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The Conjuring 7.5/10

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Rocky Horor Show .... Awsom yet again daughter watched it with us for first time lol very bemused

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It was Natalie's turn to choose this time so we went to see The Heat, which was much better than I was expecting, nice :)

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Oblivion. 8/10. Beautifully filmed, decent storyline.

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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - 7/10. Coogan was as good as always, and the heart of the story is something I can relate to very easily. It does have some very funny moments in it, but most of the time it is just very predictable film with a lazy script. It is worth seeing just for Steve Coogan alone though:)

P.S have just started watching Heat recorded from last night, so my next score will be 9/10. Michael Mann at his finest :nworthy:

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Lone Ranger - 8/10, Excellent film, funny in places, and slightly gory in others.

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I forgot from last week, RED 2. Not as good as the first but what is? 7.5/10.

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The Lone Ranger 9/10 funny, good action scenes, give it a try, not as bad as some reviews say.

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The Lone Ranger - 8/10

Really surprised how much fun it was after reading a few reviews. Lots of great comedy moments and pretty faithful to the original premise of how he became The Lone Ranger.

depp was brilliant as Tonto even though he was very Captain Jack like at times.

the Wee Man 4/10 - really disappointed. After having read Paul Ferris own book, a lot of the film seems to have been changed for story and entertainment value and it was just not that good at all.

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Iron Man 3. 2/10

Dunno about anyone else but for me in comparison to 1, 2 and the avengers this was total rubbish. Watched the lot multiple times but this won't be getting another viewing. Liked the villains but this series is heading in a more serious direction which i dislike.

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The Great Gatsby 2013. A pretty good film, 7/10

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Really, I thought 3 was far superior to IM2, which tried too hard but totally failed.

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I'm a sucker for the typical superhero style so when they start moving into something more serious I tend to drift off. It's strange because I thought the villains looked brilliant :(

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Kick Ass 2 - 7/10.

Plenty of the expected action, but also a couple of scenes that were just dumb.
The device that made the girls instantly sick just seemed total daft, and out of place.

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Elysium 5/10. Wish I didn't bother.

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More serious? :confused:

I think it's the least serious of the Iron Man films, played a lot more for laughs.

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Ditto.

Very predictable in places, but very enjoyable and it looked amazing.

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Kick Ass 2 - 7/10

Plenty of violence as you'd expect, enjoyable movie but not as good as the first

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Olympus has fallen.
Great film.

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The Conjuring 8/10 quite a surprising and well made adaption of an Ed and Lorraine Warren case.

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The Arrival of Wang 6/10

Final line of movie 10/10 with out doubt one of the most classic lines ever.

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Meet the Millers great film and load of laughs in it 8/10

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About Time - 8/10

Great fun movie and another great Richard Curtis movie.

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Drive 9/10

It's that good you don't even need to know the name of the main protagonist. Boss film but not for the squeamish or faint hearted.

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I really wasn't impressed with Drive. I liked it, I just didn't see what the fuss was about.

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What he said. I didn't think it was all that...

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Rush - 8.5/10

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Now You See Me - Utter rubbish! 1/10

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The Wrestler 7/10

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World War Z - pretty good film even though it seemed a bit cobbled together.
Made a change to see zombies that had speed and some dexterity. Gonna get hold of the original book (even though it is totally different) looking forward to the second film if it happens. 7.5/10

Colony, good story line badly acted out. 3/10

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They were not Zombies ;)

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The Evil Dead. Lacked the humour of the original. Gorefest really, disappointed.

4/10

Not seen WWZ yet, love zombie films and a lot of this was shot in my home town, Glasgow. Got some poor reviews though

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Finally got around to watching The Raid last night.

Dodgy acting, boss fight scenes, loads of gore and gibs. Perfect Saturday night entertainment: 8/10

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Life of Pi. Beautiful, I can see why it was lauded by critics. 8/10

World War Z. It certainly kept my heart thumping hard until a poor ending. 7/10

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Zombies on speed :p:

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Iron Man 3

7/10. The last half hour was good, the stuff before? Not so much.

Three points knocked off for just too much waffling.

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Law Abiding Citizen

6/10. Three points knocked off for the totally implausible tunnel thing, one point knocked off because I really dislike Gerard Butler.

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Insidious Chapter 2 : 4/10

An hour too long, and I've had scarier gas bills.

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Rush 8.5/10

Really enjoyed this :)

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Seven Psychopaths.

