By: BSG-75
- 18th January 2013 at 17:11Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
A bridge too far
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Brilliant film ! I love the bit with the mental patients wondering around the tank column.... perfect way to spend an afternoon ! (the film, not going mad and wondering around a tank column... )
Les Miserables
Despite two really poor bits of casting.
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How is Russel Crowe ? L.A Confidential he was brilliant.... Gladiator and Master & Commander very good, Robin Hood.... m'eh....:rolleyes:
By: DazDaMan
- 21st January 2013 at 10:54Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
TED
Eight-year-old John wishes his new teddy bear would come to life so he has someone to talk to. Cue gratuitous swearing, drug-taking, and borderline bestiality.
Bloody hilarious!
Dead Calm
Holidaying couple Sam Neill and Nicole Kidman come across a slowly-sinking schooner in the middle of the ocean, occupied only by a slightly deranged Billy Zane who proceeds to take Kidman hostage, leaving Neill on the schooner.
Proper edge-of-seat stuff!
Teen Wolf
Unpopular Michael J Fox becomes a local hero following some lycanthropic family tendencies. Good fun.
Pearl Harbor
Yes, we know it's a load of ****, but I still enjoy watching it, if only for the aeroplane bits!
By: BSG-75
- 27th January 2013 at 19:25Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sherlock Holmes, whatever the second Robert Downey Junior one is called, it's shocking, just so bad, it's 2 hours of my life that I want back. (Ok, the other half watched it while I browsed a book and peered over my glasses to scoff at it) - It may as well have been called "Super Victorian Secret Agent with 21st Century approach" - it's just utter ****.:mad:
The A Team - bad day at work, as per, flop out, glass of wine, detach brain and allow eyes to be entertained.... worth it alone to see Murdoch try to jump start an ambulance...... stupidly complex plot (which is what killed it at the box office) but oh so much fun ! (IMHO of course.....)
To each their own, but I hated the first of these two with a vengence, and love the latter !
By: DazDaMan
- 28th January 2013 at 10:09Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Marley and Me
I do like dogs. I genuinely do. I absolutely adored my ex's white Golden Retriever, despite the fact that she mowed me down in the kitchen one day because she just felt like it! And the fact that she bit me on the **** because she refused to be brushed.
But I had no love for this. Can't stand Owen Wilson or Jennifer Aniston, for a start, and I knew [SPOILERS] the dog dies at the end [/SPOILERS]. But, to be honest, the episode of Rolf's Animal Hospital, where the guy had to say goodbye to his beloved dog, was a lot more emotional than this. And shorter.
By: jbritchford
- 28th January 2013 at 10:32Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Les Miserables
...
It's a good movie and well worth a fiver to see big screen. It has more detail from the book than ever made the stage, but somehow it didn't have quite the same impact.
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And the female lead, Cosette is played by Amanda Seyfried, the goggle-eyed bird from Mama-Mia. She can't sing, she can't act and she doesn't even look good or convincing. Once more acted and sung off the screen by Samantha Barks playing Éponine.
Moggy
Having only managed to get a few hundred pages into the book, and being a fan of the stage show, can you elaborate about what extra detail is in the film? I saw it yesterday and I concur, it was...different.
I agree with you too that Amanda Seyfried was definitely out sung by Samatha Barks. Seyfried had something of a warbling sound to her voice that was quite off-putting, but I thought her acting was ok.
By: DazDaMan
- 28th January 2013 at 17:06Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The Last Stand
Half-decent Arnie actioner where he plays the sheriff of a small American town which stands in the way of a convicted drug tsar who's hell-bent on getting into Mexico.
Good action sequences, and Arnie kicking quite a bit of ass en route!
By: DazDaMan
- 3rd February 2013 at 22:42Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The Last Shark
The film famously ordered removed by Universal Pictures because it bore more than a slight resemblance to a certain movie about a giant killer shark.
Utter mince. The shark looks like one of my old plastic toys!!
Jennifer's Body
Megan Fox becomes a flesh-eating demon after a sacrifice gone wrong. Half-decent, but not enough blood and gore for my liking!
Osombie
I just have no idea what to make of this one! A group of soldiers running around the Afghan desert looking for an American conspiracy theory nut gone walkabout while searching for Osama bin Laden. Not bad, admittedly, but not great, either!
By: stangman
- 4th February 2013 at 14:18Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Django Unchained [the d is silent!]
A film by Quentin Tarantino who has never made [IMHO ] a bad film.
This is no PulpFictiom or Kill Bill but a mighty fine film it is indeed.
