#221

Blimey, I put a poster up for this at the cinema I worked at when this came out and haven’t thought of it since

#222

I am such a fan of this look in the Derek Cianfrance cinematic universe:

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Sound of Metal is very solid but I think I might prefer Mogul Mowgli in the Riz Ahmed unwell musician subgenre. This one did have considerably less bad rapping though.

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#223

Ya No Estoy Aquí- a lovely film but I really do love a lot films that center around dance. I could easily have watched a whole film about his friendship with the Chinese girl who thinks “verga” just means cool. :sweat_smile:

#224

Recently watched:

Ham On Rye - Left field coming of age drama. High school kids go to a diner all dressed up for a little dance ritual that determines whether you leave your sleepy town or remain there. Those that remain seem unhappy with their fate.
A tale looking at forks in the road during your life that you look back on and say to yourself that that was the wrong or right one. Personally I took the easiest path most times and currently meander along neither satisfied or dissatisfied with things. The film got pretty good reviews. I think I got what it was trying to do but was average for me. 5.5/10.

Love And Monsters - Comedy horror where what remains of humanity live in various bunkers as a global apocalypse has led to giant mutated lizards, spiders etc. roaming the Earth. A bloke in his 20s tries to make the 85 mile trek in the woods from one bunker to another to be reunited with his girlfriend from his high school days.
Reminded me of Tremors somewhat and also Zombieland in having some rules on how to kill different monsters and stay alive. The monsters are fun and Michael Rooker and other good support cast make this a good no brainer. 7.5/10.

Jui Jitsu - A historic order of jui jitsu fighters have to fight an alien who turns up to Earth every six years on a comet. I think that was the plot and I think the alien might have taught the order jui jitsu in the first place. Yeah, it fucking stupid. Stole some of the plot/scenes of Predator, Star Wars and an Underworld film too.

Anyway, stars Alain Moussi who was great in the Kickboxer reboots, martial arts legend Tony Jaa, Juju Chan who’s under used here, Frank Grillo who wears a tight t-shirt as stipulated in all his film contracts and Nicolas Cage who plays the usual Cage which actually works perfectly in this pointless and batshit crazy film which makes no sense.

It’s not actually a terrible film as the reviews had it down as. But only watch it if you’re drinking etc. Definitely wouldn’t watching this sober. Weird camera work, loads of fight scenes including the last half hour of ju jitsu against a man in a rubber alien suit make it an oddly watchable (but a pointless) film. 6/10.

Minor Premise - Sathya Sridharan is a young neuroscientist who continues his dead father’s work on separating sections of the brain that have differing functions regarding emotion. Sridharan experiments on himself and ends up isolating ten different emotions that he then exhibits; some good, some bad.

I wait for one good sci-fi film and for me two turn up in two days. Again, I don’t want to give much away. Those that enjoyed/got frustrated/watched but hated Primer may want to have a look in. It’s just very good indie sci-fi with a side helping of intentionally slightly confusing. Hadn’t heard of this at all before today and glad I saw this. Worth looking into. 8/10.

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#225

i’m halfway through the JCVD film Legionnaire and unfortunately this is going straight to the bottom of my JCVD rankings. i’m actually bored. madness.

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#226

Got round to I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Enjoyed the first half an hour or so a lot. Attention dipped in and out for the rest of it, completely zoned out by the ending. Jessie Buckley and Jesse Plemons were both ace.

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#227

My attention left when Toni Collette did

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#228

i enjoyed your review. Nearly put it on last night but thought to myself ‘nah, wait till after yer baked and have had a few beers’
maybe watch over the weekend :laughing:

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#229

DIS film club stoners takeover night

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#230

Watched The Matrix again, still bangs and if anything, I like it even more through the lens of the tech and styling now being adorably retro. 10/10

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#231

really fancy watching it again, haven’t seen in years.

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#232

It’s greener than ever now

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#233

:relaxed: :laughing: :+1:

#234

Yeah, she was super good.

#235

Saw it in cinema when the 4K restoration was released a few years ago and had a blast

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#236

rewatched 2001 a few days ago - first time for my flatmate and i think the third time for me?

Really glad I watched it again as it’s definitely changed how I think of it. I’d had it in my head as a very difficult/complex film, but it really isn’t: basically a 20 min intro, a 100 min perfect compact sci-fi film, then a spacey 30 min coda. Obviously that’s still a pretty unusual format, but I’d underplayed how narratively strong the main section is, and just made it seem a lot more comprehensible this time round. The intro is unusual and bold but given I know what it’s going for this time I could enjoy it rather than just being confused, and while I wished I’d been in the cinema for the whole outro it still was pretty engrossing on a home screen.

The cinematography and practical effects are still amazing, the perfect balance where I was totally immersed in the world but was still thinking about the practicalities of how they did that shot, still being impressed by the technical skills.

I don’t have any emotional connection to it so it’s never going to be a favourite film for me, but it’s been upgraded from “appreciate but don’t really get” to “big fan, clearly a brilliant piece of art, just not a personal favourite”

8.5/10 (Close Encounters is better)

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#237

My Big Fat Greek Wedding. I quite enjoyed it, and as far as romantic comedies from the early 2000s go, it’s charming enough.

My Mum is Greek and my Dad is English so the film is shockingly relatable, and I have visceral memories of the three of us watching it in the cinema. There are jokes where the non-Greek fiance is conned into saying offensive things in Greek. Like, he thinks his brother-in-law has told him how to say “Thank you”, but he’s actually told him the Greek for “Nice Boobs”. The fiance then goes on to say “Nice Boobs” to the mother-in-law, and this is when the subtitles finally appear, which is supposed to be the punchline. Except - my Greek speaking parents were laughing very loudly as soon as the brother-in-law spoke and well before the subtitles appeared, in an otherwise silent, non-Greek speaking cinema. Sort of ruining the surprise and making it a bit weird. 12 year old me was mortified at the time, but looking back that was actually quite sweet.

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#238

Love 2001. Saw it a couple of years ago at the Prince Charles Cinema, complete with intermission. Proper immersive at the cinema. Took me years to watch it after my first attempt, incredibly hungover on a New Year’s day. Not a hangover film!

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#239

Morning Glory (2010) @tkc

Very light, predictable and full of cliches. I enjoyed it!

Have I mentioned that I love Rachel McAdams?

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#240

I watched this recently too, it was good fun :smiley:

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