Two from us coming out shortly that I think are very good : -
Mr Burton
Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs The Post Office) and Harry Lawtey (Joker 2) play Phillip Burton the teacher and young Richard Burton and how he became Richard Burton (won't spoil the film) but it's very good and expect lots of great reviews and nominations for the film.
Boxing film with great cast and a really good watch. Trailer is great and has had loads of watches and comments already - Boardwalk Empire gang back together - again a very good film.
I promise to only promote my good films - plenty of rubbish ones we release too!
If I've ever seen Toby Jones in a poor film I cant remember it. He seems to pick good roles in good films.
I agree . One of my favourite films is Marvellous .
Mine too. The billing of it is all wrong: "Part biopic, part musical, and part fantasy..." which would have deterred me were it not for TJ starring in it. It's a very uplifting film indeed.
Also I didn't watch Detectorists for years thinking it would be a meh little sitcom to keep the middle class, middle aged viewer slumped on the sofa. Turned out to be possibly my favourite ever series, beautifully driven by McKenzie Crook and TJ's friendship and on screen chemistry, full of very British subtle humour.
This is the film about two American cousins doing a Polish tour in honour of their recently deceased grandma and visiting her old house. Given the amount of critical acclaim the film has received, I’m afraid I found it disappointing. Maybe it’s just me, but I didn’t find it particularly amusing or poignant.
This is the film about two American cousins doing a Polish tour in honour of their recently deceased grandma and visiting her old house. Given the amount of critical acclaim the film has received, I’m afraid I found it disappointing. Maybe it’s just me, but I didn’t find it particularly amusing or poignant.
I really liked it, great performances from the leads.
I wasn’t sure what to make of A Real Pain for much of the movie. My main issue was not wanting to spend so much time with two characters who were that bloody irritating.
As it progressed it really grew on me, and by the end I thought it was one of the best dramas I’ve seen in a long while. Yeah it’s a comedy too, but that’s not what the film’s really about.
Culkin is brilliant as Benji and it takes to the very end of the movie to really understand what’s happening there.
This is the film about two American cousins doing a Polish tour in honour of their recently deceased grandma and visiting her old house. Given the amount of critical acclaim the film has received, I’m afraid I found it disappointing. Maybe it’s just me, but I didn’t find it particularly amusing or poignant.
I really liked it, great performances from the leads.
Practically everyone I know who’s seen it also really liked it. I recognise I’m a bit of an outlier here
Saw “ A Complete Unknown “ yesterday. A great film and a must for all Dylan fans.
Just been to see it and agree it’s fantastic. I’m not a Dylan fan (nothing against him, just don’t know his music beyond the super famous songs) but thought it was great. I’m sure I’ll spend the next few weeks listening to Dylan on repeat!!
Not a Robbie Williams fan in the slightest. In fact I’d say quite the opposite. The Mrs got tickets but what a film. The best I’ve seen in years. Highly recommend it.
Saw it today, not a Robbie Williams fan but what a great film. Very poignant and sad in places, not sure how he's still here tbh
Got to see Gladiator 2 via Amazon Prime. Whilst the original film showed us how terrific sword and sandals movies could be, this one gives you an idea of why they went out of fashion. Absolutely no historical context, entertaining but ridiculous battle scenes, thin plot (despite it supposedly being a follow up to Glad 1) and awful script.
As long as you don't run away with the idea that it is an accurate portrayal of Dylan's life, but is, rather, someone using half-facts and and some total inaccuracies to tell their slant on the story, A Complete Unknown is really entertaining.
Watched Anora, gotta be one of the most overrated new films I've seen lately. Can't believe the hype around it. The storyline is so simple. The nudity/X-rated content is too much and I fastforwarded most of it.
After that I watched the flop sequel to Joker and surprisingly, I actually kind of liked it. I don't mind musicals (I actually like a few famous musicals such as Les Mis) and some of the songs in Joker 2 are quite good I think. The main theme of the film continues to be the same as the first one and as someone from a certain place, it hit really hard for me....... Not many people from where I am feel the same about the film though.
I wasn’t sure what to make of A Real Pain for much of the movie. My main issue was not wanting to spend so much time with two characters who were that bloody irritating.
As it progressed it really grew on me, and by the end I thought it was one of the best dramas I’ve seen in a long while. Yeah it’s a comedy too, but that’s not what the film’s really about.
Culkin is brilliant as Benji and it takes to the very end of the movie to really understand what’s happening there.
Not much to add to Jimmy's review, he's absolutely spot on. I saw the film today and enjoyed it more as it went on. I wouldnt describe it as a comedy, but it has its lighter moments.
A footnote: Marcia is played by Jennifer Grey of Dirty Dancing fame. You'd never recognise her, and I must say she's aged very well.
Another big plus from me for Complete Unknown. Loved it and in particular the way it got across how special it must have felt to hear those tracks for the first time.
Of course it’s not fully accurate as that doesn’t make a story but there is enough substance and underlying truth. Call it artistic licence. Dylan himself apparently added an idea in. Speculation is that it is the Bette Davis movie which was a good device.
Superb performance by Chalamet. He is ludicrously talented.
