What Films did You Watch Last Week (04/02 - 10/02) CLOSED

Welcome back to another week of the BEST & WORST edition of 'what movies did you see last week?' thread. For those who haven't been part of it before, basically your host (me) posts my weekly movies and you can comment on those and list your movie for the same time frame. I will get back to you on yours and you can talk to other users here about their films. It's a great place to talk about film.


FIRST TIME MOVIE VIEWING

Unknown (2011, Jaume Collet-Serra)
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Easily the best of the four pairings of director and star this film set in Berlin sees Liam Neeson in an intriguing action thriller.
The film has shades of Polanski’s Frantic but with a more sympathetic lead and more action.
6.5/10

Presumed Innocent (1990, Alan J. Pakula)
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Harrison Ford plays a lawyer who investigates the murder of a colleague just to find himself more connected to the crime than anyone else.
Nothing flashy here but it is pretty watchable stuff.
5.5-6/10

The Commuter (2018, Jaume Collet-Serra)
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This was pretty badly made, no believabilty and badly written. Still has some fun moments.
3/10

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009, Peter Hyams)
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This is a remake of the 1956 Fritz Lang film in which a reporter investigates a dirty District Attorney. The two leads in the film were pretty bad and not too likeable, it is a shame that Michael Douglass had so few scenes compared to them and he was the strongest presence in the film. 
3/10

REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING

True Romance (1993, Tony Scott)
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Tarantino sold this script to Tony Scott to finance making Reservoir Dogs and what we have his a blend of Tarantinos voice and Tony Scotts brightly lit excess. The film is in my top 50 and has memorable scene after memorable scene.
9/10

Taking Care of Business (1990, Arthur Hiller)
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Really fun comedy with Jim Belushi and  Charles Grodin, easy rewatch.
7/10

The Sitter (2011, David Gordon Green)
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A fun, silly  comedy that is somewhat a remake of the 80's films Adventures in Babysitting. This film gets overlooked but is better than many more high profile films made by this crew.
6/10

REPEAT TV VIEWING

Broadchurch (2016, Season Three)
Netflix
Rewatched the third and final season, it's a different case but still keeps all the main characters around, not quite a good but still quality viewing
Recommended

WEEKLY AWARDS

BEST FILM: True Romance
BEST ACTOR: Christian Slater - True Romance
BEST ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette - True Romance
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Bronson Pinchot - True Romance
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne De Salvo - Taking Care of Business
BEST SCRIPT: Quentin Tarantino - True Romance
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jeffrey L. Kimbal - True Romance
BEST SCORE: Hans Zimmer - True Romance
BEST DIRECTOR: Tony Scott - True Romance


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