You could have easily missed this one, I did until I spotted a trailer on youtube. Second time I've watched it. great cast, nice bit of comedy mixed with action and drama.

8/10

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Kick ass 2, balls to the wall.
It's ok, not as good as the first one 7.5/10

After Earth.
I thought that this looked promising, but it fell flat on its face. SFX/CGI was ok but the story lacked spark. Dad and lad together, there didn't seem to be any ...... trying to think of the right word.... they didn't compliment each other in the film, it was like they didn't get on in real life and it came out in this film (just my opinion)
5/10
Mediocre.

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The Net - Sandra Bullock 9/10

Enjoyable although a little dated as shown by the use of floppy disks. Never the less worth a couple of hours of your time. :)

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The Raid - 9/10.

Fantastic action movie. Although some may be put off by the fact it is Indonesian and therefore subtitled, it is well worth a watch. The plot and story line are pretty basic and is both easy to follow and also see where the ending is heading to. So for me, the script was a little redundant anyway. I have not had so much fun watching a movie in a long time. Written and directed by a Welshman too - Gareth Evans. Looking forward to the sequel, but not so much the American remake!!!

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Steve Coogan -Alpha Papa very funny about a radio station being held hostage, it also helped i saw it in a small theatre in one of the towns they filmed in Sheringham Norfolk. 9/10.:)

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Filth. 9/10

Brilliant film. Brilliant acting and some great twists. McAvoy produced his best

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Mediastan - 7/10

This is the film/documentary by wikileaks that 'counters' Fifth Estate. It's nothing ground-breaking and unlikely to shock anyone but it's hard to see America as anything other than negative after watching it.

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Captain Phillips 9/10

Brilliantly shot and really ramps up the tension. Casting is brilliant. Really enjoyed it!

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Curse of Chucky 6/10

I usually find the Chucky movies cheap n nasty feeling but found this one surprisingly enjoyable.

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Disconnect 8/10

Very enjoyable throughout

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Filth 8/10

Very good, fairly faithful to the book and some truly hilarious sequences.

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Despicable Me 2.

Got a soft spot for CGI. Good film, plenty happening but the first had more charm.
7.5/10

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Gravity in 3D

Well worth it but make sure you see it in 3D.

8/10

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Gravity - 9.5/10

I saw it in IMAX 3D and it was stunning, some proper tension and amazing visuals.

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Gravity (3D)

Simple plot, but very tense and thrilling, and totally and utterly visually spectacular. Stunning...

9/10

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2287851/

Last flight to Abuja.

This is a Nigerian film with all the class acting and special effects you would expect from a very low budget made for tv film from an African country.
It's poorly scripted, really badly edited and as for the acting, well say no more.
But for all it's faults it was a good film, enjoyable and I didn't fall asleep. That in itself speaks volumes.
6/10

If you can find it have a watch.

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GRAVITY

JUst seen this film and now feel like I've just stepped off the Space Shuttle. You are immersed into the whole film. Really good.
Not reccommended if you want a film with lots of people and places....This is mostly one character throughout but definately a good movie.

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10

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The Wolverine
6/10
A bit of a letdown. Not as much action as I expected but I enjoyed Japan.

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Gravity 3D - 9/10

Stunning and totally immersive. Edge of your seat stuff. Loved it.

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That's pretty much what I'd score it.

It was better than the first Wolverine film, at least. But that's not a hard thing...

It did have some very good action sequences, but overall I found it... boring. I also didn't think much of the end, and I thought that Viper was a poor-man's Poison Ivy with added snakiness.

The best bit was the mid-credits sequence...

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Thor - Darkworld 7/10.

Plenty of action, some good humour, reasonable story.
It was somewhat predicable in many places, but hey, loved it anyway.

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Star Trek: Into Darkness.

I received this as a birthday pressie on DVD. It was rather disappointing, so it's just as well I didn't go to the cinema.

The original Khan was a way better villain than the new, bland version, though Spock's description of him as the most dangerous threat they ever faced was exaggerated. I'd say the Doomsday Machine and that energy-eating space bacterium were worse.

Reversing the roles of who died of radiation poisoning and was restored to life is not an original touch. Carol Marcus' brief dishabille was appreciated (she is gorgeous, after all) but gratuitous.

I still can't accept Uhura gettin' it on with Spock. That's just wrong. So is Kirk being promoted from Ensign (and technically he didn't even graduate from Starfleet Academy!) straight to Captain. Even the original James T. Kirk couldn't have coped with that.

