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One of those films that seemed to be trying to be a bit too smart for its own good, but there were some really great moments in here and it was entertaining overall. It definitely was intelligent in its own right, just not as intelligent as I think the people who made it thought it was.

6.5/10

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Excellent. I thought this was absolutely hilarious and Farrell was excellent in this (as were all three main leads). Maybe a bit too over the top in its dialogue at times, but that's a small complaint. Just a joy to watch, and has a lot of what I look for in a dark comedy.

8/10

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I didn't expect this to be good but there were enough comedic actors in here I liked to not at least check it out. There was nothing redeeming about this movie and it may legitimately be the worst film I've ever seen. It wasn't even in the "so bad it's good" category.

0/10

You now need to watch The Guard which is from the same guys that did Seven Psychopaths and In Bruges and it is a brilliant film. Far better than In Bruges which I liked and although I haven't seen Seven Psychopaths most reviews and friends opinions say it's not as good as In Bruges so The Guard should tick all the boxes.

Fat Kid Rules The World

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I got this movie because it looked quirky and seemed like it'd be a good watch for a lazy night in bed. However, it turned out to be a pretty damn well written movie about some important issues regarding high school life, making friends, etc. I was also happy to see that it was based in Seattle, WA so some of the landmarks and streets that were shown in the movie were places that I have been before. Haven't been able to say that about very many movies. I highly recommend it because although it is very funny and quirky, it has it's strong moments emotionally and the acting throughout is fantastic.

And it was directed by Matthew Lilliard. F*ckin Shaggy directed a movie.

Did you find the movie to be bombastic?

Wait... wrong Shaggy.

It wasn't me.

You didn't sing "Bombastic"?

I don't know that song. I just know the one where Shaggy say "it wasn't me".

50/50
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Pretty much a dramedy about a guy who gets diagnosed with cancer...starring Seth Rogan. I really enjoyed this one, it was a good balance of comedic bits with a dramatic setting that really made you think about life and how it can just end like that.



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I'll be honest, I expected something different than what I got here, and as a result I left a bit disapointed. Not to say this wasn't a good movie, I guess I just had different expectations than what I watched. Still, the story was pretty good and Emma Stone is a real charmer

I liked this film, too. I thought parts of it were kinda a more realistic approach of how a young guy would react to cancer... as well as being sad it is also something that is awkward and confusing.

Kick Ass 2

It was more of the same. You get what you've come to expect from the movie especially if you have seen the first one. Jim Carrey wasn't as much of a standout performance as I thought he was going to be imo. All of his good material was ruined in the trailers. This may have a negative tone to it but if you want a good time during this weekend then of course you gotta check it out.

I'd rate it higher than that. It basically does what the first film does (comedy through self-awareness of how bad it would otherwise be) better and adds absolutely brutal violence to the mix. Seriously, when I heard Jim Carrey talking about the violence I assumed it was just going to be more of Hit-Girl beating the **** out of mooks but oh no, it's way rougher. You should all go and see it unless you didn't like the first film in which case you should stay well away.

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I felt very humbled watching this doc. Jason Becker was a guitar prodigy in the late 80's who is now virtually paralysed with Lou Gehrigs Disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and is still alive 20 years later despite the life span of the sufferer being 5 years. He still makes music through the use of his eyes (watch the doc) and is a genuine inspiration to so many people.
I have to say that his parents are two of the most inspirational and gutsy people I have ever come across.
You don't need to like Metal to watch this doc at all. Class stuff.

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Westworld

such a classic b sci fi flick.....nothing better than cowboy robot in Rome killing people from Medieval times

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Lovelace

without even getting near the horrible **** that was done to her which she tells about in her book....this movie still strikes hard on what abuse and control can be like...not for the faint of heart....and if you're a guy i would not suggest watching this with a woman

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Thirst
Probably my favourite Park Chan Wook movie that I've seen so far, although admittedly that only counts Lady Vengeance (which I kinda hated if I'm brutally honest) and Oldboy.

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Meh. Was ok I guess. If watching Hayden Christiansen being a smug prick and then getting electrocuted for it sounds like fun, then go lap this up.

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Really enjoyed this. I couldn't really get into it at the start but once the card game started, I was hooked. One of the better action/comedies I've seen in a while. Vinnie Jones was incredible in this.

