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I had no idea until I saw him on Graham Norton that the black guy that was in this (and the lead in Get Out) is a real Londoner.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyrille
Funny as fuck listening to him describing meeting Oprah and Denzel, and the fact that he's taking his mum to the Oscars.
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Brain on Fire (2016).
Awakenings is a good example of how a decent script, top notching acting and skillful direction makes a simple medical story into an excellent film.
Brain on Fire is what happens when you have a rubbish script, mediocre actors and clueless direction that makes a simple medical story into a painful and pale imitation of a Soderbergh movie.
Based on a true story of a New York Times journalist who descended into what she described in her subsequent book as a "month of madness" - when she was wrongly diagnosed with things like Schizophrenia, Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder - this actually had the content to make a top class medical drama.
Sadly they made a right pigs arse of it.
2/10.
Black Panther is for 12 year old boys and Thais, just another Hollywood super hero film that has been done to death now. I rather liked I Tonya, at least it's a bit different, has plenty of swearing, good acting and no out of place darkies cast. Oscar material for sure and deserved, darkie panther will probably get one though for obvious reasons :)
Malila: The Farewell Flower...A Thai film focusing on a gay relationship between two northeastern guys, one a jasmine farmer and one who builds jasmine constructs to display at important events (e.g., someone entering the monkhood). The flower arranger dies and his lover becomes a monk for...good luck? improved karma? The rest of the plot involves the new monk wandering in a forested area while suffering hallucinations (I think), a disgusting scene with a rotting, worm-infested corpse and an imaginary companion monk...confusing, to say the least. Guillermo del Toro might have made something of this jumbled, poorly edited attempt at a "serious" Thai movie...as it is, however, we left the theater wondering what we had just seen: 5/10 (some nice scenes of jasmine harvesting and putting together the various jasmine displays for funerals, etc)...
Creed was good.... sequel coming up this year
Super Fly
Super Fly is a 1972 blaxploitation crime drama film directed by Gordon Parks, Jr., starring Ron O'Neal as Youngblood Priest, an African American cocaine dealer who is trying to quit the underworld drug business.
This film is probably best known for its soundtrack, written and produced by soul musician Curtis Mayfield. Super Fly is one of the few films ever to have been outgrossed by its soundtrack.
Leading man O'Neal reprised his role as Youngblood Priest and directed a sequel to the film titled Super Fly T.N.T. that was released a year later in 1973. Super Fly producer Sig Shore directed a second sequel in 1990, The Return of Superfly.
Super Fly resonated with many of the post-Civil Rights Movement generation of African Americans, who saw Youngblood as a new example of how to rise in the American class system.
Several California organized crime veterans, including drug trafficker "Freeway" Rick Ross, have cited the film as an influence in their decision to take up drug dealing and gang violence.
The Congress for Racial Equality, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other organizations attempted to block the film's distribution and pushed for more African-American involvement in Hollywood's creative process. The Student National Coordinating Committee also protested the film as a tool of white oppression.
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Kinda like a glorified cartoon, if I remember correctly...But it was crazy watching it as the only white in an all-black audience on the edge of a Chicago ghetto...
Fooking energy in that theater was intense...
A bit of history, that one...
Finally watched Three Billboards.
Bloody brilliant 8/10
'The Shape of Water'
I enjoyed this. A bit of whimsy, for a change.
7/10
Again, Pat, how does 'bloody brilliant' equate to 8/10? Would 10/10 necessitate dry cleaning?
If l branded it a 9 or 10, what if an even better film came along and blew my socks off even more?
As you well know, l'm a real fussy bastard when it comes to films
Apparently so...you insist on them being shite.
I'm surprised 3 billboards even made the cut. :D
Good call. I have the old OST album somewhere. The title track and this one are the schnitz.Quote:
Originally Posted by BaitongBoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xatZALKiI8A
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Originally Posted by tomcat
Perhaps this is more u cuppa o tea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddTBPPBH4rc
...your Italian accent is coming along...Quote:
Originally Posted by YourDaddy
The Illustrated Man (1969)
I've had this lurking around for ages and finally got round to watching it tonight. It's an adaptation of three stories from a Ray Bradbury collection published in 1951.
A traveller meets a tattooed stranger whose tattoos tell stories from the future.
It's a sometimes baffling but entertaining watch, and Rod Steiger is at his best.
