Rate The Last Movie You Saw

[xSookieStackhouse]

Ford v Ferrari (2019) 10/10 cause im into cars and great casting and great movie and loved the cars https://s1.paultan.org/image/2019/10/Ford-v-Ferrari-DMN-3.png

[Chypmunk]

God's Own Country (Francis Lee, 2017) 3
Down-to-earth LGBT drama that may or may not be for the sheepish

[ScarletLion]

God's Own Country (Francis Lee, 2017) 3
Down-to-earth LGBT drama that may or may not be for the sheepish

I thought that film was fantastic. The ending got me.

[the samoan lawyer]

https://quadcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Remember-My-Name-e1522965547822.jpg (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fquadcinema.com%2Ffilm%2Fremember-my-name%2F&psig=AOvVaw26HD_iCFVVERRT7pVp7zDi&ust=1573823278398000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCOj7ueji6eUCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAP)
Remember My Name (1978)


Nice revenge-psycho-drama starring Geraldine Chapman and Anto Perkins. Kind of on the same page as fatal attraction.


3.5

[Iroquois]

mark f all one needs to do is leave you unguarded for a year, and you switch from Movie Tab II (the patrician zone) to Rate The Last Movie You Saw (the pleb zone). What's next, switching from art cinema to mindless Spielberg fun? Oh, wait...

Probably has something to do with the fact that the biggest (and almost certainly only) champion of Movie Tab II's "patrician" reputation decided to quit on it anyway only to come back and complain that nobody else ever held it to the same lofty reputation that he and only he ever did, much less the guy who was the best at unpretentiously posting in it.

The Shining - 5

still pretty good even without any CGI anime characters running around trying to solve riddles

[Chypmunk]

I thought that film was fantastic. The ending got me.
It's certainly decent, I just thought it was all somewhat predictable and not always realistic. Fairly impressed with it being a feature-length debut from the director though so I'll be looking out for what they do next.

[Fabulous]

The Ninth Gate (1999)

2

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[Chypmunk]

The Midnight Man (Travis Zariwny, 2016) 2
Really patchy second hand material

[Siddon]

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Jojo Rabbit (2019)4.5


I was expecting Life is Beautiful I ended up getting Au revoir les enfants and I'm very happy about that. This is one of those films that walks that fine line of being a movie for all-ages but also a comedy. I didn't see the third act twist coming and the way they handled it I was impressed. You've got this great balance between these unknown child actors and known character actors and they all do a great job.

[ahwell]

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Jojo Rabbit (2019)4.5


I was expecting Life is Beautiful I ended up getting Au revoir les enfants and I'm very happy about that. This is one of those films that walks that fine line of being a movie for all-ages but also a comedy. I didn't see the third act twist coming and the way they handled it I was impressed. You've got this great balance between these unknown child actors and known character actors and they all do a great job.

Would you say you liked it more than Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?

[pahaK]

The Hunting Party (1971)

Someone could say there's a trend in my western choices of late. In other words, this one's yet another ultra-violent western following in the footsteps of The Wild Bunch and Soldier Blue. It's not as nihilistic as Peckinpah's work but it's bleaker in its tragedy.

Very good looking for an American western and solid cast (Candice Bergen sure picked herself some bloody films at the time). Hackman's sadistic millionaire reminds me of the Reverend from Brimstone (much more than Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter). Violence is quite brutal and the killer with his sniper rifle is almost horror-like, as inescapable as your average monster or a crazed serial killer. Definitely good film.

3.5

[Gideon58]

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3.5

[Fabulous]

The Limehouse Golem (2016)

3

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[Chypmunk]

February (Oz Perkins, 2015) 3
Tries too hard, needed to show a little more restraint imo

[Siddon]

Would you say you liked it more than Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?


No but it's firmly #2 for me

[the samoan lawyer]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_-a7AVENSi0/Ts9aoV_KSJI/AAAAAAAABA0/PaqVkJVGmz4/s1600/Criminal+Lovers+3.jpg (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbrianmatthews60.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fcriminal-lovers.html&psig=AOvVaw0g4vUyfuj_CAyVoGAN5w2g&ust=1573908944627000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCJDY8vCh7OUCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD)
Criminal Lovers (1999)


Modernisation of Hansel and Gretel tale by Francois Ozon. Plenty of shocks too.


rating_3


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The Transfiguration (2016)


Enjoyed the film references to vampire movies. Didn't really have much else.


2

[Iroquois]

Wrong Turn - 1

wrong choice of movie

[Fabulous]

The Water Diviner (2014)

2.5

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[terry84128]

The last movie i saw was Pet Cementry
I rate it 8/10

[Hey Fredrick]

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2

I liked Marilyn but not much else.

[ahwell]

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2

I liked Marilyn but not much else.

Damn, I LOVE that movie, why did you not like it? I watched it with my Dad and he said there was too much campiness.

[Siddon]

Wrong Turn - rating_1

wrong choice of movie

Give the sequels a shot

[Fabulous]

Waterloo Bridge (1940)

4

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[Hey Fredrick]

Damn, I LOVE that movie, why did you not like it? I watched it with my Dad and he said there was too much campiness.

Campiness doesn't bother me I just didn't think it was funny. The premise isn't something I can get into (Tootsie is the exception) plus I have an issue, in general, with comedies from the 40's and 50's. Once they got to Florida it was a little better but that first hour was a drag.

[Iroquois]

Give the sequels a shot

I've heard comparatively good things about the second one, so maybe. Even so...

Cold Pursuit - 3

about time the "Liam Neeson movie" got a deconstruction, such as it is

[Citizen Rules]

58351
Dumbo (2019)

Ugh, way to dark and stressful for a Disney family movie. Very little was touching or uplifting and the darker violent scenes were too scary for smaller kids. The little girl was one of the most annoying kids I've seen in a Disney movie. At least Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito were good and the big Dream World amusement park was done very well.

rating_2

[mark f]

Lady and the Tramp (Charlie Bean, 2019) 2.5
Burning Cane (Phillip Youmans, 2019) 2
Dive Bomber (Michael Curtiz, 1941) 2.5
The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler, 1946) 4-
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Three WWII vets (Harold Russell, Dana Andrews & Fredric March) return to the same hometown.
Theresa + Allison (Jeremiah Kipp, 2006) 2.5
The Possessed (Andrzej Wajda, 1988) 2.5
Noelle (Marc Lawrence, 2019) 2.5+
Joker (Todd Phillips, 2019) 3
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Aspiring stand-up comic Joaquin Phoenix feels neglected by the world and decides to do something.
Beelzebuth (Emilio Portes, 2017) 2.5
Float (Bobby Rubio, 2019) 3
Fast Color (Julia Hart, 2019) 2.5
The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash (Thom Zimny, 2019) 3.5-
https://www.documentary.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/screenings/ss19_web_gift.jpg?itok=5kUQfA9r
Johnny Cash's life and career from the early '50s through the end, centering on his gospel and spirituality.
Deep Water (Michel Deville, 1981) 2.5
Moss (Daniel Peddle, 2017) 2.5
Pinball (Suzan Pitt, 2013) 3
Earthquake Bird (Wash Westmoreland, 2019) 2.5
https://66.media.tumblr.com/538e190fdc61dcd8921910265a11d487/tumblr_pz4i4tpiSw1wv3sryo4_500.gifv
Mystery about, well... everything, centering on translator Alicia Vikander and what's up with her.
The Negro Soldier (Stuart Heisler, 1944) 2.5
Raging Sun, Raging Sky (Julián Hernández, 2009) 2
Death of the Sound Man (Sorayos Prapapan, 2017) 2.5+
Clarence Clemons: Who Do I Think I Am? (Nick Mead, 2019) 3
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9d45435449c23ba1e16b62a7eba7e91d/tumblr_pyfybyLKJo1r016rgo1_500.jpg
The Big Man finds a change in his spiritual enlightenment when he visits the Great Wall.

[Marco]

The hand that rocks the cradle (1992)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f7/Handrockscradle.jpg/220px-Handrockscradle.jpg

First re-watch since when it was first out (given my memory, that means first!). Decent story about a psychopathic revenge cuckoo with good all round performances (the husband is a bit wet but I suspect that's the idea). A beguiling Rebecca De Mornay does her best to look calculated and mad (and sexy!). It's a bit one paced and the "shocks" seem so tame now but still decent.

2.5

[matt72582]

Mne Dvadtsat Let - 7/10
I guess there were 3 versions of this made. Someone mentioned a 90 min version, and how a 3hr 9m was released, but the version I saw was 2h 45m. There was stuff I liked, and times I zoned out, which is something I notice with many Russian movies. I can't describe it. It fascinates me, because it shows contrast to other countries. Maybe one day, I'd like to see the full version.



I notice they only capitalize the first letter of a title. Is this common in Eastern Europe?

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[pahaK]

I notice they only capitalize the first letter of a title. Is this common in Eastern Europe?

I think the majority of languages spoken in Europe capitalize titles like that (English and Germany are the exceptions that immediately come to mind).

[Fabulous]

Harold and Maude (1971)

3

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[matt72582]

Harold and Maude (1971)

rating_3

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A favorite of mine.

[FromBeyond]

Joker

4.5

[cricket]

The Missouri Breaks (1976)

3.5-

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I watch this for the upcoming westerns list because it's on the current westerns list. Director Arthur Penn has made some great movies. This isn't one of them; I found it a little off as it's got an inconsistent tone. It does have Jack Nicholson and a very hammy Marlon Brando. Those two, especially when they share the screen, make the movie quite a bit of fun. Nice supporting cast including Harry Dean Stanton and Randy Quaid.

[TokeZa]

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Intolerance (1916) by D.W. Griffith 3.5+

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The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) by Woody Allen 3+

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Valhalla (2019) by Fenar Ahmad 2.5

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El Verdugo (The Executioner) (1963) by Luis García Berlanga 3.5+

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Foolish Wives (1922) by Eric von Stroheim 3

[Fabulous]

The Anderson Tapes (1971)

2

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[Wyldesyde19]

A few films this past week.

Back to the Future (comedy HOF) 3 1/2 *’s

Goodbye, Columbus (1969) 3 1/2

Freddy vs Jason 1 1/2
(Was in the mood for a horror film)

Streamers (1983) 3 1/2
Was torn on the rating on this one, as it was around a solid 3 stars but the last 30 mins are very intense and well acted (at times anyways)
Probably letting the last 30 mins influence the rating more then I should.

[pahaK]

The Dark Valley (2014)

An Austrian western set somewhere in the Alps. Visually the film owes a lot to The Great Silence (not just the snowy mountain area but also the costumes). It's very beautifully shot (just a couple mishaps) revenge story that isn't original at all but does its job well enough (just like with cinematography there are few weak points in the script). Music choices were rather odd and didn't fit (I mean the actual songs, otherwise soundtrack was fine). An easy recommendation for the fans of serious spaghetti westerns (even though it's kraut western).

3.5

[Iroquois]

Kindergarten Cop - 2.5

did I just get prank-called

[pahaK]

The Proposition (2005)

A meat pie western written by Nick Cave. It captures the heat and dirt so well that you can almost smell the sweat (or maybe I just have to change my shirt). It's bleak and brutal yet beautiful. Really great soundtrack too (mostly just variations of two songs). Maybe minor issues with pacing but as a whole very good.

4

[JoaoRodrigues]

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Ruben Östlund - 2017
4

Saw it last night, I had it on my to-watch-list for some time now. I have to watch it again because this is not an easy movie to assimilate (I shouldn't even rate it), and part of my attempt to understand it, is writing about it. I could talk about the significance of every scene, the author wants you to see it, he doesn't wanna tell you, and that doesn't happen often nowadays. I'll talk about my favorite one, the human ape scene. I'll not even start with Terry Notary performance, is magnificent. Some of what I saw in the film Taxi Driver "all kings man cannot put it back together again" is in this scene, but the difference is the artistic level, is remarkable what Ruben did, remarkable. What if we forgot every convention, even language that allowed us to create myths, like money, just the pure instinct and basic emotions, no social hierarchies based on myths and conventions, this is the significance of this scene. What would be like to strip the "powerful" from the illusions of power they've created based on money, reputation, knowledge? I'm completely in love with this scene, is magnificent, first we saw there sarcasm, they thought he couldn't touch them because that's just a show in the territory they own, there sense of superiority so creased, and then, the silence, the respect, the understanding they're nothing stripped of there illusions in the world of primordial nature. This is something I've been contemplating for years, and now seeing it displayed so magnificently, is great, but than again, what we see in front of us is how we fell inside our head, maybe this is what I want to see, and I don't mind.