7.5/10

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After hearing how great it was, I have to say I was a bit let down. It still had its moments (I lost it when the bookcase fell on him the second time), but it just wasn't as good as I expected it to be. It's a tough movie to rate, but I'd probably give it a 6/10.

Just watched it; thanks for the recommendation.

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I think it was very comparable to In Bruges, and possibly a bit better. Brendan Gleeson was incredible in this, and Don Cheadle was quite good as well. I'm not sure that it was as consistently funny as In Bruges was, but I think it might have produced funnier moments than anything that In Bruges had. I also bought into the chemistry between Gleeson and Cheadle more than I did with anyone in In Bruges. Overall, great film.

8/10

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Woody Allen is one of my favorite writers in film. I love his classics such as Annie Hall, Bananas, Sleepers, Manhatten, and Deconstructing Harry. I started to notice a theme however. The films I really love from Allen are the ones he stars in himself. There are now two exceptions, Midnight in Paris and Blue Jasmine. Usually Allen swings and misses with his dramas that he doesn’t put himself in as a character, he’s that funny. This film however exceeded my expectations tremendously and it weighed heavily on the acting. Cate Blanchet gives the performance of the year, of the last couple years for an actress, and the role of her career in this film. She’s in every single scene. She steals every single scene. How is that even possible? I don’t know. Allen wrote a pretty good film about a woman (Blanchet) trying to find herself after she finds out her husband has been scamming people his entire career to make his millions. She goes from throwing parties on Park Ave to working as a receptionist. She’s also bat**** insane and this is where Blanchet really shines. Allen uses a split narrative, going from the past to the present and Blanchet excels in every facet of this fictitious life. She’s mesmerizing. Secondary characters were great too as Bobby Canavale and Sally Hawkins have great performances as well but Blanchet was just so good. It’s worth your eleven dollars.

4/5

Had a little Cronenberg double feature this weekend...

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eXistenZ (1999)
Gross, weird and thought provoking in ways that only Cronenberg can pull off. It's aged amazingly well considering that it's a 14 year old movie about video games and I thought the performances were pretty great across the board.


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A History of Violence (2005)
I wasn't sure what to expect since this seemed like such a different kind of movie for Cronenberg, but I thought it was great. It somehow manages to be both subtle and in-your-face and is unsettling throughout.

You're Next
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It had an interesting concept and could have been better but good grief was it missing a few things. It's hard to say what exactly it was missing but all the pieces weren't there. I liked the comedy bits that it did have but it was just a slaughterfest. Go into this movie knowing that there is going to be loads of deaths and lots of gore.



The World's End
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Oh man this movie hit the spot. It was just what I needed after seeing You're Next the day before. It's also a perfect end to the Trilogy. I don't even know if they are technically calling it a trilogy but there are plenty of little easter eggs to look for from the other two movies. I laughed each time I noticed one of them.



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Don't ask. I still have no idea what I just watched. I just finished it not too long ago and I will go check out the wikipedia page to figure out the ending and what really went on.

I haven't seen existenZ but it's on Netflix so I may catch it sometime but I was very disappointed with A History Of Violence, once you put the pieces together (fairly easily IMO) it just turned into a generic thriller for me.

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I should really like this. It doesn't resort to action cliches, the cinematography was really well done, as was the use of colours but it really lacked tension for me and it was too similar to The Raid in terms of working your way through an apartment block to apprehend the real villains. I will give it another watch though as it certainly wasn't what I was expecting which is always a good thing.

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More tower blocks! A very decent little indie thriller with the only residents left on the top floor of a tower block pinned down by a sniper looking for revenge. There are a couple of cliched chav types who annoy the crap out of me but the action is well staged and the claustrophobic setting works too.

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I really enjoyed the writer/director's debut film Shifty which only cost 100k and was excited to hear that this film had a decent budget behind it and is exec produced by Ridley Scott but it was a bit of a letdown. The director wanted to make a crime film set in London that purposefully stayed away from the usual gritty, dirty back alley look and feel that usually characterises British crime and instead give us a film that looks glossy, set amidst the more affluent parts of London. All bright lights, glass and polished steel but it didn't quite work and although Mark Strong is excellent as ever it probably needed even more money thrown at it as it did some suffer from some low budget set pieces.