I am sure theres a Black Labrador running around in the background, because they mention him by name a lot!! 8/10
Tower Block
A fairly competent film about a sniper terrorizing the last residents of a condemned tower block 6/10
By: BSG-75
- 4th February 2013 at 16:34Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
"Looper" - time travelling adventure, time travel is a perfect plot device, and this plot has holes in it you can fly a container load of Burmese Spitfires through..... or not.... ;)
I've taken to using my nectar points/Sainsburys price check coupon to by a movie that I "may like", this one cost me 18p in real terms..... that about sums it up....
By: DazDaMan
- 6th February 2013 at 06:36Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Platoon
Oliver Stone's classic Vietnam War epic. Still powerful stuff, and it proves Charlie Sheen can act when not fueled by tiger blood.
The Bourne Identity
Matt Damon's first outing as the amnesiac assassin. Still fantastic entertainment. Will need to grab the other two on blu-ray soon!
The Thing
John Carpenter's classic sci-fi horror about a group of scientists trapped in the Antarctic with an alien creature capable of absorbing and imitating them perfectly.
By: DazDaMan
- 10th February 2013 at 22:06Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Christine
The John Carpenter adaptation of the Stephen King novel which tells the story of a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury killing off the enemies of its owner. Better than I remember it being, actually!
Bad Ass
Danny Trejo plays a Vietnam vet who becomes an internet sensation after beating two neo-Nazis to a pulp on a bus. He uses his new found status to uncover some corruption in the higher ranks of the city. Pretty good, actually!
By: DazDaMan
- 11th February 2013 at 06:24Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The Faculty
Aliens invade a small-town American high school and proceed to take over the teachers and students. Good fun.
Piranha
The 2010 3D remake of the 1978 B-movie classic sees prehistoric piranha released from an underground lake after an earthquake the day before a big Spring Break vacation in Arizona. Cue boobs and carnage by the shedload...!!
By: hampden98
- 11th February 2013 at 10:25Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
"Taken 2", good action packed film.
9/10'
Jim.
Lincoln .7
What! You gotta be kidding right?
It sucks.
Getting your daughter to throw hand grenades out of a hotel window just so you can judge how far away you are!!
Matron!
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By: DazDaMan - 18th January 2013 at 15:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
21 Jump Street
Still great fun third time around.
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By: spitfireman - 18th January 2013 at 15:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
A bridge too far
"....it was Nijmegen......."
"...it was the narrow road leading to Nijmegen......"
"..it was before that..."
Great film.
" ...I'm sorry, we haven't the facilities to take you all prisoner.....was there anything else?..."
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By: Moggy C - 18th January 2013 at 16:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
2.30 afternoon showing
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10% Cineworld' loyalty account
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Wrinkly person discount
Moggy
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By: BSG-75 - 18th January 2013 at 17:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Brilliant film ! I love the bit with the mental patients wondering around the tank column.... perfect way to spend an afternoon ! (the film, not going mad and wondering around a tank column... )
How is Russel Crowe ? L.A Confidential he was brilliant.... Gladiator and Master & Commander very good, Robin Hood.... m'eh....:rolleyes:
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By: Moggy C - 18th January 2013 at 17:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Not at all bad. Believable.
His singing isn't exactly brilliant, but other than that he carries the part well.
Moggy
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By: DazDaMan - 21st January 2013 at 10:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
TED
Eight-year-old John wishes his new teddy bear would come to life so he has someone to talk to. Cue gratuitous swearing, drug-taking, and borderline bestiality.
Bloody hilarious!
Dead Calm
Holidaying couple Sam Neill and Nicole Kidman come across a slowly-sinking schooner in the middle of the ocean, occupied only by a slightly deranged Billy Zane who proceeds to take Kidman hostage, leaving Neill on the schooner.
Proper edge-of-seat stuff!
Teen Wolf
Unpopular Michael J Fox becomes a local hero following some lycanthropic family tendencies. Good fun.
Pearl Harbor
Yes, we know it's a load of ****, but I still enjoy watching it, if only for the aeroplane bits!
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By: DazDaMan - 27th January 2013 at 18:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Superman (1978)
Still a great movie. Curious to see what they'll do with the reboot, Man of Steel....
Poseidon
Mince remake of the 1972 disaster classic. Seriously, I wouldn't bother. Watch the original.
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By: BSG-75 - 27th January 2013 at 19:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sherlock Holmes, whatever the second Robert Downey Junior one is called, it's shocking, just so bad, it's 2 hours of my life that I want back. (Ok, the other half watched it while I browsed a book and peered over my glasses to scoff at it) - It may as well have been called "Super Victorian Secret Agent with 21st Century approach" - it's just utter ****.:mad:
The A Team - bad day at work, as per, flop out, glass of wine, detach brain and allow eyes to be entertained.... worth it alone to see Murdoch try to jump start an ambulance...... stupidly complex plot (which is what killed it at the box office) but oh so much fun ! (IMHO of course.....)
