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Excellent movie. I highly recommend it.

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8/10 I liked it but im thinking maybe classic noir isnt for me. As far as Billy Wilder goes I think The Apartment is easily his best but ive liked everything by him ive seen to some degree.

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A Woman Under the Influence

Total Recall



Total Recall is an Arnold classic. While most of his movies are fun to watch, this probably has the most impressive story out of them.
It's a good ol' remnant of the past kind of tale! Quaid has a charming and sex hungry wife, but a very routine job. He has a weird recurring dream about Mars and also keeps seeing ads on TV about Mars, so he gets tempted to go there. Of course, it's not the ”real” Mars, but a very realistic reconstruction. Lori tells him not to go, but he ignores her and decides to go anyway. He also gets the opportunity to change his identity for fun, and he picks a secret agent on a deadly mission (Why on earth anyone would want to choose this on their vacation is beyond me), but something goes wrong. He starts speaking in prophetic terms, and the people behind the program erase his memories so he won't remember Rekall.
Now here's where it gets a bit tricky: After people start acting fishy towards him, including one of his co-workers, it turns out his wife is not his real wife, but intended as a permanent distraction so he would forget about who he used to be and what he did on Mars.
And that's where I'll stop summing up. This movie is full of imagination and beautiful exemplary visuals of a strange futuristic society where some people look like freaks due to suffering from a lack of oxygen. Which is thanks not only to the iconic sci-fi writer Philip Dick, but also Paul Verhoeven, who perfectly balances the scary and the absurd. And in some ways, the world is still the same as it always was: a big power holding a monopoly on all its citizens to the result of everyone else having it worse off, but the capital itself kicking back with no considerable worries and caring for nothing but themselves. Verhoeven portrays society as bleakly militarized, with unflinching realistic violence and red-lit but broken surroundings.
Even looking aside the politics, it's still a remarkably wellmade and entertaining film. Michael Ironside turns in another iconic performance as the no-nonsense villain Richter, whose crazy glare and commanding attitude is as effective as it always was. Arnold is ramped up to 100 percent, showcasing some of the most expressive faces he has done in his career. Sharon Stone In terms of acting, there is not a single dull spot. Rachel Nicotin gives a memorable portrayal as Melina, the real wife of George Quaid. Mel Johnson Jr. was very over-the-top in his role, but in a way that still works.
I think I'll stop at here. Movies regarded as high-quality by a lot of people is usually not my forte, as I feel like I'm repeating what a lot of others already have said. But if you haven't been convinced yet, go see it! Do it for Mars. Do it for Arnold.

P.S. If that image of Arnold gives you nightmares, I apologize. But it's too damn great not to share.

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Thank you. That’s an interesting take. I think you’re probably spot on which what the film makers were trying to achieve. In terms of the assumption that that person they were going to “meet” was a rapist. I think they left it vague in terms of what would happen. I’m not convinced they would have killed him. The clues are there that he’s a messed up war veteran. Maybe the point of it is that he is affected by violence and they are affected by violence in a different way and it makes both do pretty awful things.?Saying all that...I just felt the movie could have done it all better. Don’t ask me how..it just felt a bit empty imo.

I, Anna (2012) is very tasty mystery/thriller/noir, with a little Hitchcock thrown in. The two stars, Charlotte Rampling and Gabriel Byrne, turn in seasoned and subtle performances. Rampling carries the movie in portrayal of a recent divorcee who has a past, along with some serious emotional issues. Byrne is the police detective who is allured by her, and ends up suspecting her of murder. Eddie Marsan is predictably good as an associate detective.

The film holds one's interest, and goes by fairly quickly. The plot gets a little complex at the end, and there are several surprises.

This is one of those films folks could easily miss, but will be pleasantly surprised at how well done it is.

Available on Netflix, streaming services and rental.

Doc's rating: 8/10

Mean Streets (1973)

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Race (2016)

The Conjuring (2013) – 7.5/10

I watched this in two sittings and thought it was extremely well done. I was conscious of the first half being a lot better than the second.

Very good cast as well; I find Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga a very engaging combination so it's good that there's a sequel and potentially a third film to come.

I made some comparison with the scares to The Woman in Black (2012) which I think is actually a lot more frightening. Of course like The Entity (1982), which I still think is the scariest horror film, The Conjuring is based on a real case so that adds a lot of weight and interest to the story. Wasn't it great the way they did the end credits ?

Primal Fear (1996)

It was OK. I'd been picking up peripheral praise about the movie but never retaining specifics as to why it was lauded. Once I started watching it the picture starts off very grisly so I was intrigued. By the end of the film, and the final twist - I was kind of feeling duped because I already knew what was what. Reminded me of the big, dopey surprise of The Usual Suspects.

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Squibs (Henry Edwards, 1935)
Has a certain charm in places but it's no shining light

Fear and Desire -

I think this Kubrick guy could really go some places.

The Servant - 7/10


First hour is very good, but then it goes to pieces. Way too many little references to Citizen Kane, La Dolce Vita, Shadows, etc.

Witness for the prosecution
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Old good crime story.

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