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I watched Batman Begins again recently. Hasn't aged well. What once seemed gritty now seems very silly. Ho hum. Also perused Side Effects (Steven Soderbergh, 2014) Rooney Mara is sad as her hubby is in jail for insider trading. How she copes with this unfolds in Soderbergh's usual stately pace. Worth a look as it didn't turn out the way I expected. Watched Time Without Pity (1952, Joseph Losey) A cast of stalwarts in a tale of revenge and boozing. Twas on Talking Pictures etc. Recommended, if only to see Rumpole with dyed blond hair!!! Catch 22 (Mike Nichols, 1970) Sprawling adaptation of Joseph Heller's wartime novel. Quite grim in places, lived up to the memory. Psycho (1960, Hitch) Whilst Peeping Tom is still the sicker film, this is just a unique piece of cinema. Arbogast's demise still a highlight for me. As this was the blu that I received as a late Xmas pressie, it looks sharp enough on my crappy tv haha.
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This is a spoiler filled article about Suicide Squad, but when the piece is called 'The 16 most ridiculous moments in Suicide Squad' you know you're barking up the wrong street making films The 16 most ridiculous moments in Suicide Squad I still hate this film
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Scarface (1983) ****1/2 out of ***** The Nice Guys (2016) **** out of *****
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Playing catch up # 1 Se7en (1995) Nobody expected a director who to date had only made one film, the at the time deemed failure Alien 3, and a couple of music videos for Aerosmith and Madonna, to hit home with one of cinemas modern classics. However David Fincher did just that, and to my mind has never come close to bettering this still shocking thriller. I recall seeing it at the cinema and being wowed from the sinister, in fact downright unnerving, opening credits scored by Nine Inch Nails to the earth shattering climax and everything in between. Although truth be told i don't think the film really clicks into gear until Detective Mills ( a career best Brad Pitt for me) inadvertently invites at odds partner Somerset(Morgan Freeman) round for tea thanks to wife, Gwyneth Paltrow. The scenes of getting to know you are every bit as vital to the film hitting home with it's final gut punch as any of John Doe (Kevin Spacey's) ingenious ways of inflicting death and torture via the seven deadly sins. Still as remarkable 21 years later as it was in 1995. If you haven't watched it for a while go and give yourself a treat. Films like this don't come around that often. |
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It was a joy to watch. Excellent stuff.
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