Olivia de Havilland as twin sisters, one of whom is a murderer and the other covering for her.
Watched that tonight and really enjoyed it! In fact, I came to post that this was the last movie I had watched!
Last night I saw The Sapphires, based on the true story of the first all-female group of Aboriginal singers. A bit predictable and sentimental but still good, and loved the singing..
Looper - a solid 9/10... not many films get the elusive 10 points but this film comes pretty close.
Great story, no heavy reliance on SFX for a sci-fi film and the make-up that made Gordon-Levitt look like a younger version of Bruce Willis was amazing.
A (New York) Winter's Tale - I liked it and was fine with buying into the Universe they created but I must admit to an outburst about 1/4 in of "wtf are YOU doing in this movie, earring 'n all"
The Prince of Egypt - I prefer this portrayal of the Exodus tale to Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (a brilliant but way too bloated film). The animation is fine but the standout scenes are obviously the ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea. Will be interesting to see Ridley Scott's take on Exodus in December.
7/10
Ride Along - Not the most original buddy cop film but I thought it was OK and it zipped by.
Total Recall (2012) - Enjoyed the 90s Arnie romp as it was kind of just another Scwarzenegger vehicle, and I enjoyed a few of the big budget ones back in the day (even the silly ones). It was on TV some time ago and it looked dated. I'm also reading 'Counterfeit Worlds - PKD on film' at the moment and I read of the torturous history of the script and the route it took to production in the first place.
I'm given to understand that the rights to the sequel are tied to the original people involved in the project from the get go, henceforth they are credited in this reworking - and boy what a reworking it is.
The plot is almost completely rewritten around the germ of the original book and makes a half-hearted stab at the core of the story i.e. what is real/reality. There are several new plot elements and I wonder if this is fact one of the umpteen alternate endings that apparently were drafted during the develpoment of the original movie.
Visually at least, at first it seems to have been set in a darker, more Bladerunneresque cityscape than the cartoon future of the 90s version (remember we're in the latter half of the 21st century here) and initially this gives great expectations. However, this potential quickly wanes after the first half hour as the 'old plot' (and dialogue?) kicks in.
The initial confusion for the lead in figuring out who he really is soon has him reverting to 'action hero' (aka Arnie) mode as the chase develops. There's a nice little twist of the Mars port arrival scene (as we're now arriving in UFB from The Colony - I wonder if that is how the United States views the relationship between Britain and Australasia?) and the CGI is thankfully not the key player, augmenting rather than trying to steal the scenes.
There are plenty of borrows from other sci-fi and horror films during the movie, just see how many you can spot - I spotted 'The Omen II' but with all those (mag)lifts moving around....
Not really sure about Colin Farrell either I hope this doesn't mean that the serial will be made in the same vein. Kate Beckinsale is nice but even Bryan Cranston doesn't shine enough to raise this out of the bland.
I did find most of then intruding, not one them really stood out for me at the moment, Only E as stood out to me, WHAT THE HELL!
I wasn't fan of F, that was Boring, at the moment , The worst one saw, I didn't like at all, the one with lady about to step on kitten, I just could not watch that one, That was the worst for me, I think that P.
Such a long movie, too long, However I thought the best short was T! for Toilet,
I loved Very second of that one, It was smart, clever, funny and very gory, should have been longest!
I give 4 out of 10 worth watch!
B]Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010) [/B]
Well , This is re-watch, (first movie I seen Netfilx.) (I just got it this week)
I have only seen this once before and I thought it was great, I still do.
The second watch dose have same impacts but still A lot of fun.
I loved the way started, I think it was mock of TCM remake, and I loved the plot
of the movie.
There were some very funny jokes in this movie , that worked really well , well made me laugh
out a loud few times.
The deaths scenes in this movie were great, some of the deaths scene were gory then others
however all the deaths were really amusing
The acting in this movie was really good and found everyone to be very funny.
