thesexynortherner 139 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Tenet 6/10 Paid for the rental (£5.49 Sky). Remember reading quite good things about it when it came out.. but was disappointed. It was all a bit ridiculous! I like a decent sci-fi and I like a decent action film.. Sadly, Tenet is neither. I certainly wouldn’t recommend paying to watch it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Whitechapel Owl 13,111 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Legend 6/10 Alright, Was disappointed how similar it was to the 90s Krays film with the Kemp brothers. Was expecting something a bit different. Hardy great as always, he saves it really. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Holmowl 24,399 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Tyrannosaur. Olivia Colman and Peter Mullan. Dark as hell, violent, moving, brilliant. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
1867owl 2,109 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 31 minutes ago, Holmowl said: Tyrannosaur. Olivia Colman and Peter Mullan. Dark as hell, violent, moving, brilliant. Beat me to it. For dark, British films, Tyrannosaur is one of the very best. Olivia Colman is astonishing. The film's up there with Nil By Mouth in terms of acting and atmospheric brilliance. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Holmowl 24,399 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 4 minutes ago, 1867owl said: Beat me to it. For dark, British films, Tyrannosaur is one of the very best. Olivia Colman is astonishing. The film's up there with Nil By Mouth in terms of acting and atmospheric brilliance. Nil by Mouth next up for me then. Thanks. Mrs H can’t watch dark films. When I read about Tyrannosaur I thought she might be ok with it. Two minutes in I was glad I’d chosen to watch it alone!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TheEnchanter 22,681 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 4 hours ago, Holmowl said: Tyrannosaur. Olivia Colman and Peter Mullan. Dark as hell, violent, moving, brilliant. I see you've lightened up since Dead Mans Shoes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
1867owl 2,109 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 7 hours ago, Holmowl said: Nil by Mouth next up for me then. Thanks. Mrs H can’t watch dark films. When I read about Tyrannosaur I thought she might be ok with it. Two minutes in I was glad I’d chosen to watch it alone!! Nil By Mouth's a lot darker and more depressing than Tyrannosaur. A nasty but simply brilliant film. Enjoy! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Doctor Duran 1,595 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 On 13/01/2021 at 07:25, Holmowl said: Tyrannosaur. Olivia Colman and Peter Mullan. Dark as hell, violent, moving, brilliant. where/what platform did you watch it from ? Link to post Share on other sites
Holmowl 24,399 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 7 hours ago, Doctor Duran said: where/what platform did you watch it from ? Sky £2.49. It’s also on Prime or Netflix but £3. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Roy Of The Roasters 1,742 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Greed (2019) Steve Coogan stars as wealthy but controversial Richard "Greedy" McCreadie (loosely based on the real life Philip Green) in this black comedy. Following a bruising appearance at a government inquiry into his business practices, McCreadie hires a journalist (David Mitchell, basically doing Mark out of Peep Show) to write a sympathetic biography, a plot device which allows flashbacks to McCreadie's earlier life. At the same time, he plans a lavish 60th Birthday on Mykonos, which is where most of the film is set. However, things aren't going to plan. The Roman Amphitheatre he is constructing to hold a Gladiator themed event is behind schedule. Elton John is holding out for £3 million to do a gig. The celebrity lookalikes employed as stand-ins don't really look alike (and one of the celebrities impersonated is actually deceased). He still fancies his ex-wife. Oh, and a bunch of Syrian refugees are camping on the beach overlooked by the resort, spoiling McCreadie's 'perfect' view. What more could possibly go wrong? Well, plenty. Much of the comedy derives from McCreadie's sheer toxic awfulness, and the torrent of colourful and inventive insults he showers on anyone who displeases him. Which is pretty much everyone. Coogan does a decent job of portraying a man who, for all his wealth and sense of entitlement, is never quite in control of events, but credit also to Mitchell and to Dinita Gohil (as Amanda, one of McCreadies aides) both of whose characters depict the moral dilemma of fundamentally decent people making a living working for a monster in a more subtle way. 6/10. Enjoyable, but probably wont bear repeated viewing. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Night King 1,979 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Knives out Really really good modern day who done it. daniel Craigs performance in this reminded of Francis Underwood with the accent. 8/10 3 Link to post Share on other sites
marconi 6,835 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Started watching one last night on BBC 2 called 99 Homes, seemed good so set it recording. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Django 1,840 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Skyscraper A very entertaining rubbish movie 7/10 Crawl Excellent 8/10 1 Link to post Share on other sites
unkastav 1,947 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Just gone back to the classics shelf... CARLITOS WAY Bloody love it. Favours gonna kill you 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
edmontonowl 11,320 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 On 17/01/2021 at 04:53, marconi said: Started watching one last night on BBC 2 called 99 Homes, seemed good so set it recording. 'Did you finish it? Was OK if a bit depressing on many levels. Good performances from the 2 leads 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TheEnchanter 22,681 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 On 17/01/2021 at 22:58, unkastav said: Just gone back to the classics shelf... CARLITOS WAY Bloody love it. Favours gonna kill you **** yeah. One of the coolest guys from that era. Pacino's jet black hair doing gangster stuff. Love it. Sean Penn plays a good role in that film too. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
unkastav 1,947 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, TheEnchanter said: **** yeah. One of the coolest guys from that era. Pacino's jet black hair doing gangster stuff. Love it. Sean Penn plays a good role in that film too. Scarface tonight!! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Night King 1,979 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Bombshell 7/10 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DVDA 1,924 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Been watching the 4K Potter films with the missus, as I've never seen them from beginning to end and have never read the books - yesterday's offerings were Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix. 4 and 5 /10, respectively. Not a fan, tBH, so far. The kids' acting is so beyond wooden, it's petrified and become coal. Followed by ID4 and copious alcohol - 8.5/10. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
unkastav 1,947 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 The Revenant has just been selected.... Leonardo, Tom and T’grizzly one 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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