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I get the feeling it was heavily edited.
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The villain did suck! Jackman killed it, hope he does more wolverining
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Three Men to Kill (France, 1980)
French conspiracy thriller directed by Jacques Deray, starring Alain Delon RIP) and Dalila Di Lazaro.
Michel Gerfaut (Delon) is a well off middle aged gambler with a hot girlfriend named Bea (Di Lazaro).
Gerfaut comes across a man who crashed his car on a winding road at night. Gerfaut takes him to the hospital and leaves before the doctors realize that the man had been shot and it was no simple car accident after all.
Gerfaut slowly discovers that he is unwittingly entangled in a deadly conspiracy.
The film contains lots of Hitchcockian plotting. Gerfaut is an innocent man, but shadowy forces are convinced that he knows more than he does. There is a great scene where Gerfaut is attacked on a crowded public beach and bystanders assume it is all just some horseplay among friends. Departing from Hitchcock, Gerfaut is a man of violence himself.
The film is full of 70's paranoia. A strong protagonist and lots of tension glosses over the fact that, like most thrillers, not all of it makes sense.
As an aside, there are some great car chase scenes in the film. Everybody is driving 1970's tiny French cars which makes it vaguely comical.
Great ending.
Rating: 7/10
French conspiracy thriller directed by Jacques Deray, starring Alain Delon RIP) and Dalila Di Lazaro.
Michel Gerfaut (Delon) is a well off middle aged gambler with a hot girlfriend named Bea (Di Lazaro).
Gerfaut comes across a man who crashed his car on a winding road at night. Gerfaut takes him to the hospital and leaves before the doctors realize that the man had been shot and it was no simple car accident after all.
Gerfaut slowly discovers that he is unwittingly entangled in a deadly conspiracy.
The film contains lots of Hitchcockian plotting. Gerfaut is an innocent man, but shadowy forces are convinced that he knows more than he does. There is a great scene where Gerfaut is attacked on a crowded public beach and bystanders assume it is all just some horseplay among friends. Departing from Hitchcock, Gerfaut is a man of violence himself.
The film is full of 70's paranoia. A strong protagonist and lots of tension glosses over the fact that, like most thrillers, not all of it makes sense.
As an aside, there are some great car chase scenes in the film. Everybody is driving 1970's tiny French cars which makes it vaguely comical.
Great ending.
Rating: 7/10
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Interesting info about T2.
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Slender Man (2018) 6/10. I had put off watching this for years because it got such awful reviews but it really wasn't that bad at all. I like a PG13 horror movies once in a while and this was a pretty good one. The cast are actually teenagers rather than a bunch of 25 year olds pretending to be younger and it gives the whole thing a more authentic feel imo. This kind of feels like a more intense season of Stranger Things. It's more about atmosphere and dread than gore and violence and honestly I'd recommend it. It might just be benefitting a lot from lowered expectations.
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Night Swim (2024)
Almost went to the cinema on a whim to see this when I was bored but the weather turned me off - saved myself the entry fee. Don't think it's possible to create a more bog-standard 90min horror movie. Famous but injured/sidelined baseball player moves his family into a house with a disused swimming pool, gets it back up and running - it's fed into some natural underground well or something. Dunno, some kind of cursed/haunted water stuff occurs, the well need a sacrifice to keep supplying it's curative waters etc. So drab and mundane.
3/10
Almost went to the cinema on a whim to see this when I was bored but the weather turned me off - saved myself the entry fee. Don't think it's possible to create a more bog-standard 90min horror movie. Famous but injured/sidelined baseball player moves his family into a house with a disused swimming pool, gets it back up and running - it's fed into some natural underground well or something. Dunno, some kind of cursed/haunted water stuff occurs, the well need a sacrifice to keep supplying it's curative waters etc. So drab and mundane.
3/10
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Gorky Park (USA, 1983)
American crime thriller directed by Michael Apted. It stars William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Joanna Pacula, Brian Dennehy, and Lord Palpatine.
Arkady Renko (Hurt) is an officer in the Moscow Militia (seems to be the equivalent of a Police Detective). The bodies of three young people are found in the snow at Gorky Park, a popular spot for ice skating in the winter. The three victims have been shot, their faces cut off, and their fingertips removed.
Renko is tasked with solving the murder while carefully (or not so carefully) playing politics with the KGB.
The film is one part police procedural and one part international political thriller. Renko is a straight arrow with a famous general for a father. Yet he must face the prospect of shadowy conspiracies by everyone who he meets, including his own men.