8 out of 10
Night of the Creeps (1986)
This is a re-watch, I not seen in over 10 years, I do remember that enjoyed it a lot, when I first saw it.
The second watch, I didn't find all that great, The opening scenes was very bizarre, I had
mixed with Black and white part of the movie.
I thought the movie took a bit long to get going, I was bit bored in some parts of the movie
however the second half of the movies dose make for it.
When the movies actually gets really funny, some funny jokes and some good so-what gory zombie kills and some of death were very funny as well.
The acting was great from the whole cast and I didn't mind the ending was decent!
6 out of 10, Not as great as remembered, I think I enjoyed Slither a lot more
The Crazies (2010)
Another re-watch , I know I have seen more then once before, I don't think I saw it in full in my second watch, so I gave it another ago again!
I have not see the original for a very long time, I didn't think was all that great, I do remember that I did enjoy the remake better on my first watch.
However It took me while to get into movie, I was actually wasn't really paying to much attention for the first half.
Again for this movie the second part of the movie kinds of moved a little bit more, I found some parts really good and fun to watch.
One or two decent Crazies (No, I am not calling zombies, there not zombies)_kills not many gory ones, most of the times , they just being shot dead.
I really liked some of the make up effects for the Crazies, some looked really good and scary!
The one think I am little confused about was why did some Crazies actually look scary and some just look like normal people!
Dustin Hoffman and Larry Olivier butt heads in famous 70s thriller that largely still cuts it. Conveniences and contrivances abound, but dir. John Schlesinger certainly ratchets up the tension when it counts. In some ways it's too blunt, but technically it's very persuasive. Is it safe? Aye, just about. 7.5/10
Noah
Darren Aronofsky's overblown biblical fable that though doubtlessly well-thought out, foolishly dips its toe into the same pool of wishy-washy fantasy that made The Fountain so indigestible. Still, it sort of works in an odd way, and like the Ark itself is very well-intended. But it struck me there was a better, more sober telling to be made of this. One that keeps the spectacle more grounded and where Ray Winstone's typical coarseness doesn't stand out so badly ("Animals!?! Slags!" etc). 6/10
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Watched that tonight and really enjoyed it! In fact, I came to post that this was the last movie I had watched!
Last night I saw The Sapphires, based on the true story of the first all-female group of Aboriginal singers. A bit predictable and sentimental but still good, and loved the singing..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ljho1cyEfg
Great story, no heavy reliance on SFX for a sci-fi film and the make-up that made Gordon-Levitt look like a younger version of Bruce Willis was amazing.
Would highly recommend this film
6/10
Potentially intriguing mystery turns out to be a paranoid Red Scare movie.
A good day to die hard(2013) 5/10
The Nun (La religieuse) (2013) 6/10
7/10
Ride Along - Not the most original buddy cop film but I thought it was OK and it zipped by.
6/10
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - a film that will haunt me for a long time 9/10
Priest Of Darkness (Kochiyama Soshun) (1936) 7/10
I'm given to understand that the rights to the sequel are tied to the original people involved in the project from the get go, henceforth they are credited in this reworking - and boy what a reworking it is.
The plot is almost completely rewritten around the germ of the original book and makes a half-hearted stab at the core of the story i.e. what is real/reality. There are several new plot elements and I wonder if this is fact one of the umpteen alternate endings that apparently were drafted during the develpoment of the original movie.
Visually at least, at first it seems to have been set in a darker, more Bladerunneresque cityscape than the cartoon future of the 90s version (remember we're in the latter half of the 21st century here) and initially this gives great expectations. However, this potential quickly wanes after the first half hour as the 'old plot' (and dialogue?) kicks in.
The initial confusion for the lead in figuring out who he really is soon has him reverting to 'action hero' (aka Arnie) mode as the chase develops. There's a nice little twist of the Mars port arrival scene (as we're now arriving in UFB from The Colony - I wonder if that is how the United States views the relationship between Britain and Australasia?) and the CGI is thankfully not the key player, augmenting rather than trying to steal the scenes.
