D.A.F.C Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 NightschoolBig fan of Kevin Hart but this was poor. 4/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 (49) A Moment Of Innocence 8/10 Strange and funny Iranian film about a man making a film about the time he, as a youth caught up in the revolution, stabbed a policeman. The actual director did stab a policeman and the policeman also stars. Meta in a thoughtful way. (Vimeo) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Green book tonight. Brilliant. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Green book tonight. Brilliant.Yeah, just finished this and thoroughly enjoyed it. Has to be one of the best Cinema movies in recent times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Cold Pursuit Gotta say. I enjoyed this a LOT. Loads of dark and light humour all through it. The final scene was fucking fantastic btw. The baddie comes across as just a self centered arsehole, but they add enough to give layers and let you know that he does care about the people he holds close. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) Alita: Battle Angel - Didn't enjoy this at all. The action sequences redeemed it slightly, but I'm someone who doesn't particularly enjoy action sequences. It's probably just one of those occasions where the type of film simply wasn't to my taste, as I'm aware that other people have enjoyed it. I was cringing at the two-dimensional characters, uninteresting storyline and lazy dialogue which took itself far too seriously. It almost felt like a parody at times. 3.5/10 Edited February 24, 2019 by The Real Saints 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 (50) Alita - Battle Angel 7/10 James Cameron produced and Robert Rodriguez directed. It’s spectacular, no two ways. I enjoyed it enormously. There were enormous flaws though. (cinema) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas79 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Alita: Battle Angel - Didn't enjoy this at all. The action sequences redeemed it slightly, but I'm someone who doesn't particularly enjoy action sequences. It's probably just one of those occasions where the type of film simply wasn't to my taste, as I'm aware that other people have enjoyed it. I was cringing at the two-dimensional characters, uninteresting storyline and lazy dialogue which took itself far too seriously. It almost felt like a parody at times. 3.5/10Think this one is just a setting for a series of movies I did enjoy it tho 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 (51) Kings of the Road 8/10 Going to hit the Wim Wenders films hard as I realised there’s quite a bit there I haven’t seen after watching Alice in the Cities, v similar themes to that one...culture alienation boredom and despair, another road trip movie, this time a travelling cinema projector repair guy picks up some depressed guy in the German countryside and they carry on pootling around from small town to small town in the dying days of small towns still having cinemas. Lol at you having to see someone a) take a shit with full turd shot (could have been faked but I don’t think so) and then someone tugging one out in a soft core porn cinema (might have been faked also but again didn’t look like it). Different culture though innit, so will try not to judge. (BFIplayer) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Capernaum Saw it tonight at the cinema. One of the best* foreign language films I’ve seen. The story of a boy from Lebanon who sues his parents for giving birth to him and flashbacks to focus on his life up until then. To say it wasn’t a very cheery film would be a gross understatement, but it’s got a vivid sense of realism to it. 9/10 *Nothing has yet rivalled Das Boot, obviously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Instant Family Had seen plenty of trailers for this, and while I was interested in in the idea, I had the fear that it was one of those films where all the best bits are in the trailer. It's not quite a drama, and not funny enough to be a comedy, but it's a decent enough watch, and Rose Byrne as the foster mum and Isabela Moner as the oldest kid are both excellent. It didn't quite work overall for me, but glad I took the time to see it, and if you look at it from the context of promoting the foster system, it does a pretty good job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) (52) The Mule 7/10 I went to see this with my mum because literally the only films showing at the 12 screen Luxe Multiplex I haven’t already seen are The Upside (J-Lo Working Girl film) and Escape Room. I’ve not seen an Eastwood film since American Sniper. The trailers made it seem like a gritty, violent thriller. So it wasn’t anything at all like I was expecting. And I started off hating it, like this 90 year old guy gets recruited to run drugs from El Paso to Chicago because some guy at his granddaughters engagement party sees him arguing with his ex-wife and goes to talk to him, that’s literally it (it didn’t happen like that in the real story so no idea why they went with that). But as the film went on, I found myself warming to pretty much all of the characters, Clint himself, the cartel members he works with, the DEA agents hunting him down...there’s lots of wry humour and lovely old timey music. I ended up really quite enjoying it, once I put the absurdity to one side. It’s NOT a revenge film like some of Clint’s recent efforts. It’s far more gentle and witty. (cinema) Edited February 27, 2019 by Christophe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 (53) Pegasus 8/10 This is a Chinese (not Hong Kong) comedy about rally driving. Han Han is one of the most famous people in China - he’s a writer, musician, tech magnate and, yes, rally driver, and this is a fictional story about him, written by him and directed by him, focusing solely on the rally driving aspect of his life. He’s a successful driver who’s won China’s premier rally five times in a row, but then loses his licence (both to race and also to just drive) after he gets caught while doing urban racing in a car park, Fast and Furious style. He keeps his nose clean and after his sentence is served he looks to get back behind the wheel. It was funny - I laughed out loud a good 15 or 20 times. It was moving - he’s raising a son who isn’t his, with no income to speak of and that relationship is well done. It’s thrilling - many of the racing scenes are wonderfully filmed. It’s beautiful - the main rally course is in such a wonderful location (it’s one of those steep hills with loads of winding parallel roads). And there’s a wonderfully ambiguous ending which is...perhaps tragic, but maybe not? It was not like anything I’ve seen before and I’m glad I’ve started seeking out these foreign films from countries I wouldn’t normally watch films from beacuse I really enjoy them! (cinema) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Aye Get Out is great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Get Out is even better after two or three watches. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I gave Roma another go last night... it's a few months past but I am now on board the hype train. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Serenity So Sky have now put a movie out today in the cinema and on Sky itself. So I thought I'd give it a whirl. Where to fucking start with this. I usually always start with performances so let's start with that I guess as I'd say it's the movie's undoubted success. Not worth singling anyone out, other than Jason Clarke, who's sort of 2D arsehole doesn't really give him much to work with. Then onto the plot... which starts in a fairly basic place and you think you know what the deal is, that doesn't last. Despite the basics of the plot being pretty simple at the first glance, the weirdness is still there to see. Both in the weird performances, and the actual location itself, and some wee guy with glasses that keeps popping up from the very beginning. I won't say much more than that. What I will say is that I got a kick out of the weirdness of it right off the bat. The first scenes with McConaughey and Hounsou and their "clients" is great fun despite being completely mental. I'm willing to go thumbs a bit on up on this one, but I get the sense a lot of people are going to HATE this. 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Get Out is even better after two or three watches. I'm sure I meant to watch this back in the day but totally forgot. Will I like it?The Wife.Not usually my kind of film but gave it a look after the Oscar kerfuffle as id never heard of it. It was OK but nothing special and passed a couple of hours. I'll give an extra point for Close's daughter who is a definite wid.....7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 (54-55) Instant Family 8/10 Went to watch this today. It was absolutely bloody lovely. I laughed, I cried, it was really really good. (cinema) Burning 7.5/10 Korean film based on a Murakami short story...some top notch film making here, starts off as an intriguing but fairly straightforward character study with no significant plot and then morphs in to something else entirely. Bit heavy on the wanking but apart from that v good. (DVD) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Victory Crowley - not very good. Very poor compared to the previous 3 hatchet films. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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