[mojofilter]

Re-watches

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FLASHDANCE
(1983)

The nostalgia factor and the great soundtrack earned this classic the rating I'm giving it.
rating_4



http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/190774615348-0-1/s-l1000.jpgSATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
(1977)

rating_5

[Chypmunk]

Ég man þig (Óskar Thór Axelsson, 2017) 3
[I]Supernaturally ordinary

[WorldFilmGeek]

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3022 (John Suits, 2019)
What would you do if you are on a 10-year mission in space and you find the Earth destroyed before your very eyes? The answer may lie in this film, which features Omar Epps as a mentally-stricken team leader who sees this happen and a fight for survival begins. And there are many twists and turns, which a bit of a shock in the film's 3rd act that explains a lot in terms of survival when some of his team goes missing after receiving a signal after the destruction of Earth.
3.0

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Hydra (Kensuke Sonomura, 2019)
Sonomura, a veteran Japanese stuntmaster, makes his directorial debut on this film of Takashi, an assassin for the Tokyo Life Group who wants out of the game and makes a promise to protect an old friend's daughter while working at a local bar. When he discovers a notorious Yakuza underworld is set to be unleashed, he must go into action one more time when the girl he was asked to protect finds herself kidnapped. Some nice twists in the story, but the action is nothing short of amazing, mainly consisting of knife fights and close quarter combat that is fast and blistering. This is the kind of choreography that would make Scott Adkins (and any MA fan) proud to watch.
4.0

[Stirchley]

58375

Usual Michael Moore fare. Not bad.

58376

Excellent cast, but a very lightweight movie. Almost bailed out, but made it through.

[matt72582]

Sahara - 5/10
Movies classified as "Action" bore me to death. Even with Humphrey Bogart, I couldn't wait til this was over.

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[Fabulous]

The Night Eats the World (2018)

2.5

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[chawhee]

Requiem for a Dream (2000)
3
This was a much stranger movie than I expected. It was enthralling, yet its not something I'd watch again anytime soon. Acting was exceptional by all parties though.

[the samoan lawyer]

Election (1999) - 2.5
Alice (1988) - 3
Lady Macbeth (2016) - 3
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) - 3.5

[Ultraviolence]

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★★★★
Signor Weaver rocks!
"Aliens" next Saturday. I'm excited. It's been a long time since I last watched!

[WorldFilmGeek]

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Animal Among Us (John Woodruff, 2019)
This is one horror meets psychological thriller whose title has a double meaning. The story revolves around a horror author and college professor who goes to the campground he wrote about, where 15 years ago a double murder took place apparently from sort of creature. There's much more to the story that it seems and that's the key to the film...the many twists and turns in the plot, all driven with excellent performances by Christian Oliver, Larisa Oleynik, and even UFC legend Don Frye. The film reminded me of various horror films of past but all wrapped up in one night shocking package.
rating_3_5

[Iroquois]

Slender Man - 0.5

so dark it makes AVPR look like Midsommar

[Marco]

A Single Shot (2013)

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Not a bad story of depression in a guy that wants to get his solidity back after losing his home wife and son. An accident leaves him with, what seems, a way out and also to redeem his own existence. Good performances, solid, unspectacular.

3

[mark f]

Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby (Neal Brennan, 2019) 3 6.5/10
Invasion of the Blood Farmers (Ed Adlum, 1972) 1.5 4/10
Derby (Robert Kaylor, 1970) 2.5 6/10
Klaus (Sergio Pablos, 2019) 3+ 6.5/10
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Spoiled, rich postal academy student is sent by his father WAY up north to give him one last chance and he befriends a certain woodsman.
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (Michael Steiner, 2018) 2.5+ 6/10
The Pathfinder (Sidney Salkow, 1952) 2+ 5/10
Gwen (William McGregor, 2018) 2.5 5.5/10
Treasure (Chris Williamson, 2017) 3 6.5/10
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Another spoiled brat (Ansley Gordon) finds she prefers community service and geocaching to endless partying.
The Mourning Hills (R. Todd Campbell, 2014) 2.5- 5.5/10
The Blood Drinkers (Gerardo de Leon, 1964) 2 5/10
Nightmare Cinema (5 Directors, 1944) 2.5 5.5/10
Shadows in the Sun (Brad Mirman, 2005) 3- 6.5/10
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Aspiring writer/publishing assistant Joshua Jackson finds famous writer Harvey Keitel in Italy, and they take turns hating and helping each other.
Re: Born (Yûji Shimomura, 2016) 2.5 6/10
Undercover Brother 2 (Leslie Small, 2019) 2 5/10
A Bluebird in My Heart (Jérémie Guez, 2018) 2.5 6/10
It All Started at the End (Luis Ospina, 2015) 3+ 6.5/10
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Elegaic compendium of Columbian film history plus home movies and interviews with those involved.
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (Takahisa Zeze, 2018) 2.5 5.5/10
Science Fair (Cristina Costantini & Darren Foster, 2018) 3- 6.5/10
The Alien Dead (Fred Olen Ray, 1980) 1.5- 4/10
Mortal Kombat: Rebirth (Kevin Tancharoen, 2017) 3.5- 7/10
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Police captain Michael Jai White enlists the aid of a mystery man to help him clean up his city from violent wackos.

[ahwell]

Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby (Neal Brennan, 2019) 3 6.5/10
Invasion of the Blood Farmers (Ed Adlum, 1972) 1.5 4/10
Derby (Robert Kaylor, 1970) 2.5 6/10
Klaus (Sergio Pablos, 2019) 3+ 6.5/10
https://www.startattle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/klaus-2019-movie-jason-schwartzman-rashida-jones-netflix-animation-animated-film-english.jpg
Spoiled, rich postal academy student is sent by his father WAY up north to give him one last chance and he befriends a certain woodsman.
The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (Michael Steiner, 2018) 2.5+ 6/10
The Pathfinder (Sidney Salkow, 1952) 2+ 5/10
Gwen (William McGregor, 2018) 2.5 5.5/10
Treasure (Chris Williamson, 2017) 3 6.5/10
https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300_and_h450_bestv2//eBStaRw3aokSF5bdwGtlp6H0jmB.jpg
Another spoiled brat (Ansley Gordon) finds she prefers community service and geocaching to endless partying.
The Mourning Hills (R. Todd Campbell, 2014) 2.5- 5.5/10
The Blood Drinkers (Gerardo de Leon, 1964) 2 5/10
Nightmare Cinema (5 Directors, 1944) 2.5 5.5/10
Shadows in the Sun (Brad Mirman, 2005) 3- 6.5/10
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Aspiring writer/publishing assistant Joshua Jackson finds famous writer Harvey Keitel in Italy, and they take turns hating and helping each other.
Re: Born (Yûji Shimomura, 2016) 2.5 6/10
Undercover Brother 2 (Leslie Small, 2019) 2 5/10
A Bluebird in My Heart (Jérémie Guez, 2018) 2.5 6/10
It All Started at the End (Luis Ospina, 2015) 3+ 6.5/10
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Elegaic compendium of Columbian film history plus home movies and interviews with those involved.
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (Takahisa Zeze, 2018) 2.5 5.5/10
Science Fair (Cristina Costantini & Darren Foster, 2018) 3- 6.5/10
The Alien Dead (Fred Olen Ray, 1980) 1.5- 4/10
Mortal Kombat: Rebirth (Kevin Tancharoen, 2017) 3.5- 7/10
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Police captain Michael Jai White enlists the aid of a mystery man to help him clean up his city from violent wackos.

Have you EVER given a 5 or even 4.5 star rating?!

[Fabulous]

The Post (2017)

3.5

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[mark f]

Have you EVER given a 5 or even 4.5 star rating?!
Sure - about 10 5 and 25 4.5 movies. :cool:

[Mr Minio]

Sure - about 10 5 and 25 4.5 movies. :cool: With my new rating system I'd say the numbers in my case are about the same!

[ahwell]

Have you EVER given a 5 or even 4.5 star rating?!
Sure - about 10 5 and 25 4.5 movies. :cool:
Wow, I have about the same, but you’ve also seen about 130 times as many movies as me!

[Fabulous]

The Bone Collector (1999)

2

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[pahaK]

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

Way too long for its (lack of) story. Not much depth in characters either. Also too light for my tastes. Occasionally entertaining still but seems way overrated.

2.5

[JoaoRodrigues]

A Single Shot (2013)

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Not a bad story of depression in a guy that wants to get his solidity back after losing his home wife and son. An accident leaves him with, what seems, a way out and also to redeem his own existence. Good performances, solid, unspectacular.

3

How can't I watch the movie now after your description.

[pahaK]

It Chapter Two (2019)

Chapter One was mostly about the better parts of the book and it still managed to be only mediocre. Chapter Two was worse but not as much as I was afraid of. Again I don't like the changes to the book and it also suffers from the regular King issue; all of his adults are annoying (it's not exactly King's issue though but the world's, I'm afraid) and less time the kids have the worse the story gets. Also some of the CGI was terribly bad.

2

[Iroquois]

Holmes and Watson - 1

whoops forgot that I'm supposed to be prepping for a best-of-decade list instead of worst-of-decade list

[Stirchley]

58422

One of those movies that makes you wonder why it was decided to make a movie from the novel of the same name. Alicia Vikander is adorable & made & carried the movie for me. Only interesting concept was the movie was set in Japan & Vikander convincingly spoke Japanese. If the movie were set in America or England, it would be a massive yawn as there’s not much to it.

[sawduck]

Paper moon 8/10
Devil in a blue dress 6/10

[AdamUpBxtch]

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Joker (2019) 4

You get what you deserve. Like wow the first time I haven't regretted going to the theater in a long time.

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Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) 2.5

Sadly it doesn't come close to the first one and is very forgettable. My girlfriend liked it tho so that's something at least.

[matt72582]

Paper moon 8/10

Same score I gave it. I have a nice memory when I first saw it.

[Fabulous]

The Corn Is Green (1945)

2.5

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[the samoan lawyer]

https://mostlycinema.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/120576.jpg?w=700 (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmostlycinema.com%2F2015%2F01%2F30%2F71-fragments-of-a-chronology-of-chance-1994%2F&psig=AOvVaw2DD_aCR1HUMqE-m4urPKqJ&ust=1574432608356000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCPDPkt7A--UCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD)
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Choice (1994)


3

[Raven73]

Midway.
7/10.
I was hoping for something that captured the feeling and intensity of Saving Private Ryan. This wasn't far off.
Excellent cast.
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[WorldFilmGeek]

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The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful (Lee Khan, 2019)
A sequel to the 2014 Korean film about a Go player's quest for revenge has a new story about a young boy who lost it all when his father bet everything in a game of Go. After years of training, the boy grows up to seek revenge against those who wronged him but a mysterious wanderer also appears in his own mission of vengeance. Pretty good film that combines action and game playing with a tinge of comedy like its original. Some small flaws here and there but overall a pretty good sequel.
3.0


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Undercover Brother 2 (Leslie Small, 2019)
No one asked for this sequel...and it was not needed. Sad because I've always liked Michael Jai White. However, he only appears mainly in the opening and end action sequences. The rest of the film has him occasionally appearing in a Obi-Wan state to the character of Lionel, played by Vince Swann. Swann tries to make to work but the script is just terrible. Stick with Black Dynamite and the original Undercover Brother instead. This one is "Not Solid".
1.0

[Fabulous]

Hush (2016)

3

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[matt72582]

The Noah (1975)- 6/10
At least it was original. Lately, I've been "listening" to the last handful of movies.

[pahaK]

Redeemer (2014)

A martial arts film from Chile. Amateurish and childish (kinda a mix of John Wick, Netflix's Marvel series and some rip-off jokes from Kick-Ass that didn't fit at all). Pretty much the only good thing in the film is Marko Zaror who does quite a decent job in the fight scenes but sadly can't save them from terrible choreography.

