Dan In Real Life (2007) 5/10

Despicable Me 2 (2013) 7/10

Frozen (2013) 9/10

noimageatall said:

JoeyC said:

I'm doing pretty good. A lot better than i was a few months ago.


As far as Catching Fire.

It seems like it expands on certain aspects of the first Hunger Games. What i liked about the first one was it showed that unchecked classism, elitism, decadence and oppression will lead to a sick society. The second one seems to go even deeper into them belief systems.

Have u read any of the Hunger Game books ?

Yep. We see it right now.

And yes...read them all. Kind of wish I hadn't because I knew what was going to happen. But it was still good.

You ain't lying ! It should be obvious 2 us humans that an extreme have, have not society is gonna lead 2 our destruction.

As far as the Hunger Games novels. As soon as i get new reading glasses im gonna check em out.

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)

8/10

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Byzantium 4/5 I really liked this. A slow paced movie that held my complete undivided attention. Loved the vampire concept. A bit different. A little romantic without getting mushy. Melancholy. Period and modern. A decent story, very metaphorical. Female leads.

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011)

A poor facsimile of the original with performances wasted all around. Not even a Christmas theme could save this one.

1/2

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a modern masterpiece of Cinema.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2358891/

I saw the preview for this at the cinema the other day. It looks really good.

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Byzantium 4/5 I really liked this. A slow paced movie that held my complete undivided attention. Loved the vampire concept. A bit different. A little romantic without getting mushy. Melancholy. Period and modern. A decent story, very metaphorical. Female leads.

I'm burnt out on vampires, but I agree this wasn't bad at all.

Mauvais Sang / Bad Blood (1986) - A young thief becomes enchanted with the girlfriend of his much older colleague.



The big selling point for me was a young Juliette Binoche and Julie Delpy in the same movie. The fact that it was directed by Leos Carax who also did Holy Motors was icing on the cake really. And yes, this was the inspiration for the Bowie "Modern Love" running scene in Frances Ha. Loved it. 1/2

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Philomena (2013) - A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.

This is a very charming movie. No surprise, Judi Dench is great as the Irish mum.

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Wasn't great, but definitely a nice movie. I give it 3 1/2 out of 5 stars...

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sexton said:

Philomena (2013) - A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.

This is a very charming movie. No surprise, Judi Dench is great as the Irish mum.

Saw this yesterday, very good movie. Judi Dench and Steve Coogan are always great. I give it a 7 out of 10.

It's a british production so I had to giggle at the scenes other than the monuments that were supposedly shot in the US. The American accent on the waitress and the "mexican" cook

Now I know how other cultures must feel when Hollywood portrays them. Other funny cultural portrayals was her son's sister (what was up with her hair) and of course a gay man living in Washington would have a seminal "American" car like an El Camino in his front yard.

David Lynch rip-off movie. Wasn't impressed. Casting Kristen Scott Thomas as the mother was the best thing in the movie because her performance (as usual) was completely perfect. She amazes me in everything she does. Unfortunately she wasn't enough to save the silly plot. 4 stars out of ten.

lezama said:

ZombieKitten said:

lezama said:

David Lynch rip-off movie. Wasn't impressed. Casting Kristen Scott Thomas as the mother was the best thing in the movie because her performance (as usual) was completely perfect. She amazes me in everything she does. Unfortunately she wasn't enough to save the silly plot. 4 stars out of ten.

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Only God Forgives.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602613/

I watched Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing. My favourite Shakespeare play. It's so silly, in a good way. 5 stars out of 5.

Dallas Buyer's Club was great!! McConaughey stole the show. Jared Leto was excellent too.

This is the End

I laughed out loud at the gluten jokes in the beginning, but the rest

3rdeyedude said:

Dallas Buyer's Club was great!! McConaughey stole the show. Jared Leto was excellent too.

I knew somebody would mention this. I smell a best male actor (lead role) Oscar for McConaughey and Leto might get a supporting actor nod.... but which one??

Oh, and I give it an 8/10

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Catching Fire. It was really entertaining.

Great acting, nice references and symolism, wonderful songs, really well made movie.

And I just hated the main character. What a incredible eogistic, self centered douchebag. With a lame excuse. But, I'm kind of black/white in my judgement.

Recommend to go and see it.

8/10

The Atomic States of America - 2/5 Lots of valid points, but very one-sided & manipulative I felt.

Blue Is The Warmest Color - 4/5 - Tour de Force acting!

Have recently rewatched:

And part of:

These are three of my favorite movies.

I remember a girl I dated telling me that the handheld camerawork in Husbands and Wives made her queasy. Anyone else have the same experience?

Sightseers – I really liked Ben Wheatley’s first move (Down Terrace) and I loved Kill List so much that I’d probably rank it as one of my favourite movies, but at this point I’m a little luke-warm on this black comedy. It starts well enough, but it didn’t really surprise me or give me anything new once it established what kind of movie it was. I did like the ending and I’d still give it a 3/5, but it was something of a let-down for me.

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Ace said:

I remember a girl I dated telling me that the handheld camerawork in Husbands and Wives made her queasy. Anyone else have the same experience?

It's been years since I've seen it, but I didn't have a problem with H&W. That said, I didn't see it in a theatre, & when people report queasiness from films, I believe it's usually from a theatre screening where the film is big enough to consume most of your field of vision.

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damosuzuki said:

Ace said:

I remember a girl I dated telling me that the handheld camerawork in Husbands and Wives made her queasy. Anyone else have the same experience?

It's been years since I've seen it, but I didn't have a problem with H&W. That said, I didn't see it in a theatre, & when people report queasiness from films, I believe it's usually from a theatre screening, where the film is big enought to consume most of your field of vision.

Interesting theory, damo!

American Hustle (2013) - A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.



All-around excellent.

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