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Post by amyja89 on Jun 7, 2024 20:44:07 GMT
The Dead Don't Hurt - **
Oof. There are slow burns, and then there are no burns. This is definitely the latter. Standard man going away to fight in the Civil War/wife having to fend for herself stuff. Seen it all before, and in much more arresting fashion. Enjoyable actors doing not so enjoyable work.
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Post by marob on Jun 9, 2024 9:30:57 GMT
Dr Strangelove. I liked it, but thought it was only mildly amusing. Not sure how well it’s going to translate to stage in a few months time, and it didn’t particularly make me want to find out either. But then from what I have seen of his films I’ve never really got the fuss around Kubrick. I was the only one in there.
Then Rope, Dial ‘M’ for Murder, and Rear Window, bundled together as ‘The Apartment Trilogy’ with introductions from the host of a podcast called Talking Hitchcock. Have seen them all before, but not for many years. Great seeing them on a big screen, and all three pretty well-attended. Enjoyed Rope and Dial M but both are a little slow and talky, Rear Window much slicker, funnier and an absolute classic.
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Post by kallyloo on Jun 11, 2024 8:32:11 GMT
Your Monster (Sundance film festival London). Blended genre pic of romcom, musical and horror. Sounds nuts but was actually pretty good and the festival winner. I really enjoyed the empowering independent woman scenes and the monster romance was quite special. I mean where have all the good romcoms gone to in the last decade? It’s was fantastic to hear about it’s evolution from the director and cast, and even more significant to understand the story evolved from a real event she actually experienced. Not sure the mildly horrifying ending entirely worked, but it certainly made me reconsider assumptions I’d made earlier.
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