1
--

Pale Rider (1985)

Somehow these Eastwood westerns feel like pale imitations of Leone. They lack the atmosphere of good spaghetti and are way too much about Clint putting himself on a pedestal. Again, it's not bad but extremely mediocre. Also isn't that beginning sequence really a rip-off of Conan the Barbarian?

2.5

[the samoan lawyer]

https://inews.co.uk/images-i.jpimedia.uk/imagefetch/https://inews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/the-king-netflix-1.jpg (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Finews.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ffilm%2Fthe-king-netflix-true-story-henry-v-agincourt-accuracy-netflix-series-shakespeare-plays-828629&psig=AOvVaw0UgEeS9Xt3RK872pVzygc_&ust=1574512170935000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCOCMm67p_eUCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD)
The King (2019)


Chalamet is an absolute star.


3.5

[WrinkledMind]

I watched True Believer , starring James Wood with a weird pony and a young Robert Downey Jr. It was a decent thriller/court room drama.

[pahaK]

The Vault (2017)

Quite crappy 13-in-a-dozen horror. Why even try to go for a twist when it's so predictable? Initial setting is fine but the film goes awry quite soon. And the last scene is totally pointless. I'm feeling generous so...

2

[SeeingisBelieving]

The King (2019)


Chalamet is an absolute star.


rating_3_5

I'm interested to see if he can top Alec Newman as Paul Atreides :). Funny with Newman as I later saw him being typecast as a super being in Star Trek: Enterprise, there playing a baddie of the same ilk as Khan.

[HashtagBrownies]

https://worldfilmgeek.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/undercoverbrother2-still.jpg?w=1840
Undercover Brother 2 (Leslie Small, 2019)
No one asked for this sequel...and it was not needed. Sad because I've always liked Michael Jai White. However, he only appears mainly in the opening and end action sequences. The rest of the film has him occasionally appearing in a Obi-Wan state to the character of Lionel, played by Vince Swann. Swann tries to make to work but the script is just terrible. Stick with Black Dynamite and the original Undercover Brother instead. This one is "Not Solid".
1.0

Never knew this existed, even though I watched the original like twenty times

[Stirchley]

58454

LOVED this movie. Richard Gere so very good in this & lots of amusing cameos in the movie.

[GulfportDoc]

58466

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

My favorite movie style is classic noir, and this is a good one. In fact the story could have been written by Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett.

Set in L.A. of the late 1940s, a black man (Denzel) is hired to spot a white woman (Jennifer Beals) who frequents nightclubs in the black community. She is also the fiancee of a mayoral candidate, which leads to plenty of intrigue, crime, interaction with crooked cops and just plain crooks.


There are excellent supporting performances by Tom Sizemore, and also Don Cheadle.

A must-see for noir fans.

Doc's rating: 7/10

[Fabulous]

Klute (1971)

3.5

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[pahaK]

Marshland (2014)

A Spanish crime thriller set in 1980. Two cops from Madrid are sent to rural south to investigate the disappearance of two teenage girls. There are political undertones but the film doesn't overdo them (e.g. the cops are fully capable of working together despite the other having a past in Franco's Armed Police). It's a very beautifully shot film (especially the aerial shots are magnificent). Good script, great acting and technically solid. Very good "Spanish Noir".

4

[mark f]

Mr. Skeffington (Vincent Sherman, 1944) 2.5+ 6/10
1 World 100 Lonely (Brian McGuire, 2015) 2- 5/10
Deception (Irving Rapper, 1946) 2.5 6/10
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (Edith Becker & Kevin Burns, 2004) 3.5+ 7.5/10
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Billy Redden, the Banjo Boy from Deliverance
Keepers of the Game (Judd Ehrlich, 2016) 3 6.5/10
The Lash (Frank Lloyd, 1930) 2+ 5/10
The Dive (Yona Rozenkier, 2018) 2.5 6/10
Hillbilly (Sally Rubin & Ashley York, 2018) 3.5 7/10
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Billy Redden, the Banjo Boy from Deliverance, is part of this broad examination of life in Appalachia.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Richard Linklater, 2019) 3+ 6.5/10
Jarhead: Law of Return (Don Michael Paul, 2019) 2.5 6/10
Men of Chance (George Archainbaud, 1931) 2+ 5/10
Mole Man (Guy Fiorita, 2017) 3.5 7/10
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Autistic Ron is an awesome builder, explorer and collector, but he can't take care of himself and still lives at home with his 90-year-old mom.
The Knight Before Christmas (Monika Mitchell, 2019) 2.5 6/10
Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator (Eva Orner, 2019) 3 6.5/10
The Goldfinch (John Crowley, 2019) 2.5 5.5/10
One Child Nation (Nanfu Wang & Zhang Lynn, 2019) 3+ 6.5/10
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We know it was the policy of Communist China but did we know it was this far-reaching and corrupt?
To Be of Service (Josh Aronson, 2019) 2.5+ 6/10
The 24 Hour War (Nate Adams & Adam Corolla, 2016) 3 6.5/10
Brother AKA Bro (Julien Abraham, 2018) 2.5+ 6/10
Long Day's Journey into Night (Bi Gan, 2018) 2+5/10
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Beautiful-looking film where Jue Huang recalls his romance with Mystery Woman Wei Tang

[ScarletLion]

Marshland (2014)

A Spanish crime thriller set in 1980. Two cops from Madrid are sent to rural south to investigate the disappearance of two teenage girls. There are political undertones but the film doesn't overdo them (e.g. the cops are fully capable of working together despite the other having a past in Franco's Armed Police). It's a very beautifully shot film (especially the aerial shots are magnificent). Good script, great acting and technically solid. Very good "Spanish Noir".

4

I very much enjoyed that. It's like Spanish True Detective.

[Siddon]

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Doctor Sleep is a good movie horribly botched you see how the twins are scary from the Shining but Doctor Sleep's twins are just these weird photogenic replacements. The movie is 2 and a half hours long..so three hours with trailers and ad's and it just has no horror or suspense. The film just jumps from one plot point to the other telling these three big stories and paying homage to The Shining. I'm sure King loved it but I found it frustrating and annoying.

[pahaK]

Tombstone (1993)

I remembered liking this and wanted to rewatch it for the coming western countdown. I don't know what's happened between these viewings but now the writing felt corny, acting stiff and I hated the action montages. Doc Holliday was still great though and so were the mustaches.

2.5

Best scene:
https://youtu.be/6iqnic3arYc

[MovieGal]

58475


Audrey Rose
(1977)
3/5

[Fabulous]

The Red Shoes (1948)

3.5

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[SeeingisBelieving]

The Red Shoes (1948)

rating_3_5

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Anyone should try this on Christmas morning :yup:.

[cricket]

The Long Riders (1980)

3.5

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This is on the current westerns list. I figured I'd like it since I love early Walter Hill. His first 6 movies must be one of my favorite 6 movie stretches of any director: Hard Times, The Driver, The Warriors, The Long Riders, Southern Comfort, and 48 Hours. Not talking great cinematic art here, just great guy movies. Cool casting idea with this movie with sets of brothers playing sets of brothers. It was a very good watch.

[Fabulous]

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

3

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[cat_sidhe]

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The King (2019)


Chalamet is an absolute star.


3.5

I thought Robert Pattinson stole the show, though. :D

[chawhee]

Life (2017)
2
The cast was stellar enough to make me watch this, but I felt like I shouldn't have even finished it. Others may like it because there wasn't anything truly terrible about it, but I couldn't shut my brain off for this one to try and allow for some insensible stuff to take place

[pahaK]

Rio Bravo (1959)

I'm sure I'm in minority here but I pretty much hated this one. It's like YA fiction of the 50s offering absurd and silly role models for teenage boys. I remember liking it when I was in single digits but now it just annoys me. I'd watch a B-grade spaghetti over this any day.

1.5

[Hey Fredrick]

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4

Solid film. Quick little movie to knock off for the Western countdown. A couple of mercenaries go to Mexico during a rebellion and end up escorting a woman to Vera Cruz...along with about 3 million in gold bullion.

[Daniel M]

A bit of a catch up post...

Blow-up (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) 4
A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956) 5
The Lodger: A Story of London Fog (Alfred Hitchcock, 1927) 3.5
A Man There Was (Victor Sjöström, 1917) 4.5
Underworld (Josef von Sternberg, 1927) 4.5
The Docks of New York (Josef von Sternberg, 1928) 4
A Girl in Every Port (Howard Hawks, 1928) 3.5
Cops (Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, 1922) 4
The Playhouse (Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, 1922) 4
The Red Shoes (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1948) 4.5
Spider-Man: Far From Home (Jon Watts, 2019) 1
Before Midnight [Rewatch] (Richard Linklater, 2013) 4.5
Boyhood [Rewatch] (Richard Linklater, 2014) 3.5
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920) 4
Psycho (Gus Van Sant, 1998) 3
Purple Noon (René Clément, 1960) 4.5
The Deep Blue Sea (Terrence Davies, 2011) 4.5
El Camino (Vince Gilligan, 2019) 1
Parasite (Bong Joon-ho, 2019) 4.5
Mother (Bong Joon-ho, 2009) 3.5
The Skeleton Dance (Walt Disney, 1929) 3
Emak-Bakia (Man Ray, 1926) 4
Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho, 2003) 4.5
Do The Right Thing [rewatch, cinema] (Spike Lee, 1989) 5
The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2015) 3.5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonaugh, 2017) 2.5
The Goat (Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair, 1921) 4
Le Doulos (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962) 4
Okja (Bong Joon-ho, 2017) 3.5
Snowpiercer (Bong Joon-ho, 2013) 3.5
Cat People (Jacques Tourneur, 1942) 4
Ivan's Childhood (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962) 4.5
High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963) 4.5
Us (Jordan Peele, 2019) 3.5
Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017) 3
Man of the West (Anthony Mann, 1958) 4.5
The Fall (Jonathan Glazer, 2019) 3
Ash is Purest White (Jia Zhangke, 2018) 4.5
The Insider (Michael Mann, 1999) 4
The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder, 1945) 4
Freaks (Tod Browning, 1932) 4.5
Serpico (Sidney Lumet, 1973) 3.5
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid [rewatch] (George Roy Hill, 1969) 4.5
Thief (Michael Mann, 1981) 3.5
Diabolique (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955) 3.5
The Souvenir (Joanna Hogg, 2019) 4
The Seventh Continent (Michael Haneke, 1989) 3.5
Animal Kingdom (David Michôd, 2010) 2
Election (Alexander Payne, 1999) 2.5
Blade Runner 2049 (Dennis Villenueve, 2017) 3.5
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017) 1.5
Ex Machina (Alex Garland, 2014) 3
Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Longergan, 2016) 3.5
Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, 2016) 4.5
The Lost City of Z (James Gray, 2016) 4
Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford, 2016) 3.5
Arrival (Dennis Villenueve, 2016) 3.5
Interstellar (Christopher Nolan, 2014) 1.5
Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick, 2015) 4.5
Support the Girls (Andrew Bujalski, 2018) 2
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins, 2018) 3
Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reinhardt, 2010) 4
Melancholia (Lars Von Trier, 2011) 3

[mojofilter]

https://cdn.studioflicks.com/2019/10/The-Irishman-Trailer.jpg
THE IRISHMAN
(2019)

4

[cricket]

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4

Solid film. Quick little movie to knock off for the Western countdown. A couple of mercenaries go to Mexico during a rebellion and end up escorting a woman to Vera Cruz...along with about 3 million in gold bullion.

That looks good

[GulfportDoc]

58482

Norman (2016)
(Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer)


This is an absorbing film with elements of both mystery and tragedy. Norman (Richard Gere) is presented as a "fixer"-- really a wannabe facilitator, name dropper and noodge who continuously tries to ingratiate himself into matters of high level Jewish-Israeli business and politics. We don't learn much about Norman other than he is mostly a phony whose obsession is to be involved with powerful people.


I was never a big fan of Gere's, but his portrayal is so good in this role that it might be considered his crowning achievement. There are powerful performances in the film by cast members Lior Ashkenazi, Michael Sheen, and Steve Buscemi.

The story line is occasionally confusing, and some of the background is left to the imagination. But the picture keeps one glued to a drama that promotes wonder at how it will all end.

