Boostin' Kev Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The Long Goodbye - Lead character Marlow was excellent and some nice location shots of LA/Cali. 7/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithgierose Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 radio. good movie.cuba gooding junior as never before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The Long Goodbye - Lead character Marlow was excellent and some nice location shots of LA/Cali. 7/10. Is this the Elliot Gould one from the '70s? If so, I concur... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Yeah, he was quality in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_bairn Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 American Sniper 6/10 Meh from me. Story not worth putting on the big screen despite it having the Hollywood added. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Going to see it on Saturday not too bothered about it tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minertaur Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 The Gambler - 6/10. Mark Wahlberg stars as a professor of English with a rather big gambing problem. Ends up in debt to people and had 7 days to pay the money back. Entertaining but not entirely was I was expecting. My mate who also saw it said it was excellent but he had no idea what the film was about before he went. Only downside was turning up to the cinema without my Cineworld card as my girlfriend had it in her jacket pocket. Thank Christ for Orange Wednesdays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 The Thing - Better than Alien IMO, some absolutely gruesome scenes. 8/10 The Imitation Game - 8/10 American Sniper - Bradley Cooper puts in a good performance but apart from that I actually found it surprisingly boring. Just didn't really work as a film for me. 5/10 Boyhood - Some of the characters are a bit annoying but a very well made film, deserves all the critical attention it's getting. 8/10 Birdman - Absolutely brilliant, so many good performances and much funnier than I was expecting it to be. 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Right, I've seen my first Oscar nominee. The Theory of Everything - Lovely film. Eddie Redmayne puts in the performance of his career and Felicity Jones is also excellent as his wife Jane. Having said that, I don't think that this film will win the 'Best Picture' Oscar. The script is decent enough, but it's the acting which really holds it together and turns it into something of a tour de force. I doubt I'll see many performances as good as Redmayne's and he may well have a serious shot of winning the award for 'Best Actor in a Leading Role'. I found myself feeling quite emotional on a few occasions, yet there were also occasions when I felt a little bit distanced from the action. It sometimes had the feel of a very watchable BBC TV drama, one which I'd enjoy whilst also feeling somewhat inclined to flick to another channel every now and then. The focus on Hawking's personal life sometimes detracted from his scientific achievements. I have little interest or knowledge relating to the field of physics or science as a whole, and I can't say that this film gave much more insight to an ignorant neanderthal like myself. I don't have a clue what Hawking actually believes. In the context of the film, he seemed to change his mind every five minutes or so. It was a well-made film and the script was good enough to incite sympathy not just for Hawking. Felicity Jones' character was fleshed out really well and her struggles could really be understood. A very good watch overall, and a solid score from me. 7.5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Birdman It is incredible. Not much else needs to be said really. It's one of the best films I've seen in recent years, and it goes alongside There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men as a genuine classic of the 21st century. Emma Stone should really be getting that Supporting Actress Oscar ahead of Patricia Arquette and Keira Knightley (who I wasn't particularly impressed with tbh). It won't happen though. A+ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I think Arquette will win the Oscar, and deservedly so as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I think Arquette will win the Oscar, and deservedly so as well. She's Smooth Jimmy Apollo's Lock Of The Week. FWIW, I thought she was very good. Objectively she's probably better than Stone. Subjectively, I prefer Stone's performance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMartyn86 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 The Battle Of The River Plate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 If by identical you mean at their best amazing and at their worst, easily watchable, then yes. I mean he's usually always playing the same type of role up against some young upstart. American gangster, training day, safe house, Crimson tide. Authority figure is either good or bad but you don't know straight away. I still really like his films but it's starting to get too obvious, he's a bit of a one trick pony. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Who didn't know straight away that Frank Lucas was bad?! You've conveniently omitted Flight, Glory, Malcolm X, The Hurricane, Philadelphia and others from Washington's so-called "one-trick" repertoire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 He IS excellent at playing that role, but that doesn't mean he's a one trick pony, unless you've been unlucky enough to only see him in that sort of role. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddly optomistic Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I also really liked the Pelican Brief. I know a lot of actors are one trick ponies but I don't think you can level that at Denzel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Ex Machina 8.5/10 Brilliant acting throughout (although Oscar Isaac was particularly great - never seen him in anything before) and the story was intelligent and thought-provoking. nice twist which i kinda saw coming but it worked perfectly. I've read that it felt like a short story turned into a film and i kinda agree but there's nothing wrong with that at all. The dancing scene (you'll know what i'm talking about if you've seen it) was absolutely bonkers but again it just worked. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 A Most Violent Year 7/10 Good film this, Oscar Isaac (again brilliant) gotta be one of the best actors out there at the moment going by tonight's viewing. Bit on the dry side overall though really. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I'm not sure you've even seen Oscar Isaac's best film there either! Inside Llewyn Davis beats them both IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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