The plotting is intricate. The acting is solid. There is a lot to like about the film and yet I found it really dragged on. The runtime is a little over 2 hours, but it felt longer and not in a good way.
The fur hat fits are sublime.
Rating: 5.5/10
American crime thriller directed by Michael Apted. It stars William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Joanna Pacula, Brian Dennehy, and Lord Palpatine.
Arkady Renko (Hurt) is an officer in the Moscow Militia (seems to be the equivalent of a Police Detective). The bodies of three young people are found in the snow at Gorky Park, a popular spot for ice skating in the winter. The three victims have been shot, their faces cut off, and their fingertips removed.
Renko is tasked with solving the murder while carefully (or not so carefully) playing politics with the KGB.
The film is one part police procedural and one part international political thriller. Renko is a straight arrow with a famous general for a father. Yet he must face the prospect of shadowy conspiracies by everyone who he meets, including his own men.
The plotting is intricate. The acting is solid. There is a lot to like about the film and yet I found it really dragged on. The runtime is a little over 2 hours, but it felt longer and not in a good way.
The fur hat fits are sublime.
Rating: 5.5/10
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Revenge (France, 2017)
French revenge thriller written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. It stars Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe and Guillaume Bouchède.
Jen (Lutz) and Richard (Janssens) arrive at Richard’s secluded luxury vacation home by chartered helicopter. The house is surrounded by a rocky desert (I think that the location is supposed to be in Spain although the movie itself was filmed in Morocco.). Richard is a handsome rich French man in his late 30’s. He has a wife and two kids at home. Jen is his incredibly hot Italian girlfriend/mistress.
Richard’s hunting buddies, Stan and Dimitri, show up the next day. They are a day early for the annual hunting trip. Richard is embarrassed to be caught with his mistress. The other men are mesmerized by the beautiful and free-spirited Jen.
The vacation goes awry and turns into a bloody fight for survival and revenge.
The film is beautifully shot with lots of creative framing. Most of the first act is over-exposed, which perfectly calibrates to the story being told.
The gore and blood are appropriately gross. The action sometimes challenges our suspension of disbelief, but it feels so visceral – so necessary – that I did not care.
This film is not for the faint hearted. It has more blood that I would prefer, but the story is crisp and compelling. I was captivated. The 1:45 hour run time flew by.
Rating: 8/10
The trailer gives away too much. I advise going in knowing as little as possible.
French revenge thriller written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. It stars Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe and Guillaume Bouchède.
Jen (Lutz) and Richard (Janssens) arrive at Richard’s secluded luxury vacation home by chartered helicopter. The house is surrounded by a rocky desert (I think that the location is supposed to be in Spain although the movie itself was filmed in Morocco.). Richard is a handsome rich French man in his late 30’s. He has a wife and two kids at home. Jen is his incredibly hot Italian girlfriend/mistress.
Richard’s hunting buddies, Stan and Dimitri, show up the next day. They are a day early for the annual hunting trip. Richard is embarrassed to be caught with his mistress. The other men are mesmerized by the beautiful and free-spirited Jen.
The vacation goes awry and turns into a bloody fight for survival and revenge.
This is a neo-feminist film. The imagery is not subtle. Jen is initially presented as a beautiful Lolita sucking on a candy. The camera clings to her body like Michael Bay on Viagra. It is almost pornographic. The male gaze of overwhelming. Jen’s first action upon arriving at the fancy house is to blow Richard. She mainly walks around in skimpy underwear while the camera showcases her ass. Jen is presented as an empty space for the men to project their sexual fantasies. She is impossibly beautiful, hypersexualized, and seems to possess no other personality traits that would conflict with the two former characteristics. Her main ambition it to move to Los Angeles so that she can be “discovered’. She is presented almost like a porn star; a woman without context who exists solely to satisfy the sexual fantasies of the men watching her. In many horror films, Jen would be the stereotypical “slut” who is killed off early. This film explores and deconstructs that trope.
The rape scene is chilling. The director wisely avoids showing too much. Instead, we slowly feel Jen’s fear escalate as Stan quickly moves from awkward to clumsy to threatening. Jen is forced against the window where she looks out at freedom while being assaulted. Dimitri’s decision to ignore the rape, turning up the television to drown out Jen’s screams, is bleak.
After she is left for dead, I do not believe that Jen says another word during the film. She is transformed into an avenging angel, complete with a phoenix tattooed onto her stomach. The film is making clear that it does not matter who Jen is, she was wronged, and she deserve her revenge.
To complete the transformation, the last scene has Richard naked during the entire final bloody showdown. The man is naked and exposed. Jen and Richard are shown as circling each other in a way that obscures who is chasing whom, who is predator and who is the prey. It is a stark contrast to the first act.