Can't stand musicals and walked out of Wicked after half an hour because I forgot just how intolerable I find them (...also watching a painfully thin Ariana Grande was difficult on the eyes).
So it was with trepidation that I switched on Emilia Perez. I only went and enjoyed it. Key difference here is that there are next to zero set piece songs (a couple I mildly fast forwarded through as I got the gist early enough). Instead, about half the script that is put to song. I could handle that as the plot continued at a sensible pace, rather than have a chorus bleat on for five minutes repetitively. Somehow the voices fit the characters and I barely noticed they were singing at times. As for the script...yes it is far fetched but it is good, gritty and it is also coherent. Acting was strong from most of the cast.
Not sure it is '13 Academy nominations' good but it is worthy of a couple of awards.
Also watched 'Sing Sing' which covers a well trod cinematic theme but is still done very well. It has little new to say but it is well acted and a good film.
Still have 4 Best picture nominees to see but going against the grain on here it seems, I'm currently Team Anora.
Can't stand musicals and walked out of Wicked after half an hour because I forgot just how intolerable I find them (...also watching a painfully thin Ariana Grande was difficult on the eyes).
So it was with trepidation that I switched on Emilia Perez. I only went and enjoyed it. Key difference here is that there are next to zero set piece songs (a couple I mildly fast forwarded through as I got the gist early enough). Instead, about half the script that is put to song. I could handle that as the plot continued at a sensible pace, rather than have a chorus bleat on for five minutes repetitively. Somehow the voices fit the characters and I barely noticed they were singing at times. As for the script...yes it is far fetched but it is good, gritty and it is also coherent. Acting was strong from most of the cast.
Not sure it is '13 Academy nominations' good but it is worthy of a couple of awards.
Also watched 'Sing Sing' which covers a well trod cinematic theme but is still done very well. It has little new to say but it is well acted and a good film.
Still have 4 Best picture nominees to see but going against the grain on here it seems, I'm currently Team Anora.
What a lousy year for movies 2024 was if that’s the best they can come up with. I hope Conclave or The Substance win but somehow I don’t think either will .
I also really enjoyed Emilia Perez. If anyone hasn't seen A Prophet by the same director, it's a top drawer prison/gangster movie (with no singing). Think it's on Netflix at the moment.
I was back in the UK with my daughters and I suggested we try a West End show, and they opted for Wicked.
At the interval they thought it had finished and were furious when they found out they had around another hour to grind through and demanded to leave. i was happy to go - the songs were shite and the storeyline obvious and unamusing. No way would I consider watching the film.
I was back in the UK with my daughters and I suggested we try a West End show, and they opted for Wicked.
At the interval they thought it had finished and were furious when they found out they had around another hour to grind through and demanded to leave. i was happy to go - the songs were shite and the storeyline obvious and unamusing. No way would I consider watching the film.
And what's even worse with the film is you sit through over 2 hours of mind numbingingly shite songs and story arc only to find out they've split the pathetic excuse for a storyline into two parts and in my case, gf is going to expect for me to not only pay for her to watch the second half but also for myself and for me to sit through it.
Watched " Blitz" this afternoon at the Trinity theatre in TW.
Thoroughly enjoyed it, especially the lad who was in 80% of the scenes. Remarkable. And a Must See.
I confess to being quite emotional when it ended and as we got back in the car, listened to the sentencing of someone whose name I can't even bear to utter.
One, showing the resilience & fortitude of Brits during the devastating war years when everyone came together, looking after one another against the unseen enemy .
The other, an example of the evil that walks among us in human form & is likely to be invisible until it strikes, like the bombing , without warning.
My tears were for the touching film I'd been fortunate to choose but also for those whose lives are shattered by the depraved actions of those intent on destruction of the innocent.
Watched Nosferatu at the weekend. Thought it was dreadful. I’m genuinely astounded by some of the glowing reports here. Don’t get me wrong, it looks beautiful - the cinematography is outstanding, but the film itself was a self indulgent borefest. I found the performances excruciating. It’s a bad sign when the best acting is from Chris Finch from The Office. It seemed everyone was vying for the “Chewing the Scenery” award. I love Willem Defoe, but for a while I thought he was playing for laughs. Nicholas Hoult and Lily Rose Depp were impossible to empathise with. And I can’t think of two characters I gave less of a toss about than the couple who were their friends. The less said about the boss at Nicholas Hoult’s office the better. Appalling. And I haven’t even got onto the risible setting of “Germany - years later” populated with faux cockney peasants yet. I’ve read that this was maybe a deliberate decision, which just stinks of pretension to me, but deliberate or not, it was ridiculous.
I’m sure many will like it and it does appear I’m in the minority here, but I’m of the opinion that if the best thing about a film is the cinematography, it’s probably not that good a movie. Pretty, yes. But not good. I found it uninteresting, badly acted, unconvincing, devoid of truly scary, exciting, funny or thought provoking moments and too long and slow. One thing I will say was that the Orlok character was very creepy. But to be fair, if he wasn’t, that’d be incredible.
Watched " Blitz" this afternoon at the Trinity theatre in TW.
