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The Beast Within 1/10 - a very poor horror film filled with decent character actors like Ronny Cox and LQ Jones. Badly written by the usually good Tom Holland and badly directed by the usually bad Phillipe Mora. A sort of werewolf or possession film with one laughable transformation sequence an unsympathetic male lead, a back story that no one cares about and poor death scenes. Suspense free and very stupid.
I remember this film when it was released. Worse than bad, dull! I believe there is an actor named Luke Askew in this film. His surname is pronounced "Ass-koo" but I non-lovingly refer to him as "Luke eh-skew."
That anecdote is your additional punishment for having watched and posted about so many piss-poor films. 
I always seem to see Luke askew films too. Watching Polanski's Repulsion at the moment and not really liking it either. Mag finish it another day.
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Repulsion - 4/10 - A personality-free French lady goes insane in London in black and white in the the 60s. Some great camera work but I had no empathy for the main character and found the film dragged. A film I can appreciate the quality if rather than actually get enjoyment or entertainment from.
Deadly Hero 3/10 - white cop shoots james earl jones, after jones has robbed a woman in her home. The only problem is Jones had dropped his knife and thrown up his arms in surrender at the time. 40 years in it seems eerily relevant to the last few weeks. The killer cop in this goes on to terrorize the woman into changing her statement.
Captain America: Civil War 7.5/10 Lots of entertainment in what is essentially just a series of repetitive fight scenes. But most of them are well done, the characters are fun and Spidey was actually great. A long film hit didn't really feel it and some nice emotional beats in it.
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Jul 24, 2016 - 1:25 PM
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Star Trek Beyond - 6.5/10
Saw this last night in 2D. Got goosebumps when Giacchino's theme opened over the logos, and again when Courage's original was used. One thing I agree with brother Solium about is that it wasn't an improvement on the first two, which we enjoyed immensely. This felt like a little step back, and I've been wondering in idle moments why that would be. I think a large part of it is the writing, and Simon Pegg's general over-exposure in the film. And his pantomime Scottish accent.
The best parts for me were the score and Karl Urban's McCoy, closely followed by Jaylah - who I'd be happy to see in subsequent films, but preferably scripted by others. This one played a little like Star Trek Fury Road in the final third, including the motorcycle bit. I personally wasn't keen on the way that rock music happened to play a part in the solution to the attack on The Yorktown - just a bit lazy and reminded me of Mars Attacks...nor of the repeated reference to the previous cast
Unlike the previous two, I won't be in a hurry to get this one on bluray, but I should say that the other three in our party enjoyed it a lot more than I did.
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Hey dont be dissing mr Askew.
Brilliant in Cool hand luke, one of the magnificent 7 who rode.
Good in Northfield minnesota raid and plenty others.
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Btw what was that awful, awful horror film with peter cushing (i think) - it waz a werewolf (there wolf) film but also set up as a whodunnit and they stop the film and ask audience to make their minds up?
So bad it was laughable.
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Btw what was that awful, awful horror film with peter cushing (i think) - it waz a werewolf (there wolf) film but also set up as a whodunnit and they stop the film and ask audience to make their minds up?
So bad it was laughable.
The Beast Must Die. It was poor. Not as fun as it shôuld have been.
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Demolition 5/10 - A man gets over the death of his wife in that quirky way Hollywood loves. Meeting odd troubled types and being darkly odd. It's watchable cos of Jake Gylenhall but not great.
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Btw what was that awful, awful horror film with peter cushing (i think) - it waz a werewolf (there wolf) film but also set up as a whodunnit and they stop the film and ask audience to make their minds up?
So bad it was laughable.
The Beast Must Die. It was poor. Not as fun as it shôuld have been.
well done. Wouldnt have given it 0.5 out if ten.
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Jul 25, 2016 - 5:58 AM
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I remember this film when it was released. Worse than bad, dull! I believe there is an actor named Luke Askew in this film. His surname is pronounced "Ass-koo" but I non-lovingly refer to him as "Luke eh-skew."
DO you really pronounce this name Ass-Koo? I know you miss the "yer" sound out of words like "stupid/stoopid" and "new/noo" but I don't ever recall noticing it missing from words like "Askew" and "Pardue".
Not mocking how you lot talk, you understand, but it's something I need to, heh, ask you.
Woops, that should have been "Ass-cue", not "Ass-koo."
Even I make mistakes...sometimes.
Oh, and never mention Pardue again, even in jest, or if we are in fact actually talking about him.
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Jul 25, 2016 - 6:23 AM
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Tall Guy
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I remember this film when it was released. Worse than bad, dull! I believe there is an actor named Luke Askew in this film. His surname is pronounced "Ass-koo" but I non-lovingly refer to him as "Luke eh-skew."
DO you really pronounce this name Ass-Koo? I know you miss the "yer" sound out of words like "stupid/stoopid" and "new/noo" but I don't ever recall noticing it missing from words like "Askew" and "Pardue".
Not mocking how you lot talk, you understand, but it's something I need to, heh, ask you.
Woops, that should have been "Ass-cue", not "Ass-koo."
Even I make mistakes...sometimes.
Oh, and never mention Pardue again, even in jest, or if we are in fact actually talking about him.
Thanks for the clarification, and I won't.
And Ass-Queue would have been funnier, in hindsight (ahem)
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Jul 30, 2016 - 8:54 AM
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CAFÉ SOCIETY 5/10
As some of you may know, I am a longtime Woody Allen fan. I loved his previous two films even though most critics did not. This latest film has lukewarm reviews but are more positive than for the two previous efforts, Magic in the Moonlight and Irrational Man. I, however, was sorely disappointed with CAFÉ SOCIETY.
Despite a game Jesse Eisenberg performance and an all-too-brief role from the luminescent Blake Lively--who should really be named Blake LOVELY, this was a disappointment. While there were about a dozen funny lines, the film consisted largely of flat, pedestrian dialogue between Eisenberg and the wooden Kristen Stewart, an underwritten Steve Carrell, and an utterly wasted use of the charming Parker Posey, whose character served absolutely no purpose in this film. In fact, everyone and everything was underwritten in this.
On the plus side there were beautiful sets, cinematorgraphy, art direction, costumes, and music, but everything about the movie was half baked. Not Woody's worst, but towards the bottom.
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