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Riddick.

8/10

A lot like Pitch Black.

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American Husstle

7/10

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About Time - 7/10

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DragonWolf
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2164468/

I think its a German production filmed in Thailand, with German/English/Thai actors.
It has its moments, the acting is crap but the fight scenes are well played out, choreographed and shot.
With that said the fight scenes made the film, a little bit of T&A, a little bit gritty. Its one of those "oh i've got sod all to do for an hour or 2" moments, stick it on and flick through to the best bits.
6/10

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12 Years a Slave.

Good. Quite brutal. They don't shy away from making you quite uncomfortable. Scenes always hang on that bit longer that you could like as well.

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Gravity, I really enjoyed this film. CGI was superb, well acted 9/10

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The Wolf of Wall Street 9/10

One of the funniest films I've seen for ages.

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Bula Quo! ... Status Quo's Parfitt and Rossi having a lark in Fiji with loads of their music. It has its funny moments (e.g. the scuba dive off a sunken ship's big gun).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2363115/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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The Wolf on Wall Street = 9/10. Funny film

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In a World 6/10

Butter 7/10

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 8/10

As a Jack Ryan film its not that great but as a generic spy/action film it was mostly enjoyable.

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RoboCop 8/10 still a classic although in no way perfect.

RoboCop 2014 7/10 a lot better than expected just don't see it and try to compare it to the original.

A few cool nods to the original had me laugh out loud. The theme tune is still there!

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and the cracking body of an ex Neighbour lol

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Sunshine On Leith "My feel good film" Love it :D

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RoboCop (2014)

Just back from seeing this.

It was... surprisingly not awful :D

I still prefer the original, but I did actually really enjoy this version. It doesn't have the ultra-violence or the humour, and the only attempt at satire is SLJ's TV host, but it's actually quite well done and has a different take compared to the original.

I missed it having a villain like Kurtwood Smith's Clarence (the equivalent guy in this was pretty crap), but Keaton and Oldman were very good as the OmniCorp boss and Robo's inventor respectively. Also nice to see The Wire & Boardwalk Empire's Michael K. Williams.

Oh, and Oldman's assistant was hot (Vegas and Dexter's Aimee Garcia).

Maybe... 7/10, perhaps 8. [The original is one of my "tens".]

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The Lego Movie 9/10

Absolutely brilliant. just gutted it ended.

I last saw Short Circuit 2 (1988) on VHS earlier :)

I give it 7/10 I suppose..

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Primer : confusing.. but makes more sense after I read about it.

Upstream colour : Even more confusing... I guess it makes more sense after reading about it, but not a lot more...

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12 years a slave - Brutal and depressing, beyond a doubt - but also very slow....

I last saw WARGAMES (1983) on VHS :) (9/10)

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Ditto, but I think there will be a sequel, Duplo vs Lego...

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The Hangover 3 - Forced to sit through it by my beloved baby brother and my comment is who made this dreadful rubbish 1/10

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Enders Game

7/10

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Gravity, special effects 10/10. Science/continuity 5/10.

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Philomena 8/10 A tragically and painfully sad story.

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and true :(

Watched

Employee of the month earlier, it's pretty poor 4/10

and

The Killing Fields 7.5/10

Incidentally the Cambodian reporter the films based on died not long ago iirc

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Frozen

9/10

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Mean Machine 9/10

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Sparks
6/10

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Klass (2007)

Quite disturbing - 7.5/10

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier 9/10

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Hubby took me to see Non-Stop starring Liam Neeson. 5/10 and only gave it that because it got me out the house. Not a patch on Taken.

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Preview of Locke, appalling, 1/10

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Could anyone recommend anything on Netflix? non-fiction stuff, action, comedy whatever.

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Just watched Expendables 2 on Netflix. Throughly enjoyed it, you have to take it for what it is. An what it is entertainment, with some really fun moments.

Anyone know why Netflix is such poor quality on Xbox-one?

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Dunno. I tried it again on Sunday and got fed up at the sound being out of sync so used my PS3 instead.

I really liked Expendables 2, enjoyed it a lot more than the first.

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Thanks I watched both Expendables. I did enjoy them both but a couple of the green screen stuff was too obvious, way too obvious.