Doc's rating: 8/10

[cricket]

Neds (2010)

3+

http://www.altfg.com/film/wp-content/uploads/images/2011/02/neds-movie.jpg

The British do a real fine job with troubled youth films and this was no exception. This one felt like it went on forever but it was still very good. A little more charisma from a character or two would have helped. Sometimes, for some reason, when I watch a DVD, the subtitle option is on. Usually I just turn it off but this time I left it on and I definitely needed them. I think I had this on my watchlist due to a Chypmunk post.

[matt72582]

Varda by Agnes

Since I can't make a movie, maybe this documentary will inspire me to watch a movie.
https://mercisf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Varda-by-agnes-968x675.jpg

[SeeingisBelieving]

Neds (2010)

rating_3+



The British do a real fine job with troubled youth films and this was no exception. This one felt like it went on forever but it was still very good. A little more charisma from a character or two would have helped. Sometimes, for some reason, when I watch a DVD, the subtitle option is on. Usually I just turn it off but this time I left it on and I definitely needed them. I think I had this on my watchlist due to a Chypmunk post.

About subtitles – the last time I needed them was also for the Glasgow accent, in Under the Skin :).

[cat_sidhe]

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3

Except for the ending, kind of boring.

[Fabulous]

Midnight in Paris (2011)

4

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/gX4mo3yNSqkXU6Jr8CXaD5qW3ce.jpg

[Marco]

Joker (2019)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e1/Joker_%282019_film%29_poster.jpg

Great. Enjoyed this very much. See the tips to other films. I thought the story was well portrayed and Phoenix fitted the role perfectly. I say this as someone that can't stand fantasy/superhero movies.

Solid

4

[Marco]

About subtitles – the last time I needed them was also for the Glasgow accent, in Under the Skin :).

My native tongue. Films like "Sweet Sixteen" can be in and out depending on how much I've talked to my folks. Funnilly enough I can see and understand a Kevin James film and still know it's "****e" :)

[BooBooKittyFock]

Glengarry Glen Ross


A DEATH OF A F***ing SALESMAN YOU CUNextTuesday!!!


Glengarry Glen Ross is an intense emotional roller coaster of passionate salesman on stage, put on screen.

The film dives into some of the pressures and obstacles salesman face on a daily basis on a simple stage with an A list cast.

Overall, one of my favorite films I’ve seen this year. ★★★★

[Fabulous]

Breach (2007)

3.5

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/ymzos6AV8K2Y8DCuuDJobwSsgon.jpg

[cricket]

Hana-bi (1997)

3

https://www.theater-unikum.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/05_Hana-Bi.jpg

I liked this about as much as Sonatine, but I think I just like older Japanese films more. I liked this more as it went along but I was never gripped by it. It was a good watch.

[BooBooKittyFock]

cricket



Can you do all that on a phone cricket? Customizing your posts and inserting pictures?

[cricket]

cricket



Can you do all that on a phone cricket? Customizing your posts and inserting pictures?

Yes, every post I've ever done has been from my phone.

[BooBooKittyFock]

Guess I haven’t unlocked those permissions yet

[cricket]

Guess I haven’t unlocked those permissions yet

I think it takes 25 posts for some things. If you quote my post above, you can see what I did to format everything the way I did.

[JayDee]

Neds (2010)


Still never got round to watching this despite the fact some of it was literally filmed around the corner from me

[cricket]

Still never got round to watching this despite the fact some of it was literally filmed around the corner from me

My man!

[Fabulous]

The Late Show (1977)

2

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[BooBooKittyFock]

Dark City

A film before it’s time. The ideas, conspiracy, background and web that entangles this film are what make it great, but are also the cause of its horrible box office intake. The movie was too heavy for its time and collapsed under its own weight.

“When was the last time you remember doing something during the day”?

This film is so complex I’m not even going to attempt to describe it other than:

If inception, memento, 23, Manchurian candidate, Bourne identity, the Truman show, the matrix and quite a few others all gang banged a girl named the city of lost children, you would get dark city as the baby.

[jeremiking]

The Lincoln Lawyer :up:

Love McConaughey.

[MovieBuffering]

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - 2019

Finally dug my teeth into this one. Leo and Pitt where great as I expected with QT. The end was as nuts as I was told. Definitely made me think after, but that might just be because I didn't know much about Manson. Like I didn't know he wasn't the one killing people it was his "family". The last hour of the flick after QT was done exploring Leo's and Pitt's characters the movie become pretty strong, like a normal QT flick. The first half had some funny parts and I get he had to build it up and I was engaged. However it sort of dragged unlike QT films in the past to me. Just not much of intrigue happen during the first part honestly. It's a fine effort I might revisit down the line, but for QT's bar I think he didn't hit it.

Oh and also what was the problem with the Bruce Lee part? I know their family was all pissy about it. I don't know much about Bruce, but who really cares, it was just a tiny part that probably exaggerated him. It was like 15 minutes tops, who cares. It was just trying to show how badass Pitt's character could be, which is needed later in the film. :shrug:

Anyways I give it a weak 3 out of 5. Probably more of a 2.5. Worth a watch, but not his strongest effort to me.

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[JoaoRodrigues]

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Quentin Tarantino, 2019
2.5

I saw the poster, I saw the cast, I saw the trailer and I understood right away that this would probably be a movie I would not like. I didn't. I'm not really much of a lover of westerns, unless it's Sergio Leone's, and my film knowledge of the 50's and 60's in America is very limited because I don't like the politeness, the cleanness most of those films have, I've never saw Gone With the Wind, or... so many others. I think I understood the point of the film, a view of Hollywood, and it's funny, because, this is a Hollywood movie staring two of the greatest names in the industry, one using a flame thrower to incinerate a living person, the other smashing a women's head "until you couldn't tell it was a head no moh" (https://tinyurl.com/v6uz3uw) *. That's exactly the point that they were making all along, this industry can make people do anything, no matter who you are. We had the ultra violence for the fan boys, very poorly made in my opinion, and Tarantino's foots fetish, great.

*reference to Samuel L. Jackson jail house story in the movie Sunset Limited

[JoaoRodrigues]

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Joe Carnahan, 2011
3

I'm pretty sure I've already rated this movie before, but it's always being displayed on television, and I like it. They say this is a action, adventure drama, for me it's a terror movie. I don't get frightened with most horror movies I've seen, but this one does that. I've been scared of wolves most of my life, or all my life, since I can think of, increased when I discover the mythology behind them. I remember I just wanted them to banish from the face of the earth, but then I started to read about them, and they're a magnificent creature, I still fear them, like hell, but I'm so mad to hear that farmers are killing Iberian wolves because they hunt there sheep's, they're so ignorant, but I understand what they might be felling. Concerning the movie, it's man versus nature, man going into the dark, the stage is the Alaskan wilderness, good pictures there, I think it's a good survival film, very tense, not as many action as expected, which is good, it's filled with masculinity, different personalities faced with an impending painful death, depressing really, you understand that there is no hope there, they're grateful to have survived a plain crash, questioning if there is fate, an higher power, God. In the most difficult time of there lives there stronghold is the remembrance of there most beautiful times, what they would like to see again, what they would still want to do. What I don't like, but I understand, is the incorrect depict of wolves behavior, still, there is scenes very accurate that I liked very much to see.

[ScarletLion]

'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' (2019)

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I did not like this film at all. Loads of style. Loads of cool camera shots and crane operated photography. Loads of great film posters and homages throughout. But that's it. I thought Pitt was weak. Di Caprio was ok. But there is a distinct lack of mystery and original plot brilliance that Tarantino had in his early films. It even lacks the charm, wit and fun of Inglorious Basterds. People were talking about the tense ranch scene....I didn't feel tense at all, it just felt long and lacklustre. One of the weakest films I've seen this year.

1.5

[JoaoRodrigues]

I wouldn't give it such a low rating, I don't intend to shock those who liked the film. The soundtrack is fine, I liked the songs, Di Caprio is okay, I'm not sure why Brad Pitt accepted to do that role, I'm not even sure how both accepted to do those roles, I guess that's the point I was trying to make, Hollywood. I can understand why some would like this film, it's just not my ball park. I wouldn't rate it as low because I think Tarantino managed to bring everything to the time/place he intended it to be, the movie point is not as bad, I just think it was badly unfolded/told.

[JoaoRodrigues]

Tarantino is becoming a walking clichê, he should really just quit at the 10th film. I like most of his films, one I do love, Pulp Fiction. He tried to bring nostalgia, those dog canned food, the outfits, the movie posters, the movie theaters and some common patterns with Kill Bill, I just don’t enjoy that when it’s so intentional.

[ScarletLion]

I quite like the Kill Bill films. There's alot going on in them. But this one and The Hateful 8 just feel like self indulgent projects and Tarantino seems have a bout 2 or 3 really good ideas, builds the film around them but doesn't focus on the rest of it. It makes the movie rather dull. The first hour of Once upon a time in Hollywood is incredibly monotonous.

[the samoan lawyer]

I thought Robert Pattinson stole the show, though. :D

Him or his accent? ;)

[Marco]

Hana-bi (1997)

3

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I liked this about as much as Sonatine, but I think I just like older Japanese films more. I liked this more as it went along but I was never gripped by it. It was a good watch.

Aw man Cricket, it's one of my faves by Kitano.

[Marco]

The Fury (1978)

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Surprisingly effective Supernatural-Horror-Thriller that's driven on by a fantastic John Williams score. Of its age but no reason to not feel fond of this. All performances are believable and that comes through.

4

[cat_sidhe]

Him or his accent? ;)

Both, actually. He was hilarious! :D

[the samoan lawyer]

Both, actually. He was hilarious! :D


He had some brilliant lines right enough. Some great put-downs.

[cat_sidhe]

He had some brilliant lines right enough. Some great put-downs.


He is English after all, so he has probably been on the receiving end of some classic French impudence. :lol:

[Hesser]

Aitla Battle Angel 7/10

Red sparrow 9/10

Bought both steelbooks and dont regret it!!

[Ultraviolence]

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★★★★★
It's been a long time since I watched such a good science fiction. It was a great experience not remembering anything. My girlfriend and I was on the edge of our seats all the time. Loved the Marines dialogues.
EDIT: Signor Weaver ROCKS²

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•
So bad it killed my mood - I didn't want to see any other movies after this one for the rest of the weekend ... I was like "boy, I should be studying".
My girl fell asleep after 30 minutes of boredom ...

[Stirchley]

58495

Might have helped if I had re-watched the very last BB episode as it’s been a while & this made for some confusion in the movie. Aaron Paul excellent in the movie & I enjoyed it very much.

58496

Re-watch. Chemistry between Gere & Garcia is excellent in that they hate each other. No subtitles, which is annoying, but a good movie.

58497

Who was it who recommended this movie here? MarkF? Had never heard of this movie let alone seen it, which was my loss. An excellent movie.

58498

Strange Aussie movie about OCD filmed in a single take. Really good. Australians are v. good actors.

58499

Excellent movie that I had never seen or heard of. Really enjoyed it.

[Hesser]

Binge watching this 😂 amazing as ever. On sale for 20$ at best but, 6 great movies abd a steelbook?

[mark f]

Maniac (Michael Carreras, 1963) 2 5/10
I Am a Thief (Robert Florey, 1934) 2.5 6/10
Wounds (Babak Anvari, 2019) 2 5/10
Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino, 2019) 3.5 7/10
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Washed-up TV star Leonardo DiCaprio and his driver/stunt man Brad Pitt live a pop culture cornucopia in the late '60s, intersecting with the Manson Clan.
Stop Me Before I Kill! AKA The Full Treatment (Val Guest, 1960) 2.5 5.5/10
The Other Side (Roberto Minervini, 2015) 2 5/10
Island of the Hungry Ghosts (Gabrielle Brady, 2018) 2.5 5.5/10
For Sama (Waad Al-Khateab & Edward Watts, 2019) 3.5- 7/10
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While bombs drop and babies are born and die, Aleppo hospitals and homes are destroyed.
The Third Wife (Ash Mayfair, 2018) 2.5 5.5/10
Smashing the Money Ring (Terry Morse, 1939) 2 5/10
Lorena, Light-footed Woman (Juan Carlos Rulfo 2019) 2.5 5.5/10
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (Chad Stahelski, 2019) 3 6.5/10
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A typical John Wick (Keanu Reeves) action extravaganza, but they are getting longer and longer.
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (Hans Schwartz,1937) 2.5 5.5/10
Reprise (Joachim Trier, 2006) 3 6.5/10
Sweet Land (Ali Selim, 2005) 2.5+ 6/10
Black Mother (Khalik Allah 2018) 3 6.5/10
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Innovative documentary on the history, religion, politics and philosophy of Jamaica.
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man (Tommy Avallone, 2018) 3 6.5/10
The Noah (Daniel Bourla 1975) 2.5+ 6/10
Have Mercy on Us All (Régis Wargnier, 2007) 2.5 5.5/10
Ready or Not (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, 2019) 3- 6.5/10
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Bride Samara Weaving isn't prepared for what's in store with her in-laws.

