Love that movie. One of my all time favourites.
And Juliette Lewis' cover of PJ Harvey's Hardly Wait is just sublime:
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And Juliette Lewis' cover of PJ Harvey's Hardly Wait is just sublime:
Over the top but entertaining 
Marvel so jumped the shark, the newness and magic is so gone, sadly.
Avatar (2009)- Still the top grossing film of all time for a reason. Amazing film and premise, and I dismiss my wife’s scorn as a Dancing with Wolves remake. It’s so much more.
Well I’ve probably watched it easily 10+ times , maybe 20.
So much more than Dancing with Wolves.
The multiverse crap started it. Way too much convenience and sloppyness introduced into story telling .
Mission Impossible Final Reckoning (2025)- streaming on Paramount+. I lasted about 40 minutes, I just couldn’t continue because I didn’t care, and watching old Tom doesn’t do anything for me.
We are going to have to watch Avatar: Fire and Ash when it comes out, in spite of its equivocal reviews.
This is because part of it is based on the Bainings Fire Dance, from East New Britain, PNG.
My wife comes from near there.
James Cameron has spent some time around New Ireland and New Britain in PNG. He tested his deep-sea submersible in the trench to the west of New Ireland.
In Avatar, some of the 'plants' in the forest are actually re-imaginings of tropical underwater creatures. In Avatar: The Way of Water, much of the shallow water environment is based on the coral reefs around those islands.
This is because part of it is based on the Bainings Fire Dance, from East New Britain, PNG.
My wife comes from near there.
James Cameron has spent some time around New Ireland and New Britain in PNG. He tested his deep-sea submersible in the trench to the west of New Ireland.
In Avatar, some of the 'plants' in the forest are actually re-imaginings of tropical underwater creatures. In Avatar: The Way of Water, much of the shallow water environment is based on the coral reefs around those islands.
I just watched the first Sisu movie. I'm expecting more of the same with this one. I hope he's the same strong, silent type😉 who lets his action speaks for him. Action heroes spouting one liners is so 1990's.😁
"A Christmas Story"...of course; it's a yearly tradition. Still funny after all these years.
The Insider (1999)
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
The Ring (2002)
A journalist investigates a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it. Most western remakes of far eastern horror are diluted rubbish and barely worth your time to watch. The Ring from 2002 is a very different affair being beautifully nuanced, goes deeper and expands on the original. Produced, directed & acted by an accomplished team, lot of small details that all add up in time...
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A journalist investigates a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it. Most western remakes of far eastern horror are diluted rubbish and barely worth your time to watch. The Ring from 2002 is a very different affair being beautifully nuanced, goes deeper and expands on the original. Produced, directed & acted by an accomplished team, lot of small details that all add up in time...
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That movie is a worthy horror film as it gave me the heebie-jeebies.
On Christmas Eve I watched my usuals: "The Holiday" (a definite chick-flick with Kate Winslet, Jack Black, Cameron Dias, and Jude Law) and my favorite "Love, Actually." I prepared the salad for Christmas dinner while watching these and then I had some time so I watched "High Fidelity" with John Cusack, which I used to really like, but for some reason it didn't sit well with me that night.
Not for everyone but "The Sadness" is a fun horror movie
My Christmas Films:
Good film, seen it before, enjoyable.
The classic, a legendary film in cinema IMO. Done really well too.
Another excellent classic. Throughly enjoyable.
Enjoyed this one too, better then the second one I felt and really good strong acting too.
Odd and daft and predictable, same as the other Boyle films then really lol.
Not bad, enjoyed this one even though I wasn’t expecting to. Still can’t beat the original film though for me.
Rubbish! As an F1 fan I found it really poor to be honest, totally unrealistic too, and the BS ‘you get a sense when everything is quite’ rubbish.. Please. More annoying they roped in the real F1 drivers and teams and even team principles in the film also. Glad I waited for it to be included in my subscription before watching it.
Enjoyed it! I am ashamed to say I enjoyed it, and as annoying and OTT as Jack Black can be, his persona fitted right in with this film I felt. Good one for kids too. And I have never played the game either lol.
My yearly Christmas Film to watch.
Need I say anything? Cult classic and best of the series, although I do like Die Hard 4.0.
Good film, old style fun.
Good film, seen it before, enjoyable.
The classic, a legendary film in cinema IMO. Done really well too.
Another excellent classic. Throughly enjoyable.
Enjoyed this one too, better then the second one I felt and really good strong acting too.
Odd and daft and predictable, same as the other Boyle films then really lol.
Not bad, enjoyed this one even though I wasn’t expecting to. Still can’t beat the original film though for me.
Rubbish! As an F1 fan I found it really poor to be honest, totally unrealistic too, and the BS ‘you get a sense when everything is quite’ rubbish.. Please. More annoying they roped in the real F1 drivers and teams and even team principles in the film also. Glad I waited for it to be included in my subscription before watching it.
Enjoyed it! I am ashamed to say I enjoyed it, and as annoying and OTT as Jack Black can be, his persona fitted right in with this film I felt. Good one for kids too. And I have never played the game either lol.
My yearly Christmas Film to watch.
Need I say anything? Cult classic and best of the series, although I do like Die Hard 4.0.
Good film, old style fun.
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That movie is a worthy horror film as it gave me the heebie-jeebies.
Scary at first but once you watch the Scary Movie take on it, you never see it in the same light again lol.
I totally agree on F1, it was simply unrealistic and the scenes repeated themselves over and over, sure glad I didn't pay for it, well, I did, as part of my obile plan ;(