On the other hand, Scotty and Bones are dead on; both the actors have thoroughly nailed it. Even Chekov has his moments (though I can't accept that Kirk would've placed a green ensign in charge of Engineering - where was Scotty's deputy?)

But the worst mistake was simply throwing away the whole Section 31 mythos. In the original canon, Section 31 was in fact created as part of the Starfleet Charter. The name is a reference to the thirty-first section of that Charter, which in somewhat vague wording talks about the creation of an autonomous agency (see the novel Section 31: Cloak). In other words, even though Section 31 was a perversion of everything the Federation stood for, it was, nonetheless, a legitimately created agency. That was what was so intriguing about it; it was so cool for the Trek universe to acquire a dark corner or two.

And here's J.J. Adams just throwing it all away! I shudder to think what he's going to do to Star Wars...!

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I thought the same about the credits sequence!

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If you view the films as a reboot and as someone that's never bothered to watch any of the series (Before my time) I think they're brilliant films. They appeal to the younger generation more than the die hard fans. As someone who wasn't at all interested in Star Trek, these films have got me hooked and waiting for a third.

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The Hobbit 9/10

A excellent film in which Peter Jackson has again delivered the goods to Audiences.

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Gravity 3D
8/10
Stunning film, marred a little by the Odeon's less than brilliant screen. If you go see this film, go IMAX.

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The Usual Suspects

Never bothered watching this up until now and I regret doing so.

Slow, Dull, fragmented and over-acted.

Basically a pretentious load of tosh - 1/10 and that's being generous

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Gravity 6/10 only movie that was in Imax up here. Seems as overrated as they come. For anyone that doesn't regularly watch in Imax you'll find this spectacular but for me it was just an average movie with a less than average cast.

Thor: The dark world 8/10. Hyped for Captain America now that looks much better than the original.

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Elisyium 9/10

I thought this was a good film, made a change from the usual ones ive seen, it had a good storyline but i think the movie could have been a bit better as it was set in the future 200 years, but they were driving around in cars from today, i thought that let the movie down, but the rest was really good.

Its on my top 20 list of films i like so i was pretty impressed.

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I agree, i think the new star trek films are brilliant, they do lack a certain thing but im not sure what, they have the music right, the characters are brilliant, but theres something missing.

Id love to see the 3rd film, i cant wait, any true trekkies will probably agree theres something missing but they pretty much got it nailed.

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Headhunters - Norwegian film based on the Jo Nesbø novel. An art thief steals a valuable painting from the wrong person: a former spec-ops soldier. You can kind of guess the rest.

Excellent plot with loads of action and a smidgeon of dry humour although rather full of holes due to time constraints. Well worth a watch: 8/10

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Alpha Papa - 3/10.

Was never a massive Alan Partridge fan but decided to give it a go but it was largely unfunny. Michael the Geordie was always my favourite character and each time he appears he steals every scene in the film. It has one single funny line: "Dear God let them be firm" (if you've seen it, good - I didn't fancy explaining it...) and not long after that I switched it off, can't be bothered how it ends.

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Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) - watched off Netflix. Features the original Batman (Mr Adam West) at the start.

Ahead of its time, the Kids will love it. 9/10.

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Too many years ago, in another life. One Xmas time or maybe it was New Year, I got very wrecked.

After staying out most all night I returned early in the morning and flaked out on the settee. When I came too, with the mummy and daddy of a huge hangover, I remember that movie was on our then, newish colour TV. I watched it through one eye and surprisingly enjoyed it before drifting off into oblivium once more.

Thanks for jogging an old memory. :)

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Man of Steel

0/10

Appalling, disjointed mess of a film. Leading character had no personality whatsoever. Amy Adams looked puffy and confused. Russell Crowe crept about in corridors. Superhumans threw each other into buildings - over, and over and over again.

The whole evening was best summed up by the following:

'I need to pee, don't bother to pause it'

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Each to their own I guess but this was one f my top movies of the year. Great Superman movie and did most things brilliantly.

He is Kal-El, he has a personality. Read any of the classic comics or old TV series.

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Texas Chainsaw (2013)

1/10

Thankfully I was not expecting much from this, and I did not plan to watch it, but curiosity got the better of me. This was just pure drivel though, complete and utter dross. Predictable, with a very weak script and even worse acting. It offered nothing new or original and I did not care for any of the characters. Even if I had not seen (and loved) the original, I would still have detested this.

Words fail me for how poor this movie is.