[Stirchley]

58503

Such a sad destroyed country with so many of the victims being children.

[Daniel M]

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is my favourite film of the year. I saw it twice in the cinema and have ordered the Blu-ray ready for when it comes out on that in a couple of weeks. Can't wait to watch it again. It's like somebody made a movie for me, Hollywood movies, Westerns, all my favourite actors. I went to watch it with 4 others who all loved it too, we all found it hilarious, but then my housemate watched it with another friend and he hated it.

I could watch Leo and Brad drive around to great Sixties music for the rest of my life :D

[mojofilter]

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TERMINATOR: DARK FATE
(2019)

Overrated. Pointless. Unnecessary.
1.5

[MovieGal]

Neds (2010)

3+

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The British do a real fine job with troubled youth films and this was no exception. This one felt like it went on forever but it was still very good. A little more charisma from a character or two would have helped. Sometimes, for some reason, when I watch a DVD, the subtitle option is on. Usually I just turn it off but this time I left it on and I definitely needed them. I think I had this on my watchlist due to a Chypmunk post.

Cricket

Have you seen Klass from Estonia?

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71FfRkEJgrL._SL1216_.jpg

If you like troubled teen films... let me know.. I have more.

[Guaporense]

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This was a very interesting documentary about the most influential ideologue in Brazil in this generation. I don't know if it is available in other languages (I watched it on amazon prime but the Brazilian selection is different). This guy is hardcore rightwing of the likes Latin American politics had never seen before and now he is the main ideological influence on my country's government. A truly radical change.

[manumma33]

superman 5/10

[cricket]

Cricket

Have you seen Klass from Estonia?

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71FfRkEJgrL._SL1216_.jpg

If you like troubled teen films... let me know.. I have more.

Yes, good one

[Stirchley]

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is my favourite film of the year.

It’s gonna be my Thanksgiving day streaming movie. Looking forward to it v. much.

[Gideon58]

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2

[Fabulous]

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

4

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[Ultraviolence]

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This was a very interesting documentary about the most influential ideologue in Brazil in this generation. I don't know if it is available in other languages (I watched it on amazon prime but the Brazilian selection is different). This guy is hardcore rightwing of the likes Latin American politics had never seen before and now he is the main ideological influence on my country's government. A truly radical change.

Agora, ver isso por aqui é uma surpresa! :cool:

[FromBeyond]

Midsommar (2019)

4.5

The Current War (2019)

3

[Hey Fredrick]

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4

Waited too long to see this for the first time. Doesn't waste any time to get going.

[GulfportDoc]

58516
The 24 Hour War (2016)

For those of you interested in racing, this is an excellent documentary outlining the intense competition between Ford and Ferrari in the 1960s. The current movie Ford v Ferrari is evidently a dramatization of that competition from the year 1966 at Le Mans. This film is a good companion to FvF similar to the way Citizenfour was to Snowden.

The 24 Hour War presents the facts and background on these two racing giants, and is able to build suspense by the simple telling of the story via narration and interviews of the big names of the day: Mario Andretti, AJ Foyt, Peter Miles, Henry Ford II, Piero Ferrari, Carol Shelby, and many others. It includes almost all original footage from the era, as well as recent interviews.

This is a very watchable and fascinating 90 minutes.

Doc's rating: 7/10

[ahwell]

Hell or High Water.

Definitely voting for it on the countdown.

7.75/10

[matt72582]

For Sama seems good, but I have a feeling it will only make me want to fight.

[JoaoRodrigues]

This guy is hardcore rightwing of the likes Latin American politics had never seen before and now he is the main ideological influence on my country's government. A truly radical change.
Basicamente é um filho da puta, então. Qualquer nacionalista no Brazil tinha de acima de tudo apoiar os nativos, porque eles são o Brazil, são o verdadeiro sangue brasileiro, são a gema antes da chegada de Pedro Alvares Cabral em 1500. Recomendo o filme Serras da Desordem de 2006. Outro bom filme recente é Chuva É Cantoria Na Aldeia Dos Mortos. O que os portugueses não conseguiram fazer em 1500 está agora o Bolsonaro a fazer ao verdadeiro brazileiro, os nativos, extermínio étnico.

Basically his a son of a biatch, than. Any nationalist in Brazil above all should support the natives, because they are the Brazil, the real Brazilian blood, the gem before Pedro Alvares Cabral arriving in 1500. I recommend the film Serras da Desordem from 2006. Another good recent film is Chuva É Cantoria Na Aldeia Dos Mortos. What the Portuguese failed to achieve in 1500 in now being done by Bolsonaro, ethnic genocide.

[Fabulous]

Hard Eight (1996)

2.5

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[Guaporense]

Basicamente é um filho da puta, então. Qualquer nacionalista no Brazil tinha de acima de tudo apoiar os nativos, porque eles são o Brazil, são o verdadeiro sangue brasileiro, são a gema antes da chegada de Pedro Alvares Cabral em 1500. Recomendo o filme Serras da Desordem de 2006. Outro bom filme recente é Chuva É Cantoria Na Aldeia Dos Mortos. O que os portugueses não conseguiram fazer em 1500 está agora o Bolsonaro a fazer ao verdadeiro brazileiro, os nativos, extermínio étnico.

You are not Brazilian, are you? I would advise people to be less irrational regarding these things.

Bolsonaro has developed a terrible international reputation and for no practical reason. My theory is that this comes from his incapacity to behave as a well-mannered member of the international elite since he is from a low brown background and the fact that the Brazilian elites who control the media vehicles that control everything foreigners see regarding Brazil hate the guy a lot since he is not an establishment figure.

Looking from an objective viewpoint of policies implemented his government has been a bit clumsy but still is working better than any previous government we had in the past 20 years actually. Of course, the elites have a deep desire that the government collapses and try to feed on that narrative.

[Fabulous]

The Scapegoat (1959)

2.5

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[JoaoRodrigues]

Não, sou de Portugal. Não falo de Bolsonaro, falo do Brazil, ele é mais importante que qualquer politico, e parte do respeito que deveria de existir, era respeitar a tradição e o maior respeito era respeitar o sangue. O Bolsonaro é um merdas, quer acabar com os nativos, "reintegrá-los na sociedade", o mesmo que dizer: despi-los de toda a sua cultura, como fizeram os Americanos aos nativos, simplesmente porque quer a Amazónia a todo custo, quer fazer o que os Portugueses fizeram em 1500, nós até fomos mais subtis, ele é burro ao ponto de queimar a Amazónia à frente de toda a gente para a despovoar e puder vender a lenha, mas a riqueza da Amazónia está para além do que aquele ignorante possa entender, ela é tão grande que a grande maioria ainda nem foi descoberta, um território igual à India ainda não foi descoberto na Amazónia, parte da mitologia sobre ela é acente nesse facto, um dos problemas de a desflorestar é, que, naquela terra nada mais cresce. O Bolsonaro é só um merdas como o Trump, o discurso dele agrada aos pobres e agrada aos ricos porque ele controla os pobres, pobres, aqueles que vivem em favelas no Rio de Janeiro ao lado de mansões, que comem do lixo que os das mansões deitam fora. No meio daquela colossal confusão que é o panorama social no Brazil, os nativos ainda conseguiam escapar naquelas selvas, me deixa triste, chateado que ele os queira arrastar para a confusão. Ainda bem que um português conseguiu dar alegria aquela gente faz uns dias. Jesus é foda, próximo treinador do Porto.

No, I'm from Portugal. I do not speak of Bolsonaro, I speak of Brazil, is more important than any politician, and part of the respect that should exist, is respecting the tradition and the greatest respect is respecting the blood. Bolsonaro sucks, wants to wipe out the natives, "reintegrate them into society," that is, to strip them of their culture, as Americans did to the natives, simply because they want the Amazonia at all costs, wants to do what the Portuguese did in 1500, we were more subtle, he's dumb enough to burn Amazonia in front of everyone to depopulate and sell the wood, but the wealth of Amazonia is beyond what that ignorant can understand, it is so large that the vast majority has not even been discovered, a territory the size of India has not yet been discovered, part of the mythology about it, is accentuated in that fact, one of the problems of deforesting it is that, in that land nothing grows. Bolsonaro is just crap like Trump, his speech appeals to the poor and appeals to the rich because it controls the poor, the poor, those who live in Rio de Janeiro's favelas next to mansions, who eat the garbage that the mansions throw away. In the midst of the colossal confusion that is the social landscape in Brazil, the natives still managed to escape in those jungles, it makes me sad, upset that he wants to drag them into the confusion. Good thing a Portuguese managed to make those people happy a few days ago. Jesus is awesome, Porto's next coach.

[Raven73]

Addams Family (2019)
6/10.
The animation wasn't bad, the music was good, and I liked that they showed some of Morticia's and Gomez's past, but the movie was only 1 1/2 hours, most of the jokes bombed and there wasn't much of a story.
Should have been a made-for-video movie.
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[pahaK]

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

Peckinpah's bleak crime thriller is encumbered by the lack of proper story and uninteresting characters. First half is too slow but the characters still make some sense. The second half amps up the action but somehow loses the characters. Also could someone please explain why this is considered a western?

2.5

[Fabulous]

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

3

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[honeykid]

Addams Family (2019)
6/10.
... but the movie was only 1 1/2 hours,

Without wishing to sound like the oldest man in the room, but when did this become a criticism? I ask because it doesn't sound like you enjoyed it so much that you wish it was longer.

Baba Yaga 3.5 - If you like 70's Euro horror you're in the right place.
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[matt72582]

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane - 7.5/10
I never heard of this movie, don't even remember how I got it. But its good, with suspense. Nice story.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Little_girl_who_lives_down_the_lane_movie_poster.jpg

[pahaK]

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane - 7.5/10
I never heard of this movie, don't even remember how I got it. But its good, with suspense. Nice story.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Little_girl_who_lives_down_the_lane_movie_poster.jpg

One of my favorites and one of the few films I've given 5 :up:

[BooBooKittyFock]

58551


4

[mojofilter]

https://larryfire.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood.jpg
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
(2019)

3

[rambo3vhs]

Angel Has Fallen

Not bad. Nolte was the best part. 👍

[Iroquois]

Scarecrow - 3.5

I bet matt72582 likes this.

[stevenwilson]

This movie is really great. I suggest you watch..



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[JoaoRodrigues]

Scarecrow - 3.5

I bet matt72582 likes this.
You're talking about the one from 1973, right?
Great movie, not as good as Midnight Cowboy, but good.

[Iroquois]

Sounds about right.

[Ultraviolence]

Angel Has Fallen

Not bad. Nolte was the best part. 👍


This franchise does action with CGI; fast cuts and/or shaky cam?
Never saw anything about it, and I'm too lazy to search about it.

[Iroquois]

The Driver - 4

the better movie about a nameless getaway driver played by a guy named Ryan

[the samoan lawyer]

He is English after all, so he has probably been on the receiving end of some classic French impudence. :lol:


You mean...…….. he's not French?

[the samoan lawyer]

https://i0.wp.com/faroutmagazine.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Film-review-Things-to-Come-1.jpg?ssl=1 (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffaroutmagazine.co.uk%2Ffilm-review-isabelle-huppert-commands-the-screen-in-things-to-come%2F&psig=AOvVaw3ckYzcudZaS_VC7vTgpsqK&ust=1575035323995000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIj38_-FjeYCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD)
Things To Come (2017)


3

[matt72582]

O slavnosti a hostech - 5/10
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/A_Report_on_the_Party_and_the_Guests_poster.jpg

[Raven73]

Without wishing to sound like the oldest man in the room, but when did this become a criticism? I ask because it doesn't sound like you enjoyed it so much that you wish it was longer.


Because they might have been able to tell more of a story if they had more time. The whole thing just seemed rushed.

