Black Panther: 7.5/10

Groundhog Day 9/10

The Shape of Water 7/10

Not quite sure what to make of that film.

Black Panther-7/10
A marvel movie in look and style. But a but a bit of a different tone. I liked it. Thought the cast was great and enjoyed the backstory behind it.

Black Panther - 4/5

All the ladies in this were great.

Wind River - 9/10

A very strong and compelling performance by Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen. Quality stuff.

Aligarh - 7/10

Indie films from the motherland are in a league of their own.

Small Faces 3/4 - A funnier, more genuine take on lower income Scottish home life in the 90's than Trainspotting. There are even a couple of likeable characters who's flaws make them more accessible rather than repugnant. This is a good counterpoint to the tedium of the excess that an Irvine Welsh story tends to go for.

I picked up a heap of films for dirt cheap the other day too so I finally have a copy of Raging Bull and Angel Heart to get around to. I could never be arsed with either of them but fuck it, for 50p you can't complain.

Moviepass #43 Annihilation 8.5/10 im gonna go and imagine this as being what a drug trip would be like.

Interested in seeing it, Droford. Maybe next week.

Annihilation - 10/10

Might be the best science fiction horror film I've seen in a while. Absolutely gorgeous.

Moviepass #44 Game Night 8/10 very funny

Annihilation - 9/10

Good film. Kind of weird. Kind of creepy. Nifty visuals. Natalie Portman is great.

Someone in my reddit Moviepass group suggested Before I wake if you like annihilation

Every Day - 6/10 - Apparently based off a best seller, a teenage girl falls in love with a person who wakes up in a different body every day. A bit odd, but not terrible.

Game Night - 7/10

Had a blast.

The film stars Angourie Rice as 16-year-old Rhiannon, who falls in love with a traveling soul who wakes each morning in a different body

Hahaha, a Rhiannon who's a skank, who would've thought?

Moviepass #45 Lady Bird 7.5/10

EveryMan - it was cute. I wish there were more stop-motion movies.

8.5/10

Black Panther 7/10

Annihilation - 4.5/5

I've seen some strange movies, but this one did a number on my head. Weirdest movie of 2018 for me by far.

Alex Garland is on his way.

Mudbound 8.5/10

https://bossip.com/1624835/editorial...people-killed/

Going to see it tonight lol. I should have expected as much though

Moviepass #46 Death Wish 2018 7/10 I have a spot for the original and Charles Bronson like most people. Bruce Willis did an ok job and it wasn't as bad as i thought it might be but..it was just ok

Is was "just ok" but got a 7...


Peoples rating systems are objectively bad.

How would you rate Droford's rating system?

3/10

Objectively flawed. Lacks both direction and consistency. Its started off pretty fair and it gets itself together toward the end but it really falls apart in the middle and loses cohesion to the point it cant recover. Would not recommend.

Red Sparrow

I'm unsure whether to give it a 7 or a 8 out of ten; I possibly felt that it was being too clever for its own good. But, I enjoyed Jennifer Lawrence showing her boobs.

I've noticed I tend to rate everything in the 6-8 range.

Captain Phillips - 4/10 - booooring.

Coco - 9.5/10

Really good. One of the most emotional Pixar Films. Gorgeous to look at.

I'm the only one in the theatre for Red Sparrow on a Friday night (1030 show I know but still..)

Seems bad omen

Ladybugs 5/10

Moviepass #47 Red Sparrow 5/10 boring and about 20 minutes too long. The supposed "torture porn" part seemed way toned down to me for what I heard it was supposed to be like. Not sure adding more would have made it better.

The Squid And The Whale - 2.5/4
As much as I love Jeff Daniels he is handicapped by a script that is so far up it's own cavernous arse that you can still hear the echo from his audition recital when the opening credits roll. I tend to love well scripted movies that explore interpersonal relationships from claustrophobic proximity but this was over cooked and left me with a restless anxiety that only a better film could cure.


Nebraska - 4/4

Having watched this immediately after The Squid And The Whale all I can do is point out that this is exactly how a screenplay about relationships, motivations and individuality should be done. It is as close to flawless as film gets and I am man enough to admit that it is above and beyond the possibility of my criticism. Nebraska may the best film I have ever seen. Bruce Dern's quietly passionate stoicism, his furious excitements, delusions and the tragic honesty of his craft appear so natural and truthful that it could almost pass for a documentary. Will Forte is wonderful, and without a trace of exaggeration I think he deserved the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this work. This is the same Will Forte that made The Brothers Solomon and here he is stealing scenes from Stacy Keach and tee'ing up Bruce Dern for the role of his career. There are moments of true Shakespearean tragedy, laugh-til-you-turn-purple lines come and go like stealth missiles and the sheer warmth that radiates from the Nebraska on this screen is an example of its intelligence and heart.
I would expect no less from the man responsible for Sideways.

As Little Bill says in Unforgiven: "Hell I even thought I was dead, till I found out that I was just in Nebraska."

Thumbsucker - 4/4

Another perfect triumph in the exploration of interpersonal relationships genre.
I don't have the energy to describe how much I loved it because I am on a comedown from it. It's rare that an entire cast gets together and decides to be fucking fantastic but this lot did. I'm not just talking the main cast here either, there are top to bottom credit kudos deserved for this. Benjamin Bratt, Vince Vaughan and Keanu Reeves give three of the better small supporting cameos that excellent films need to have from big stars with small egos. The main cast of D'Onofrio, Swinton and Pucci are all heartwarming, heart breaking and so unstoppably fragile that you yearn to reach out and touch them and hug them. The supporting role Kelli Garner plays tears up the rule book and actually has some substance to it, much like the mother in Nebraska there is a unique style that treads the line between cold logic and cruelty wonderfully without demonising the character one bit.

Noah Baumbach should have watched Thumbsucker and Nebraska by now. Let's hope he learns something from them.

One ball has a good scale

He's incredibly consistent and his write ups, whether you agree with them, are consistently well put together and logical.

Awww guys :heart:

Moviepass #48 Strangers 2 - 4/10 totally different vibe from the first and the girl was so annoying I wanted her to get it so if course she doesn't. Plus they used a bunch of songs inn the movie but not I think we're alone now which was in the trailer..

The Strangers: Prey At Night - 5/10

A homage to early slashers. Complete w/ bad acting and a resilient yet ruthless lead villain. Not really a good film (the pool scene is the highlight) but if you dig slashers from the late 70s/early 80s (which I do) you won't have a bad time. ��