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A very interesting, moodily shot (B&W with a little splash of colour here and there) low budget post apocalyptic film. Assault on Precinct 13 and Night of the Living Dead are obvious influences regarding a rag tag bunch of people holed up and fighting for their lives but that doesn't detract some really great cinematography and decent acting.

Bob and Janszoon will definitely appreciate this one.

I didn't really see A History of Violence as a thriller or a movie where I was trying to figure out a puzzle. I saw is as simply as a moody character study with a lot of great performances.

I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the recommendation! :)

The acting was superb in A History but it just didn't click with me.

Trailer for The Day:

The first 20 mins are abominably slow but it is worth staying with.

I definitely wouldn't call it a brilliant movie, but I still really loved it. I think you had to see it in 3-D in the theaters though. The scenes where people are on that drug are obviously 3-D schtick, but they're still highly engrossing.

Ahh, I love Evil Dead. But I definitely think that in order to fully appreciate it, you have to try to get into the context of it. You know, remember that this was released in 1981 and that the movie itself was basically made by kids. I think the director, Sam Raimi, was 19 when they started on this.

I consider it a great achievement :)

The next movie (eventually) picks up where the first one ended and is more of a horror comedy. It's also a lot of fun.

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My Amityville Horror (2012)

A documentary made about the oldest of the Lutz children who comes forward to detail his experience while living in the 112 Ocean Ave. house for 28 days before fleeing with the rest of his family after a series of paranormal experiences... kind of.

While there is some anecdotal evidence given by Danny Lutz about the paranormal events that supposedly occurred, the film is far more about the psychological effects that the fame of the book and movie franchise brought to him, as well as his own unresolved feelings of anger towards his stepfather George Lutz. Spoiler alert, they're not good, he's a very messed up individual, or at least he plays one quite well.

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The Turin Horse

This was one of the toughest films I’ve ever had to watch. There are a lot films that have fallen into that category such as Requiem for a Dream or basically anything from Lars Von Trier but this is a different monster altogether. Hungarian auteur director Bela Tarr apparently claims this is his last film and if it is I can’t imagine what kind of future he is striding too. This film is one of the most existential, bleak, and dark films I’ve ever seen. It is certainly the most demanding on the viewers endurance as there really isn’t much dialogue besides a brilliant monologue in the middle basically shouting how dark and bleak human existence is. There are only 30 shots in the entire film which has a run time of 154 minutes. 30 shots! Each one of these shots showcases the grueling day to day routine of a farmer and his daughter as she dresses him every morning, tends to the horse, fetches water, and cooks their meal of two boiled potatoes. Tarr’s film is a test of your patience just as life is a test of the patience of his farmer and daughter characters. It is a visual embodiment of Friedrich Nietzsche and his writings. Aesthetically the film is flawless. It’s portrayed in black and white perfectly as we are constantly shown a transition of a dark farmhouse with an open field with the wind blowing and dirt flying everywhere. As I said, there are only 30 shots in the film so the camera is constantly moving around its subject as the scene unfolds not blinking an eye. As the film wears on you start to feel the dread and blackness that the characters feel and some of the more haunting images I’ve ever seen come out without really exposing themselves too much. It’s that powerful of a film. If you want a challenging film that rewards the viewer for their patience by delivering a one of a kind experience then check out this film. It’s as important as it is grueling and unrelenting in its reality towards humanity.

5/5

I didn't hate it but it's the least best. I really enjoyed Mr. Vengeance, probably more than Oldboy. :eek:

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Man, this one is tough to give a rating on. Without trying to spoil anything, I hated the first two thirds or so of this film, but was very satisfied with the last third, which kind of put the rest of the movie in context in a way. Not great per se, but decent.

6.5/10

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Sort of the opposite of You're Next. I really liked the first half to two thirds of it, but it got a bit too ridiculous for my liking the rest of the way, and most of the laughs disappeared along with that. I thought Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz were great, but this one was a clear step back IMO. Not that it was bad, but just disappointing.

6.5/10

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Ehhhh, this was pretty bad. I thought Jake Johnson was amazing in this and was responsible for so many funny moments, but the rest of it was pretty cringe-worthy. It just seemed to be going for that whole offbeat cuteness thing way too much and it got a bit dull. Definitely had it's fair share of funny moments, but I can't go higher than a 4/10.

