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#7841 QuickTidal

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 12:25 PM

Briar King, on 05 January 2016 - 06:30 AM, said:

Wtf... This reminds me a bit of Abe Lincoln Vamp Hunter.

I am BEYOND excited for that movie. It loooks like SO much fun!

Also Lily James, Matt Smith, and Lena Headley.

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 06:21 PM

Briar King, on 05 January 2016 - 06:30 AM, said:

Wtf... This reminds me a bit of Abe Lincoln Vamp Hunter.

https://m.youtube.co...h?v=foGraEVNI0s

I saw a preview for that over the weekend and my response was an odd combination of WTF & LOL??!! And then I thought, "Well, maybe better this than another remake of a 70's or 80's tv show that wasn't that great the first time"...

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Posted 06 January 2016 - 05:26 PM

So not only is Alex Garland making ANNIHILATION (First of the Southern Reach trilogy books by Jeff VanDerMeer) into a film....but they just cast the amazing Natalie Portman, Gina Rodriguez, and Tessa Thompson (CREED) as the leads. PERFECT.

I really can't wait to see what Garland does with the Southern Reach. Though I didn't care for the story and resolution in EX-MACHINA, the film itself looks and feels great!

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Posted 06 January 2016 - 10:28 PM

So I just saw Miasto 44 (english title for this is Warsaw 44). I was reluctant for some time due to polish cinema not making me expect all that much, but this... watch it. It's a movie about very young folk during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, and it's as brutal as would be expected - visually, sure, but most of all emotionally. I'm not exactly in a mood to write anything resembling a review, but I will say this: you should definitely watch it.

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Posted 11 January 2016 - 11:34 PM

Bahahahahaha new Deadpool poster!

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Posted 14 January 2016 - 08:26 PM

Raging Cajun Gator King, on 14 January 2016 - 07:32 PM, said:

Watched new Spidey 2. That movie blew old balls....

I cannot believe I went to the cinema to watch that, I started counting the lights on the roof of the cinema I was that bored watching it. Shame as I liked Garfield as Spiderman.

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Posted 15 January 2016 - 08:49 AM

Cloverfield 2! (Or maybe not...)

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Posted 16 January 2016 - 05:53 PM

I watched Creed yesterday. It was ossum.

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Posted 16 January 2016 - 08:49 PM

Just seen Ex Machina. Wow. Just wow.

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 09:36 AM

Nah we got it on DVD I dunno about US Netflix though. It's a really intelligent sci-fi that came out last year.

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 02:26 PM

Raging Cajun Gator King, on 17 January 2016 - 01:28 AM, said:

Is it on Netflix? Never heard of it.

It's on Canadian Netflix BK, so possibly on the US one too.

I had my issues with the film narratively, but it achieves highly in many categories (like editing, soudn design, cinematography, score. ect)

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 09:21 PM

Watching X-Men: First Class for the the first time. Good, even the retconning.

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 10:11 PM

Ex-Machina is on Amazon Prime streaming I think.

I watched The Peanuts Movie. I was bracing for disappointment, and there was no need at all. It's quite good, not just "better than it should have been." The only mar really (besides putting Lucy and Linus in the same grade for some reason, WTH?!) are the original pop songs which are near-ubiquitous in animation these days, but even they aren't that bad. I mean don't get me wrong, they are bad (it's Meghan Trainer and Flo-Rida doing the main ones *shudder*), but they're ignorable rather than obnoxious, which is kind of a miracle. And there's plenty of Guaraldi to balance them out. Otherwise the movie's a real delight, with lots of charm and heart, and even several LOL moments.

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 10:19 PM

Gnaw, on 17 January 2016 - 09:21 PM, said:

Watching X-Men: First Class for the the first time. Good, even the retconning.

First Class was definitely a breath of fresh air after the X3 and Wolverine disasters, but Days of Future Past really knocks it out of the park so hopefully you catch it soon.

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 10:39 PM

QuickTidal, on 17 January 2016 - 02:26 PM, said:

Raging Cajun Gator King, on 17 January 2016 - 01:28 AM, said:

Is it on Netflix? Never heard of it.

I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.
I usually find your analysis & reflections on films to be insightful and in depth.

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Posted 18 January 2016 - 12:10 AM

It's a few pages back in this thread actually.

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