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MortSahlFan 
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 Posted: February 07 2025 at 14:25 |
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I leave out the bad movies - don't want to advertise them
The Grim Reaper (1962) - 7.5/10 Nothing special, except that I saw it and finished it without pausing. Pirosmani - 7/10 Very slow paced, but I liked it as it went along. https://youtu.be/OnzjKLDBKXo Mafioso - 7.5/10 One of the first movies to look at the Mafia.. Dawn of a New Day - 6.5/10 Egyptian melodrama in the ballpark of "All That Heaven Allows" and "Harold and Maude". There are so many better Egyptian movies than this, though. Banditi a Orgosolo - 7/10 Nayak - 7/10 Edited by MortSahlFan - February 07 2025 at 14:26 |
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Posted: January 25 2025 at 08:50 |
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Havent seen it yet but looking forward to Star Trek :Section 31 on Paramount +
The ultra secret spy agency first came up in DS9 my favorite Start Trek version
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richardh
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Posted: January 23 2025 at 23:57 |
I had to look this up. Apparently a 2014 film that had an English language remake called Cold Pursuit. It reminded me that Skarsgard made another Norwegian film back in 1997 called Insomnia that was then remade by Christopher Nolan and starred Al Pacino. Skarsgard is a fine actor with some great credits inc Chernobyl and both Dune films. Fun fact: he has 8 children and 7 are active in TV and films ( Alexander being the most famous I would suggest) with the 8th a doctor. Skardgard had a vasectomy after his eighth child was born!
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Posted: January 23 2025 at 23:25 |
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In Order of Disappearance
Simplistic and rather depraved Norwegian revenge flick about a snowplow driver (Stellan Skarsgård) who goes after the drug dealers who murdered his son. |
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MortSahlFan
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Posted: January 21 2025 at 13:18 |
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Adelheid - 8/10
Best movie I've seen in at least 2 years.. Despite my neighbor and her loud assed muffler going on for an hour.. I had to take a break (play drums to block out the sound) which usually is a hindrance to a movie, but I couldn't take it anymore.. I had this on my IMDB watch-list... along with 2,000 others. Don't remember ever even reading the title. I did a Search on here and found 0 results. Less than 1,000 votes on IMDB but it's on Criterion. I need more movies like this. Contemporary dramas about people that stand on their own, ones you can't compare. |
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Posted: January 16 2025 at 00:19 |
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Immaculate 2024
I have to admit I watch too many of these 'throw away' horror films and at 90 minutes this was never going to be a classic! Stars Sidney Sweeney as a US girl who decides to become a nun in an Italian convent (as presumably such things don't exist in the USA?!) and quickly wishes she had stayed at home. It delivers some decent shocks and a satisfying enough conclusion. 7/10 (but to be taken with a large pinch of salt!)
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: January 04 2025 at 08:46 |
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The Substance is good - maybe not as shocking as some places make out though.
Last night we watched Elevation - Anthony Mackie and the gorgeous Morena Baccarin star. Nasty beasties appear out of nowhere and kill only humans. From the revealing title these nasties can't go any higher than 8,000ft. So 3 years later all the surviving humans live up in the mountains until, one day, our hero has to venture down to Boulder, Colorado to get medication for his ailing son. It's not too bad actually and there are some very tense scenes but ultimately there is nothing new here. Kills 90 minutes though and there is a hell of a lot worse - 7/10 |
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richardh
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Posted: January 03 2025 at 18:11 |
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^ Would like to watch Conclave at some point.
I watched a few 2024 film review shows online and it seems The Substance is getting the plaudits (watch out for the shock Oscar that could be coming Demi Moore's way!). Not seen it myself but can't wait. Sounds intriguing. On the other side of the coin Madame Webb would probably get the worst film of the year award if such a thing existed (or does it? ''The Razzies'' maybe?). Again can't say much as I've not seen it (and probably won't!).
