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It's strange watching this kind of thing now, I think, in the sense that the whole notion of Thatcher's Britain has become so aestheticized and reified in the culture... it kind of haunts us now as just another contemporary gothic, but I'm old enough to remember that those were genuinely horrible times, vile times really. And, quaint as this may sound, films like 'Made In Britain' told the truth about the system. |
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__________________ "Sometimes my soul just moves so slow Like a dream of diesel heart that just won't go" Monster Magnet |
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Repo the genetic opera, Caugh this on horror channel highly enjoyed it, I looked it up and noticed its a fav with the public but panned by critics, was meant to be a trilogy but doesn't own the rights now so looks very slim for a sequel. Has anyone seen Darren Lynn bousman ther musical the devils carnival if so what's it like? |
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TWO GUNS. Marky Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington play two criminal types, neither of whom realize the other is not what they seem. They rob a savings and loan and walk away with a little over $40million in cash that belongs to some very shady people and things start going really wrong. This one arrived at cinemas with little or no fanfare, but being that I like Denzel Washington movies I thought 'what the hell' and gave it a go. It's nothing original but it does it with enough style to be entertaining. One of the bad guys is played by Edward James Olomos who is very understated and cool, the other is played by Bill Paxton who probably give one of his best performances. The opening has references to both Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia and Pat Garrett and Billy the kid. Overall very entertaining and i'll be looking out for it on Blu-ray! Kick ass 2. James King gave this a shitty review. James King got it Very, Very wrong. Probably more twisted than the first, thankfully not AS twisted as the comic, Kick-ass 2 pleased me a lot. Very funny but still not afraid to go very dark in places either. Seemed to be a real crowd pleaser as well given the reactions of the audience I saw it with. |
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Opening night of Fantasy Film Fest in Hamburg was tonight (Wednesday). The Congress opened the festival - a film that will require multiple viewings to understand, but if you strap yourself in and go along for the ride without trying to over think everything it is very much an enjoyable experience. The other film tonight was Big Ass Spider which I saw at Dead by Dawn (it also featured at Imagine and Fantasia), but as there was nothing else playing against it I went along and saw it for a second time - its enormous fun. A shame that Fright Fest didn't select it, its the ideal midnight movie to round off a day of film watching. Tomorrow I have a late start (15:00) with tickets for Banshee Chapter, The Complex, Europa Report, Dirty Weekend (which I really hope is better than the trailer I saw tonight) and Hatchet III. |
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Ah right. I've not read the second book yet and was wondering which bits of the film that didn't work were form the book and which had been created for the film, since there are quite a few diversions. It definitely didn't work on screen though and really slowed the film down. The projectile vomiting bit was TERRIBLE, like the director didn't understand what made the first film work.
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