It's absolutely perfect, and charming as f**k. Deserves a much, much bigger audience than it's going to get over the years, and I can't find any fault with this at all. 10/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Bridge of Spies Hanks on usual top form and thankfully Spielberg is too,captures the era perfectly. 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Suicide Squad 3/10 and thats me being generous. Absolute tripe, I found every character extremely annoying, dull story line, crap action scenes. Margot Robbie is something else but I won't be bothering with her spin off. The super hero films have been done to death now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Suicide Squad 0/10 I watched Man Of Steel at the cinema and it was shit. Batman V Superman was worse. But nothing prepared me for how awful this was. What utterly pointless and meaningless drivel. Recycled plot-lines, utterly contrived flashbacks, and under developed characters that no-one, not even the actors, gave a shit about. Why do I continue to watch such drivel? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 15 hours ago, sergie's no1 fan said: Suicide Squad 3/10 and thats me being generous. Absolute tripe, I found every character extremely annoying, dull story line, crap action scenes. Margot Robbie is something else but I won't be bothering with her spin off. The super hero films have been done to death now. Suicide Squad isn't a superhero film I'm being pedantic here, as I know exactly what you mean, although I don't agree with it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Suicide Squad would've been better if they stuck with the grittier, more serious, version they originally planned on putting out. They then randomly decided to stick in "wacky, zany" effects into it, which ruined things somewhat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Suicide Squad would've been better if they stuck with the grittier, more serious, version they originally planned on putting out. They then randomly decided to stick in "wacky, zany" effects into it, which ruined things somewhat. I think it may have been better if they'd gone down the route Dredd went down.o r maybe even Watchmen,having said that it still took a shitload of cash 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Suicide Squad isn't a superhero film I'm being pedantic here, as I know exactly what you mean, although I don't agree with it Fair enough, a super villain movie? Just wasn't for me. Not enough joker too.Agree with a post above, tried to be too zaney. It made a shitload of cash, il put that down to Margot Robbie's arse. Halloween will be interesting this year! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 (edited) 11 hours ago, sergie's no1 fan said: Fair enough, a super villain movie? Just wasn't for me. Not enough joker too. Agree with a post above, tried to be too zaney. It made a shitload of cash, il put that down to Margot Robbie's arse. Halloween will be interesting this year! It could be utterly horrific, as "curvy" girls try to squeeze into hotpants and Daddy's Lil Monster Tshirts. ETA: I've now watched Suicide Squad, and what a f*cking waste of time that is. Other than decent performances from Will Smith and Margot Robbie, the whole thing is completely forgettable. The Joker was shoehorned in, and after all the hype about Leto and his "method" acting, was completely shite. Edited October 15, 2016 by Mark Connolly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 We Need To Chat About Kev 8.9/10 CHRIST! -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 The Infiltrator 8/10 Good insight into the 1980s drug trade between America and Columbia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Girl on the Train. Spoiler Pish. I enjoy mystery/thrillers that keep you guessing, while also leaving small wee hints about who the actual killer is that you only notice on second viewing. Its fairly obvious the main character, or the hilariously aggressive partner (who'd have been less obvious a killer if he walked about with a Scream mask on) arent the guilty ones, despite the flashbacks showing the main character smashing the victims head of the ground and then hiding the body. The "twist" about who the real killer is, is utterly dense aswell, as the only twist is the fact they've shown you multiple flashbacks which they suddenly turn around in the final five minutes to provide sustenance to whats a horrendously cliched, rushed ending. Don't even get me started on the fact that apparently being a serial stalker, with a massive drinking problem and a history of unsettling behaviour, suddenly means you can get away with stabbing the ex you've been harassing for a year, in the throat, without anything more than an interview. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspy Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Bridge of spies 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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