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One thing i could say about spectre - i didnt think id seen it before but didnt realise i had until that silly damsel in distress building set for detonation finale - i could never say that about any of the Connery Bonds - if you had seen them they were so good you didnt forget them!
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Mar 20, 2019 - 3:45 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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FIVE FEET APART (2019) - 7/10 Until I looked her up, I hadn't realized that I had seen actress Haley Lu Richardson in one earlier film--M. Night Shyamalan's 2016 scare-fest SPLIT, in which she played one of three young girls held captive by James McAvoy. FIVE FEET APART is her fifth film since then, and in looking at the photos from SPLIT, she looks younger in this film than she did in SPLIT. That's only right, I guess, as the 23-year-old is playing about 18 in this film. Richardson co-stars with Cole Sprouse as two teenagers dealing with different forms of cystic fibrosis. The film presents a harrowingly accurate vision of the life of those who have to cope with this incurable disease--the massive drug regimens, the constant medical procedures, the ever-present oxygen supplements. And the necessity of staying a certain distance from other people with the disease, lest your lungs become infected with yet another affliction that they cannot withstand in their ever-weakening state. That last restriction can really put a crimp in one's love life, as the pair discover. This is obviously not the feel-good movie of the year, yet it offers hope amid tragedy. Richardson is really luminous in her role. The film is worth seeing just to watch her. Brian Tyler and Breton Vivian provide an affecting score.
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Josie 2018. Slow pile of shit. Saw the twist coming long before it left home. 4 out of 10. Do something else.
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Mar 22, 2019 - 10:45 AM
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Tall Guy
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Joni 75th Birthday Concert - 7/10 Joni Mitchell is a favourite of Mrs TG and we attended a one-night only showing of the film of one of the tribute concerts from November 2018 last night at our local Everyman. A panoply of guest artistes sang covers of her songs, plus a rendition by Graham Nash of Our House, a song written for her. Joni was there in the audience, clearly suffering from ill health, as was Kris Kristofferson who nevertheless sang/talked his way through “Case of You” facilitated brilliantly by one Brandi Carlile, who took the dual roles of singer and carer. Seal added some class to the proceedings, as did James Taylor and Los Lobos. Chaka Kahn took over for a while in her usual self-effacing fashion, and Norah Jones and Diane Krall also contributed gushingly along with a few others. Peter Gabriel and a few other people contributed video messages, including the description of Joni Mitchell’s melodies as sparkling like “jewels on a trampoline”, which I thought was quite nice. Unsurprisingly, there was no underscore.
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Skybound - 5/10 It starts entertainingly enough with the mysterious element of a cataclysm affecting a bunch of 20-somethings, but when they start displaying convenient feats of ingenuity particular to their circumstance, as well as an unrealized side-angle of a terrorist cell leader, it loses its way pretty quickly until ending up in a safe haven of set-up sequlitis. Hard Eight - 6/10 Upcoming acting mainstays are embroiled by in a simple tale of naivety and greed, guided by Philip Baker Hall's unwavering above-it-all swagger, like a combination of a Las Vegas Yoda in charge of a gambler's Twilight Zone. His personal twist does provide an interesting parallel, but only after so many giant, cliched mistakes are made by those outside of Hall's aegis. Leviathan - 6/10 A stellar cast, styled cinematography, and a riveting score are trapped underwater against a vicious monster - namely that of a screenplay (and goofy creature design) that transforms from something mysterious to everything typical about monster movies. This is THE movie that proves "not showing the monster" is not a guarantee of effective terror, by any instance. A perfect companion piece with Deep Rising.
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Hotel Transylvania 3 2018 Reasonably amusing premise but these animated films are starting to become a bit samey - after Toy story, shrek, despicable me, monsters Inc - they repeat themselves. Animation was good but storyline a bit weak. 6 out of 10
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Curse of the Werewolf Oliver Reed looks great but Yvonne Romain....my god what a bust! 6/10
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Curse of the Werewolf Oliver Reed looks great but Yvonne Romain....my god what a bust! 6/10 Romaine cleavage returns NIGHT CREATURES . Also with Oliver Reed and some guy named Cushing 6/10
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Goot lukk
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Do your duty! It's the 75th anniversary of the actual Great Escape today, so guess what Blu-ray I'll be looking at this evening. ...& remember - loose lips sink ships! Great idea, but, as usual, I'll be waiting until the 4th of July or thereabouts to have my annual view of The Great Escape. No taxation without representation!
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Mar 25, 2019 - 2:26 PM
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Rameau
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Goot lukk Thank you...OH DAMN! My god, has it really been 56 years since I first saw this at the cinema! The Blu-ray doesn't really look any great shakes, it's supposed to have had a new 4K scan/restoration last year, & maybe Criterion will release it, but no news yet. it is a terrible blu ray, true. I love the film quite a bit. But I am always less than impressed with McQueen, I know he is sacred to some, but so much of his acting is just dead stares, almost everyone in the film is more interesting as a performance. I have to agree about McQueen, his acting is embarrassingly bad, it's as though he thinks it's just a read through, & it doesn't help that he's surrounded by such good actors.
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Really? Dissing the McQueen? Hes great in it. And his movement/long stares/mannerisms was always an important part of his screen presence and technique which set him apart.
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Mandy 2018 Nic cage psychodelic devil worshipping cult demon revenge shit. Steer clear at all costs. Utter unwatchable garbage. 2 out of 10.
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