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16th May 2022, 07:47 PM
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16th May 2022, 08:03 PM
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| Casino. 1995. Robert De Niro plays the executive for a casino in Las Vegas Sam 'Ace' Rothstein while Joe Pesci plays the mob enforcer Nicky who wants to work in the area and Sharon Stone as the socialite who marries into the casino business and causes problems. Martin Scorsese always knows how to make a classic film, mixed with Drama, thriller and action, watched the 4K UHD that was just pure bliss but had to turn down the volume when Nicky and Dominic meet their demise, never cringed at that but today that was painful to hear a baseball bat meeting bones and skull. movieposter.jpg
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16th May 2022, 11:56 PM
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| Phenomena. 1985. Jennifer heads to Switzerland to attend a boarding school and meets Doctor MacGregor who's assistant was recently killed. With aid of insects which Jennifer can control go in search of the killer. One of Mr Argento's finest films, with the opening shot of the Swiss country side and hills and great opening score by Simon Boswell just adds to the chill of the start of the film. Jennifer Connelly and Donald Pleasance make a great crime duo, Daria Nicolodi plays a school teacher who ends up loosing her head thanks to a chimpanzee. If anyone is thinking of buying the 4K UHD boxset it's worth it, Italian Version is in English but some parts are in Italian so be aware of that little issue but doesn't happen often. maxresdefault (2).jpg Have a good night all i'm off to my 
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17th May 2022, 02:02 PM
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| Fear Dot Com. 2002. A New York Detective teams up with a Health Inspector and try to find out why people are dying within 48 hours after logging on to a online site. This one has seem to grown on me a lot, I will admit it's no masterpiece by William Malone and seems to copy or borrow some elements from The Ring except the female lead is not a journalist but a health inspector. Stephen Dorff and Natascha McElhorne plays the leads who are investigating a mysterious death that could be linked to a missing girl. Stephen Rea plays the mad man in this, his acting skills are good but could have been touched up a bit more to be a serial killer, it does help to pass time. v1.bjsyndc1odg4o2o7mtg3otm7mtiwmdsyntawoze0mdy.jpeg
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17th May 2022, 03:09 PM
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| Paranormal Activity: Next Of Kin (2021, William Eubank) Having given up on these after the 5th one, this one fell in my lap so gave it a punt. A young woman desires to learn about her heritage, which seems to be Amish going by the community they encounter. So far, so good, right?  It takes an age to get going and the ending made me wish this had been a different film, or at least the film had a different focal point as I was quite taken with what transpires. It's nothing like Witness ... in case you wondered   Ahem.
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17th May 2022, 06:16 PM
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| sr_1281229_large.jpg elektra-cinema-quad-movie-poster-(2).jpg DAREDEVIL DIRECTORS CUT (2003) ELEKTRA DIRECTORS CUT (2005) A step back in time to to two Marvel movies that seem mostly forgotten now with the MCU movies taken over. People seem to forget that these movies along with movies like BLADE, GHOST RIDER, THE PUNISHER etc.. were the start of the franchise.. and X-MEN. Both DAREDEVIL and ELEKTRA in thier directors cut editions are far better than their theatrical cut versions. DAREDEVIL being a big 30mins extra, removing scenes from the theatrical cut and adding extra scenes to give more scope to the movie. ELEKTRA has only about 3mins extra but the inserted moments add a bit more to her character. Good to watch again and I enjoyed both movies as it has been many years since I last watched these. |
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17th May 2022, 06:28 PM
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| The Night of the Generals (1967) Part giallo style murder mystery part adaptation of the events of Operation Valkyrie. This star studded mystery is an original war drama set in Poland and Paris. The bulk of the film concentrates on sadistic German General Tanz, played by a brilliant Peter O' Toole, a general who simply destroys whole neighbourhoods of Warsaw with his Panzer division when the resistance takes a pot shot at him on a city tour. He's one of three generals who can't reveal their whereabouts when a general was identified, or at least his trouser legs were when a prostitute was brutally murdered. Omar Sharif's Major Grau investigates the murder as the girl was a German spy and vital to stopping the Polish resistance. The Night of the Generals is a different sort of war film. There's no action barring Tanz's destruction of a Polish street. All the way through it has a vibe of decadence similar in ways to Cabaret (1972) and i'm sure it influenced the Eurocine films of the late 70's such as Fraulein Devil and Special Train for Hitler. It's this decadence, the feeling that the Germans can get away with anything that dominates the film making the whole thing quite seedy. O'Toole's seemingly detached from reality performance just adds to the grime. The film has a terrific cast. Along with the aforementioned O'Toole and Sharif there's Tom Courtenay, Charles Gray, Donald Pleasence, Christopher Plummer, Gordon Jackson, and Joanna Pettet among a cast of familiar faces from British film. As the plot unfolds and it transpires that two of the generals are involved in Valkyrie - the plot to kill Hitler as the Allies moved into Germany - then this takes centre stage over the giallo procedural aspects of tracking down the killer. At two hours eighteen minutes the film is a touch too long, but on the whole The Night of the Generals is a nice blend of genres and an excellent piece of cinema. The Eureka Blu-ray boasts a cracking picture. |
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17th May 2022, 08:33 PM
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| Green Room. 2015. A punk band playing at a gig witness a killing by a bunch of Neo-Nazi's and become the next target, and a night of survival ensues. This one I have been holding off to watch as some Neo-Nazi films can be upsetting and disturbing, this certainly delivers a few good punches in it and can be gripping and cringe worthy. It's interesting to see Sir Patrick Stewart take on a different role and become a leader of a group of skin heads and holds nothing back to being a calm talkative person with a hidden agenda. Anton Yelchin plays a band member who tries to help his friends survive the brutality that dished out. This does have a slow start but writer and director Jeremy Saulnier certainly follows the rule of the innocent must suffer, there is violence from half way through and tense moments right up to the end but this was certainly enjoyable to watch. MV5BMjU1ODQ5NzA0N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDg5MTA5NzE@._V1_.jpg
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17th May 2022, 08:58 PM
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| It might not be quite as shocking and disturbing as it once was , but it's still a classic horror that gave birth to one of the icons of horror. A classic. Now watching a homoerotic masterpiece. Which will be followed by the greatest homoerotic masterpiece in preparation for it's sequel. Which probably won't be homoerotic. [ Last edited by trebor8273; 17th May 2022 at 09:11 PM. |
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