Any other suggestions?

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I watched this on Netflix earlier - much better than I thought.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443771/

Oddly I found myself quite liking a couple of the characters too ;)

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Long may it continue and many more may I watch :)

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Godzilla 2014 9/10

Totally loved it, a lot of suspense and action. Great story and very much a sequal to the 1954 original.

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Just watched Pacific Rim with the family I liked it, but then again I like action/adventure. I find it quite hard to find a film that we all can watch with the kids as one is 11 and the other 21, we all enjoyed this film.

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Just got back from Godzilla which was ok. Shame the new cinema (st Neots) was pretty crap.

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Godzilla 7/10

Much better than the last hollywood attempt

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Star wars ep IV
11/10

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Wednesday -

X-Men: Days of Future Past (cinema, 3D)

8/10

Not as good as X-Men 2 or X-Men: First Class, but still very good. 3D was pointless, though.


This weekend -

The Matrix (BD)

10/10.

15 years old and still awesome.



Pacific Rim (3D BD)

This was the first time I've seen Pacific Rim in 3D and it was awesome - it joins the small list of 3D films that I think have both good *and* worthwhile use of 3D (e.g. Avatar, Gravity, Prometheus, DREDD...).

This was also the 2nd test of my new AVR (the first was The Matrix yesterday, with uncompressed 5.1 LPCM from the X1), and the DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack was brilliant.

Anyway. The film may be a cliched cheesefest, but for pure fun and awesomeness it's a 9/10.

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The Lego movie.

6/10 Overhyped.

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X-Men days of future past 8/10

Thought it was fantastic and good use of older and younger cast.

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Did you mean that one or was it the new one you saw?

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Oh crap - dunno what I was doing there, but there's no way I'd give Last Stand anything like that :erm: :dunce:

I meant Days of Future Past :o:

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Casino Royale (BD)

Daniel Craig's first Bond isn't his best (nor his worst), but it's still a bloody good film, and a welcome reboot for the franchise after the ABSOLUTELY AWFUL Die Another Day.

Eva Green is also the most stunningly beautiful "Bond Girl" ever.

8/10

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X-Men: Days of Future Past 8/10.

Really enjoyed it, and they have almost re-booted the X-Men universe (just like Star Trek did).

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Yup, DOFP and First Class before it are definitely more like reboots of the franchise than standard prequels or sequels.

First Class had already introduced a variety of inconsistencies with the original trilogy, and DOFP has introduced even more (even before the time travel...).

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Just got back from seeing a million ways to die in the west - I liked it :)

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Nymphomaniac volume 1&2, 6/10.
Surrrrreaaaalllll.

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Edge of Tomorrow

8/10

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maleficent

7/10 not bad, in fact pretty good

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Nebraska

10/10 Astoundingly good.

Edge of Tomorrow 7.5/10

Very entertaining, good cgi, Emily Blunt :o

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 9/10

Fantastic over all brilliant.

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Guardians of the Galaxy.

Really enjoyed it - 8/10.

Don't bother staying for the after-credits clip - it's doesn't add any value to any upcoming films...

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I saw Dawn of the Planet of the Apes last weekend - loved it! :)

I don't think that it was as good as Rise, but it was still very enjoyable and had amazing mo-cap work and SFX.


Off to see Guardians of the Galaxy tonight...

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Guardians of the Galaxy.

Loved it, probably the best marvel film yet. The stinger at the end was a bit of a letdown though.

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Having been a fan of Planet of the Apes since my childhood l am looking forward to the latest film having been impressed by the clips l have seen so far.

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Guardians of the Galaxy

9/10

Fun, funny, and totally awesome! :D

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I am a huge fan of the original movie series and the new reboot and it's sequel have been phenomenally good.

Not often they get reboots right but they really did this time.

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There was also a TV series which l thought was good as well.

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Never liked the tv series. There was also an animated version of the series.

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Little Nicky, some funny bits 6/10

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Kickass 2, a total let down. 4/10

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Please do not watch the following film, it is total crap and I have no idea as to why I didn't switch it off after 5 minutes (or sooner)

Full English breakfast

0.000001/1000000

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Grabbers

9/10 Funny Irish creature feature with the most hilarious drunken woman I have ever witnessed.

