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(11-05-2016 02:07 )wackawoo Wrote:  RoboGeisha - and absolute croc of shite everybody should put themselves through, if only to give me the knowledge that I alone had not wasted some of my life on it. -20/10.

I watched it mate.What a load of pointless shit

Thor, a good blend of action, humour, a plot, good acting and great special effects. My only nitpick is after credit scene which doesn't explain how Loki survived apart from that fantastic, this is my personal thoughts of the film and score on the film don't want people thinking am influencing them in anyway 9.1/10.

Black Sunday[aka The Mask Of Satan](1960)

Barbara Steele puts in an intense performance as a witch who has an iron mask lined with spikes hammered into her face as part of her pupunishment.Before being burned at the stake,she inflicts a curse on her brother's descendants that is horribly fulfilled.A beautifully composed and photographed black and white horror classic from Mario Bava.

8/10

The Illusionist (2006) A magician(Edward Norton) in 1900 Vienna tries to regain the love of his sweetheart(Jessica Biel) but comes up the arrogant Austrian Crown Prince(Rufus Sewell). Perhaps rather forgotten in the wake of the same year's excellent The Prestige, this is a very good film in its own right, with sumptuous cinematography and top performances, Sewell perfectly cast, and always reliable Paul Giamatti as the police inspector. Like The Prestige, it has a couple of tricks up its sleeve, and soap fans will recognise Jake Wood,Max Branning from Eastenders as a policeman. 8.5/10

Story of Shirley Yorke(1948)

MacLean Rogers directed this touching,British drama about a nurse who assists her superior, Dr.Napier who is able of affecting a new treatment on the ailing wife of a lord.Featuring sensetive performances from Dinah Sheridon,Derek Farr and John Robinson.This is an overlooked classic.

8/10

Emergency(1962)

A well acted medical drama directed by Francis Searle.A going girl is knocked down and left in a critical condition with her only hope of survival depending on her doctors being able to find donors who have the same,rare blood group.Dermot Walsh puts in a strong turn.

7/10

The Last Rites Of Ransom Pride(2010) A western in which a woman (Lizzy Caplan) tries to retrieve her lover's body for burial, facing the threats of a Mexican priestess and her lover's father. A case of style over substance, and the style is annoyingly over the top with repetitive flashbacks, characters in 'interesting' costumes to try to cover for the fact they are either underwritten, boring or unpleasant. The constant sepia photography is irritating too. Any pluses? Well, bits of the soundtrack are OK, and on a shallow level, Ms Caplan is nice eye candy (see Random Celebs thread). 2/10

Our Kind Of Traitor(2016)

I just watched this film this morning at my local cinema so I won't give to much away.A decent and respectful adaptation of the John Le Carre' novel published in 2010.Not nearly as glitzy or polished as The Night Manager recently adapted by the BBC but,Susanna White's no frills direction adds to it's appeal.With strong performances from Ewan McGregor and Naomie Harris in particular,fans of Le Carre' should really be pleased with this.

7.5/10

Barton Fink(1991)

Hollywood on Hollywood doesn't come more caustic than this.Starring John Turturro as Bartan Fink,erstwhile toast of Broadway for his leftist dramas,finds himself holed up in a crumbling,dilapidated hotel suffering with writer's block as he tries to write a vehicle for Wallace Beery.Meanwhile,his seemingly affable neighbour begins to reveal some possibly homicidal tendencies.Featuring an Oscar nominated turn from Michael Learner as a heartless,head of a studio which sits perfectly alongside Turturro's paranoid performance,the Coen Brothers solidified their status as Indie kings of the 90s.No wonder that it snagged an unprecedented three awards at the Cannes film festival.

9/10

L.A Confidential(1997) Nicely shot, intelligently and wittily scripted take on the corruption in 1950s LA based on the James Ellroy novel, great turns from Russell Crowe a brutal policeman but actually sympathetic,Guy Pearce the supposedly straighter but smug lieutenant, also Kevin Spacey, James Cromwell and Oscar winner Kim Basinger. The narration by Danny DeVito as the editor of a gossip magazine is excellent too. 8/10