Twinkle Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Three Billboards 8.5/10Cant say there were many fault with this,the ending perhaps if i was being pernickity. All the lead actors were excellent especially RockwellDarkest Hour 5/10Oldman in one of the best roles hes every likely to play. The downside is that its on for over two hours and not a great deal happens. It also paints Churchill as a drunken inept idiot which i found to be quite bizarreLady Bird 4/10Coming of age film starring Saiorese Ronan. 94 minutes of my life i will never get back. She plays an irratating teen with very few redeeming qualities. The only thing that salvages the film slightly is Laurie Metcalf as her mother 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosser-fae-the-shire Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 The Open House (Netflix) 0/10. Utter fuckin horseshite. Can someone please watch this and tell me if I’m being too harsh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 You're not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 6 hours ago, Twinkle said: Three Billboards 8.5/10 Cant say there were many fault with this,the ending perhaps if i was being pernickity. All the lead actors were excellent especially Rockwell Darkest Hour 5/10 Oldman in one of the best roles hes every likely to play. The downside is that its on for over two hours and not a great deal happens. It also paints Churchill as a drunken inept idiot which i found to be quite bizarre Lady Bird 4/10 Coming of age film starring Saiorese Ronan. 94 minutes of my life i will never get back. She plays an irratating teen with very few redeeming qualities. The only thing that salvages the film slightly is Laurie Metcalf as her mother Is 'Lady Bird' out in the UK yet? Completely agree about 'Darkest Hour' - its Best Picture nomination is quite bizarre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, accies1874 said: Is 'Lady Bird' out in the UK yet? Completely agree about 'Darkest Hour' - its Best Picture nomination is quite bizarre. Out in February in the UK. Was in and out of town in a hurry over here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I got those films on kodi. As its awards season, most of these nominated films are sent out to critics and therefore leaked. Best time of year if you are a movie fan[emoji3] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Darkest hour - loved it. The “we shall never surrender” speech in the House of Commons gave me goosebumps. Oldman was superb - as he always is tbf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Get Out 7.5/10Black guy goes to meet his white girlfriend parents for the first time way out in the middle of nowhere. Things start getting creepy very quickly and it escalates from there. Enjoyed this quite a bit despite reading some awful reviews regarding the racial undertones 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Who Can Kill a Child? ( Shudder ) Spanish horror from the 70s. A couple head to a small island which seems deserted, apart from the children. You can probably guess how it works from there. It's an effectively creepy movie. The opening credits are outstanding, giving a general lay of the land as well as providing some fairly chilling moments before the movie even gets going. There's some right dodgy acting in it but can't really take away from how good the movie is regardless. No real reliance on gore or cheap scares and aims purely to ratchet up the tension and make you fear for how things will turn out. The final act is pretty great too. Big fan of this. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Toboggan Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Added a few more to my list, including some that I've recently remembered watching. Not seen as many this month as I'd have like to though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) (11) Napoleon 10/10 Restored version of Gance’s classic on the big screen. Fookin’ amazin’ film, 10 on 10 no doubt. (cinema) Edited January 24, 2018 by Christophe -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Okja, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Good Time are all very good imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Jigsaw 1/10Just fuckin stop already. Not even sure why i gave this the time of day however i immediately regret my decision 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 20 hours ago, Christophe said: (11) Napoleon 10/10 Restored version of Gance’s classic on the big screen. Fookin’ amazin’ film, 10 on 10 no doubt. (cinema) Saw it when it had first been restored at the National in London with a full orchestra. Powerful stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Saw it when it had first been restored at the National in London with a full orchestra. Powerful stuff. That’d have been phenomenal. How did they screen it with the orchestra? Full nigh on 6 hours in a oner? I seen it over two nights, but seen it advertised in one day previously with a few breaks as well. Edited January 25, 2018 by Christophe -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 8 minutes ago, Christophe said: That’d have been phenomenal. How did they screen it with the orchestra? Full nigh on 6 hours in a oner? I seen it over two nights, but seen it advertised in one day previously with a few breaks as well. It was ages ago but I think they had 2 lengthy intervals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 The Commuter.Story was utter nonsense as usual with a Liam Neeson film. But... This is some of his best acting and you can't help but enjoy watching him smack folk around. It was a fun way to spend an afternoon if you don't take it too seriously. 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) Three Billboards.. Cineworld. Cup of tea. Roll and sausage. Worthwhile trip to the cinema. I never saw Seven Psychopaths but this felt like a natural succcessor to In Bruges. Really funny but really sad. Sam Rockwell stole the show. 8.5/10 Edited January 25, 2018 by Shandon Par 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie S Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) My 2018 resolution is to watch more movies. Recently treated myself to a projection system after years of wanting a home cinema, so plan to get though a fairly lengthy list of DVDs and blu-rays and make some inroads into sizeable Netflix / Amazon watchlists over the next few months. Darkest Hour 7/10 (cinema) Enjoyable film with excellent performances from Gary Oldman as Churchill and Stephen Dillane as Halifax, and was pleased to see Lily James again after enjoying her role in Baby Driver. Spoiler It played fast and loose with the history, which comes with the territory in historical movie adaptions (Churchill didn’t in fact offer up the Calais garrison as a sacrificial lamb in the calculating manner suggested, and towards the end Chamberlain’s position became more nuanced than depicted here - the appeaser eventually became broadly supportive of Churchill’s uncompromising attitude towards the Germans). The film almost fell apart with the risible tube scene, (Churchill shaped rather than followed the national mood) and the classically-educated poetry-spouting member of the solid working classes seemed tokenistic. Nonetheless, an enjoyable, if slightly overrated, film. Molly’s Game 8/10 (cinema) Big Aaron Sorkin fan, loved The West Wing, The Social Network, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (though I thought The Newsroom was a rare misstep) and really enjoyed this, his directorial debut. Jessica Chastain is excellent, as is Idris Elba, and Michael Cera, who had a great cameo in Twin Peaks: The Return, was good too. Spoiler More dramatic licence, as Elba’s character Charlie conferred on the 'poor people bagels' subplot a race relations dimension (seemingly de rigueur in Hollywood these days) that is nowhere to be found in the book (Molly Bloom's defence lawyer, Jim Walden, is a white guy). That minor gripe apart, really enjoyed this movie. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 9/10 (cinema) This was great. In Bruges was excellent, but I thought Seven Psycopaths was derivative rubbish, so a welcome return to form from Martin McDonagh. Frances McDormand was superb, as ever - one of the best actresses around. Spoiler Sam Rockwell put in a stellar performance as a Officer Dixon, a weasel-faced, racist, homophobic, violent, thoroughly unlikeable character who you almost end up rooting for in the end. Loved how skilfully McDonagh set up Dixon’s redemptive arc, then sabotaged it completely. The film continually subverted expectations: characters initially set up as sympathetic protagonists or dislikable antagonists gradually revealed unexpected hidden depths, all equally scarred by fate, marking them all out as deeply flawed people at the mercy of cruel circumstance. The ending was satisfyingly ambivalent. Edited January 26, 2018 by Frankie S 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) (12-13) Born Strong 7/10 A doc on power lifters competing in the Arnalds. A chap from Stoke on Trent takes part, and he’s good. They almost all talk about force feeding just to keep up the carbs/weight. 6-8 meals a day. Imagine when food becomes a chore. Pretty good balance of doc and entertainment. It’s on Netflix if you even lift. Yr Name 9/10 Really fantastic movie. (Online stream) Edited January 25, 2018 by Christophe -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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