Not too bad as a concept and story. I like it's historical accuracy. However, I think things could be sparked up a bit by a different cast. Not sure why but I kept imagining Leonard Nimoy in the lead role or perhaps someone totally off the wall like Tom Waits. Yes, the set design was spot on and the costumes were brilliant all around. Tom Hardy's top hat even had a spider web on it in one shot! Now that's detail for you-and very British if I do say so. As British as a lot of the characters' bad teeth or the chemist tasting a piece of cow turd in one scene. Bravo and just try to think of different actors next time.
Reviews
23 Reviews
Marlowe
(2022)
going down a rabbit hole...
21 January 2023
...more like going down a corn hole. A poorly interpreted Marlowe. Robert Mitchum was much better. This dialogue here was muddy and dull. The acting was okay but I really expected much much more given the iconic nature of the material and the legendary status of Raymond Chandler's novel and character. The writing should have been lighter and more vicious. I do think old Hollywood was better portrayed in films like Chinatown. Hard to compete with such classics but Hollywood really does like to eat itself for dinner and then feel satisfied that the fried chicken was too deeply fried in old and rank grease.
Insultingly stupid
26 September 2022
A film with maybe two moments worth of a half smile. Other than that, it's not even worth the moniker of "mindless entertainment." Perhaps "mindless" would do if the acting and dialogue weren't so trite, predictable and classless. The actors should be so ashamed of themselves. What ever happened to Andy Garcia that he would resort to doing a movie as empty and aggressively inane as this? And poor Venezuela! A country that's really suffering does not need a movie like this so ignorantly using it as a backdrop for American idiocies that are guised in the form of "entertainment." The time, energy and money could have been used for so many other helpful ways. This movie just help increase human ignorance.
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
(2021)
stunningly stupid
26 September 2022
What an affront to human intelligence. A total waste of some great actors who should really be ashamed of themselves. Asinine plot line, unfunny dialogue that tries to be funny, and a casual jokiness toward violence that is truly insulting. I don't mind movies where I don't have to think but this piece of total garbage has the uncanny ability to work against being mindlessly entertaining and is both mindless and active in devoiding one's mind of any kind of human capability to think against thinking, if that makes sense. Seriously, who pays the money to make films like this in a world where the millions could be used to help people. Sad and pathetic. Shame!
The French Dispatch
(2021)
Wonderful at best and painfully pretentious at its worst
30 December 2021
So much craft went into this film but the average viewer is going to get lost if not plain run over by the exposition of ideas, history and fantasy. Its a bemusing film but ultimately I think the aesthetic washes out feeling truly grounded in the film as an integrated experience.
The Green Knight
(2021)
Artful and surreal
28 December 2021
Not for everyone but quite engaging. Thankfully not some Hollywood crap romanticizing ye olde knights and maidens. This film portrays a thoughtful and visually powerful vision of a medieval tale that has psychological insight for our troubled times today. Excellent acting.
Riders of Justice
(2020)
Excellent, complex film
1 August 2021
So many good things here. Incredible script and acting. Not really an action film but rather a profound exploration of trauma, grief, chance, love, friendship and strength. Very worthwhile when compared to so much garbage films out there.
Wrath of Man
(2021)
barely ok with silly dialogue
21 July 2021
What is it with the inane dialogue that's meant to pass as clever? I'd rather just stupid dialogue that knows it's stupid. This film is an okay action film that never really gets going or leaves the audience with anything worthwhile, not even something cheap and fun.
Lion
(2016)
Great story with good story line
6 December 2020
Wonderful true story that will bring a tear to your eye and hopefully remind you to practice some gratitude for what you have in life. Narrative runs thin and clichéd at times and the acting is good enough to carry things.
Uncut Gems
(2019)
Intense and grating
12 July 2020
Much to really like about the in-your-face aesthetic of this film. The grating style goes with the content. It's a good character study of an ego manic who invites chaos and tragedy into his life at every turn. Excellent acting all round.
Very good throw back
15 March 2020
Marriage Story
(2019)
Very much worth it
4 January 2020
So few films are this emotionally real. We actually care about these characters and want to know more as the film progresses. It's very engaging. What's love and marriage all about?! Not important-but here's a story about a marriage. Listen. Oh yeah, and some wonderful cameos!!
Sigh. Could have been much better
29 December 2019
basically foolish
26 December 2019
Some entertaining bits but a basically foolish film that lacks narrative integrity, historical accuracy and cinematic maturity. Tarantino needs to grow up and practice some restraint when it comes to needing to show off his minute knowledge of 60s/70s culture. I was left with an overwhelming feeling of WHO CARES?!!
Berberian Sound Studio
(2012)
throw out your conventional expectations
29 December 2018
Not your usual film so don't expect a linear, rational narrative. extremely creative and subversive in its narrative structure. a film that is made with uncompromising standards in every way. if you are ok with doing some thinking, see this film.
Kill List
(2011)
Not for everyone but VERY good and disturbing
30 September 2018
A lot of negative talk about this film, which is understandable considering how psychologically disturbing it is. Without getting into details and spoilers, this film shows the DARK side of humanity. The dark, secret side of human drives. And it is British, gritty and anti-Hollywood, soooo it's gonna rub people the wrong way. But if you want to watch something of substance with really excellent acting and narrative surprises along the way that will leave you cringing about what it is to be a human being, this film is for you!
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