There are plenty of borrows from other sci-fi and horror films during the movie, just see how many you can spot - I spotted 'The Omen II' but with all those (mag)lifts moving around....
Not really sure about Colin Farrell either
I did find most of then intruding, not one them really stood out for me at the moment, Only E as stood out to me, WHAT THE HELL!
I wasn't fan of F, that was Boring, at the moment , The worst one saw, I didn't like at all, the one with lady about to step on kitten, I just could not watch that one, That was the worst for me, I think that P.
Such a long movie, too long, However I thought the best short was T! for Toilet,
I loved Very second of that one, It was smart, clever, funny and very gory, should have been longest!
I give 4 out of 10 worth watch!
B]Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010) [/B]
Well , This is re-watch, (first movie I seen Netfilx.) (I just got it this week)
I have only seen this once before and I thought it was great, I still do.
The second watch dose have same impacts but still A lot of fun.
I loved the way started, I think it was mock of TCM remake, and I loved the plot
of the movie.
There were some very funny jokes in this movie , that worked really well , well made me laugh
out a loud few times.
The deaths scenes in this movie were great, some of the deaths scene were gory then others
however all the deaths were really amusing
The acting in this movie was really good and found everyone to be very funny.
8 out of 10
Night of the Creeps (1986)
This is a re-watch, I not seen in over 10 years, I do remember that enjoyed it a lot, when I first saw it.
The second watch, I didn't find all that great, The opening scenes was very bizarre, I had
mixed with Black and white part of the movie.
I thought the movie took a bit long to get going, I was bit bored in some parts of the movie
however the second half of the movies dose make for it.
When the movies actually gets really funny, some funny jokes and some good so-what gory zombie kills and some of death were very funny as well.
The acting was great from the whole cast and I didn't mind the ending was decent!
6 out of 10, Not as great as remembered, I think I enjoyed Slither a lot more
The Crazies (2010)
Another re-watch , I know I have seen more then once before, I don't think I saw it in full in my second watch, so I gave it another ago again!
I have not see the original for a very long time, I didn't think was all that great, I do remember that I did enjoy the remake better on my first watch.
However It took me while to get into movie, I was actually wasn't really paying to much attention for the first half.
Again for this movie the second part of the movie kinds of moved a little bit more, I found some parts really good and fun to watch.
One or two decent Crazies (No, I am not calling zombies, there not zombies)_kills not many gory ones, most of the times , they just being shot dead.
I really liked some of the make up effects for the Crazies, some looked really good and scary!
The one think I am little confused about was why did some Crazies actually look scary and some just look like normal people!
The acting was decent from the whole cast!
6 out of 10, Again Not as Good as I remembered
superb stuff from everyone all round, tension filled and i had something in my eye at the end
felt sorry for the hijackers too, wonder if richard phillips ever met muse again?
Dustin Hoffman and Larry Olivier butt heads in famous 70s thriller that largely still cuts it. Conveniences and contrivances abound, but dir. John Schlesinger certainly ratchets up the tension when it counts. In some ways it's too blunt, but technically it's very persuasive. Is it safe? Aye, just about. 7.5/10
Noah
Darren Aronofsky's overblown biblical fable that though doubtlessly well-thought out, foolishly dips its toe into the same pool of wishy-washy fantasy that made The Fountain so indigestible. Still, it sort of works in an odd way, and like the Ark itself is very well-intended. But it struck me there was a better, more sober telling to be made of this. One that keeps the spectacle more grounded and where Ray Winstone's typical coarseness doesn't stand out so badly ("Animals!?! Slags!" etc). 6/10
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
See thread.
First time I'd seen it properly, absolutely loved it!
10/10
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codswallop
written by cats with crayons taped to their paws
:kitty:
8/10
Started off exciting enough, but does drag slightly in the middle, but culminates with a nice twist & slightly far fetched ending.