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Wounds (Babak Anvari) Bartender with drink problem starts seeing things, but The Lost Weekend it ain't Arne Hammer finds more than he bargained for in the aftermath of a pub brawl. His girlfriend is suspicious of his new interests. Rightly so, it turns out. An odd one for sure. Not a bad thing. The Retrievers (1982, Elliot Hong) Occidental high kicking anyone? A more gritty, realistic film I didn't watch As Burroughs says "... watch whose money you pick up ..", when a down at heel whatever is recruited into a shadowy cabal, tea & crumpets are not on the agenda Lots of fun in this unintentionally hi-larious flick. Recommended.
__________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] [B] "... the days ahead will be filled with struggle ... and coated in marzipan ... "[/B] |
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Pet sematary remake..... First Hellboy remake, then Midsommar, I should have learned. Slooooooooooooow depressing drama with bits of the book/first film thrown in here & there. Looks very staged, not fun! 2/5 |
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The Green Hornet (2011) An action, comedy, sort of superhero film that is sporadically decent but sadly let down, at least for myself, because it stars Seth Rogen, a comedy actor who basically sucks in everything. Meanwhile Christoph Waltz cements his reputation as a parody villain with the same performance he phones in for all his bad guy roles. Whilst some scenes work, for the most part this is quite unfocused, apparently playing out more for laughs which never arise than anything approaching an exciting or indeed interesting storyline. |
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Indeed. When Chow is on screen, it picks up full stop. But then the tv series was similar ... flabby caucasian kept in business by lithe asian Ahem.
__________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] [B] "... the days ahead will be filled with struggle ... and coated in marzipan ... "[/B] |
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Spartacus 1960. A slave leads a revolt against a Roman Republic in 73 B.C. Amazing spectacular film from Stanley Kubrick's (who later hated the film), Kirk Douglas plays slave Spartacus who is put to the test in gladiatorial skills and leader of the revolt against superiors. Peter Unison stars as the teacher of the up and coming new gladiators and Charles Laughton as the Roman Senator and Tony Curtis as Antoninus who joins the revolt. Kubrick handled this film well with great cinematography from Russell Matt (although Kubrick wanted to do it himself) and some good stylish effects with the great fight scenes. It may not be accurate or close to the truth but it is exciting to watch with a great background score.
__________________ " I have seen trees that look like tortured souls" |
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Sir Henry At Rawlinson End (1980) Enter this void .... Down at heel aristo blunders his way through life. His extended family are either looney tunes cubed or are chinless hangers on. Never mind the POW camp hidden in the grounds Trevor Howard resembles Vivian's finest creation ably, and a cast of familiar faces shore up the rather ambling script. Keep an eye out for the 'bird impersonation" cough
__________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] [B] "... the days ahead will be filled with struggle ... and coated in marzipan ... "[/B] |
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