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Oculus 9/10 best psychological horror film in a while!

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Guardians of the Galaxy 9/10

Absolutely amazing! Couldn't really fault anything.

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The Raid 2

Awesome!

Longer than the first film, and without the fast pace.

But that's OK - it's not meant to be the same kind of film as the first.

This one is more like an Indonesian version of The Departed... but with added spectacular fight scenes.

It may not have the non-stop action of The Raid, but it's still very good and the fight scenes are just... amazing.

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Cohesion 7/10 good film which is sort of predictable and very watchable.

I Frankenstein 7/10 another watchable film if passing the Mary Shelley book a tad to far.

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Godzilla 4/10 Totally forgettable. 20 mins of Godzilla in 2 hours, most fight scenes were off camera which was very noticable, thin plot, not a lot happens. I could sum up the entire film in one short sentence but won't for spoilers.

The effects were quite good though.

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I thought the opposite. By not showing too much of him throughout the film it builds suspense and makes the film better. I think people forget this and are spoiled by modern moves being all action. If you had seen the directors first movie called monsters you'd know what to expect.

It's Godzilla, surely you weren't expecting an amazing in depth story. I think they tried to make the plot more involved by including the family stuff to try and make you feel more emotion.

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^ I have to agree although it's only 2/10 from me.
IMO this is the worst Godzilla movie of all. Even the early Godjira series were more entertaining.

I thought Monsters was no-budget trash and not worthy of marking.

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Monsters was low budget but the director showed what you could achieve with very little money. It also proved that creating an atmosphere and suspense can be better than just destroying everything and just making it about the monster. It makes you think a bit more and that for me is a trick that most film makers have forgotten these days.

So you are saying the awful 90s Hollywood Godzilla was better than this?

But thats just my opinion.

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Reanimator awful but good in a prisoner cell block h sort of way 5/10

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Lucy 7/10

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Alien abduction 2/10
Wishing I had been abducted so I didn't have to watch this god awful film!

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I think the hint was in the title :)
I gave it a miss.

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Good Will Hunting

9/10

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Saw this in Great Yarmouth in 4K resolution, good film ending went 2001 esque.

8/10

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As above, so below. 3/10

Some ok shocks but well overboard on the shaky cam to the extent I felt pretty sick towards the end. Plus the ending was pretty much tacked on with loads of unanswered questions.

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Snowpiercer... scifi that lost its way a bit near the end. 9/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706620/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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Rise of the Guardians. A bit of light relief that got quite dark. 10/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446192/?ref_=nv_sr_2

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The Fast and Furious: Tokyo drift.

Because I was actually in a good mood, I tried to look for the good points, so here goes. It looks pretty and the car racing is good..

The Bad: It tries to an action movie and a good drama, but doesn't have enough action to pull off being an action movie, and it lacks both the good story and good acting required for a good drama.

1/10

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Guardians of the Galaxy 9/10

Loved it :D

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Gravity and I thought it was rubbish.

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2D or 3D?

I don't see the appeal or point in 2D, but in 3D it's quite a spectacle.

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2D.

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So that's a double NO vote then? ;)

I've been down a couple of times to try see it, but the crowds of kids queuing for it put me off both times. :(

Maleficent gets a 9/10 from me. A very good twist on an old storyline, and beautifully made.

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Yes there was certainly a lot of hyperbole about it and in my opinion it certainly not as good as some people say it is.

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Promethius. Maybe with the credentials of the director (Ridley Scott) I was expecting more. Great cinematography and plenty of gore but it didn't grab/horrify like Alien*. 7/10

Left a sequel opening.

*That john Hurt moment.

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How to Train Your Dragon 2

8/10

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The Boxtrolls 8/10

Brilliant stop motion animation.

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Dallas Buyers Club 9/10

Poignant & Disturbing

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The Incredible Shrinking Man
8/10
Disturbed me when I saw it as a kid. Still does.

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We're the Millers 8/10. Very funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vsy5KzsieQ

Rise of the planet of the apes 8.5/10

Enjoyed that.

Dawn of the planet of the apes 9/10

Enjoyed that slightly more.

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Layercake, 9/10, one of my all-time favourites.

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The Homesman - 7.5/10