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L’Amour Braque bonkers French film that answers the question: what happens if a Eastern European director uses the cash he’s taken from the CIA & KGB to fund his crippling cocaine addiction whilst watching a clockwork orange on loop instead of hiring a scriptwriter.
5 Stars as the maniac contrived nude scenes for Sophie Marceau and, sensing even her considerable charms weren’t enough to save him from his psychotic investors, found an even more rootable French bird who understood that preserving her flesh on film was Art.
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Trouble With The Curve
Clint Eastwood as a grumpy old fluffybunny who scouts baseball talent.
The very rootable Amy Adams as his daughter.
Justin Timberlake as her love interest and scout from a rival franchise.
A bit of an exploration of family dynamics, old age, loss, and the sport itself. I found the thread of the baseball stuff a bit in opposition to Moneyball, however this was dealing with finding talent rather than trying to use available talent.
No tits. The most we see is Adams in her underwear. Loses marks for that, particularly as a skinny dipping scene was in the script.
3 fastballs out of 5 hot dogs
Clint is the coolest man thats ever lived. That is THE only reason I sat through this. THE worst movie he ever starred in. Absolute crap.
Someone doesn't know about Cry Macho
Yes I do
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The Great Escaper with Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson in their final films (though dubious in Caine's case..)
True story about a WW2 Veteran who decided to go to France for the D-Day celebrations without telling anyone. Great if you like the "Old buggers are still young at heart" genre and brilliantly acted but found it pretty formulaic.
3.5 Care Home workers out of 5 Old Soldiers
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Red Notice
Awesome lazy comedy action flick. Bullshit storyline of course but
Reynolds’s is hilarious as ever. His line delivery is so good.
Johnson plays the same character he always does
Gadot is just smoking hot …. And a cool character4.5 lazy storylines out of 5 absolutely smoking GG.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
The Great Escaper with Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson in their final films (though dubious in Caine's case..)
True story about a WW2 Veteran who decided to go to France for the D-Day celebrations without telling anyone. Great if you like the "Old buggers are still young at heart" genre and brilliantly acted but found it pretty formulaic.
3.5 Care Home workers out of 5 Old Soldiers
Watched a few classics recently: All the Presidents Men with Redford & Hoffman, Witness for the Prosecution with Marlene Dietrich…and the Caine Mutiny with Humphrey Bogart. This film is where Michael Caine chose his onscreen name, replacing White.
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@Billy-Tell said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
The Great Escaper with Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson in their final films (though dubious in Caine's case..)
True story about a WW2 Veteran who decided to go to France for the D-Day celebrations without telling anyone. Great if you like the "Old buggers are still young at heart" genre and brilliantly acted but found it pretty formulaic.
3.5 Care Home workers out of 5 Old Soldiers
Watched a few classics recently: All the Presidents Men with Redford & Hoffman, Witness for the Prosecution with Marlene Dietrich…and the Caine Mutiny with Humphrey Bogart. This film is where Michael Caine chose his onscreen name, replacing White.
That reminds me…..
I watched Get Carter the other night.
Dated, and some pretty dubious stunts and action scenes ( it was the early 70s ) and he is the most cockney sounding northerner I’ve ever heard……but Caine was absolutely cool and ruthless as fuck in this. Definite charisma and screen presence in spades.
Cool film, he played an unlikable arsehole really well.
4 bitters in thin glasses out of 5 big men in bad shape
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Billy-Tell said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
The Great Escaper with Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson in their final films (though dubious in Caine's case..)
True story about a WW2 Veteran who decided to go to France for the D-Day celebrations without telling anyone. Great if you like the "Old buggers are still young at heart" genre and brilliantly acted but found it pretty formulaic.
3.5 Care Home workers out of 5 Old Soldiers
Watched a few classics recently: All the Presidents Men with Redford & Hoffman, Witness for the Prosecution with Marlene Dietrich…and the Caine Mutiny with Humphrey Bogart. This film is where Michael Caine chose his onscreen name, replacing White.
That reminds me…..
I watched Get Carter the other night.
Dated, and some pretty dubious stunts and action scenes ( it was the early 70s ) and he is the most cockney sounding northerner I’ve ever heard……but Caine was absolutely cool and ruthless as fuck in this. Definite charisma and screen presence in spades.
Cool film, he played an unlikable arsehole really well.
4 bitters in thin glasses out of 5 big men in bad shape
Along with The Long Good Friday one of the best British gangster movies ever made. Hold their own against any of the great US ones as well.
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@Billy-Tell said in Movie review thread...:
…and the Caine Mutiny with Humphrey Bogart. This film is where Michael Caine chose his onscreen name, replacing White.
Fantastic movie, and also a fantastic read.
A movie in a similar vein which doesn’t get the love it deserves is Mr Roberts
Stellar performances from Cagney and Fonda
Going back to Wouk, this is a great read which resonated with me after working 14 summers at two predominantly Jewish Summer Camps in the Poconos of Pennsylvania and the Catskills of NY
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Caine has this amazing ability to look and sound like Michael Caine on screen but not be Michael Caine on screen.
Incredibly versatile actor as well - can do anything.
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Stellar performances from Cagney and Fonda
I recommend Bad Day at Black Rock with Fonda and Spencer Tracy...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Stellar performances from Cagney and Fonda
I recommend Bad Day at Black Rock with Fonda and Spencer Tracy...
Great movie
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Stellar performances from Cagney and Fonda
I recommend Bad Day at Black Rock with Fonda and Spencer Tracy...
Fonda? You’re maybe thinking Robert Ryan?
But yes, great film.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
Caine has this amazing ability to look and sound like Michael Caine on screen but not be Michael Caine on screen.
Incredibly versatile actor as well - can do anything.
Yeah steady on, definitely a terrific presence as I said but like Clint Eastwood, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford etc it’s still very much Michael Caine being Michael Caine. He’s no Oldman or Day Lewis.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
Caine has this amazing ability to look and sound like Michael Caine on screen but not be Michael Caine on screen.
Incredibly versatile actor as well - can do anything.
Yeah steady on, definitely a terrific presence as I said but like Clint Eastwood, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford etc it’s still very much Michael Caine being Michael Caine. He’s no Oldman or Day Lewis.
I was doing to mention the difference between Caine and Oldman. Oldman completely disappears into a role physically, Caine doesn't yet still manages to be the character he wants to portray as well as Oldman et al.
And he can play any genre - tough guy, comedy, drama, rom com, musical, historical - equally well and is a bit like Spencer Tracy in that regard. Heck, he can even produce one of the great portrayals of Scrooge starring with a bunch of muppets.
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You are, of course, right.
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Would you mind yelling Mrs Cato that?
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
Would you mind yelling Mrs Cato that?
I'm not a home-breaker.
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Caine’s legacy will always be tainted by the dross he appeared in during the 70s and 80s purely for the cash. But in between he did some great stuff.
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Ice Storm
Previously I gave less than glowing review of The Day After Tomorrow. But that's 12 Angry Men in comparison to this steaming turd. The one impressive aspect of this movie is that the drooling imbecile that wrote the script is still better than McKenzie Westmore's acting.
1 bowling ball sized hail out of 5 tuning forks.
Mister Roberts (1955) ⭐ 7.6 | Comedy, Drama, War
