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Another great story by the rather dubious Ms Highsmith given a light and gentle suspense masterclass of script and direction by Raymond Chandler and Alfred Hitchcock.
As with watching Casablanca a couple of weeks back, I thought it faultless.
Gave up towards the end and went to bed. Fun enough I suppose, pretty much what you would expect from an EM film.
The gentlemen.
Typical almost cartoon like guy Ritchie gangster film. Best part was probably Hugh Grant.
The Wikipedia synopsis doesn't really cover the full concept:
It's a bit more... well... a bit more Japanese than that..... if you take my meaning.
I recommend it though, for anyone who likes that kind of thing.
Fairly run of the mill Jason Statham punch-em-up. I quite like Statham but this one was rather meh.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
Two street kids, reluctantly involved with a drug-dealing gang, befriend a homeless bum who claims he is - or was - a super-powered being from a parallel universe. The low budget is obvious but there are some imaginative scenes, including some animation, and it all works quite well. It reminded me of the Henry Rollins film He Never Died, and even a little of Logan.
(On DVD - I don't know if it's on any streaming platforms)
This has probably been reviewed a few times, so apologies for any repetition.
Highly engaging Oscar winning film about a music student being bullied by the ultimate tutor from hell.
Some subtle twists and question marks about motivation and the desire for success. Quite a parallel between the competitive west and historic eastern philosophy (I am kind of talking crap - but it felt that way when watching it).
7.5/10
Oh dear, where to start with this one. Looked promising but didn't really live up to expectations, although in hindsight I think my expectations should have been much lower.
Didn't recognise any of the cast, that should have been a bit of a quality giveaway.
Thirty something wife and mother is failed by the justice system when a drug gang has her husband and young daughter gunned down after the leader of said gang learns of a plot involving the husband to steal some dosh from him. Husband backs out of the plan but his card is still marked.
Widowed wife then disappears for five years after her family's murderers are acquitted and learns all manner of combat techniques, self defence and tactical weaponry. She then reappears out of the blue and starts killing everybody associated with the killing of her family and the bent police and court officials in the justice system that allowed them to walk.
Not a very good film at all. I'll allow it 3/10 for the idea. The execution of the idea was pants, it's basically one big fight with guns, blood, sweat and swearing. Had she come back and been subtle about what she was doing then it would probably have made for a very good film, but the brazen here-i-am-and-I'm-coming-for-you approach was beyond the realms of plausibility and just made for a not very interesting film.
Watch if you must but spending an hour and a half picking lint out of your belly button would be a much better use of your time.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
Thriller staring Nicholas Cage, Jessica Biel and Julianne Moore in the lead roles.
Cage is a small time magician working in Vegas who supplements his income by gambling. He also has the gift of being able to see two minutes into his own future and base his decision making on what he sees.
Julianne Moore is the FBI agent who is trying to find a Russian nuke smuggled somewhere into the US and is trying her best to track down Cage to assist her in finding the bomb using his unique abilities, although he wants nothing to do with her.
Jessica Biel is Cage's love interest. He hasn't met her yet but knows he will and engineers events to do so. When it comes to her for some reason he can see way beyond his usual two minute window into the future.
It was pretty good and quite well done, until the end which was rubbish and made me wonder what the point was in watching the rest of the movie.
6.5/10
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
A pretty basic action thriller. Can't moan that I didn't realise what I was getting into but although the action is pretty predictable there is one very weird change in behaviour of the leading lady and a mahooosive goofs in the plot that I'll put into a spoiler.
Turn off your brain and enjoy factor, well its better than looking at a blank screen so I'll give it 5 (Janice).
Easy watching chick flick really. Nothing as exciting as the title suggests.
A bunch of high school girls find out they're dating the same guy and plot a scheme to exact their revenge using the new girl who is pretty much unknown and not at all popular.
A few easy laughs along the way, nothing offensive to speak of and just a bit of bubblegum for the mind.
6/10
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
Ciaran Hinds in a Jacque Tati style film driving his tiny Fiat 500 D through the the beautiful French landscape being chased by some seemingly incompetent gangsters in a knackered old Citroen 2CV.
Actually it was an enjoyable (sort of), interesting film and cast the Mayan empire in a completely different light from what I had previously envisaged. Mel sees it as a giant rave with the MC/DJ ripping out hearts and tossing the remains to a slathering horde of freaks. Interest has been piqued enough to want to investigate how accurate his depiction is.
And for all the edgy reality (Mayan dialogue!) the film follows the hoary old cliche of girl tied to the railroad tracks while hero races to save her, pursued by those sneering, vicious military types. 7/10.