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Here (2024) - 5/10 - This movie focuses on a location (house) over time and the people who have come and gone over the years. The camera never moves and it feels like a play at times. The action blends across the screen to go back and forth in time as we see families who've inhabited the house and lives in the area outside. Good idea but I just don't think it really worked as the constant jumping around didn't really give enough time to empathise with the characters.
 

Captain America: Brave New Whatever - More mediocre Marvel stuff, felt like a chore watching it, but had a few moments in it to keep me to the end....just. Bang average from Marvel again, end credit reveal hopefully points to something good to make a decent storyline with. 5/10
 
Vertigo (1958) 10/10
Not seen it for a few years. Just watched it in 4K. The exteriors look incredible. Back projections and matte shots don't work as well. Ludicrous plot, of course, but still - what a film.
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Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 10/10
Three WWII servicemen return home to Boone City (Cincinnati) and struggle to adjust to civilian life. Absolute classic, and a masterclass in b&w cinematography from Gregg Toland.
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Cure (1997) 9/10
Genuinely unsettling Japanese psychological horror film centered on a series of murders carried out by different people, but all with the same hallmark. A blink-and-you'll-miss-it final scene as brilliant as the last shot of Michael Haneke's Caché (Hidden).
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Control Freak (2025)

I think poor Kelly Marie Tran should just give up at this point. She was hyped up to the hilt at the release of The Last Jedi and was crap in it, needless to say she’s not improved since.

This is apparently a “body horror” “thriller” but is about as thrilling as sniffing me grandmas knickers.

Yeah, I don’t want to go into any detail as it’s just shite. Avoid.
 
Scorer said:
Difficult to polish the Catholic Church in to coming out well of anything. Father Ted is probably just about the most positive representation of Catholicism I’ve ever seen!
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Bet you say the same about muslim faith while standing outside Chester road mosque this afternoon?
 
Cheese n Ipa said:
Bet you say the same about muslim faith while standing outside Chester road mosque this afternoon?
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I’m 200 miles away and my family haven’t experienced any abuse at the hands of Muslims so you are correct in your assumption. For what it’s worth I’d happily call out the same abuses my family experienced regardless of the faith of perpetrators, just so happens in this instance it was catholics.
 
Scorer said:
I’m 200 miles away and my family haven’t experienced any abuse at the hands of Muslims so you are correct in your assumption. For what it’s worth I’d happily call out the same abuses my family experienced regardless of the faith of perpetrators, just so happens in this instance it was catholics.
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Shouldnt automatically throw them down though. If you have had bad experiences thats bd but dont tarnish everyone with the same brush
 
Cheese n Ipa said:
Shouldnt automatically throw them down though. If you have had bad experiences thats bd but dont tarnish everyone with the same brush
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I think the failings of the Catholic Church are well known and widespread. I don’t assume every Catholic is abusive, a large proportion of my family are catholic and great people. The Catholic Church not so much.
Of course every religion will have similar issues. Indeed it’s probably true to say every organisation will have had abusive practice somewhere and I’ve raised dozens and dozens of safeguarding referrals about many organisations and people over the years.
 
The new June releases for the Criterion Collection have just been announced. They include one that's been on many wish lists for years.

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4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES​

  • New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack approved by director William Friedkin
  • Alternate 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
  • Friedkin Uncut (2018), a documentary by Francesco Zippel featuring interviews with Friedkin; screenwriter Walon Green; filmmakers Wes Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola, and Quentin Tarantino; and others
  • New conversation between filmmaker James Gray and film critic Sean Fennessey
  • Archival audio interviews with Green and editor Bud Smith, from the collection of Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan, author of William Friedkin (2003)
  • Conversation from 2015 between Friedkin and filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn
  • Behind-the-scenes footage of Friedkin on set
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Justin Chang

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Monty Pigeon said:
The new June releases for the Criterion Collection have just been announced. They include one that's been on many wish lists for years.

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4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES​

  • New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack approved by director William Friedkin
  • Alternate 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
  • Friedkin Uncut (2018), a documentary by Francesco Zippel featuring interviews with Friedkin; screenwriter Walon Green; filmmakers Wes Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola, and Quentin Tarantino; and others
  • New conversation between filmmaker James Gray and film critic Sean Fennessey
  • Archival audio interviews with Green and editor Bud Smith, from the collection of Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan, author of William Friedkin (2003)
  • Conversation from 2015 between Friedkin and filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn
  • Behind-the-scenes footage of Friedkin on set
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Justin Chang

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I've got the 40th Anniversary "Special Edition" blu-ray, i think the special part must be the reversible cover.
Paid about £6, same edition is now over £20, not a great transfer, must be the safc version, so depending on price i'll add that to my list.
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Watching an older QI and was amazed by the little fact of Mills Jovovich holding a record amount of kills in movies so decided to look on Google, I was really surprised tbh.

The top 10 actors with most on-screen kills:
  • Samuel L. Jackson – 1734.
  • Milla Jovovich – 1299.
  • Jet Li – 1076.
  • Dolph Lundgren – 940.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger – 842.
  • Steven Seagal – 822.
  • Sylvester Stallone – 794.
  • Jason Statham – 718.
 
Fetch Fletch said:
Watching an older QI and was amazed by the little fact of Mills Jovovich holding a record amount of kills in movies so decided to look on Google, I was really surprised tbh.

The top 10 actors with most on-screen kills:
  • Samuel L. Jackson – 1734.
  • Milla Jovovich – 1299.
  • Jet Li – 1076.
  • Dolph Lundgren – 940.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger – 842.
  • Steven Seagal – 822.
  • Sylvester Stallone – 794.
  • Jason Statham – 718.
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Doesn't Cillian Murphy get about 200,000 for his role in Oppenheimer?
 
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