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: January 03 2025 at 06:45 |
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Conclave - Not the type of film we normally watch but this one turned out to be quite good. After the death of the Pope all the Cardinals meet up to select a new one - hence the movie's title. A great cast and a good story made the 2 hours fly by. It's full of twists and turns with an ending that no one could ever foresee and a real jaw-dropping moment. 8/10
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: January 01 2025 at 08:45 |
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Movies watched over the festive season:
Heretic - A horror movie with Hugh Grant. A great start but went downhill a bit later on. 2 young religious girls get trapped by an anti-religious nutter in his house during a storm. Worth a watch though 7/10 Little Bone Lodge - 2 criminals seek refuge at a remote Scottish property where a mother and her daughter live with the disabled husband. It heads in a totally unexpected direction and the twist is a good one. Nicely acted and some decent jumps near the end. Recommended 8/10 Gladiator II - I wasn't overly fond of the original despite it's positive reviews. This one isn't great tbh. The action scenes are decent but it's way, way too long and the story is quite weak (I could never watch something this long and drab in a cinema). The 2 Emperors were the best thing in it. 4/10
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richardh
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Posted: December 28 2024 at 00:00 |
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A Quiet Place Day One 2024
This is the third in the franchise and does not feature either John Krasinski or Emily Blunt (although Krasinski co-wrote the screenplay) who appear in the other 2. This does exactly what it says on the tin. One moment all is normal in NYC, next it's complete carnage but because, perhaps, they don't have a big Hollywood budget for a load of CGI, instead it centres on one or 2 characters a la The Walking Dead. It's very good with faces I'm not familiar with plus a very clever cat! 7/10
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Posted: December 23 2024 at 09:19 |
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Finished The Penguin, excellent!! 9/10
Carry On (Netflix) surprisingly very good. 8/10 Children's Train (Netflix), got better as it progressed, enjoyable. Kids aside the acting was just ok. 7/10 |
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Atavachron
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Posted: December 22 2024 at 21:15 |
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A Complete Unknown looks like it may be the film of the year, Tim Chalamet is impressive.
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richardh
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Posted: December 22 2024 at 20:03 |
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The Northman 2022
Interesting attempt to strip back the whole Viking saga thing, moving it away from perhaps the over romanticised and popular TV series Vikings and The Last Kingdom. I could easily have hated this but I didn't and was never bored for its 2 hour duration. Alexander Skaarsgard is as good as ever in the main title role and is well supported by Nicole Kidman and Anya Taylor-Joy. 7/10
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Posted: December 22 2024 at 19:56 |
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^ The Rock is great indeed
 (yet to see the film though)
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Gentle and Giant
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Posted: December 22 2024 at 15:23 |
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We've just watched Red One and it's a blast. Cast and acting are great and it's made with heart if you get what I mean. Dear Santa, with Jack Black, had no heart and was a tick-in-the-box movie. Red One, on the other hand, is full of charm and it's great fun. I don't think I've ever seen a bad film with The Rock in it and he does his normal thing here - Chris Evans is great too. I'll give it 8/10
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Posted: December 22 2024 at 08:19 |
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Venom: The Last Dance None of these Venom movies have really struck me in any way. They should be fun but I find them rather dull. Tom Hardy is so miscast too - it always seems like he doesn't want to be there - pays the mortgage I suppose. Typical Marvel these days which frankly it's all been done, and seen, before. 5/10
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Posted: December 10 2024 at 05:21 |
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Finished The Penguin last night and an excellent show it was too. Both Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti deserve Oscars (as do the make-up artists). A rather nasty ending though which brought everything back to what we really expect of The Penguin. 9/10
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Atavachron
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Posted: December 09 2024 at 01:03 |
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^ I've been watching the German series Luna & Sophie which reminds me of the Shetland season 9 cast.
Also Little Women from 2019-- never a big fan of the story but this version is quite enjoyable, and just finished the four-part Howards End from 2017 which was very good. |
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richardh
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Posted: December 08 2024 at 19:18 |
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^ A poorly executed concept involving Jack Black? Please say it's not so
 weather has also been terrible here in North Cornwall and we even lost the internet for 10 hrs because of Storm Darragh. Thankfully my Mum has old fashioned TV where you can actually record stuff so I was able to watch the latest episode of Shetland. That show is so good and I'm glad has survived Douglas Henshall leaving it (replaced by the excellent Ashley Jenson (Extras))
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