Excellent film.
Has the same elegaic quality as The Last Picture Show with a touch of 70s films such as Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.
The cast are uniformly excellent - even down to the bit parts.
Well worth seeing.
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- Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:27 pm
- Forum: Film Discussion
- Topic: Hell or High Water
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5231
- Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:55 pm
- Forum: Film Discussion
- Topic: Hunt For The Wilderpeople
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2500
Re: Hunt For The Wilderpeople
What a great little film!
Knew nothing about this at all in advance.
Beautiful - funny - moving - truthful - so many qualities absent from the majority of production line films that flood the cinemas.
If you see one film this weekend, make it this one.
Up meets Thelma & Louise.
Knew nothing about this at all in advance.
Beautiful - funny - moving - truthful - so many qualities absent from the majority of production line films that flood the cinemas.
If you see one film this weekend, make it this one.
Up meets Thelma & Louise.
- Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:19 pm
- Forum: Film Discussion
- Topic: Anthropoid
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4066
Re: Anthropoid
Literally spoiled for me by Radio 4's Front Row, which followed the phrase "we don't want to give away too much", by in fact giving away everything, which meant that much of the potential tension from having no idea what was going to happen was wholly denied us.
- Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:21 pm
- Forum: Film Discussion
- Topic: Cafe Society
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1411
Re: Cafe Society
Just got back in from seeing it at the local Odeon. Re: the finish - We had a couple of theories, but don't want to risk saying anything that might be considered a spoiler this early in the opening week. The script is a little clunky in places but one thing that absolutely did stand out was the ligh...
- Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:06 pm
- Forum: Film Discussion
- Topic: War Dogs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3283
Re: War Dogs
ps - Is there any particular reason for Bradley Cooper's apparent decision to play his role as Bono?
- Thu Sep 01, 2016 11:05 pm
- Forum: Film Discussion
- Topic: War Dogs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3283
Re: War Dogs
So there's a lot of Goodfellas, mixed in with Three Kings, Jarhead, Wolf of Wall St etc. I was vaguely aware of the story, but not enough to be sure about the ending. "Dramedy" is always a difficult one to pull off - not enough laughs for some people, too flippant for others, but it is well done and...
- Thu Sep 01, 2016 11:01 pm
- Forum: Film Discussion
- Topic: Bad Moms
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3190
Re: Bad Moms
It's not going to win any awards, but it easily passes the six laughs test.
Imagine if Mean Girls were now grown-ups.
Kristen Bell and especially Kathryn Hahn get the biggest laughs.
Imagine if Mean Girls were now grown-ups.
Kristen Bell and especially Kathryn Hahn get the biggest laughs.
- Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:36 am
- Forum: Film Discussion
- Topic: David Brent: Life on the Road
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2142
Re: David Brent: Life on the Road
In some ways, beneath all the crass gags, this is one of the saddest films I have ever seen. Here you have a man prematurely in his twilight years, living a sad, lonely existence with no love and no real friends. So desperate for these things that he tries far too hard and drives them further away. ...
- Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:54 am
- Forum: Film Discussion
- Topic: Swallows and Amazons
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2902
Re: Swallows and Amazons
"Five Go Mad In Dorset" meets "The 39 Steps".
A real parson's egg. Really enjoyed some parts, yet at times it was like the local am dram.
A real parson's egg. Really enjoyed some parts, yet at times it was like the local am dram.
- Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:49 pm
- Forum: Film Discussion
- Topic: Pete's Dragon
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2045
Re: Pete's Dragon
This is a far better film than it has any right to be. It is really quite dark in places, surprisingly so, which means parents of younger kids might want to check the BBFC page on the film before making a family outing. The additional "indie" sensibility works really well and some very good performa...