#103

Captain Marvel:

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#104

Went to my mate’s and watched a couple of films tonight.

First up was Carpenter’s Christine from 83. Not a Stephen King I ever read but nicely comic horror. Liked how one of the four hoodlums was played by the guy who Bill Murray electrocuted at the start of Ghostbusters.

Second was Friedkin’s Sorcerer from 1977,probably a fave of @ericVI. Was great although he only had a 4:3 rip from an old source not the 2014 remastered etc Bluray. Anyway, if you like 70s thrillers this film is for you. It is nothing to do with magic, it’s the name of a truck.

#105

i only watched it fairly recently, thought it was OK but pretty silly all told. kinda got tired of set piece after set piece.

#106

Wages of Fear is better than Sorcerer

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#107

I feel like the silly edge is a hallmark if the 70s thriller for me. Ridiculous blood colour, OTT acting moments. Enjoyably out of place in modern styles.

#108

Watched Keanu. Wasnt funny

#109

Captain Marvel

Goose is clearly going to save the universe in Avengers: Endgame, right?

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#110

Slightly disappointed there’s not already fanart of him eating Thanos

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#111

I watched Orlando on mubi. Very strange and ethereal.

Liked it a lot. Not sure the narrative was that tight but it was one of those films where it didn’t matter

Lovely 4AD-esque score

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#112

Woah thanks.

#113

FYI - I think Under the Silver Lake (the rather divisive new film from the director of It Follows) is only on MUBI and at the Prince Charles Cinema from Friday

#114

This account has pics from film premieres from the 90s/2000s - see all the actors who vanished in the subsequent years!

https://twitter.com/NightOpening

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#115

As someone else noted on twitter the other day: the photos from the premieres of the late90s/early00s look more dated than any from the 60s and 70s.

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#116

The Long Good Friday was, well … good. But not really what I was expecting somehow, much more melodrama? Think I expected more grit.

Hoskins was great though and it was really fascinating from a Brexit point of view. Here’s this super English guy, fully buys into the myth of England, and yet he couldn’t be more excited to be part of Europe, to be in the common market, to trade and improve himself and the country etc etc. Kinda interesting to see.

#117

The Kindergarten Teacher - Very unsettling. Fantastic central performance from Maggie Gyllenhaal to somehow add some ambiguity to what, on paper, is a very unambiguous series of events. Can’t help wishing that the “art” in question was literally anything other than poetry though, just don’t get it. Couldn’t really understand what made the kid’s “work” good and moving compared to any of the stuff she was writing. I guess it added to the ambiguity that I liked but there was a part of me that wanted to be able to definitively tell whether the kid was actually gifted or not. Anyway, good film.

Free Solo - Amazing achievement, bloke was a knobhead, film was kind of underwhelmingly put together (outside of the actual climbing sequences)

#118

One of the best final scenes ever

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#119

Show stealing performance from Pierce Brosnan

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#120

Going to see this tonight, I think. Looks interesting.

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#121

It’s definitely interesting. Looking forward to your thoughts.

#122

i thought he was pretty endearing, what made you think he was a knob?

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