Been getting a fair bit of online review work recently, lots of it is Disney TV movie stuff, but also a few indie flicks.
Ema was very interesting. A couple break up after their adopted child turns out to be a rotter. She’s a dancer, very rebellious, and he’s a choreographer (it’s all modern expressionism stuff). I like the style of director Pablo Larrain, I thought his previous film Jackie was very well presented. Strange for him to revert to Chile again, I’d like to see him do something mainstream. Still, Ema is a very different film if you’re looking for an off-beat drama with the odd twist. (3/5)
Also saw To The Stars which is a 60s-set coming of age drama that borders on cliche - shy girl comes out of her shell and learns to deal with school cliques, bullies and a bitchy mother - before finding something under a surface that initially seemed quite shallow. (4/5)
Oh and a Russian movie called Why Won’t You Just Die! - would rather not say too much but if you come across it and consider it - pull the trigger and watch it. It’s a lot of fun. You won’t regret it. (4/5).
Netflix’s The Wrong Missy isn’t as bad as I feared. (3/7)
Have you seen 'Tony Manero' and 'No' by Larrain? I strongly recommend them both.
Thought it was really good. Pretty scary considering
Agreed .. I have just watched this on DVD .. now we know where the pandemic terminology comes from .. more informative, if of course, highly dramatized, than most of the documentaries I have seen about the current pandemic. Ironically Minneapolis features a lot, a city now going through another regrettable kind of epidemic
Thought it was really good. Pretty scary considering
Agreed .. I have just watched this on DVD .. now we know where the pandemic terminology comes from .. more informative, if of course, highly dramatized, than most of the documentaries I have seen about the current pandemic. Ironically Minneapolis features a lot, a city now going through another regrettable kind of epidemic
Watched it about a week ago - remarkably prescient considering where we are now. Recommend it.
Thought it was really good. Pretty scary considering
Agreed .. I have just watched this on DVD .. now we know where the pandemic terminology comes from .. more informative, if of course, highly dramatized, than most of the documentaries I have seen about the current pandemic. Ironically Minneapolis features a lot, a city now going through another regrettable kind of epidemic
Watched it about a week ago - remarkably prescient considering where we are now. Recommend it.
A lot of the science is generally accurate but they make the vaccine/cure, can't remember which, far too quickly.
Thought it was really good. Pretty scary considering
Agreed .. I have just watched this on DVD .. now we know where the pandemic terminology comes from .. more informative, if of course, highly dramatized, than most of the documentaries I have seen about the current pandemic. Ironically Minneapolis features a lot, a city now going through another regrettable kind of epidemic
Watched it about a week ago - remarkably prescient considering where we are now. Recommend it.
A lot of the science is generally accurate but they make the vaccine/cure, can't remember which, far too quickly.
Thought it was really good. Pretty scary considering
Agreed .. I have just watched this on DVD .. now we know where the pandemic terminology comes from .. more informative, if of course, highly dramatized, than most of the documentaries I have seen about the current pandemic. Ironically Minneapolis features a lot, a city now going through another regrettable kind of epidemic
Watched it about a week ago - remarkably prescient considering where we are now. Recommend it.
A lot of the science is generally accurate but they make the vaccine/cure, can't remember which, far too quickly.
I always make allowances for 'poetic licence' and a happy ending, else the planet would be devoid of humans ((:>)
Thought it was really good. Pretty scary considering
Agreed .. I have just watched this on DVD .. now we know where the pandemic terminology comes from .. more informative, if of course, highly dramatized, than most of the documentaries I have seen about the current pandemic. Ironically Minneapolis features a lot, a city now going through another regrettable kind of epidemic
Watched it about a week ago - remarkably prescient considering where we are now. Recommend it.
A lot of the science is generally accurate but they make the vaccine/cure, can't remember which, far too quickly.
Thought it was really good. Pretty scary considering
Agreed .. I have just watched this on DVD .. now we know where the pandemic terminology comes from .. more informative, if of course, highly dramatized, than most of the documentaries I have seen about the current pandemic. Ironically Minneapolis features a lot, a city now going through another regrettable kind of epidemic
Watched it about a week ago - remarkably prescient considering where we are now. Recommend it.
A lot of the science is generally accurate but they make the vaccine/cure, can't remember which, far too quickly.
I always make allowances for 'poetic licence' and a happy ending, else the planet would be devoid of humans ((:>)
Indeed. I didn't say the filmmakers were wrong to do it so quickly in the film, only that scientifically it wasn't accurate.