[Hitchcockian]

I watched The Irishman yesterday. I'll give it a 7.9/10.

I'm not sure right now that it will go down in Scorsese's true classics, although there's always time to change my mind with more viewings of it. Scorsese's choice of music was superb as always.

[Daniel M]

Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013) 4

The Dead Don't Die (Jim Jarmusch, 2019) 3.5

Shirkers (Sandi Tan, 2018) 3

Faces Places (JR, Agnes Varda, 2017) 2.5

The JR bloke just seemed like an obnoxious person. I didn't think it was particularly well edited and can see why JLG stayed well clear. Agnes Varda's warmth and enthusiasm make the film worth watching.

The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, 2019) 3.5

A very good, solid film. Technically impressive with three strong performances, Joe Pesci the standout.

Through being so overtly self-reflective, the film left me wanting more. Instead of feeling a myriad of emotions it felt too cold and clear, relationships seemed very clearly defined, the characters do not change or develop significantly enough to justify time spent with them. For a film so long the story and message both seemed extremely simple. Not to say that is a problem, or that it wasn't very enjoyable.

Scorsese largely forgoes mise-en-scene in favour of usual montage and music to tie together different time periods. Whilst ageing effects and sheer amount of scenes help signify the scope of the story, they don’t feel as rich narratively as the do purely informative. Lots of exposition and story that felt more like a documentary/biopic of the guy.

[mark f]

Dead Ringer (Paul Henreid,1964) 2.5 6/10
Risking Light (Dawn Mikkelson, 2018) 3 6.5/10
Bunny O'Hare (Gerd Oswald, 1971) 2.5 5.5/10
The Thing from Another World (Christian Nyby, 1951) 3 6.5/10
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pJd77VBf6ds/V2_-Iz1MzgI/AAAAAAAAEa8/NDsdmzETyU8HXxAr7SALCh1mS5aAij-XgCLcB/s1600/thing%2B12.gif
Opening Title
Nico, 1988 (Susanna Nicchiarelli, 2017) 2.5- 5.5/10
Brittany Runs a Marathon (Paul Downs Colaizzo, 2019) 3- 6.5/10
Bixa Travesty (Claudia Priscilla & Kiko Goifman, 2018) 2.5 6/10
Meeting Gorbachev (Werner Herzog & Andre Singer, 2018) 3 6.5/10
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/File/GetImageCustom/11d92859-c55c-47d5-91ae-21029d39e369/600/338
Werner Herzog idolizes and interviews Gorbachev about his role in Soviet history.
This is Not Berlin (Hari Sama, 2019) 2.5 6/10
The Quiet One (Oliver Murray, 2019) 3 6.5/10
Tel Aviv on Fire (Sameh Zoabi, 2018) 2.5 6/10
Skin (Guy Nattiv, 2018) 3 6.5 /10
https://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/skin-jamie-bell-danielle-macdonald-600x293.jpg
Danielle Macdonald begs/demands her white supremacist husband (Jamie Bell) to break completely with the hate group to protect her chilfren.
The Nanny (Seth Holt, 1965) 2.5 6/10
Shelby American (Nate Adams & Adam Carolla, 2019) 3 6.5/10
Vita & Virginia (Chanya Button, 2018) 2.5 6/10
dream/killer (Andrew Jenks, 2015) 3 6.5/10
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTk4Njg0NzA4Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODI5MjY0NzE@._V1_UX477_CR0,0,477,268_AL_.jpg
In-depth examination of the Ryan Ferguson injustice case in Missouri.
Lili (Charles Walters, 1953) 3+ 6.5/10
Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987) 2.5 6/10 Art House Rating 4
The Prodigal Daughter (Jacques Doillon, 1981) 2 5/10
The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, 2019) 3.5 7/10
https://media2.giphy.com/media/lrDj67ANuOGI0bgWV6/giphy.gif
Teamster/hitman Robert De Niro seems to be at the center of many major occurrences in the 1950s-1970s but at what cost?

[cricket]

Ulzana's Raid (1972)

2.5-

https://i2.wp.com/www.attackfromplanetb.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ulzana1.png?resize=640%2C360

On the current westerns list, but I'd be surprised if it makes the new one. There's a shocking scene of violence early in the movie which is the only thing I'll remember it for. The ending and the performances are decent with Burt Lancaster playing the lead. I didn't like the score and it's not much to look at. Story and dialogue are nothing special. Average at best.

[MovieBuffering]

Yesterday - 2019

This was kind of a cool premise. Everyone in the world didn't know who the Beatles were except one person after an event. So he went on to record them and become a big star well because the Beatles were awesome. It was a neat movie but I think it fell short of fully being realized. For some reason they crammed a weird love story into the movie as the main plot instead of the cool premise the Beatles were forgotten. The love story just didn't work for me it all, felt forced and unearned. I thought for a second they were going show corporate music industry to ruin the Beatles songs, but quickly abandoned it. At moments the movie was quite fun, and it's worth a gander I suppose but feels like a squandered chance at a really cool movie. The movie should have focused on other idea instead of the lame love story to me.

2 out of 5

https://movies.universalpictures.com/media/02-ysd-dm-mainstage-mobile-banner-1080x793-rr-f01-021119-5c6354abaf491-1-5d168c1db9f1d-1-5d2e4e7f8c97d-1-5d30b9d86c866-1.jpg

[Fabulous]

The Peacemaker (1997)

2

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500_and_h282_face/amtE0CvEzDiGofycXU0SnPMbQ9y.jpg

[chawhee]

Bolt (2008)
3
A good animated movie, but not really a standout. If it didn't have a puppy in it, I'd argue it would receive less praise haha

[Iroquois]

Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)


Curious (if not entirely surprising) distinction.

Drive - 3.5

the aesthetic power that this holds has been considerably overstated

[Hey Fredrick]

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FhLRUlyjtTMJC1J3RsvjBds3DQKv.jpg&f=1&nofb=1
3.5

It was fun to revisit the characters of Deadwood.

[Stirchley]

58564

Re-watch of a totally fun movie with an amazing cast.

[cricket]

Tombstone (1993)

3

https://bamfstyle.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/tstone-holster1a.jpg

I didn't expect much but it turned out that I was pretty entertained. It sure didn't hurt having a whole bunch of actors I like. Val Kilmer was the stand out. It won't make my list but I'm glad I watched it.

[pahaK]

Atomic Blonde (2017)

I wish I hadn't learned that this wasn't a comedy. A mix of Guy Ritchie, John Wick, and James Bond that misses the charms of every one of these. Apparently having a female lead is enough and no characters are needed. Action looked quite bad (please, either go over-the-top or stick to realism but don't make pseudo-realistic fights where a slender woman is overpowering much bigger men).

1
--

Carny (1980)

I admit I watched this because of young Jodie Foster (my god, she's cute). Kind of a mix between Paper Moon and Freaks. Maybe a bit thin on characters at times but still quite enjoyable drama with a hint of comedy every now and then. I guess I was rooting for a darker or more twisted ending. Did I mention Jodie Foster already?

3

[Fabulous]

In the Mood for Love (2000)

4

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500_and_h282_face/fAA0S3rM3o5Sp8TIdS0MvWOGsCQ.jpg

[Stirchley]

58574

Finally, a good movie. This Criterion movie is excellent.

[Cynema De Bergerac]

Apologies to everyone for not posting frequently as I used to. Things have been changing and I'm at a crossroads, been trying to get away from the internet in general because who really needs it aside from maybe finding a Job or paying your bills. But I just couldn't pass up talking about this one film I saw the other day...

https://fanart.tv/detailpreview/fanart/movies/398978/movieposter/the-irishman-5db3625e11fdd.jpg

You all know I'm not very good with my wording when I try my best to summarize my thoughts on a piece of spectacular or even bad cinema (my mentioning of that word alone, ugh… it's enough to trigger my OCD and send me into a frenzy *backspace backspace backspace*). And I know what I'm going to say next is going to sound incredibly cliche, but Martin Scorsese's newest and probably last Gangster outing (almost an Unforgiven-esc eulogy for the genre) is probably the most profound and impactful picture of the year.

You go through about 30 years of one man's life, a horrible man who's committed horrible things, and despite being 3 hours and 30 minutes of unremorseful violence and death, it goes by like a breeze which a lot of that you can chalk up to Scorsese's perfect direction (that old slugger just never quits being awesome) that brings absolute life to a desolate somber tale (with of course, thanks to that sharp script, which never has a single scene that feels pointless). It also helps that the film's lead, an aged Robert De Niro digitally de-aged to look younger, astounded and exceeded my expectations by giving probably his best performance since Taxi Driver. But it's during the film's last hour where it turns into a somber, meditative, almost poetic piece that delivers the humanity of it's real life crime characters stripped down and head-on. I don't want to spoil much, but I honestly felt like I was going to throw up, it got that tense. And what it all amounts to... is nothing. Not even living your life like a schmuck. Just loneliness, cold loneliness. It's sad, but maybe that's fine. How else was this going to end up?

It's a hell of a thing killing a man, and it's not easy being a gangster either. This isn't "Goodfellas", this is a tragedy. The Irishman is an absolute must-see, and I don't use that term lightly.

5

[BooBooKittyFock]

Cause everybody knows, guy in back seat doesn’t have a cock.
3.558580


Great ending!

[GulfportDoc]

58581
The Irishman (2019)

This is a first rate production in nearly all aspects. It's chief detraction is the feeling of familiarity with the character types. There have been enough outstanding pictures where each of the main actors have played memorable Italian/Sicilian mob figures, that the tendency is to mistake the characters as cookie cutter versions of earlier dramas. The fact that neither Hoffa nor Sheeran were Italian can be lost on the audience, despite the film's title.

It would be helpful to viewers to first familiarize themselves with the Hoffa/Teamsters/mob events of the 1960s. I grew up with the Hoffa saga, and there simply was not a larger nor more familiar personality in the news, week in and week out. His press attention, his loud mouth, and his insistence on re-establishing his Teamsters authority resulted in his murder.

The tone and pace of the film were absorbing. Scorsese took Steven Zaillian's screenplay (from the book by Charles Brandt) and allowed ample time for the characters to develop their relationships-- a pleasing change from today's split second, short attention span action flicks. The cinematography by Rodgrigo Prieto --a veteran of films by Innaritu, Stone, and Scorsese-- captivated the viewers with perfect framing and lighting.

The heavyweight cast was a delight to watch: not only the 3 principals (DeNiro, Pacino and Pesci, along with Harvey Keitel), but a superb supporting cast including Bobby Cannavale, Ray Romano, and Stephen Graham.

Much was made of the "de-aging" of the principals. It was a detraction, more so in portraying their very early years. But from the time they were middle aged and older, the make up and styling were very effective. Granted, the scene where a 76 year old DeNiro thrashed a younger heavier shopkeeper looked fakey. However it didn't change the meaning of the action.

The period music was fitting, and helped establish the feel of the era. "In the Still of the Night", the doo-wop hit by The Five Satins was one of the best period specific songs, and is one of the all time slow dancing make-out songs. There were other memorable hits from the era, such as "I Hear You Knocking", "A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation", and "Cry", to name a few.

One gets the feeling that this will be Scorsese's last "mob" type picture, and if so it's a strong and fitting way to exit the style.

Doc's rating: 8/10

[Fabulous]

Magic in the Moonlight (2014)

2.5

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500_and_h282_face/rsmeo6c3JsB5UEcjLtZy6gshoYW.jpg

[pahaK]

Deliver Us from Evil (2014)

A possession horror that kinda tries to follow the recipe of The Exorcist III (i.e. mixing the demons with police investigation). Sadly the script is rather horrible; it's as basic and cliched as possible and has pretty severe pacing issues. I wanted to like it but just couldn't. Major disappointment considering the director's previous film was Sinister.

1.5

[MovieGal]

Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas
(1977)
3.75/5
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q6trGocstHI/hqdefault.jpg
https://i2.wp.com/www.actionfigureinsider.com/wpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/EmmetOtter1.jpg?fit=1217%2C647



The reason that this is one of my favorite holiday short films is that I had the book as a child back in 19 71. It was always a nice read. when I got older, Jim Henson created the Christmas short film after the book. Its always had some good songs as well. They were written by John Denver. I never listened to his music except when my parents had it on the radio. Its just a downright cute movie.

