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Sweet, I actually have this on DVD. I haven't watched it yet though, but I'm looking forward to it.

The garden of stones - Baghé sangui (Parviz Kimiavi, 1976)

Very austere and monochromatic, dull-looking mix of documentary and drama that explores the fascinating -on paper- life of Darvish Khan Esfandiarpoor and his decision to build a garden of stones. The result evokes far more indifference than it should, but it had the potential to deliver something really immersive and/or mystical and there's some traces of that. Not enough to make this experience less of a forgettable curiosity, though.

No problem. Just finished it myself too haha.

it's kinda depresing tbh, i'll get into very bad shape for those kind of vibe. it should be half star higher than that

The Big Sick -

Needed more Martin Starr.

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@edarsenal both pictures you used forthe Jack Reacher movies are from the first one,

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Got pulled along to The Dark Tower by someone although it the end I spose it was reasonably enjoyable, mostly due to avoiding focus on the typically convoluted King hokum and instead just being a vehicle for Idris Elba and McConaughey to ham it up.


Maybe 3/5?

I've only seen this and Conspirators of Pleasure by Svankmajer but couldn't get into either. I'll maybe give this one another go.

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I've never seen it either Dani. No idea why as I like all the actors. Next time its on TV I'll catch it.

Hidden Figures is such a generic and non-memorable movie that I'm not shocked it was nominated for an Oscar. The thing about it is, it hits the right notes; which are very by the numbers. The film doesn't try to do too much, but tell a simple story of some pretty amazing people, but I didn't get to experience the struggle that much.

Hidden Figures tells the story of three African American women working for NASA during the space race, who try to navigate their way through racism and sexism to reach their goals of being treated equal.

Trying to tell 3 different biopics wrapped into one story might be difficult. Anyone of these ladies could have had their 'own' movie, but the film clearly favours Taraji P. Henson's mathematician Katherine Johnson. She's a genius, but will she ever have the chance to prove it to a white male dominated society? Once she is given that chance, she finds racist hurdles to overcome, she can't even go to the bathroom in the building she works at because it's designated whites only. While a truly sad thing to think about, the film unwittingly turns it into a piece of comedy when Kevin Costner smashes the 'Coloured' bathroom signs and tells people to pee wherever they want; "Here at NASA, we all pee the same colour". What a silly line to say and destroys any sense of human triumph that came before it.

Janelle Monáe plays Mary Jackson, whose story could also be a film on its own. Her storyline feels separate from the other two and ultimately feels short shifted because of that fact. Octavia Spencer is the third woman, Dorothy Vaughan, who sees an opportunity to learn about this new thing called an IBM computer and get a step ahead of the white women. She has a really great line that she delivers to Kirsten Dunst who says "Despite what you may think, I have nothing against y'all", Spencer's reply is simply "I know you probably believe that.”

The film isn't the in your face racism that we're really accustomed to. There is no KKK, burning crosses, hard language thrown towards people, but subtle racism behind a fearful exterior. That line I mentioned earlier encapsulates it. Asking a black woman why she is in a certain section of the library and not her own 'designated' area, then getting them thrown out when they say that their section doesn't have a particular book is a perfect scene to show what type of people we were, not so long ago. I appreciated this aspect to the story telling and it was probably the highlight of a really generic and by the numbers bio-drama.

Same - I rate Sílení slightly higher than Conspirators by a half popcorn as the narrative is more interesting though I prefer the animation in the latter. Couldn't blame anyone for not liking or being able to get through either tbh.

Le Feu Follet (1963)


This didn't disappoint. Its an excellent study of a young man utterly consumed by depression and a sense of alienation. It is depressing from the get-go but its totally fascinating and exactly what I was looking for.

Marvin's Room - 7.5/10

When I saw that this had an 80% on RT, but only a 62% Audience, I thought I had to watch this again. We had this movie, I saw it at around 16, and liked it then, probably liked it more..

The story is real good, very good relationships among the characters... Of course, BECAUSE it was good, it lost 11 million, even though it had a cast of Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert DeNiro..

Loved this movie...Keaton is brilliant.

It's really fun. I've been on a roll of kick arse lately. Not a huge fan of Mary-Louise Parker usually but I really liked her in this. Only downside for me was Morgan Freeman is only on screen in dribs and drabs. Enjoy, Sam.

I like depressing movies.

Hidden Figures was nominated for an oscar?

I have never held the oscars in much regard, but that has to be the worst film I've ever seen nominated for an oscar. There was not one redeemable quality. The acting, cinematography, script, music, and directing were all unremarkable if not utterly horrible. What a garbage film. 3 stars was generous Suspect.

I've never had oportunity to watch it, but You really encourage me to find some

Madeo [Mother] (Joon-ho Bong, 2009)
Beautifully orchestrated study of maternal love