Post by darksidebeadle on Nov 26, 2018 3:51:05 GMT
FIRST TIME MOVIE VIEWING
Dave Made a Maze (2017, Bill Watterson)
In this quirky indy fantasy film Dave builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation. It is an interesting premise and certainly is full of imagination but lacks character depth to push it beyond the premise.
5/10
REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING
Psycho II (1983, Richard Franklin)
blu ray
An underrated sequel from an underrated franchise that comes 23 years after the original. It must gave been a very daunting task to bring this to the screen but a pretty good script and assured direction helps. I do thin the music could have been better as it is such a big part of the original.
7/10
30 Minutes or Less (2011, Ruben Fleischer)
blu ray
Fleischer's follow up to Zombieland was overlooked by audiences but I think it is probably his best and most entertaining film.
6/10
FIRST TIME TV VIEWING
Bates Motel (2015, Season Three)
netflix
I watched and enjoyed the first season of Bates Motel when it first aired but lost a little of my interest in the second season. Now that the show is complete I am gonna watch the last three seasons. I enjoyed this season enough, the less tangents away from the central characters the better though.
Recommended
Don Rickles: One Night Only (2014)
A comedy celebration of the career of Don Rickles featuring Jerry Seinfeld, Tracy Morgan, Rob Deniro, Martin Scorsese and many others. Very entertaining.
Recommended
REPEAT TV VIEWING
Making a Murderer (2015, Season One)
netflix
Rewatched this with my partner so we could watch the new season together. As riveting as the first time.
Highly Recommended
WEEKLY AWARDS
BEST FILM: Psycho II
BEST ACTOR: Anthony Perkins - Psycho II
BEST ACTRESS: Meg Tilly - Psycho II
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Danny McBride - 30 Minutes or Less
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Vera Miles - Psycho II
BEST SCRIPT: Tom Holland - Psycho II
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Dean Cundey - Psycho II
BEST DIRECTOR: Richard Franklin - Psycho II
10/10 - Perfection (or as close to it as possible)
09/10 - An Excellent film
08/10 - A VERY Good film
07/10 - A Good film
06/10 - A Solid film
05/10 - An Average film
04/10 - Below Average film
03/10 - A mostly bad film
02/10 - A mostly terrible film
01/10 - Awful through and through
00/10 - Not only awful but offensive too
Yours:
Psycho II 8/10
I remember liking it, but not much else.
Mine:
Widows 8.5/10
Steve McQueen's new movie. Loved it, it's kind of old school. It's really well made, the cast is good. There's a twist at a certain point that's a bit take it or leave it, IMO.
The Last Metro 8.5/10
It's a Francois Truffaut movie, with Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu, about an actress in Paris during WW2 who runs a theatre on behalf of her husband, who's a Jewish playwright forced in hiding by the Nazi regime. Then an actor who's also in the resistance joins the company. Loved it, loved the atmosphere and the ending. Both Catherine Deneuve and Depardieu are great.
Foreign Intrigue 5/10
It's a movie with Robert Mitchum and Ingrid Thulin, about a press agent starting to investigate on the death of his client, a millionaire with a mysterious past. Didn't like it much, Robert Mitchum is cool, but it felt kind of dull. The ending is kind if weird, not in a good way though, IMO (I don't want to spoilt it...
).No Way Out 8/10
The movie with Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman and Sean Young, it's pretty good, it holds up well to me.
I'm not a big fan of the final twist though...Hey billy
Not seen any of yours, beenhearing very mixed things on widows, in particular the writing. I’ll see it though
Should really see No Way Out too although I know the ending