[Fabulous]

Irrational Man (2015)

2.5

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500_and_h282_face/c1qRUGOY1GYZf94WoduRRUgOfKx.jpg

[MovieGal]

https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/ee/7l/gl/va/king-arthur-1200-1200-675-675-crop-000000.jpg?k=551589c516

King Arthur
(2004)
3.75

:love::love::love::love::heart::heart::heart::heart::love::love::love:
585925859558596

[mark f]

Atlantics (Mati Diop, 2019) 2.5 5.5/10
SunGanges (Valli Bindana,2019) 3- 6.5/10
Astronaut (Shelagh McLeod, 2019) 2.5 6/10
Zatoichi (Shintarô Katsu, 1989) 3 6.5/10
https://66.media.tumblr.com/78f79026ce1a8799c3429d896c56207e/tumblr_p4ub3gHGh61rmrpdmo2_400.gifv
Blind swordsman Zatoichi (Shintarô Katsu) takes out another group of yakuza.
Being There (Hal Ashby, 1979) 3.5- 7/10
El sendero de la anaconda (Alessandro Angulo, 2019) 3 6.5/10
The Mountain (Rick Alverson, 2018) 2.5 5.5/10
I Lost My Body (Jérémy Clapin, 2019) 3+ 6.5/10
https://d1nslcd7m2225b.cloudfront.net/Pictures/480xany/6/5/8/1302658_ilostmybody_435660.jpg
Perfect film for those who like their animation downer, contemplative, surreal and with no characters singing.
Yours, Mine and Ours (Melville Shavelson, 1968) 3 6.5/10
Hustlers (Lorene Scafaria, 2019) 2.5+ 6/10
The Report (Scott Z. Burns, 2019) 3 6.5 /10
You Can't Take It with You (Frank Capra, 1938) 3.5+ 7.5/10
https://66.media.tumblr.com/24c894ae1f3e7b7f48e6ca7c2983dd60/tumblr_pti37xUoJG1v1tkolo2_r2_500.gif
Wealthy tycoon's son James Stewart and poor, down-to-earth Jean Arthur fall in love, much to the chagrin of his parents.
Mike Wallace Is Here (Avi Belkin, 2019) 3.5- 7/10
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (Kathleen Hepburn & Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, 2019) 2 5/10
The Tomorrow Man (Noble Lincoln Jones, 2019) 2.5 6/10
H-8... (Nikola Tanhofer, 1958) 3+ 6.5/10
http://www.imcdb.org/i241333.jpg
Mysterious car (and driver) responsible for the snuffing out of many people's disappointments, hopes and dreams.
The Pyramid (Gary Kent, 1976) 2.5 6/10
Dancing with the Birds (Huw Cordey, 2019) 3 6.5/10
Alanis (Anahí Berneri, 2015) 2.5 6/10
Medium Cool (Haskell Wexler, 1969) 3 6.5/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgCHZ3Kaxik
"The Whole World's Watching"

[Fabulous]

The Quick and the Dead (1995)

2.5

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500_and_h282_face/dgzttUASyU336PjMEHqfBJC5QLv.jpg

[Chypmunk]

Blazing Stewardesses (Al Adamson, 1975) 0.5
Severely lacking in farts, punched-out hossies and, well, pretty much entertainment in general really

(Hopefully I'm not giving too much away if I say I already have a very good idea where this one will figure with regards my Westerns list)

[Hey Fredrick]

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.4NTjp8pSzqosgJiNHrhNdAHaKI%26pid%3DApi&f=1
2.5

Liked it for about an hour and fifteen minutes then came the Noe staple - the whirligig camera.

[cricket]

The Irishman (2019)

4.5

https://ksqd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Film-Gang-The-Irishman-screenshot.jpg

I wasn't expecting another Goodfellas but it is sort of like a geriatric Goodfellas with everyone older and slower. That includes Scorsese, whose best movies usually hit you like a bolt of lightening. This one is much more methodical, and there's a point where the tension lasts longer than some film's entire runtime.

I also wasn't expecting another great performance from De Niro or especially Pesci, but they both came through. Even Pacino, who I thought started a bit slow, made a huge mark. The whole supporting cast was excellent, although I could have used more Keitel. Only thing is that I'm sick of seeing the face of Jesse Plemons.

Technically the movie is superb. That's to be expected but it shouldn't be taken for granted. Nobody beats Scorsese when it comes to showcasing an era, and that's crucial for a movie like this. I guess there's a lot of talk about the de-aging that was used. I really didn't see a problem and thought everyone looked great. I did think Pacino looked a little odd but then maybe there was an effort to have him look a little more like Hoffa? I will say that at times De Niro seemed too old for the character, but I also think any small issues were worth it in order to get the band back together.

You have to wonder if this was a swan song of sorts for the director and some of the cast, and with the way the movie plays out there's a parallel. I'm probably biased towards the director and cast but I thought it lived up to the hype.

[doubledenim]

:lol: @ JessePlemmonsFace

[JoaoRodrigues]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTAxZWM2OTgtOTQzOC00ZTI5LTgyYjktZTRhYWM4YWQxNWI0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjMwNDgzNjc@._V1_UY190_CR0,0,128 ,190_AL_.jpg
Adrian Grunberg, 2019
2

First Blood was one of the few movies I had on DVD while I was a kid, and I saw it countless times, every scene was made to be remembered, you don't get often. I've also seen the others of the franchise more than once, so, I knew I had to keep an open mind, a great plot and acting was something I couldn't expect. We have to situate ourselves, in 1982, when the first movie came out, people didn't want the same as they want today, so, a different movie had to be made this time, and that explains the graphic violence. It's pure pornographic violence, and I can like that as well, entertainment sake. You could tell what the story would be just from watching the trailer alone, and there's nothing wrong with that, I accept and agree with it, it's not that important, the story, I wouldn't accept if they made it with right and left turns, it seems those are the movies the popcorn audiences, the mainstream, say are epic movies, "the best movies ever made", sadly. The Mexicans only looked Mexicans because we could see Mexico, they didn't made the audience hate them enough for the death they had, and the drama, poor quality, still, pleasant surprise to see Adriana Barraza in this movie, made it bearable, actress in movies like Amores Perros and Babel, what I didn't understood during the beginning of the film was the representation of the characters ages, I didn't knew exactly how they were related. Bring a classic, add the biggest cliché you could find with ordinary violence. That's it.

[Marco]

Fatal Attraction (1987)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Fatal_Attraction_poster.png

Serious miscasting here. That makes you not buy into this. Glenn Close may be a fine actress but a smouldering femme fatale she is not.

2

[Marco]

Tombstone (1993)

3

https://bamfstyle.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/tstone-holster1a.jpg

I didn't expect much but it turned out that I was pretty entertained. It sure didn't hurt having a whole bunch of actors I like. Val Kilmer was the stand out. It won't make my list but I'm glad I watched it.
My favourite of Kilmers, mugging it up to the maximum. The line "I got lotsa friends!" and the riposte was sublime.

[mojofilter]

https://static.rogerebert.com/uploads/movie/movie_poster/american-son-2019/large_american-poster.jpg
AMERICAN SON
(2019)

2

[Gideon58]

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0969/9128/products/OUATIH-24X36_d35f04f9-ce2e-4f9c-a89f-0b60dfe3f74b.jpg?v=1564143239


3.5

[Innovation]

Apologies to everyone for not posting frequently as I used to. Things have been changing and I'm at a crossroads, been trying to get away from the internet in general because who really needs it aside from maybe finding a Job or paying your bills. But I just couldn't pass up talking about this one film I saw the other day...

https://fanart.tv/detailpreview/fanart/movies/398978/movieposter/the-irishman-5db3625e11fdd.jpg

You all know I'm not very good with my wording when I try my best to summarize my thoughts on a piece of spectacular or even bad cinema (my mentioning of that word alone, ugh… it's enough to trigger my OCD and send me into a frenzy *backspace backspace backspace*). And I know what I'm going to say next is going to sound incredibly cliche, but Martin Scorsese's newest and probably last Gangster outing (almost an Unforgiven-esc eulogy for the genre) is probably the most profound and impactful picture of the year.

You go through about 30 years of one man's life, a horrible man who's committed horrible things, and despite being 3 hours and 30 minutes of unremorseful violence and death, it goes by like a breeze which a lot of that you can chalk up to Scorsese's perfect direction (that old slugger just never quits being awesome) that brings absolute life to a desolate somber tale (with of course, thanks to that sharp script, which never has a single scene that feels pointless). It also helps that the film's lead, an aged Robert De Niro digitally de-aged to look younger, astounded and exceeded my expectations by giving probably his best performance since Taxi Driver. But it's during the film's last hour where it turns into a somber, meditative, almost poetic piece that delivers the humanity of it's real life crime characters stripped down and head-on. I don't want to spoil much, but I honestly felt like I was going to throw up, it got that tense. And what it all amounts to... is nothing. Not even living your life like a schmuck. Just loneliness, cold loneliness. It's sad, but maybe that's fine. How else was this going to end up?

It's a hell of a thing killing a man, and it's not easy being a gangster either. This isn't "Goodfellas", this is a tragedy. The Irishman is an absolute must-see, and I don't use that term lightly.

5

Wow...I honestly could not have said it any better than this. I don't even think I could have said this at all. Thank you for capturing the Irishman in such a poignant and accurate way. I too loved every second of this film.

EDIT: Now I wish you posted more often... :P

Agree, 5/5 from me.

[Fabulous]

Double Jeopardy (1999)

2

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500_and_h282_face/oPwMJ06HCX9jluDmHFsW2j4GzjN.jpg

[JoaoRodrigues]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODcxMzY3ODY1NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNzg1NDY4MTE@._V1_UX128_CR0,0,128,190_AL_.jpg
Luc Besson, 2014
2

Luc Besson, author of one of my favorite movies of all time, Leon, brings us an failed attempt to make something elaborate. With Scarlett Johansson that tried to show us a blank character, stripped of urges, an emotional wall, super evolved human being, but it just showed vanity, displaying her super powers around. Bring Morgan Freeman to be a narrator, to get a certain intelligence to the point they were trying to make. The point? What it would be like if the human brain reached maximum capacity, they concluded it would be like having a satori. It's great to see Min-sik Choi in this, made it bearable, having a fine actor in the movie. A miss cast of the main actress, or, I'm trying to make this film more than it should be.

[TokeZa]

https://filmforum.org/do-not-enter-or-modify-or-erase/client-uploads/_1000w/dr-mabuse-slide2.jpg

Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) by Fritz Lang 3.5+

https://video.dfi.dk/Cinemateket/2019/38881_landscapeL.jpg

Lonesome Cowboys (1968) by Paul Morrissey and Andy Warhol 1.5

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECxKdXQXsAAcZCF.jpg

Les soeurs Brontë (1979) by André Téchiné 2.5

https://www.ekkofilm.dk/media/dyn/review/generated/2520_1200x630.jpg

Apocalypse Now: Final Cut (2019) by Francis Ford Coppola 5

[Ultraviolence]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW42-2cAvik&t=96s
Multiple watches. Against communism, against humans, against our nature.
★★★★★
Probably one of the most depressing and pessimistic movie I've ever seen.
Some images will be with me for the future to come.
This is, in my view, the real horror movie, because it's a possibility.

[ScarletLion]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW42-2cAvik&t=96s
Multiple watches. Against communism, against humans, against our nature.
★★★★★
Probably one of the most depressing and pessimistic movie I've ever seen.
Some images will be with me for the future to come.
This is, in my view, the real horror movie, because it's a possibility.

That looks incredible. Thanks. Not seen any of his.

[Iroquois]

Despite what Ultraviolence says, it's actually good.

The Florida Project - 4

still one of the biggest Oscar snubs of the decade

[GulfportDoc]

58618
Breach (2007)

Directed by Billy Ray, and starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, and Laura Linney, this biographical double-agent spy thriller gets most of its oomph from the tension created by a young wannabe FBI agent who is tasked with getting incriminating evidence against his boss-- a veteran G-man who has been selling secrets to the Soviet Union.

This comparatively low budget project, although well received, suffers from the lack of a strong co-lead to work against the venerable Chris Cooper. Phillippe is a medium weight actor who plays the young agent not entirely convincingly. The problem is compounded by the story focusing too much attention on Phillippe's character.

