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Postmark for Danger(1955) - not a bad little brit-noir that's kind of a throwback to The Third Man.

La isla mínima (Marshland) (2014) - 6.8/10. Another one of those nearly there thrillers. The movie revolves one murder not a bunch of them, so a lot of the movie deals with the investigation not a series of murders. It was a great build up till the end. Definitely recommended.

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Kinda cool, I'd give it a solid 6.5/10

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There has been an awekening.... have you felt it?

Agree about Wake in Fright, will give this a go though.

1st Re-Watch...last night's broadcast on ABC was my first re-watch...my re-watch didn't really change anything I said in my original review or my original rating. It is technically breathtaking, but the story is a little convoluted and takes a little too long to get where it's going for my tastes. The tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman doesn't change my opinion about the film.

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American Dharma - 8/10
Worth the $3.99.... Besides the obvious, it also centers around Bannon's favorite movies, "Sergeant York" and others.

This isn't really a full review. Someone earlier in this thread posted about watching In the Tall Grass and I decided to check it out.

The concept is okay, but I was kind of frustrated by the film. Some of the writing/acting was a bit over the top.

Also, I feel like some of its most powerful imagery was just straight up lifted from Triangle, a much superior

A few effective images and a noteworthy gross-out sequence didn't manage to lift it out of mediocrity. Not a bad movie, just overlong and lacking in punch.

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The Odd Angry Shot 1979
D: Tom Jeffrey

Obscure Australian made film about a group of soldiers serving in Vietnam. An unusual and entertaining film, leaving politics and action mostly aside and focussing on the characters and their day to day living, which consists mostly of drinking beer and finding new and amusing ways to pass the time. I generally have quite a low opinion of the Australian film industry (being one myself), but this is really quite a good and enjoyable movie. Good performance from Graham Kennedy.

7/10

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I hate what has happened to the found footage genre, Blair Witch has never been equalled, it has just turned into the ultimate in lazy film making and this is la z z z z y and I dont care if it was made in lockdown or made on. zoom, its still ****ing lazy..

Movie - a group of girl friends and one girly guy and a **** of a medium hold a seance on zoom and something is invited... because we all know movies so well, no explanation is needed, its an "entity" okay

Bad things happen, I didnt jump once then I looked at the time and there is only 15 minutes long, thank god this "movie" if you can call something that is 50 minutes long a movie, wow they couldn't even hit the hour mark

And what is with that medium... if anybody here can they please knock twice.. "knock knock" oh sorry that's my delivery guys hahaha it was meant to come yesterday and then a coat flies of her table and her internet is cut off.. about 20 minutes later they phone medium who's like "oh Im glad you phoned me" .. because she wasn't inclined to phone them in all that time.. its strange because she comes across as this caring empathetic person but is just a total c u n t

no extra marks because it was made in lockdown, sorry

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1 rating because the actors could at least act a little bit which is quite rare in what has become found footage

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Do you know what a roller pigeon is, Barney? They climb high and fast, then roll over and fall just as fast toward the earth. There are shallow rollers and deep rollers. You can’t breed two deep rollers, or their young will roll all the way down, hit, and die. Officer Starling is a deep roller, Barney. We should hope one of her parents was not.

Captive (2015)

True story of escaped prisoner (David Oyelowo) who takes a former meth-addict single mum (Kate Mara) hostage after bolting from the courthouse and murdering 3 people in the process.

Good and suspenseful enough with believable acting all round. Bit of the TV movie about it though.

All been added to my never ending watchlist Stirchley


Ive actually seen Red Road and really liked it, thanks for the rec. Have you watched other films from Arnold? You've probably seen American Honey but you should catch Fish Tank if you haven't already.

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Napoleon (1927) -
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) -
Welcome to Leith (2015) -
Onward (2020) -
Lady and the Tramp (2019) -
Justice League (2017) -
Hedgehog in the Mist (1975) -

Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)
Nine

Die Welle [The Wave] (Dennis Gansel, 2008) +
German not Mexican for a change

LOVE Hedgehog in the Fog.

I use it to teach my students about tone and mood. The sequences with the horse are just gorgeous.

Re: All Quiet on the Western Front John, it's a book I love so much so was always reticent to watch the film version.....trust your judgement though and will give it a go.

With the caveat that I haven't read the book, I think that the 30s version of All Quiet on the Western Front is hands-down an excellent film and, next to Come and See, one of the best (if not *the* best) anti-war films.

Went in completely blind, was pleasantly surprised. Emile Hirsch is slowly, but surely, turning into Jack Black. I mean phisicaly.