Thoroughly enjoyed it, especially the lad who was in 80% of the scenes. Remarkable. And a Must See.
I confess to being quite emotional when it ended and as we got back in the car, listened to the sentencing of someone whose name I can't even bear to utter.
One, showing the resilience & fortitude of Brits during the devastating war years when everyone came together, looking after one another against the unseen enemy .
The other, an example of the evil that walks among us in human form & is likely to be invisible until it strikes, like the bombing , without warning.
My tears were for the touching film I'd been fortunate to choose but also for those whose lives are shattered by the depraved actions of those intent on destruction of the innocent.
Jean, is this the film starring Saoirse Ronan? I really like her and also have always loved the war genre. I saw the trailer last year and was looking forward to it. But when it came out it received very lukewarm reviews and is currently rated 5.4/10 on a website here equivalent of IMDB/Letterboxd. Seeing as you loved it and was obviously very moved by it, I think I'll give it a look. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
A complete unknown was very enjoyable. Nothing groundbreaking and like much of Dylan’s interviews, made up / fiction / playing with the timeline but that ok as it’s a film, not a documentary.
The soundtrack is excellent and the singing by the leads very good. Chammalet can do no wrong.
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which would have deterred me were it not for TJ starring in it. It's a very uplifting film indeed.
Also I didn't watch Detectorists for years thinking it would be a meh little sitcom to keep the middle class, middle aged viewer slumped on the sofa. Turned out to be possibly my favourite ever series, beautifully driven by McKenzie Crook and TJ's friendship and on screen chemistry, full of very British subtle humour.
Passed a couple of hours but I thought it a bit rushed and storyline on the weak side.
I really enjoyed it. I do love Cameron Diaz, she really doesn’t take herself seriously.
After that I watched the flop sequel to Joker and surprisingly, I actually kind of liked it. I don't mind musicals (I actually like a few famous musicals such as Les Mis) and some of the songs in Joker 2 are quite good I think. The main theme of the film continues to be the same as the first one and as someone from a certain place, it hit really hard for me....... Not many people from where I am feel the same about the film though.
So it was with trepidation that I switched on Emilia Perez. I only went and enjoyed it. Key difference here is that there are next to zero set piece songs (a couple I mildly fast forwarded through as I got the gist early enough). Instead, about half the script that is put to song. I could handle that as the plot continued at a sensible pace, rather than have a chorus bleat on for five minutes repetitively. Somehow the voices fit the characters and I barely noticed they were singing at times. As for the script...yes it is far fetched but it is good, gritty and it is also coherent. Acting was strong from most of the cast.
Not sure it is '13 Academy nominations' good but it is worthy of a couple of awards.
Also watched 'Sing Sing' which covers a well trod cinematic theme but is still done very well. It has little new to say but it is well acted and a good film.
Still have 4 Best picture nominees to see but going against the grain on here it seems, I'm currently Team Anora.
More A.I is bad if left unchecked, Good if kept in line.
An interesting idea, but to be honest this is more CGI war against the machines than it is story telling. J.Lo is still fit.
5/10
At the interval they thought it had finished and were furious when they found out they had around another hour to grind through and demanded to leave. i was happy to go - the songs were shite and the storeyline obvious and unamusing. No way would I consider watching the film.
Thoroughly enjoyed it, especially the lad who was in 80% of the scenes. Remarkable. And a Must See.
I confess to being quite emotional when it ended and as we got back in the car, listened to the sentencing of someone whose name I can't even bear to utter.
One, showing the resilience & fortitude of Brits during the devastating war years when everyone came together, looking after one another against the unseen enemy .
The other, an example of the evil that walks among us in human form & is likely to be invisible until it strikes, like the bombing , without warning.
My tears were for the touching film I'd been fortunate to choose but also for those whose lives are shattered by the depraved actions of those intent on destruction of the innocent.
Don’t get me wrong, it looks beautiful - the cinematography is outstanding, but the film itself was a self indulgent borefest. I found the performances excruciating. It’s a bad sign when the best acting is from Chris Finch from The Office. It seemed everyone was vying for the “Chewing the Scenery” award. I love Willem Defoe, but for a while I thought he was playing for laughs. Nicholas Hoult and Lily Rose Depp were impossible to empathise with. And I can’t think of two characters I gave less of a toss about than the couple who were their friends. The less said about the boss at Nicholas Hoult’s office the better. Appalling.
And I haven’t even got onto the risible setting of “Germany - years later” populated with faux cockney peasants yet. I’ve read that this was maybe a deliberate decision, which just stinks of pretension to me, but deliberate or not, it was ridiculous.
I’m sure many will like it and it does appear I’m in the minority here, but I’m of the opinion that if the best thing about a film is the cinematography, it’s probably not that good a movie. Pretty, yes. But not good. I found it uninteresting, badly acted, unconvincing, devoid of truly scary, exciting, funny or thought provoking moments and too long and slow.
One thing I will say was that the Orlok character was very creepy. But to be fair, if he wasn’t, that’d be incredible.
Maybe I’ve just misunderstood it. 🤷🏻♂️
Its a scary movie that isn't scary.
Liked it. Didn't love it enough to push hard for it.