What film did you watch last night?

A Quiet Place - 9/10

Tense and shocking with a story that doesn’t hold its punches and doesn’t go on for too long.

The great creature effects and use of sound add to the horror and the emotional bond between the family members seems genuine.

There are a few little inconsistencies and the lack of explanation is annoying, but otherwise, it’s a great film.
 
Snowden - 7/10

Interesting view and great job from Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Just dragged on for a little too long for my liking.
 
Ready Player One

Yassss! Did for video-games what Wreck-It Ralph was promised, and failed, to do. Then add all the other pop-culture stuff and some sweet SFX and it left me very happy that I saw it at the cinema. I never read the book.

8/10

Pitch Perfect 3

I have a massive soft-spot for this franchise, but this was poor, even if you don't compare it to its older siblings.
Maybe 4 jokes that got a good laugh from me, limited singing, and Dj Khaled is just an annoying gimp.

3/10 (mainly for eye-candy)

Downsizing

Erm, yeah, this reeeeeally had no idea what it wanted to be. The 3 main acts are almost 3 separate movies, each getting worse than the previous. I went in knowing it wasn't going to be a comedy, but it was just a mess. Waltz class as always though.

3/10
 
The Lodgers.

Moody 'coming-of-age' Gothic horror about Rachel and Edward, a pair of English twins who live together in a decrepit ancestral home circa 1920, amidst the squalor of rural Ireland. The twins' trust fund has been exhausted, and their lawyer urges them to sell their remaining asset to avoid financial ruin, but they resist his advice. Meanwhile, rumours are spreading in the nearby village, and a mysterious man with a false leg has taken an unhealthy interest in Rachel.

As their family's shocking secret becomes more widely known, the filthy Irish plot against them. Rated R for Freudian themes, scenes of Irish people, and Charlotte Vega's naked buttocks.

I rate The Lodgers at 24.97 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as a brooding 7.5/10 on IMDB.


Bad Day for the Cut.

This gritty film about a man who lives with his mother and has difficulty making friends, injects new life into the popular and well established 'Gaelic revenge porn' genre.

Nigel O'Neill (supported by Michael Finn Seamus McDonnel O'Flahahaherty and Peter O'Hanrahahanrahan) stars as Donal, an unsociable mud farmer whose daily routine consists of tilling the soil in his mud farm, zoning out during his mother's endless monologues, and getting drunk at Dirty Nelly's.

The residents of Donal's community amuse themselves with the traditional Irish pastimes of theft, multi-generational alcoholism, irrational blood feuds, and trafficking young Polish women into prostitution. When Donal threatens to disrupt this harmonious way of life, he attracts the attention of s local business owner who is doing his best to stimulate the local economy with new employment opportunities.

I rate Bad Day for the Cut at 26.64 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as a pleasantly surprising 8/10 on IMDB.
 
I have no idea what the Haglee Scale is but there's no way on earth The Lodgers is a 7.5/10 film, 4/10 maybe, 5/10 at a push, but definitely not 7.5/10.
 
Dr.Eddie said:
I have no idea what the Haglee Scale is
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Sir William Haglee was a complex man, and his methods are still greatly misunderstood.

but there's no way on earth The Lodgers is a 7.5/10 film, 4/10 maybe, 5/10 at a push, but definitely not 7.5/10.
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Get outta here, it's an easy 7.5. Helps if you don't view it as a straight horror film.

:)
 
Went to see Peter Rabbit with the kids.

Was ******* terrible. Spent the whole thing thinking what an absolute arse Peter Rabbit was. at least the movie did acknowledge that later, but it wasn't a good film.
 
Evangelion said:
Sir William Haglee was a complex man, and his methods are still greatly misunderstood.

Get outta here, it's an easy 7.5. Helps if you don't view it as a straight horror film.

:)
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When I read your reviews from now on I'm just going to take 4 points off your /10 score.

But I'm definitely with you on the Charlotte Vega appreciation, though. :p
 
American Made - 8/10

Barry Seal, a TWA pilot, is recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America and soon finds himself in charge of one of the biggest covert CIA operations in the history of the United States. The operation spawns the birth of the Medellin cartel and almost brings down the Reagan White House.
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Not a fan of Cruise, but did enjoy the film and he played the part well. Interesting story and certainly makes you wonder about what government agencies get up to only to have these sort of things back fire in the long run.
 
Baby Driver - 8.5/10

Wasn't too sure what to expect and if it would be as good as everyone said it was, but really enjoyed it. Great film, superb sound track and certainly wish I'd seen it at the cinema.
 
Alien Covenant 7/10. Felt a bit underwhelmed by the story after everything that led up to it in promotheus. Was a bit Alien 3 in that respect.

Blade Runner 2049. Loved it to bits easily the best film I have watched in the past couple of years. On e of the most polished without a doubt 9/10.
 
Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets

An opulent, schlocky, over indulgent mess of a film... and I loved it!

It's messy filmmaking at it's very best, pretty much what you'd expect from Luc Besson at this point xD


Tucker and Dale vs Evil

2 in 1 night! Loved this movie! Does a lot to turn the tropes of the traditional slasher/horror genre on it's head and makes you laugh in the process of doing so. Characters are great and it's exceptionally well paced!
 
A Quiet Place or Ready Player One? I'm leaning towards the first but am prepared to be convinced otherwise.

Isle of Dogs is getting watched either way!
 
Pi 6/10

I remember seeing this years ago but was hazy on the details. Typical Aronofsky, whereby someone's life goes to pieces, although there are interesting themes in relation to numbers and religion. I enjoyed it (although black and white due to budget?) but it's not a patch on Requiem for a Dream.
 
Curse of the fly (1965)
Sequel to the original 1958 The Fly

I'd heard it wasn't that good a film but as I'd never seen it & it's one of those missing from my 50/60s collection, I thought I would give it a go....oh dear it really is as bad as I'd heard.
Acting dire, plot.....don't think there was one.
It was a real disappointment as the original fly is a classic.

3/10
 
Hidden Figures

Missed it at the cinema but is on Sky atm so that'll do for now. Absolutely loved it. Not entirely accurate, but close enough. Cast in particular did a hell of a good job.

9/10
 
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