Although liberties are taken with the details of the actual case, Cooper is able to carry the load. The story of real life double agent Robert Hanssen is interesting enough. My guess is that a screen play which focused on different aspects of the story would have produced a finer film.

So it's a very watchable film which would have benefitted from a heftier co-lead.

Doc's rating: 6/10

[Marco]

3 from hell (2019)

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Being a curious type I thought I'd have a go at this having seen the Devil's Rejects some time ago. Camp, flat and dull. Not in good ways.

1

[JoaoRodrigues]

Don't see The House of 1000 Corpses than, they say it's for refine taste, most people dislike it, some tend to like it after a while. The Devil Reject's is my favorite. The 3 From Hell seemed a little bit pushing the saga.

[Ultraviolence]

I have a peculiar relationship with Rob Zombie's work, I don't think his movies are good, but for some reason I appreciate his efforts and always see myself watching his new releases. Honestly, I think the Halloween remake was okay, and Halloween II was a good idea (not well executed), the guy at least tried to bring something different.

[JoaoRodrigues]

I'm seeing his podcast (https://tinyurl.com/t9b2mdw) on Joe Rogan's for the second time, not because I deeply enjoy his word, but because his interesting. I like his attitude and that he is a movie fan, has seen a lot of different movies, has a great knowledge, seems very passionate about it, very old school type of movie geek, listens to a lot of different music's as well. I discovered him very recently cinematographic speaking, I knew his band, I didn't knew he made movies as well. I haven't seen enough movies of the genera to even have an constructive opinion, but I liked one of his movies, and I fond the last one entertaining, but I think he shouldn't have done it if that was the end he had planing.The Halloween's were something it was brought to him, he didn't had that freedom.

[Marco]

I have a peculiar relationship with Rob Zombie's work, I don't think his movies are good, but for some reason I appreciate his efforts and always see myself watching his new releases. Honestly, I think the Halloween remake was okay, and Halloween II was a good idea (not well executed), the guy at least tried to bring something different.
Yeah, know what you mean, like the equivalent of supporting an indie band when you know Phil Collins is far better ha ha ha!!!!!

[Ultraviolence]

ha-ha-ha

[Stirchley]

58627

Excellent movie.

[Fabulous]

The Bishop's Wife (1947)

3

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[this_is_the_ girl]

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Judex (1963, Georges Franju)
4
Georges Franju's lovely tribute to Louis Feuillade, 'Judex' boasts a whole array of elements harking back to silent cinema aesthetic and the spy detective genre, sprinkled with a dash of adventure and mystery. Masks and unmaskings, femme fatales, rooftop fights, conjuring tricks, an enigmatic Fantomas-like (though far less superheroic) main protagonist - this movie is definitely a fun ride! Loved the black and white cinematography (the Criterion blu looks great), and Maurice Jarre's score is just perfect in adding to the mysterious, dreamy atmosphere.

Overall, not without its flaws but I simply couldn't resist its quirky charm. Thumbs up!

[Wyldesyde19]

58639

Man, this film is all over the place. If you’ve ever seen a Bunuel film, you’ll understand what I mean.
Still, the dream within dreams and constant spectre of death Permeates this film. It’s actually really good. Won’t go into it much as it’s without a doubt one of those films you must see for yourself!

4 *’s

[JoaoRodrigues]

Honestly, I think the Halloween remake was okay, and Halloween II was a good idea (not well executed), the guy at least tried to bring something different.
Concerning the Halloween movies made by Rob Zombie. Check this out (https://tinyurl.com/slbfj6z).

[Hey Fredrick]

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4.5

Can't get over how good the acting was in this. Note to faculty on campus: if Martha and George invite you over for game night kindly decline.

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2.5

A different look at Wyatt, Doc and the shootout at the O.K Corral.

[MrSmeeth23]

Last night I watched Overlord (2018), because I heard quite a few great things about it, specifically being a great B movie, but sadly that was not the case. The film uses every cliche in the book when crafting the characters of the story and none of it comes across as a re-imagination of the director's vision or something unique enough for me to remember. Every person in the story is a one dimensional block of wood that I have seen done far better in almost every other war film and it confuses me why the director decided to go for that. Why not make the characters unlike all the other WW2 soldier characters we've seen before? It would be a subtle way of showing that the timeline the story takes place in is not our own. Throw a black woman in the squad, because why not? The story's unimaginative anyway and throwing that character in would convey an idea of "oh, so the story's not meant to be accurate to the time period". But it doesn't really matter because even if the people in the story were interesting the film would still be pretty weak.

It's a more half baked version of the Wolfenstein video games and ya know what? I would rather play the video games than sit down and watch a film where other people kill super solider Nazi's in the most uninteresting ways possible. The movie was so unmemorable that I can not recall a single thing about the film that surprised or even entertained me. I do not recommend this film.

3/10

Note: I know that technically black men weren't allowed to serve in World War 2, so the addition of a black woman doesn't really work for the reasons I am giving it, (sorry if you took offense to my thoughtless comment, because I didn't mean for it to come across that way) but at least the addition would make the film a little bit more diverse. How many times do we have to see the same ****ing male characters in these war films when the movie is supposed to be a stupid B movie? Like Jesus christ. They are so boring. Even the black man acts like every scaredy cat war boy we have seen in cinema's history. Have the characters do some overacting, add a Hawksian woman, do something that hasn't been done in a while. My god the first 40 minutes of the movie are written and cut like they are from the most generic History Channel mini-series about World War 2.

[Siddon]

Huh...who was the black woman in Overlord?


You had a black guy in Overlord because it's a Cloverfield/Fringe film that's dealing with alternate histories and that's how they tell the stories

[WorldFilmGeek]

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Daniel Isn't Real (Adam Egypt Mortimer, 2019)
I was quite surprised by the story, which can be played as a demented and twisted version of Drop Dead Fred. The story of a man who reconnects with his childhood imaginary friend takes a very dark twist and it is driven by the performance of Patrick Schwarzenegger as the titular Daniel. It is clear he has no intention of being an action star like his pops and he doesn't need to...not after this film.
rating_4_5

[sawduck]

Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood (2019) 7/10

[Iroquois]

Die Hard With A Vengeance - 4

dat alternate ending

[Iroquois]

Die Hard With A Vengeance - 4

dat alternate ending

[pahaK]

Stalker (1979)

For the most part, it's beautiful to look at but I don't find its attempt at the philosophy that interesting. It's almost like the story (the journey and sparse discussions) is just an excuse to put the images on film. The audio was terrible and (perhaps partly because of that) the acting wasn't too good either. Guess I'll have to be an iconoclast again.

2.5
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Especial de Natal: Se Beber, Não Ceie (2018)

A Brazilian short film about The Last Supper. Delightfully distasteful parody of Christ and his apostles. There are few weak jokes in its 40 minutes but for the most part, it's laugh-out-loud good. Best comedy I've seen in a long time.

4

[mark f]

The Mask of Dimitrios (Jean Negulesco, 1944) 2.5 6/10
Night Train to Munich (Carol Reed,1940) 3- 6.5/10
The Asteroids (Germano Maccioni, 2017) 2 5/10
Lady in the Lake (Robert Montgomery, 1944) 3 6.5/10
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In a film using almost entirely subjective camera, employer/femme fatale/girlfriend Audrey Totter discusses with private dick Philip Marlowe (Robert Montgomery) his murder case over Christmas
Not Tonight Henry (W. Merle Connell, 1960) 2 5/10
Night and Day (Michael Curtiz, 1946) 2.5 6/10
The Island (Toka McBaror, 2018) 2 5/10
Senso (Luchino Visconti, 1954) 2.5 6/10
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Love affair between Italian countess Alida Valli and Austrian lieutenant Farley Granger may ruin their lives.
The Squaw Man (Cecil B. DeMille & Oscar Apfel, 1914) 2.5 5.5/10
Johnny Winter: Down & Dirty (Greg Olliver, 2014) 3 6.5 /10
Payday (Cheta Chukwu, 2018) 2 5/10
Double Dare (Amanda Micheli, 2004) 3 6.5/10
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Before she hooked up with Tarantino, Zoe Bell was Xena's Lucy Lawless' stunt double.
Nashville Girl (Gus Trikonis, 1976) 2.5 6/10
Virgin Witch (Ray Austin, 1972) 2- 5/10
House of Seven Belles (Andy Milligan, 1979) 1.5 4.5/10
Dead Man's Line (Alan Berry & Mark Enochs, 2018) 3.5- 7/10
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Anthony Kiritsis was an intense news story when he turned Indianapolis crazy for 60 hours and later caused some changes to the legal system.
Summer City (Christopher Fraser, 1977) 2 5/10
Diamantino (Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt, 2018) 2.5 6/10
State Park (Kerry Feltham & Kerry Feltham, 1888) 2 510
Angry Inukl (Alethea Arnaquq-Bari 2016) 3 6.5/10
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Inuk filmmaker and activists battle the E.U. ban and multi-million campaigns against their cultural rights to sell seal skin and skin-based products to literally keep Inuits alive.

[chawhee]

Midsommar (2019)
4
Saw this in theaters and gave it a 3, but I kept thinking about certain pieces and wanting to see this again. It's a shocking movie that I love telling people about, and it's just as eerie and tense the second time. Upping the rating

[hello101]

Joker (2019)
4

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Good, really good but I'm not sure if I loved it. Definitely a film that needs more viewings to fully digest. Mad Taxi Driver vibes.

[JoaoRodrigues]

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Oren Moverman, 2014
3

Richard Gere, New York city homeless for ten years with dementia looking for someone. Beautifully filmed this movie, stationary camera, behind city objects, like if only the city were watching a homeless and no one else, gives you the impression of New York city like most movies don't, and it's hard to film NY, the city became a cliche, it's immensely photogenic. The author respected the time, this means the movie is slow. There is not evident plot, everything appears as we go, the point is to show events, or the lack of them, that is the life of a homeless. A very indie kind of film, the character is not romanticized in any way, nothing is romanticized, a very noncommercial movie, maybe that's why they had so many delays and setbacks, having Richard Gere in such a film I believe would not be easy. Anyway, this was considered a failure by the critics, I believe this is one of those movie I'd like to see more often, where the directors do what they want, not what we want them to do, I like that, that's why I re-watched it last night. Only one person recognized Richard Gere while he was begging for money, that's New York, and I wouldn't change it, that's it's beauty and I believe Oren's made a great job showing some of that.

[Hey Fredrick]

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4

After hearing a little about Uncut Gems I decided to look up the directors previous films. This was available to stream so I checked it out and it's pretty solid. First time seeing Robert Pattinson in anything and he was really good.

[xSookieStackhouse]

Alien Resurrection (1997) im huge fan of alien movie trilogy for long time and i saw this movie long time ago and saw it again tonight so i gave it 10/10
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[Fabulous]

The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)

2.5

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[Stirchley]

58639

Man, this film is all over the place. If you’ve ever seen a Bunuel film, you’ll understand what I mean.
Still, the dream within dreams and constant spectre of death Permeates this film. It’s actually really good. Won’t go into it much as it’s without a doubt one of those films you must see for yourself!

4 *’s

It’s a classic of cinema.

[Tequila]

The Adventures of Captain Fabien - A fairly good drama starring Errol Flynn and the ever watchable Vincent Price. 2.5
Halfway House - An enjoyable enough ghost drama starring Mervyn Johns. 3

[Wyldesyde19]

58639

Man, this film is all over the place. If you’ve ever seen a Bunuel film, you’ll understand what I mean.
Still, the dream within dreams and constant spectre of death Permeates this film. It’s actually really good. Won’t go into it much as it’s without a doubt one of those films you must see for yourself!

4 *’s

It’s a classic of cinema.

It’s amazing the more I think back to it.

[pahaK]

The Godfather (1972)

After failing to finish The Irishman I had to ensure that a long mob epic can still be good. It's not perfect (I kinda dislike both Brando and Pacino here; too much time is spent at weddings, funerals, and baptisms; Sonny beating his brother-in-law is almost as bad as de Niro beating the shopkeeper) but surely one of the best mafia films.

4

[Zotis]

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Noi Albinoi left me basking in the impact of it's final scene long after the movie credits ran out. It gave me similar vibes to Lilya 4-ever and Show Me Love. I loved it.

4.5