Fair enough. Yeah, I heard that about the sequel and plan on watching it. I hear a lot of people prefer it to the first one.

People admire the first one for the circumstances under which it was made. People love the second one because it's a great movie.

By that do you just mean Raimi making it at such a young age, or is there a whole backstory I need to educate myself on?

Not only was it the product of three very young guys (Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Robert Tapert), but not surprisingly, it was made on a really small budget without the help of professionals. In fact, they didn't have even remotely enough money to make a feature film so they made a short film instead and screened it for local people around the part of Michigan they lived in to solicit investment for making a feature-length movie. Evil Dead ended up being financed by local people and small businesses, shot by people who were learning how to make a movie as they made the movie, and somehow, miraculously, it ended up being successful.

It's also worth reading about some of the details of the filming and how the movie ended up in somewhat wide release because the day to day details are amazing, and pretty inspirational for anyone involved in making something creative.

Hey, I love that movie. Sure it was campy at times, but there were plenty of genuinely unsettling and downright creepy moments and it had one of the best locations I've ever seen in a horror movie.

I'm actually surprised and delighted to find this thing streaming on Netflix. Because this is some serious art-film shit. Not like Aronofsky, but more like Warhol if he was more interested in intellectualism. Thank you, Exo, for pointing it out because I may not have noticed it otherwise. This is the only Tarr film that I have watched and I absolutely loved it. Granted, I was warned about the 30-shots-in-2.5-hours thing so I was prepared. Still, this film makes Ingmar Bergman look like a mainstream Hollywood producer.

I thought that the father, daughter, and horse were all some of the most beautiful characters I've seen on film. I didn't mind at all watching them sit and stare out the window for several minutes at a time. And I was especially taken by the deliberate, unhesitant physical movements of Erika Bok (daughter). Throughout the film she was either motionless or completely, unflinchingly focused on whatever menial task her character carried out. She and Tarr clearly have professional chemistry because she makes his vision come to life like a complex logarithm. I did some research and was quite shocked to see how disturbingly ugly she is when not being filmed in black and white by Tarr. I found every long-as-hell scene in The Turin Horse to be literally captivating. Because, really, mundane things take a long ass time to do, especially for impoverished people living in the country, barely able to afford anything resembling Industrial Revolution-style technology, in the middle of an unceasing wind storm. And, naturally, they have to do it over and over again just to survive.

For anybody interested in the philosophies of insane nihilistic 19th-century European philosophers that inform The Turin Horse (namely Nietzsche and a little bit of Dostoyevsky) I found this little gem/review of the film that is worth a read. Don't worry, it's a bona-fide film review, not a bunch of philosophical musings.

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Man Of Steel
Not bad as I'd been led to believe by various vlogs and such. I thought Henry Cavill absolutely nailed the lead role, pretty good performance. Michael Shannon hammed it up brilliantly as General Zod. Thought it kinda unraveled in the 3rd act though - all that constant stuff blowing up got a bit boring after a while. All in all, not bad at all though.

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Man From Earth
Rarely have I been as glued to the edge of my seat as I was during this film, let alone by anything I've seen lately. Not because it was fast action or anything, just that it had me that engaged from the first 5-10 minutes to the last. It's one of those films that shows that talky can be perfectly fine, just as long as it's done well. Absolutely loved this one. Pure science-fiction at its absolute best.

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Arsenic and Old Lace
Highly entertaining black comedy, and a lot more ironic than I expected. I particularly loved Boris Karloff's character, whose scenes are excellent self-mockery.

I saw The Place Beyond The Pines the other day, thought it was pretty damn good. The first act was the best imo, but it really all came together during the time skip in the 3rd act. Definitely a good flick, good performances all around.

Burial Ground (The Nights of Terror) - Professor unleashes an army of Zombies ("But...I'm your friend!" CHOMP!!!), Zombies attack a group of visitors to a house nearby on a wild weekend, no more needs to be said. For the record, I like my films to have a good story with the rare exception of these brain rots.

Oh yeah, it must be mentioned that it's from 1980 and no CGI was used, just lots of ugly goop, maybe some spaghetti sauce with meat, lots of creepy crawlies, and fake skin.

It actually played the Detroit area in 1985, but was best known for a while through it's VHS release.

Taxi Driver

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Ray's dad tho...