The rape scene is chilling. The director wisely avoids showing too much. Instead, we slowly feel Jen’s fear escalate as Stan quickly moves from awkward to clumsy to threatening. Jen is forced against the window where she looks out at freedom while being assaulted. Dimitri’s decision to ignore the rape, turning up the television to drown out Jen’s screams, is bleak.
After she is left for dead, I do not believe that Jen says another word during the film. She is transformed into an avenging angel, complete with a phoenix tattooed onto her stomach. The film is making clear that it does not matter who Jen is, she was wronged, and she deserve her revenge.
To complete the transformation, the last scene has Richard naked during the entire final bloody showdown. The man is naked and exposed. Jen and Richard are shown as circling each other in a way that obscures who is chasing whom, who is predator and who is the prey. It is a stark contrast to the first act.
The film is beautifully shot with lots of creative framing. Most of the first act is over-exposed, which perfectly calibrates to the story being told.
The gore and blood are appropriately gross. The action sometimes challenges our suspension of disbelief, but it feels so visceral – so necessary – that I did not care.
This film is not for the faint hearted. It has more blood that I would prefer, but the story is crisp and compelling. I was captivated. The 1:45 hour run time flew by.
Rating: 8/10
The trailer gives away too much. I advise going in knowing as little as possible.
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this one is good bloody fun for sure! excellent framing in a ton of the shots, as you mentioned. pretty insane for a debut feature.
looking forward to catching The Substance by the same director soon
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I re-watched Revenge as a build up to The Substance. I have avoided finding out much about the latter. The director plus good reviews is all I need to know that I want to see it. Any extra information is just likely to reduce my enjoyment.
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the frighteners 1996 (7/10)
michael j fox and robert zemeckis team up again for this horror/comedy movie. Watched this the other day with my wife who had never seen it. We enjoyed it. The movie has fun build up and the various good ghosts provide lots of laughs. You can see michael j fox starting to show signs of parkinsons in this film which is kinda sad. The last third of film kinda takes dark turn for what was otherwise a family type movie up to that point. The special effects were pretty dated although im sure they seemed cool in the mid 90's.
michael j fox and robert zemeckis team up again for this horror/comedy movie. Watched this the other day with my wife who had never seen it. We enjoyed it. The movie has fun build up and the various good ghosts provide lots of laughs. You can see michael j fox starting to show signs of parkinsons in this film which is kinda sad. The last third of film kinda takes dark turn for what was otherwise a family type movie up to that point. The special effects were pretty dated although im sure they seemed cool in the mid 90's.
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same. seems like the type of movie that works best going in w/ as little info as possible
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Tchao Pantin - 1983 - Claude Berri
French cinema around this time is a bit of a gap for me with just the odd film but from the sound of it this was a pretty big sucess domestically at the time with popular comedian Coluche staring. Put it down for another example of a comedian giving an exellent dramatic performance though as this was a really nicely made subtle thriller/drama. Coluche playing Lambert a depressed gas station attendant who builds a firnedhship with a young low level drug dealer then gets drawn into his world. Sounds a bit generic as a thriller but its played in such a subtle natural way it avoids that nicely with a really well filmed after dark atmosphere playing up the grungy Parisian streets of the early 80's. Interesting to see this era covered in that fashion as well complete with french punks.9/10
Came out on Bluray recently from the Radiance lable with an excellent 4k scan, very strong recommendation from me.
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Radiance is one of those boutique labels that makes me thankful for my region-free bluray player. A+ quality products from themTchao Pantin - 1983 - Claude Berri
French cinema around this time is a bit of a gap for me with just the odd film but from the sound of it this was a pretty big sucess domestically at the time with popular comedian Coluche staring. Put it down for another example of a comedian giving an exellent dramatic performance though as this was a really nicely made subtle thriller/drama. Coluche playing Lambert a depressed gas station attendant who builds a firnedhship with a young low level drug dealer then gets drawn into his world. Sounds a bit generic as a thriller but its played in such a subtle natural way it avoids that nicely with a really well filmed after dark atmosphere playing up the grungy Parisian streets of the early 80's. Interesting to see this era covered in that fashion as well complete with french punks.
9/10
Came out on Bluray recently from the Radiance lable with an excellent 4k scan, very strong recommendation from me.
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I'v only just started paying attention to them but yeah they seem to have an interesting selection, a good amount of euro arthouse and Japanese genre stuff which has some ambition but hasnt previously gotten much attention. Honestly I'v been a bit burnt out in a lot of the established lables in the last year or two, some good new releases from them(especially Second Sight) or upgrades to UHD but I'v bought a lot of what interested me and some of them like IndicatorI(and Radiance seem setup very like them doing a limited and then standard versions and the odd box set) have shifted away from what interested me more originally.
