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Silence (2016)


Scorsese returns to religion with his best film of the 2010s, and I'd even put it in my top five favorites of his. It's definitely the hardest film of his to watch considering it's themes, and obviously not as entertaining as his last two efforts, Hugo, which dazzled with it's visuals, and Wolf of Wall Street, which is classic Scorsese on steroids, this one hit me emotionally more than any of his films. That, and The Last Temptation of Christ, one of my all time favorites. I don't know, there's something about how he handles religion that I find so powerful. I'm not religious, but stories like this, about attempting to keep your faith in desperate circumstances really move me, and it clearly does Martin too, this is easily one of his most personal films (he even co-wrote the screenplay, a first for him since Casino.)

Some themes, and the way they're tackled are definitely brought back from Last Tempation, but don't be fooled; this is an entirely different beast. It's a much harsher watch, and has a much more bleak tone throughout. It'd make a great back to back. Quick praises to Andrew Garfield also, he shows great range in this. He was nominated for the wrong movie.



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Journey to Italy (1954)


Actually quite a haunting film of how a marriage can turn out. There is not really that much happens in this movie, although it is still captivating to see the relationship between Sanders and Bergman and the movie as a whole is great to look at.


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The Happening


I recall viewing this film whilst I was still in the early stages of becoming a cinephile. There was a great deal about the film that was silly - horrible, even - but there were moments within it that chilled me to the bone. The enemy wasn't a virus created by humans - it was nature itself. Audiences everywhere loathed the film, and labeled it an idiotic piece of drivel.

Eight years have passed since my initial viewing, and, of course, there are elements which are simply terrible. Yet, I can't help but feel that Shyamalan is a bold filmmaker who dared to make something different. Some have labeled this 'Post 9/11' film, and they would be correct. The threat isn't something that can be dealt with or destroyed; and this film captures that paranoia - that dreadful fear of facing an enemy that can't be dealt or reasoned with.

I'd prefer an ambitious failure such (The Happening) to the cynical, formulaic garbage frequently churned out by studios.





Sleepers (1996)




“Sugar is the most important thing in my life…”
Silence seems to be the most divisive film of recent memory. I wonder what some would think of it if it wasn't a Scorsese. A local reviewer cited it as his worst film.



Girl House (2014)

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This was a surprisingly good modern slasher. Slaine (the chubby bald guy from The Town) is very good as the killer, pathetic and creepy, but then vicious when he goes on the attack. The victims are cam girls who live and work together, while the killer is a spurned stalker type with a backstory. This was very well made, and even the girls were solid characters. Except for one murder, all of the mayhem is in the last third. I definitely recommend it to my fellow horror fans.




iBoy (2017)


Ugh....such a waste of Maisie Williams who is still really good in the movie. The movie starts out alright but the third act just makes no sense at all. So many plot holes, so little attempt at filling them.
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Thief - 7/10

This could have been really great. I think James Caan was excellent. Too much 80s sensationalism -- crap blowing up, shootings, chases.. Some of the dialogue, his reasoning, explanations of his life was really good. I don't think the "family thing" was well established, so it didn't affect me later in the movie.

And the end song is a complete ripoff of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" which was released months before they started the movie.




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Joshua Then and Now (1985, multiple rewatch)
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Just a tiny bit of good drama, mixed with a ton of great comedy. Nothing better than a Jewish father teaching his son the Ten Commandments, to prepare him for entry into a world filled with Christians. Arkin was born to play that role. Woods was excellent. There is a lot of enjoyable dialogue here, at least for me. I have owned this film on VHS since the early 90s, so, close to 25 years. Some DVD comments I've read, indicated that the DVD is nothing more than a bad recording from a VHS copy, so, I never upgraded.

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Joshua: Didn't you ever love her?
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'I, Daniel Blake'

Ken Loach does it again. This was immensely powerful. And quite an infuriating watch, knowing that this is happening right infront of our eyes. There were political undertones and the human element of struggle to it was portrayed absolutely beautifully by Hayley Squires. She was the star for me. People have labelled it "depressing" - It's another film with tragic content, but I wouldn't call it "depressing", personally I don't find any art, music or film depressing, except for maybe UB40's cover of The Doors' "Light my Fire". Anyway I feel this is a massively important film and one which will be absolutely revered by critics and cinephiles in Britain for years to come. And further afield too I'd imagine. Life is unfair, but when it's needlessly unfair, people deserve a voice, help and change. 9/10
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Joshua Then and Now (1985, multiple rewatch)
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I have the VHS too and like to pull it out occasionally, especially to show people a couple of scenes where Alan Arkin hilariously teaches his young son about life.
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Had an Anne Francis double-feature, both showing her when she was very young and almost unbelievably good-looking. One is a classic, the other less so, but still watchable. I'll start with the latter.

