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You, sir, have me curious about this, sounds like one to try out.
Definitely worth a watch
Couple of pretty brutal moments in it too. I do find these days the more interesting films are the foreign ones.What film did you watch last night?
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Definitely worth a watch
Couple of pretty brutal moments in it too. I do find these days the more interesting films are the foreign ones.
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Moonfall (2022) - 2/10
Entertaining plot concept but either far too serious and too slow with not enough crazy or exciting moments or far too preposterous to be taken seriously.
The special effects are sometimes spectacular but nothing new, the plot has major issues and the pacing is awful as it jumps back and forth between the different groups.
The leads are ok, but the supporting character are poorly written and acted and the few jokes weren’t funny.
Entertaining plot concept but either far too serious and too slow with not enough crazy or exciting moments or far too preposterous to be taken seriously.
The special effects are sometimes spectacular but nothing new, the plot has major issues and the pacing is awful as it jumps back and forth between the different groups.
The leads are ok, but the supporting character are poorly written and acted and the few jokes weren’t funny.
Don
You'd think a director who only knows disaster movies could sort a decent one two decades later, the film was a farce. I know they're supposed to be far fetched but this was on another level! Quite unbelievable really.
Soldato
Ghostbusters Afterlife - 7/10
Quite enjoyed this. Reasonable storyline, good effects and some nice reminders of the original. Not so sure about the mini stay puffed...
Quite enjoyed this. Reasonable storyline, good effects and some nice reminders of the original. Not so sure about the mini stay puffed...
The Usual Suspects - still practically perfect! 5/5
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Sing 2, what a great film. Just as good if not better than the first.
9/10
9/10
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Matrix 4 7/10
This really wasn't as huge of a car crash as I was lead to believe.
Sure it was cheesy AF and clownish and the story was Laughable BUT .....
It was still very watchable.
This really wasn't as huge of a car crash as I was lead to believe.
Sure it was cheesy AF and clownish and the story was Laughable BUT .....
It was still very watchable.
The Wolf of Wall Street. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993846/
I've seen it several times before but some of the chaotic moments always have me cracking up.
The bit with the 'lemons' is a corker!
I've seen it several times before but some of the chaotic moments always have me cracking up.
The bit with the 'lemons' is a corker!
Soldato
Edge of Tomorrow - I've watched this two or three times now and still enjoy it. 7/10.
Soldato
same here, its so underated
Finished it last night, second half didn't improve, just CGI overload with a predictable by the numbers story - going to watch Eternals later this week, can it be worse than this?
It has an IMDB score of 7.9
The Father - blimey, old Anthony Hopkins is a fine actor! Really impressed with how the film depicts dementia. 4/5
Good review that sums up my thoughts, I really enjoyed Cate Blanchetts performance too.
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Gwledd.
Lee Haven Jones (Wizards vs. Aliens, Pobol y Cwm, and the controversial Caerdydd) dips his toe into the porous border between fantasy drama and folk horror with a highly ambitious experimental film that's as weird and creepy as the Welsh language itself.
The staging is mundane: an evening meal hosted by a rich businessman and his wife, assisted by a young waitress hired from the local hotel. But even before the guests arrive, strange tensions are building, and we quickly discover that not everything is at it seems...
What does Euros know about the strange discovery at the heart of the recent prospecting excavation? Where did Cadi learn to cook? Why does Gweirydd keep fondling his genitals? You won't learn the answers to any of these questions, but it's fun to speculate!
Gwledd enjoyed stunning first weekend box office returns of $3,620 in the US and Canada—making it the most commercially successful Welsh film in history—but this grim, slow burning post-modern Celtic noir will suit the taste of only the most discerning audiences.
I rate Gwledd at 23.31 on the Haglee Scale, which works out at a sinister 7/10 on IMDB.
Lee Haven Jones (Wizards vs. Aliens, Pobol y Cwm, and the controversial Caerdydd) dips his toe into the porous border between fantasy drama and folk horror with a highly ambitious experimental film that's as weird and creepy as the Welsh language itself.
The staging is mundane: an evening meal hosted by a rich businessman and his wife, assisted by a young waitress hired from the local hotel. But even before the guests arrive, strange tensions are building, and we quickly discover that not everything is at it seems...
What does Euros know about the strange discovery at the heart of the recent prospecting excavation? Where did Cadi learn to cook? Why does Gweirydd keep fondling his genitals? You won't learn the answers to any of these questions, but it's fun to speculate!