I’m sure it’s previously featured on this thread - it’s the biopic about a guy with learning difficulties, who became Stoke City’s kit man. We watched it again on iPlayer this week and it was just as good the second time around. If you’ve not seen it, I’d definitely tune in. Toby Jones is excellent as Neil and the drama is interspersed with chats between him and the man himself. A deserved winner of two BAFTAs.
I’m sure it’s previously featured on this thread - it’s the biopic about a guy with learning difficulties, who became Stoke City’s kit man. We watched it again on iPlayer this week and it was just as good the second time around. If you’ve not seen it, I’d definitely tune in. Toby Jones is excellent as Neil and the drama is interspersed with chats between him and the man himself. A deserved winner of two BAFTAs.
A horror film, which is not normally my thing. Five American students attend a Swedish rural midsummer festival run by a pagan cult and things turn predictably nasty. Definite shades of 'The Wicker Man' and Florence Pugh is, as usual, very good.
Eurovision (Netflix)
A musical comedy spoof, as two small-town Icelandic singers - Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams - chase glory at the Eurovision Song Contest. It is complete and utter nonsense but I quite enjoyed it as the film went on. A useful antidote to the concession of late goals at Griffin Park
Thought it was really good. Pretty scary considering
Agreed .. I have just watched this on DVD .. now we know where the pandemic terminology comes from .. more informative, if of course, highly dramatized, than most of the documentaries I have seen about the current pandemic. Ironically Minneapolis features a lot, a city now going through another regrettable kind of epidemic
Watched it about a week ago - remarkably prescient considering where we are now. Recommend it.
A lot of the science is generally accurate but they make the vaccine/cure, can't remember which, far too quickly.
Thought it was really good. Pretty scary considering
Agreed .. I have just watched this on DVD .. now we know where the pandemic terminology comes from .. more informative, if of course, highly dramatized, than most of the documentaries I have seen about the current pandemic. Ironically Minneapolis features a lot, a city now going through another regrettable kind of epidemic
Watched it about a week ago - remarkably prescient considering where we are now. Recommend it.
A lot of the science is generally accurate but they make the vaccine/cure, can't remember which, far too quickly.
I always make allowances for 'poetic licence' and a happy ending, else the planet would be devoid of humans ((:>)
Indeed. I didn't say the filmmakers were wrong to do it so quickly in the film, only that scientifically it wasn't accurate.
I find it interesting that films with 'realistic' tones get kicked a bit for doing anything unrealistic. Gravity springs to mind here - a film that treated the vacuum of space in a way that few, if any space films had before. But it's a popcorn action thriller, so most of it is not remotely close to realistic - nor is it supposed to be (stuff like using the fire extinguisher, the distances between space stations, Clooney tugging on the rope)! It's the marketing that leads to a backlash I think.
Anyone else seen the newly released 'horror' film Saint Maud? We went this weekend with high hopes after reading Mark Kermode's gushing review in which he reckons it is Oscar winning material. Well, we were greatly unimpressed. Only one 'fright' moment in the whole film. We didn't buy into the 'loneliness' angle of the main character and found the whole thing slow and tedious.
That is 3 terrible films on the bounce for us; this, 23 Walks and Tenet. It's slim pickings at the moment. We were literally the only ones in one film and 2 of 8 people in Odeon Orpington on Saturday for SM. The film industry is gonna struggle to survive if this carries on. We keep going back as we live locally and have Limitless cards. That said, the poor offerings really are testing my 'limits' now.
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Thought the planes could have dropped the message.
A horror film, which is not normally my thing. Five American students attend a Swedish rural midsummer festival run by a pagan cult and things turn predictably nasty. Definite shades of 'The Wicker Man' and Florence Pugh is, as usual, very good.
Eurovision (Netflix)
A musical comedy spoof, as two small-town Icelandic singers - Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams - chase glory at the Eurovision Song Contest. It is complete and utter nonsense but I quite enjoyed it as the film went on. A useful antidote to the concession of late goals at Griffin Park
Pretty original and worth watching. Gets good reviews as well, 92% on rotten tomatoes.
Anyone else seen the newly released 'horror' film Saint Maud? We went this weekend with high hopes after reading Mark Kermode's gushing review in which he reckons it is Oscar winning material. Well, we were greatly unimpressed. Only one 'fright' moment in the whole film. We didn't buy into the 'loneliness' angle of the main character and found the whole thing slow and tedious.
That is 3 terrible films on the bounce for us; this, 23 Walks and Tenet. It's slim pickings at the moment. We were literally the only ones in one film and 2 of 8 people in Odeon Orpington on Saturday for SM. The film industry is gonna struggle to survive if this carries on. We keep going back as we live locally and have Limitless cards. That said, the poor offerings really are testing my 'limits' now.