I won't give anything away but it's a 7/10 for me; watchable as long as you accept that it's somewhat dated.
And now I know where Frank Darabont got the ending for The Mist.
...Phantom Thread with Daniel Day-Lewis, and Vicky Krieps...not a movie for everyone, but I sat through 2.10 hours absorbed in what purports to be a love story between a haute couture designer and his gf? muse? nemesis?...to be avoided by those who think Black Panther is Oscar material: 7.5/10...
Darkest Hour
Humdrum stuff that does what it's supposed to do: provide the platform for Gary Oldman.
There is a cringeworthy scene in the london underground that is so 'pc' it will seem ridiculous to more than just xanax.
Nothing unexpected, nothing learned. Just a story made bite-sized for Hollywood.
Kind of 'Dunkirk McNuggets'.
6/10
^nonsense sir.
Stirring stuff and a loin-girding account of the tense days during the fall of France.
Really enjoyed this. Brilliant portrait of the events that brought an end to the phony war.
I love movies that present a picture of historical events like these in such gripping form and inspire you to dig out more details on how things went down.
8.4/10 for me
For some reason I kept being reminded of Emily Watson when I was watching Oldman in his Churchill get-up. Something about the eyes.
Beast of Burden (2018)
On the face of it, this had potential.
It opens with a lone pilot in a Cessna at night. As it progresses, we get the back story filled in which reveals that he's flying from Mexico to the US and carrying drugs, money and possibly working for the feds, and it all boils down to the wife he's talking to in addition to the rest.
But it gets to the third act and becomes rather rushed and predictable, and the ending is shite.
Plus it's Harry fucking Potter and I'm sorry but I keep waiting for him to shout "Excretio!" or something.
Ultimately disappointing.
4/10
...Red Sparrow with Jennifer Lawrence: an overlong so-so spy thriller with a complicated plot that began to bore me about half-way in...disappointingly familiar terrain as all the Russians were evil and sadistic baddies while their adversaries were only doing their jobs...a number of familiar Brit faces (Jeremy Irons, etc) as the dangerous Russkies with terrible accents: 6/10...
I/Tonya - I enjoyed it.
those yankee hillybilly rednecks are a laugh and the mother was brilliant - what a total fucken bitch. I even felt a bit sorry for young Tonya - growing up in a family surroundings like that , what hope have you got!
And a bit of twirling snatch and legs to complement the story line.
Ungunna give it an 8/10
Mudbound
Tense drama drawing together a few different themes around racism in the southern US around the time of WWII.
Far superior film to the whimsical Shape of Water (although getting to see Sally Hawkins bits bobbing around in the bathtub was worth an honourable mention).
The good thing about the Oscars is at least it threw up a few movie titles I had missed in 2017.
7.8/10
Yep. Enjoyed this film also. Very funny, and poignant at the same time. Talented Tonya just happened to marry a complete loser c/w all his douchebag friends.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ukan Kizmiaz
Classic Mommy line: "You fukc stupid. You don't marry stupid". Right after the wedding party. :rofl:. Some great performances from Margot Robbie as Tonya. and of course Allison Janney who rightly picked up a gong (best supporting actress) for her role as dear ol' Mom.
Call me by your name
I like to know as little about a movie as possible before watching so I stopped reading the preview as soon as it mentioned the professor inviting his student to stay with him and his son.
I had an inkling that this movie could be a tad gay but in the interests of diversity and equality I decided to boldly go with it anyway.
It was an intriguing first hour with some great character development. It felt like French cinema in its heyday at its best, and nothing gay happened at all (as far as my untrained eye could determine).
It seemed like top quality fare. However my fears were confirmed on the hour mark when things took a decidedly gay turn.
I soldiered on using the fast-forward button to get through the scenes involving tongues and fondling and it turned out to be a solidly good effort.
I struggled a little bit with this movie myself but if I was gay I would probably give it a 8.6/10
Get your heels on maybe, Looper...And pop a few ales...Good report...
I enjoyed a Belhaven Scottish Ale and an Old Speckled Hen during that one BB (and a rare cigarette).
Great individual performances from each member of the main cast and a poignantly balanced tale of love lost (or maybe not...).
Old Speckled Hen is fantastic stuff but a tad dry so I add half a teaspoon of syrup and it is the dog's danglers.