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Michelle Pfeiffer was the only person that paid attention to her and she was pure evil, everyone else would be preoccupied barely aware mother was in the room and Pfeiffer would be glaring at her. She was so great.

I get the feeling Aranofski thinks the Bible is evil.

The World's End: 2015
What the f*ck does WTF mean?!

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“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!” ~ Rocky Balboa

Adored every single minute of it. I'm in

Escape From New York (1981)

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He looks so dayum hot in that promo pic it needs repeating. Bless you, Yam!!!

Cobra (1986) 10/10

The Matrix Revolutions -

wondering what's more acceptable, liking these sequels or the Star Wars prequels

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The Mummy (1932)

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Hänsel und Gretel verliefen sich im Wald [The Naked Wytche aka The Erotic Adventures Of Hansel And Gretel aka Hansel and Gretel Lost in the Forest] dubbed vsn (Franz Josef Gottlieb, 1970)
Positively festooned with shots of wood

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Friendship could be very odd relationship.

Ms.M I am loving the films you watch

all ones I want to watch

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Table 19 wants to masquerade as an anthem for those who hate or reject weddings, but ultimately falls victim to its own ambitions and becomes a film that embraces them. Had the 'quirky' characters in this film been written with a bit more care and attention, it could have been quite enjoyable, but instead it just misses the mark and falls into the "could have been" category of movies. This could have been funny, it could have been heartfelt and it could have been great.

Eloise has dropped out of being the maid of honour at her best friends wedding. Yet, she still accepts the invitation and finds herself sitting at table 19, aka the 'randoms'. At her table is a couple whose marriage is a broken shell of what it use to be, an elderly woman who use to babysit the bride and her brother when they were kids, a young kid who is desperately trying to get laid and an awkward fellow who just got out of prison. Would anyone at the wedding notice if the entire table decided to just leave? Will these outcasts find common ground and become friends? And will we find out why Eloise decided to drop out of the wedding party but still show up to the wedding anyway?

The film takes place at one location for an entire day. Throughout the day we get a sense of each character at this table, with some attention given more to some than others. Lisa Kudrow and Craig Robinson play the married couple. They seem to fight a lot and according to her, not love each other anymore. Their dynamic works here. We have two people here who are used to being funny, but here are just mean to each other. This gives the roles a bit of added realism. They are the only people that felt real in the entire film.

June Squibb does a really good job of earning pity from the audience. Here's an elderly lady trying to hold onto the hope that she is not at a 'random' table and that the baby girl she babysat still remembers her and cares about her. Her protective nature shifts to Eloise during the night and they share some tender moments between them which leads to a heartwarming piece at the end of the film. Eloise is played by Anna Kendrick, who is starting to become the type of actress where they just end of playing themselves in every role. I didn't see anything different here than every other film she has done.

Finally, the last two people at the table are Stephen Merchant and Tony Revolori. Revolori does a good job making a stereotypical character likeable. He just needed more to do than trying to get laid the entire time. Merchant is awkward here and a lot of his jokes do not land. His character needed to be explored a bit more. In fact, every character needed more screen time to flesh out who they are. We are given a generic one note character, then have one scene with some sort of sad backstory for each and quickly move on. A lot of the writing for these characters felt rushed. If the film had taken its time with them, we could have really fleshed out and a well rounded table of characters. A lot of the focus is one Kendrick and everyone else feels like a supporting character to her, this should have been a bit more of an ensemble piece.

The film has some funny moments, but for the most part it's a melancholy of sadness. Table 19 tries to reject the notion of happiness forever, but then does a 180 near the end and falls into some typical cliches one could expect from a film like this. It could have taken more chances, done something a little more daring and surprise the audience. It does not.

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Suspect's Reviews

Crimson Peak (2015)


Solid gothic horror from Del Toro. Its no Pans Labyrinth but the visuals are (nearly) equally stunning.






300 Mil do Nieba (1989)


Powerful but bleak. Drags in parts but still an emotional experience.

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Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

Feuchtgebiete [Wetlands] (David Wnendt, 2013) +
Paradoxically less 'shocking' would mean more impact

Detroit

Good Morning (1959) by Yasujiro Ozu



Fragment of an Empire (1929) by Fridrikh Ermler

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A Shot In The Dark (Charles Lamont, 1935)
Acceptable but unremarkable murder mystery