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The Hateful Eight 9/10. The second time I've seen the Blu-ray, the third time I've seen the film. I think it's a classic. If it's the same the next time I see it, it's going to be 10/10.
You and I seem to be the only H*ful lovers!
I think I would have given it that extra "10' had he left out the 'c#$#$sucking scene"
Not so much for the exploitative nature of the scene but it seemed an obvious reference to "the Desert" sequence in GBU (heat v. cold etc) something QT had avoided throughout the film for the most part
brm
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tg - nudity and violence in novocento? can i borrow it???! ha ha.
you really want a peek at Gerard Depidodoo's penis?
scrap that then. Wot no totty??!
Tbh, its been so many years since i saw 1900 i remember nothing except statue of liberty in the fog, and nowt else.
Sky arts tonight at 3am has an old south bank show on bertolucci from 1987.
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The Revenant 6/10 - I really wanted to like this movie more, but it's such a show-off piece for the director and SOOOOO much wanting to be a SERIOUS FILM.
It is stupendous to look at, really wonderful, but the trick camera work keeps calling attention to itself, like "Hey, Ma, looit me screwing around with the camera, ain't I neato?". It is VERY well done, exceptionally skillful, but, distracting.
And...man, was DiCaprio's character the MOST UNLUCKY GUY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD or what? Disaster after disaster befalls the poor guy, I almost expected him to step on a rake in the snow so it'd pop up and whap him in the face,
kinda like this - 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w6L93kD3xw
And that final shot was a groaner.
The score was okay, but towards the end, especially in the big climactic conflict, it was pretty awful.
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Must see that again then TG.
Point blank (2010)
not the marvin one but recent French thriller about a male nurse who is forced to help a criminal when they kidnap his pregnant wife. Fast paced and slickly-made, its a battle of wits between the nurse and the crim and trying to avoid a squad of rogue cops.
8.5 out of ten.
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He'll or High Water 7.8/10 nicely directed and well acted but fairly straight forward tale of bank robbery.
Pandorum 3.5/10 derivative and repetitive space fantasy horror. Good actors but rubbish direction/editing. Watchable though if yer in the right mood.
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The Boss 2.5/10 - Pretty bad forced comedy. Melissa McCarthy seems to be exactly the same in every film except in St Vincent.
Central Intelligence 4/10 - a couple of laughs in it, I don't mind The Rock or Kevin Hart though they're usually in rubbish. The main problem in this film is The Rock's character is just mentally ill or played like he is. It just didn't work for me.
Ghostbusters (2016) 1.5/10 - there was no real point for it to be made, no reason for it to have so many references/steals back to the original film and no reason for the script to be so bad or moments if very obvious painful ad-libbing. The chemistry between the leads was fine, Hemsworth did his best lbered with a truly stupid character. There wasn't a single memorable new moment in it. They could have rebooted Ghostbusters a hundred different ways, not sure why they waited so long then chose this. It also dragged and the way they chose to show the ghosts in very bright CGI wasn't for me. The actresses deserved a better script with something like real characters to play.
The Invisible Man (universal) 8.5/10 - this was ace and holds up really well. Raines is great and there was some nice design and model work. The effects looked well enough, too. Only things I wasn't overly keen on; Una O'Connor's screeching, though she is a memorable face, and some of the coppers reactions. There's also an oddly staged game of darts at the beginning that looks very dangerous. Overall it was great!
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Horror of Dracula (Dracula) 7.5/10 - very decent re telling of Dracula, making some interesting choices to cut it down to a very lean running time. Lee was good stuff as Dracula. Hadn't seen it in ages. The melodramatic music worked in it.
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The Nice Guys 5/10 - Shane Black's wannabe wacky mystery cop action buddy movie, with Ryan Gossling and Russel Crowe.
It's a cliche, but virtually every single good laugh is in the trailers. Every one. It's okay overall, but the rest of the gags in the film produce some smiles, few good laughs. A good score from John Ottman.
Mildly disappointing.
Sliver Streak 9/10 - picked up the Blu Ray cheap, a disappointing transfer, but the movie is still hilarious. Aside from Willy Wonka, my favorite Gene Wilder movie. Funny, fast with real tension towards the end ( the runaway sequence, NOT the clumsily staged shootout  ) . Saw this during the theatrical run, I've probably watched it a dozen times since, and it holds up great.
Fabulous Mancini score of course, but it was GREAT seeing REAL stunts, actual stuntmen running along the top of the train, or hanging off the side, with no CGI Damn effective.
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Dracula Has Risen From the Grave - 5/10
Half the film is set in a tavern, as Drac goes about his business annoying young lovers. An interesting start and some nice imagery of a Monsignor carrying a giant cross up a mountain to seal the doors of Castle Dracula. A weak priest accidentally releases Drac and does his bidding and they go about offing young uns.
Taste the Blood of Dracula - 4/10
Roy Kinnear witnesses Drac's death in a recap from the above film. Then takes his cloak, ring, broach and vial of blood. Some 1890's hellraisers, seeking dark new pleasures, buy the stuff and reanimate Drac. They beat to death the guy who helped them buy the stuff and Drac kills them off one-by-one. Though why he'd be that bothered isn't really clear. Interesting ending in a church. And it's always nice seeing Roy Kinnear. A problem with the Drac films is waiting half hour for him to be ressurrected and always being a step ahead of the characters as they wait to discover the truth about people dying - it's Drac! Sort of like a Hellraiser film but with Dracula.
Dracula AD 1972 - 3.5/10 Starts off with Drac and Van Helsing both dying. Drac being impaled on a wagon wheel (not the biscuit). The it's all in 1972, and it's painfully groovy, baby. Stephanie Beacham is a bit gorgeous and sympathetic enough a heroine as 1972's Van Helsing's grandaughter, who is unwittingly involved in bringing Drac back to life with. There's hardly any special effects in the deaths and yet again, barely any Dracula.
Christopher Lee really doesn't have much to do in most of the Dracula films and spends far too much time off screen so we can follow mostly drippy lead couples and their sickening love affairs.  Drac also likes throwing things at people but missing them in a few of the films.
I remember as a kid being terrified by a giant book of Hammer Horror and the glorious still photography within. Then seeing the films and just being unterrified by all of them.
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (with live music accompaniment)- 8.5/10 - I live in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and they are have a few months of German Expressionism events going on around the city. Last night, they showed The Cabinet of Dr Caligari with a score written by a local composer Jason Cullimore. And i have to say i thought it was very good. The film itself was pretty interesting and got better as it went along. I just wish some of you lot out there could have seen it, because i have no music knowledge outside a general interest in soundtracks, and it would have been interesting to get opinions of it.But i was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the music, which really seemed to fit the film. But i guess it's one of those that if you gave it to 5 different composers, you'd get 5 different and interesting approaches and scores. If there was a CD of this chap's score i would have bought it for the second half alone.
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Did you fast forward it, Dan, coz you watched it in 9 minutes?!
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