Gwledd enjoyed stunning first weekend box office returns of $3,620 in the US and Canada—making it the most commercially successful Welsh film in history—but this grim, slow burning post-modern Celtic noir will suit the taste of only the most discerning audiences.
I rate Gwledd at 23.31 on the Haglee Scale, which works out at a sinister 7/10 on IMDB.
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House of Gucci - Entertaining film but why oh why did they have to speak English with a fake Italian accent, Jared Leto was great as his character though
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Mad God.
30 years in the making, Paul Tippett's nightmare-fuelled stop motion fever dream has finally hit the cinemas, and it's a wild ride!
The response from critics and audiences has been as potent as it has been polarised.
Writing for rogerebert.com, Nick Allen described Tippett's masterpiece as 'Violently offensive in ways that defy human comprehension.'
John Bleasedale called it 'a work of a genuine visionary', while Kristy Puchko said it was 'darker, stranger, and much more of a ******** that you could possibly dream.'
In an unusually perceptive review, Walter Chaw wrote 'Mad God is unfettered creation yoked lightly to an archetypical quest substrate that allows us to engage it as a thing with stakes, whatever they might be... It's terrifying not because we understand it, but because we understand it just enough.'
Only he knows what he meant by this.
Emerging from Mad God's premiere in Munich, a visibly shaken David H. Lynch would only say that the experience was 'Appallingly visceral; a shameless affront to the dignity of God and man.'
Scott Wilson was dismissive ('Before long, its shtick makes its point, and from then it's the same old song on a horrendous loop') yet Dread Central's Grant Watson had nothing but praise ('a hypnotic cinematic experience and a filmmaking marvel').
Mad God is not easily categorised, but its sociopolitical themes are boldly clear, and its message is one that can touch us all.
I rate Mad God at 33.3 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as a perfect 10/10 on IMDB.
30 years in the making, Paul Tippett's nightmare-fuelled stop motion fever dream has finally hit the cinemas, and it's a wild ride!
The response from critics and audiences has been as potent as it has been polarised.
Writing for rogerebert.com, Nick Allen described Tippett's masterpiece as 'Violently offensive in ways that defy human comprehension.'
John Bleasedale called it 'a work of a genuine visionary', while Kristy Puchko said it was 'darker, stranger, and much more of a ******** that you could possibly dream.'
In an unusually perceptive review, Walter Chaw wrote 'Mad God is unfettered creation yoked lightly to an archetypical quest substrate that allows us to engage it as a thing with stakes, whatever they might be... It's terrifying not because we understand it, but because we understand it just enough.'
Only he knows what he meant by this.
Emerging from Mad God's premiere in Munich, a visibly shaken David H. Lynch would only say that the experience was 'Appallingly visceral; a shameless affront to the dignity of God and man.'
Scott Wilson was dismissive ('Before long, its shtick makes its point, and from then it's the same old song on a horrendous loop') yet Dread Central's Grant Watson had nothing but praise ('a hypnotic cinematic experience and a filmmaking marvel').
Mad God is not easily categorised, but its sociopolitical themes are boldly clear, and its message is one that can touch us all.
I rate Mad God at 33.3 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as a perfect 10/10 on IMDB.
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Resident Evil - Welcome to Racoon City - 4/10.
Paid £25 for the 4K disc but might as well have saved £10 and made do with the Blu-ray. Entire story took place at night, appalling lighting even the indoor scenes hard to see what was going on.
Some retconning with a half hearted attempt to tell the backstory of Chris and Claire Redfield, plus Wesker and Leon. The story which was supposed to parallel the events taking place underground in The Hive during the first movie never really gelled and it would have been nice if they could have given "Alice" at least a cameo at some point during the movie, to cement the link.
With hindsight should probably have saved £20 and rented it on iTunes.
Paid £25 for the 4K disc but might as well have saved £10 and made do with the Blu-ray. Entire story took place at night, appalling lighting even the indoor scenes hard to see what was going on.
Some retconning with a half hearted attempt to tell the backstory of Chris and Claire Redfield, plus Wesker and Leon. The story which was supposed to parallel the events taking place underground in The Hive during the first movie never really gelled and it would have been nice if they could have given "Alice" at least a cameo at some point during the movie, to cement the link.
With hindsight should probably have saved £20 and rented it on iTunes.