So Young So Bad (1950)

Early 50's delinquent girls semi-exploitation film made less trashy by the good acting and the direction the movie takes. Paul Henreid of all people plays a psychiatrist who works at a girl's reform school who observes the cruel treatment of the young ladies. It's seen by the school-runner as justified punishment. His cohort is an abusive nurse who is not above taking a fire hose to the young women, almost drowning them. There are escapes, a suicide, a dance with a group from a boy's school, an investigation, and unrequited love. There are some familiar faces in the cast, including a beautiful young Anne Francis who has had a baby out of wedlock and wants nothing to do with the child. All of the above sounds terribly sleazy but it doesn't play like that at all and I got hooked on it.





Forbidden Planet (1956) Re-watch

Watched this film again because of a certain "Best-Of" list going on in the boards. This is the classic film about a space trip from Earth to Altair IV to investigate the disappearance of a planetary expedition sent there some years before. The captain, played a young and very serious Leslie Nielsen, and his crew are greeted by Robby the Robot, who takes three of them right away to meet Dr. Morbius (played by Walter Pidgeon). He is widowed but has a grown daughter, played by the luscious Anne Francis who walks around in a barely-there mini-skirt. She is immediately courted by two of the men who are instantly smitten but she finds she prefers the captain. It turns out her father, Morbius is the only survivor of a disaster of sorts that he remains vague about, until it is too late and the danger once again shows up in a very lethal form and puts everyone in peril. Morbius, of course, holds the secret.

The effects may be a bit iffy by today's standards but I loved them. There is no music score to speak of, just moody "electronic tonalities" by two composers, who do awesome classic work in providing an eerie sci-fi feel to the movie. The sets are fine and the look of Altair IV is just what a science fiction film of the 50's should look like. A wonderful movie and highly entertaining.



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Forbidden Planet (1956) Re-watch
Oh, man, I haven't watched this one in years. Re-adding to my queue.
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Thief - 7/10

This could have been really great. I think James Caan was excellent. Too much 80s sensationalism -- crap blowing up, shootings, chases.. Some of the dialogue, his reasoning, explanations of his life was really good. I don't think the "family thing" was well established, so it didn't affect me later in the movie.

And the end song is a complete ripoff of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" which was released months before they started the movie.

I hear where you're coming from with the 80's feel, however I watched this flick in the theater when it came out, and at the time it was pretty awesome. I rewatched this one fairly recently, and yeah, it hasn't aged well. Caan is still my man, and Rollerball is still one of my guilty pleasures.



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Split (2017)


Well.....gotta admit I didn't see that coming. Avoiding the obvious spoilers for now all I'll say is James McAvoy kills it in this movie with the different personalities. Easily M Night's best movie since Signs, but Signs is still my personal favorite of his.
I am so looking forward to this one. I bristle knowing it's a Shalalalaman flick, however McAvoy looks great. I did read a spoiler on the big twist, and now I'm more interested.



LA LA Land

I don't consider myself to be one who hates musicals, and I understand that you hold the acting to separate standards, but I was deeply underwhelmed with this movie. Ryan Gosling isn't much of a singer and I though Emma Stone was mugging to the camera for two hours. Visually the film is gorgeous and I enjoyed some of the humor. The movie isn't bad per say and I still have two more best picture films to check out but for me this was the weakest of the nominated films.

Don't get me wrong, it's a good movie but if it wasn't an Oscar nominee I think I would watch it once and never think about it again.

7/10



I am so looking forward to this one. I bristle knowing it's a Shalalalaman flick, however McAvoy looks great.
Don't avoid it just because it's a Shyamalan film. The direction is great and the characters are much more believable than some of Shyamalan's other creations. And of course McAvoy is simply amazing and worth the cost of admission alone.