Co.Down Hibee Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 The Brits are coming (SKY) Lots of familiar faces but really disappointing movie, Tim Roth and Uma Thurman are a married couple of con artists (I think) who rip off a crime boss and go to America to hide or gamble or steal or god knows really, it's a caper romp type of film and these types of movies are all about balance ,this one isn't smart enough to be stylish or funny enough to be light hearted so just ends up a touch messy, Roth's character is a bit shite for the most part, Uma looks hot as hell until she speaks .A few decent bits but 3/10 Cargo (Netflix) Zombie apocalypse type flick set in Australia, Netflix own, Martin Freeman in the lead role as the dad trying to save his baby daughter. It's bleak and don't expect endless Walking Dead style fight scenes or World war Z type effects, This is based very much on the human effort to survive in a race against time.personally loved it ,Freeman was superb in the lead role , there'are some excellent supporting characters as well. It has a kind of Danny Boyle-esque feel to it (no bad thing). Really good.9/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Journey's End A young officer arrives in the trenches on the western front in 1918. Slow moving but tense with a rather uncomfortable sense of doom. I can't think of many decent films set in ww1 but this was one of the betters ones that I've seen. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11thHour Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Deadpool - 8/10. A re-watch cause there is no decent films on Netflix that I haven't seen. Typically brilliant viewing. Morena Baccarin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 16 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: Journey's End A young officer arrives in the trenches on the western front in 1918. Slow moving but tense with a rather uncomfortable sense of doom. I can't think of many decent films set in ww1 but this was one of the betters ones that I've seen. 7/10 I've yet to see anything with Toby Jones that isn't first class. Very much looking forward to seeing this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 3 hours ago, Savage Henry said: I've yet to see anything with Toby Jones that isn't first class. Very much looking forward to seeing this. Toby Jones is good in it, as is Paul Bettany. I'd recommend it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 4 hours ago, Savage Henry said: I've yet to see anything with Toby Jones that isn't first class. You haven't seen Dad's Army then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Solo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Recently got a cineworld unlimited card so gonna try and rattle through this summer's releases.Deadpool 2Enjoyable enough and still very funny in parts but seemed to be trying too hard a lot of the time. Too many really obvious and forced pop culture references. Where the first was fresh and new, this one seems to be too much of a rehash. In saying that, there were some excellent bits. Was pissing myself at the X Force entering the field on the parachutes and I did enjoy Deadpool referencing the lack of X Men in the mansion.7/10SoloDespite a generally negative critical reception, I actually really enjoyed this. I'm not a huge Star Wars buff so don't appreciate the extended universe as much as some might but overall it was a very decent film that could have ended up pretty disastrous. Solid cast with special mention for Glover as Lando's younger self. An uncanny reincarnation!8/10Emily Clarke was as wooden as she has been for the last 7 years on Game of Thrones but no surprises there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 (89,90) Zama 7/10 Set in South America in the late 1700s no massive story arc just basically the tale of a v clinically fed up colonialist who has been dumped in some shit hole (not completely clear where) as an administrator for the Spanish govt and who seemingly has no choice but to go wherever the govt sends him and proceeds to spend the whole film begging his superiors to seek permission to send him to where his family lives, needless to say he keeps going round in circles. Seemed quite an interesting film, had this kind of delirious feel to it that matched the delirium of the heat and the bugs and the swamp of the setting. Only thing is i made the mistake of seeing it when I was really knackered so the lack of narrative made it really hard to keep my eyes open. Might actually go see it again when I’m more awake. (cinema) My Friend Dahmer 7.5/10 Based on the excellent comic by an old school “friend” of Dahmer’s which itself is based on the last year they spent at school before the small group of friends either went to college, or in the case of Dahmer, started doing his bad murders. Really like the idea of a serial killer film being about the time before the person starts actually doing the killing. Doesn’t really try to get into his head, because at the end of the day you will never really know what would drive someone to that point, it was more just a portrait of a particular time and a relationship that these kids had with Dahmer that was somewhat exploitative (they basically were friends with him because they thought he was a freak). Thought the guy that played Dahmer was v good, there were a few particularly creepy moments that were incredibly subtle and were essentially not much more than just a look on his face. (cinema) -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-dee Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 inglorious b*****ds 10/10fantastic film with excellent acting. christoph waltz in particular Sent from my SM-J330FN using Pie and Bovril mobile app 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryHill Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Star Trek: Into Darkness Actually enjoyed it. I am turning into an old git that normally feels that they are ripping the arse out of the franchises I enjoyed as a kid. This one managed to come across as a good up to date film while keeping enough old school trekie stuff for the likes of me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Leningrad Cowboys Go America Deadpan comedy about a Soviet rock band on an eventful tour of the USA. I remember this had a bit of a cult following among some of the stoner crowd in Montrose back in the early 90s. I hadn't seen it for 20 odd years but it has aged fairly well. I did enjoy it more as a stoned 17 year old though... 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 (91) Children of Darkness 7/10 Can’t be arsed writing a review. Have a synopsis c&p job... an Oscar nominated 1983 documentary film produced and written by Richard Kotuk and Ara Chekmayan. It explored the topic of juvenile psychiatry - an acute lack of mental health care in America for seriously emotionally disturbed youth. Many children in these institutions were simply warehoused and the common basic form of therapy was drugs, which didn't really help the kids but merely controlled them. The film not only uncovered the mistreatments in mental institutions but it also captured the cold realization that mental illness can happen to anyone. Public mental institutions were not just for the poor. Children from middle class families and upper middle class families often ended up there due to inadequate insurance money and dwindled savings. (YouTube) -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Rocky IV Probably the cheesiest but also the most entertaining Rocky film. This has everything: a plucky underdog, evil foreigners, typically 80s music and montages along with lashings of patriotism and a half assed political stance. Unmissable. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 14 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: Rocky IV Probably the cheesiest but also the most entertaining Rocky film. This has everything: a plucky underdog, evil foreigners, typically 80s music and montages along with lashings of patriotism and a half assed political stance. Unmissable. 8/10 Unquestionably the best of the Rocky films. Love it. I have the soundtrack on my iPod and it's full of great tunes. This film features the best montages of all the Rocky films, and the best shit 80s robot in all of film. Rocky also stops the Cold War with his stirring speech at the end. Heroic. @Chicken Wing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Pitch Perfect 3. When I drink beer alone at home I like to watch films with songs so that I can loudly, and very poorly, sing along to. It's decent but easily not as good as 1 and 2. I'd say 7/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Rock of Ages. One of my favourite movies to watch when I drink. It's one of my dreams to one day watch it along with a significant other when both of us are drinking heavily and singing along. 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 16 hours ago, DA Baracus said: Unquestionably the best of the Rocky films. Love it. I have the soundtrack on my iPod and it's full of great tunes. This film features the best montages of all the Rocky films, and the best shit 80s robot in all of film. Rocky also stops the Cold War with his stirring speech at the end. Heroic. @Chicken Wing This is no less ridiculous than the reality of David Hasselhoff bringing down the Berlin Wall tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 (edited) Hereditary — It’s been about 45 minutes since I left the cinema and I’m still trying to process just what the f**k I’ve just watched. Edited June 10, 2018 by MSU 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naegoodinthedark Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Man Up with Simon Pegg. 7/10Nice film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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