What classics did you see last week ? (23 Dec - 29 Dec 2018)

Hi Spike,I hope you had a good X-Mas,with Blackadder (the X-Mas special of which is thankfully uncut on Netflix) have you seen the unaired pilot: 




Sadly not a smash hit (the slo-mo shoot-outs are worthy of HK era John Woo) Dredd is the only 3D film I've seen twice at the cinema. In recent Dredd news,Karl Urban says Garland was actually the "uncredited" director of the movie: www.indiewire.com/2018/03/karl-urban-dredd-alex-garland-directed-pete-travis-1201937017/

My 2012 review:



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Being deeply disappointed with the use of 3D in a number of movies,I was please to witness the technology get a knock out punch to the head!.Opening with the title exploding on the screen,director Pete Travis and Danny Boyle/Lars Von Trier main cinematography Anthony Dod Mantle deliver truly eye-popping 3D,as blood,smoke,bullets and glass "jump out" of the screen to pull the audience deep into the action.Along with the 3D,Travis also shows a real eye for the many tremendous action scenes,by giving the Peach Trees, (named after a building in Shrewsbury UK!) a real seedy atmosphere,whilst also staying away from trigger-happy jump cuttings,to instead allow the viewer to get a real feel of the action taking place.Pulled right from a 40's hard-nosed Gangster movie by Alex Garland's rough'n' ready screenplay,Karl Urban shows the Dredd helmet to be a perfect fit,thanks to being able to deliver the film's adrenaline-rushing,ultra-violence action scenes with a real relish,whilst also keeping the character away from being one dimensional,by cleverly having moments which allow his personality to come through,such as walking to the pounding Industrial score by Paul Leonard-Morgan,to delivering one liners that will put a grin on any Action movie fans face, ("Its judgement time") as they get the chance to witness Judge Dredd deliver some bone crunching hard justice.