The only bright spot from this was them showing some scenes from the original and seeing how they "finished it off."

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Old Boy - Korean film a bout a businessman who is imprisoned for 15 years. By whom and for what reason remains a mystery which is the basis of the movie.

Rather disturbing but riveting and very well executed.

8/10

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A very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (in glorious 2D)
6/10
Funny in places, enough to keep me watching but not as good as previous outings.

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You have to remember it was 5 years before the moon landings.
Technology has moved on in the last fifty years!

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The Family

6/10

Now I'm a big fan of a bit of gratuitous violence but somehow it just didn't sit right with this film. Maybe because it was supposed to be a comedy. Disappointed.

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Gravity 5/10 - As a visual spectacle it's fantastic however the story line isn't great and the script was pretty awful. Totally over-hyped purely down to the 3D experience.

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The Desolation of Smaug

7/10. Better than the first one (not difficult). Still went on a bit, and with 3/4 of an hour of ads before hand, my backside was numb.

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The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug 3d HFR

7/10 for the actual gilm. Bit long but quite enjoyed it.

However the HFR was awful. It looked very smooth and the scenery shots looked fab but all the action and most of the movie looked like a TV show rather than a movie. Its like when you get a new TV and it has all those smoothing options enabled. Some parts even looked sped up. The only good thing was that it made the 3D look better and didn't tire out my eyes.

First and last HFR for me.

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Max Payne I liked it despite what the critics said 7/10

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The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman.

7/10

Nice to see Shia Labeouf can act. Decent film but put me off ever going to Bucharest. Not that I was ever going to go anyway....

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Identity Thief 8/10 such a stupid funny film

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jOBS - 8/10

Maybe it's because I was never a massive Apple fan before I had my iPhone (therefore didn't know much about Steve Jobs' reputation and history) and was never blind to its limitations but I didn't understand the criticism of this film - I really liked it.

If the portrayal of him was genuine then it seems that although he had a brilliant mind he was a very obnoxious and unpleasant piece of work when things didn't go his way. But whatever, I liked the film and at times AK looked exactly like him.

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do not need a film to tell me that lol

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Anchorman 2 - 3/10

It was just so poor. It ran for 2 hours but should have only been about 80 minutes long in reality. It felt like self indulgent buffoonery from all involved. A few minor funny moments has saved this from getting a 1 or 2 out of 10.

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Empire of the Sun 8/10

Wish I'd watched it earlier. Great movie.

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Cloud Atlas 8/10

I weird watching the end credit (nearly 3 hours later), to see what roles the main stars appeared in and to see that they had played characters of the opposite sex.

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Sexy Beast - 6/10

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Desolation of Smaug 7:10 as a film its quite good but all the padding and the added stuff to appease those who have only ever seen the LOTR films with stuff that just should not be in it annoys the crap out of me . They should have made it just 1 or 2 movies at most

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I'm not defending Steve Jobs, but I suspect he was not the only business person who could be obnoxious and unpleasant when things didn't go his way. I've read that both Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer could be really nasty when they didn't like something that had happened..

As a backup to the obnoxious and unpleasant comment, I heard a story about how Steve Jobs dealt with the farce that was the Mobile Me launch. He called the team behind it into his office and asked two questions. One was "Can anyone tell me what the ***** this thing is supposed to do?" and when they started to utter an explanation, he stopped them and asked "Right, can anyone tell me why the **** it isn't doing it?". Mobile Me improved very quickly after that.

Getting back on topic, I am currently watching Return of the Jedi on Blu Ray. Seen the film hundreds of times but I still think the original three SW films have a certain magic that the prequels (while they were enjoyable in their own right) lacked. Even though they did add the rather pointless cry of "Noooo" when Vader kills the emperor (I think that scene is far more powerful without it). 8/10

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Casino 6/10

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American Hustle - 8.5/10

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In addition to the ridiculous "Nooooo!", there's also the replacement force ghost for Anakin along with extra muppet celebrations :(

Empire is the least butchered by Lucas.

I had hoped when Disney bought Lucasfilm that it would mean we'd get the original original trilogy on Blu-ray, but apparently there are still issues with the rights as Fox owns the distribution rights still for the first trilogy.

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TESB is easily the best of the Star Wars movies imo

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The French Connection
7/10

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Its my least fav Bond film of them all.

Its Dame Judy Dench not Helen Mirren.

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Natalie and I went to see the second hobbit film. I thought it was ok.