Brick is an incredible film. JGL at his very peak.

Brick was really great last time I watched it. Completely sucked in

Ides of March-9/10

Fuck me, do I love Ryan Gosling. Plays a second in command campaign manager under Philip Seymour Hoffman, as George Clooney seeks the democratic nomination.

Paul Giamatti sees Gosling's talent and wants him aboard, telling him his guy's gonna lose so jump from the sinking ship now. All political hell breaks lose, as Gosling is both threatened to be blackmailed, fired, and his career destroyed while also randomly gaining leverage against Clooney that he initially tries to bury until tragedy hits and he's forced to apply his hand.

The whole cast is obviously top notch, and Gosling is so damn magnetic with his silent charisma and presence. It's a pretty fun, interesting and, at the end, sleazy little political movie that shows what I can only imagine is the ugly side of politics the everyday man never sees. Loved it.

The Great Battle 8/10
In the late seventh century, Korean soldiers defend their fortress from a massive invasion.

KInd of like the Alamo meets Helms Deep and the 300 with subs of course.

Glass - 5/10

It wasn't entirely bad. A solid start and a disappointing ending.

Ah shit, I was worried about it looking a bit ropey.

Just popped Bridge To Terabithia into the DVD player. Tears everywhere now.

I'm watching the Matt Damon film, The Wall, and it is so ridiculous, but not in a good way. I don't know if I'm going to be able to make it through the whole film.

Plus, Matt Damon is speaking with a stupid accent.

I watched The Endless last night. It was excellent, I think Frank Drebin would enjoy it. It's not a film I would dare describe to anyone because it is so enjoyable trying to figure out what exactly is going on.

All I can say is it could be sci fi, horror, a mystery, a thriller or even a sort of buddy-Bildungsroman.

It was as good as anything that has 300x the budget.

I like The Endless as well @ SOB

Have you seen any of the people whose made it other work? Their movie SPRING is one of my favorite horror flicks in recent years. Like The Endless, I won't say anything else about it bc it's not what you're expecting at all.

GLASS - 7/10

The first half is a mess/not cohesive
The second half is good and has lots of surprises. I was a fan of how things ended.
Thought Sarah Paulson nearly stole the show, but I am also a big Sarah Paulson mark.

Tag 7/10

Pretty much what Damien Rey said

Secret Avengers 6/10

Needed more Squirrel Girl

If it weren't for Seanny Un, Dos, Tres, Un pasito pa'delante Maria, I would've never watched Tag. That being said, I don't remember a lick of it.

I think you told me to watch SPRING months ago, I like Lou Pucci a lot so I have tried to find it but I may have to buy it online.

Glass 7/10

On another note, I watched about 45 mins of "The Wall" last night before switching it off; it was so naff I couldn't take it any longer.

Mr Vengeance
6/10
Stu Bennett isn't bad. Doubt we will see him in anything mainstream but I think if he wanted to he could make a decent career the B movie circuit

Sherlock Holmes 7/10

Not your traditional Sherlock Holmes, but I enjoyed it.

Vice-6/10

Bale and the rest of the cast are great, but the story and characterization are really scattered and unfocused. There's tons of tonal shifts, from satire to political drama to dark comedy. Was kinda disappointing given the trailer and I didn't learn much more about Cheney.

Venom - 7/10

This movie was all over the place, but in a good kind of way.

Soylent Green 8/10
Set in 2022 in an over populated New York City, Soylent Green gives us a possible future that may not be so distant as it once seemed.

The Mummy (2017) - 3/10

Holy shit this was bad. No wonder Universal scrapped plans for the shared monster movie universe. Only redeeming quality was that Sofia Boutella was pretty cool as the mummy.

Polar- 8/10

Netflix original action movie starring Mads Mikkelsen. Based on a comic of the same name.

Think John Wick, but a bit more over the top.

I chose Apostle over that last night and a lot of shite it was.

I'll get a review up for The Invitation, that was...unexpected. Too good to ruin with pretty much any description so may be a spoiler tagged review.

Invitation was good, yeah.

Started watching The Mist and it sucks so far. Like 4 episodes in and no monsters yet. Just a bunch of people with personal problems that aren’t that interesting.

Darabont already made it the best it could've been. It's not one of the better King books and it's one of the best adaptations. I don't see how you get a whole series out of it unless it's a very loose adaptation.

Very good Flick

Friend just told me that there are no cthulu monsters and "the mist itself is the monster".

Fuck that.

Yeah, I tried watching that, but I got bored and turned it off.

Hold the Dark 6.5/10

I wasn't quite sure what was going on by the end.

Same. Cool atmosphere though.

Polar - 3/4

A high concept action film with slow burning interplay, more Wick (the soundtrack and the dog shout-out were very Wick-esque)than Taken yet with some hugely detracting and distracting miscasting and misfiring on the acting front.
Mads Mikkelsen is perfect for a role like this, he's a physical specimen with charisma in abundance and an excellent wry sense of humour. The good bits are as good as Wick, the bad bits look like they belong in another film entirely. There's a gang of assassins that suck all humour from the screen and Matt Lucas cast as the nemesis is questionable in a way that makes me wonder if maybe the director had been watching Tilda Swinton in Snowpiercer a bit too much. Whatever caused it, the boss and the gang were dreadful and took too much screen time. All other aspects were either predictable yet brilliantly realised and styled or completely unpredictable, cool as shit and techno as hell.

There was this one bit with lasers... I won't ruin it for you.

Polar 6.5/10

I thought the casting of Matt Lucas kind of matched the ridiculousness of the film.

What about the lasers though?

Dragon Ball Super: Broly-6.5/10

Wanted to give it a 7 because the animation during the action, and those sequences were absolutely stellar.

The story and motives behind Broly this time around were also much better.

However, Paragus seemed to have more of a motive than Broly, and he was just kinda there. In the original, Paragus actually had a personal vendetta and plotted his revenge. Whereas in this one, he's just randomly found, and used as a pawn in what seemingly amounted to a sparring match for Frieza to watch. It didn't feel anywhere near as personal this time around even tho it's supposed to be canon.

Also the ending was really anti climactic. And honestly, I found it corny and very unsatisfying. Sure it leaves the door open but it didn't resolve anything.

So yes I liked it, but I didn't like it more than the original. I liked it about the same.

Velvet Buzzsaw... half way through and I'm starting to think that Nightcrawler was great by mistake.
Rene Russo is the wrong choice for this film, Zawe Ashton was exposed as out of her depth in broad British comedies years ago and it is appallingly apparent how little she offers in a big budget Netflix film when you see her acting alongside everyone here. Toni Collette should have been given the Russo role, Rene Russo wasn't cool in the 90's when she actually had a name so this "Rene-sance" being forced down our throats makes no sense commercially nor in terms of drawing an audience.

It's asking a lot of Jake G to pull this movie out of its own arse.

I may well stop watching this. It is very poor.

FREE SOLO - 8.5/10

Absolutely terrifying -- But also incredibly inspiring. Great documentary. Highly recommended!



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Those people are pants compared to that nutty French guy that climbs the outside of skyscrapers barehanded.