Any other recommendations? Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza is the only other release of theirs I'v got so far, not quite as good as the above feeling a bit cluttered but still very interesting.
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M*A*S*H (USA, 1970)
Black comedy war film directed by Robert Altman, starring Donald Sutherland, Elliot Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kelleman, and Robert Duvall.
A group of surgeons engage in drinking, pranking, and womanizing to endure life in a mobile medical unit during the Korean War.
I remember seeing re-runs of the MASH television series when I was a kid. I have fond memories of it.
The film is incomprehensible to me. It is a widely acclaimed film filled with talent and it left me completely empty and mostly bored. Many of the jokes are mean, woman are treated terribly, and it all feels pretty racist. I get that the antics are supposed to be a way to prevent cracking up in the face of war, but the main characters are assholes the moment that they arrive.
The football game is ridiculous. It makes no sense on any level.
I am going to assume that this is a great film lost to the march of time. Not everything can age well. I wonder now what I would think of the tv show if I saw it again.
Rating: I wish I did not watch this film.
Black comedy war film directed by Robert Altman, starring Donald Sutherland, Elliot Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kelleman, and Robert Duvall.
A group of surgeons engage in drinking, pranking, and womanizing to endure life in a mobile medical unit during the Korean War.
I remember seeing re-runs of the MASH television series when I was a kid. I have fond memories of it.
The film is incomprehensible to me. It is a widely acclaimed film filled with talent and it left me completely empty and mostly bored. Many of the jokes are mean, woman are treated terribly, and it all feels pretty racist. I get that the antics are supposed to be a way to prevent cracking up in the face of war, but the main characters are assholes the moment that they arrive.
The football game is ridiculous. It makes no sense on any level.
I am going to assume that this is a great film lost to the march of time. Not everything can age well. I wonder now what I would think of the tv show if I saw it again.
Rating: I wish I did not watch this film.
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I Saw the TV Glow - 1/10
One of the most dull and boring movies I've ever seen. I guess there's a bigger meaning and all of that, but it just wasn't for me. Waste of 2 hours.
One of the most dull and boring movies I've ever seen. I guess there's a bigger meaning and all of that, but it just wasn't for me. Waste of 2 hours.
Speak No Evil - 7/10
James McAvoy brought his A game here, he's very good at the aggressive roles and I'm hoping he doesn't slip into these becoming the norm as he's a good all around actor. The reveal is quite disturbing looking at it from the real life perspective. Some genuinely funny moments sneak in to break the tension and some very random song choices that somehow fit.
There are definitely plenty of very obvious why not leave moments and some where you want to strangle the family. The final act feels very jam packed almost to a fault as it keeps going and going. That being said I enjoyed this alot, this is like Trap where I can see people not liking it because you gotta stretch at times for it to work with how dumb the family can be damnit if McAvoy didn't knock this out of the park. He also shows up super jacked for this movie upping the intimidation factor, well done.
James McAvoy brought his A game here, he's very good at the aggressive roles and I'm hoping he doesn't slip into these becoming the norm as he's a good all around actor. The reveal is quite disturbing looking at it from the real life perspective. Some genuinely funny moments sneak in to break the tension and some very random song choices that somehow fit.
There are definitely plenty of very obvious why not leave moments and some where you want to strangle the family. The final act feels very jam packed almost to a fault as it keeps going and going. That being said I enjoyed this alot, this is like Trap where I can see people not liking it because you gotta stretch at times for it to work with how dumb the family can be damnit if McAvoy didn't knock this out of the park. He also shows up super jacked for this movie upping the intimidation factor, well done.
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Cool Runnings
10/10
a badass motha who won't take no crap off of nobody
AGAIN
I see pride
CAN'T HEAR YOU
I see power. I see a bad ass motha whi wont take no crap from nobody
ONCE AGAIN!
I see pride
JUNIOR!
I see power
YES!
I see a bad ass motha who won't take no crap from nobody!
And then I ran through my living room wall and straight though many neighbors' fences
10/10
a badass motha who won't take no crap off of nobody
AGAIN
I see pride
CAN'T HEAR YOU
I see power. I see a bad ass motha whi wont take no crap from nobody
ONCE AGAIN!
I see pride
JUNIOR!
I see power
YES!
I see a bad ass motha who won't take no crap from nobody!
And then I ran through my living room wall and straight though many neighbors' fences