To each their own, but I hated the first of these two with a vengence, and love the latter !
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By: DazDaMan - 28th January 2013 at 10:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Marley and Me
I do like dogs. I genuinely do. I absolutely adored my ex's white Golden Retriever, despite the fact that she mowed me down in the kitchen one day because she just felt like it! And the fact that she bit me on the **** because she refused to be brushed.
But I had no love for this. Can't stand Owen Wilson or Jennifer Aniston, for a start, and I knew [SPOILERS] the dog dies at the end [/SPOILERS]. But, to be honest, the episode of Rolf's Animal Hospital, where the guy had to say goodbye to his beloved dog, was a lot more emotional than this. And shorter.
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By: jbritchford - 28th January 2013 at 10:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Having only managed to get a few hundred pages into the book, and being a fan of the stage show, can you elaborate about what extra detail is in the film? I saw it yesterday and I concur, it was...different.
I agree with you too that Amanda Seyfried was definitely out sung by Samatha Barks. Seyfried had something of a warbling sound to her voice that was quite off-putting, but I thought her acting was ok.
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By: Lincoln 7 - 28th January 2013 at 10:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
"Taken 2", good action packed film.
9/10'
Jim.
Lincoln .7
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By: DazDaMan - 28th January 2013 at 17:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The Last Stand
Half-decent Arnie actioner where he plays the sheriff of a small American town which stands in the way of a convicted drug tsar who's hell-bent on getting into Mexico.
Good action sequences, and Arnie kicking quite a bit of ass en route!
Posts: 18,353
By: DazDaMan - 3rd February 2013 at 22:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The Last Shark
The film famously ordered removed by Universal Pictures because it bore more than a slight resemblance to a certain movie about a giant killer shark.
Utter mince. The shark looks like one of my old plastic toys!!
Jennifer's Body
Megan Fox becomes a flesh-eating demon after a sacrifice gone wrong. Half-decent, but not enough blood and gore for my liking!
Osombie
I just have no idea what to make of this one! A group of soldiers running around the Afghan desert looking for an American conspiracy theory nut gone walkabout while searching for Osama bin Laden. Not bad, admittedly, but not great, either!
Posts: 877
By: stangman - 4th February 2013 at 14:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Django Unchained [the d is silent!]
A film by Quentin Tarantino who has never made [IMHO ] a bad film.
This is no PulpFictiom or Kill Bill but a mighty fine film it is indeed.
I am sure theres a Black Labrador running around in the background, because they mention him by name a lot!! 8/10
Tower Block
A fairly competent film about a sniper terrorizing the last residents of a condemned tower block 6/10
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By: BSG-75 - 4th February 2013 at 16:34 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
"Looper" - time travelling adventure, time travel is a perfect plot device, and this plot has holes in it you can fly a container load of Burmese Spitfires through..... or not.... ;)
I've taken to using my nectar points/Sainsburys price check coupon to by a movie that I "may like", this one cost me 18p in real terms..... that about sums it up....
Posts: 18,353
By: DazDaMan - 6th February 2013 at 06:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Platoon
Oliver Stone's classic Vietnam War epic. Still powerful stuff, and it proves Charlie Sheen can act when not fueled by tiger blood.
The Bourne Identity
Matt Damon's first outing as the amnesiac assassin. Still fantastic entertainment. Will need to grab the other two on blu-ray soon!
The Thing
John Carpenter's classic sci-fi horror about a group of scientists trapped in the Antarctic with an alien creature capable of absorbing and imitating them perfectly.
Posts: 18,353
By: DazDaMan - 10th February 2013 at 22:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Christine
The John Carpenter adaptation of the Stephen King novel which tells the story of a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury killing off the enemies of its owner. Better than I remember it being, actually!
Bad Ass
Danny Trejo plays a Vietnam vet who becomes an internet sensation after beating two neo-Nazis to a pulp on a bus. He uses his new found status to uncover some corruption in the higher ranks of the city. Pretty good, actually!
Posts: 18,353
By: DazDaMan - 11th February 2013 at 06:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The Faculty
Aliens invade a small-town American high school and proceed to take over the teachers and students. Good fun.
Piranha
The 2010 3D remake of the 1978 B-movie classic sees prehistoric piranha released from an underground lake after an earthquake the day before a big Spring Break vacation in Arizona. Cue boobs and carnage by the shedload...!!
Posts: 2,536
By: hampden98 - 11th February 2013 at 10:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
What! You gotta be kidding right?
It sucks.
Getting your daughter to throw hand grenades out of a hotel window just so you can judge how far away you are!!
Matron!
Posts: 18,353
By: DazDaMan - 14th February 2013 at 22:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Die Hard
On blu-ray. Awesome as always....!