Martin Sheen not Charlie. Martin is the father of both Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez.
sorry , yes…Martin, not Charlie
I am home alone this week and watched Saltburn last night. Dear me but that is one dark film. Didn’t sleep well.
Barry Keoghan had a very convincing scouse accent…
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Just watched Godzilla Minus One on Netflix. Top notch, although I wasn’t a fan of the ending.
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HBO has a new documentary about the history of MoviePass. I had no idea what a clusterfuck it was and had assumed, as a non-frequent cinemagoer, that it was covid that brought it down not such monumental financial mismanagement.
They asked the question about what the Hedge Fund backing it all was really doing in fronting up so money to keep it afloat, as if there was another story there other than mismanagement, but dont think they ever answered it. I guess the insinuation is the gains they made in the stock was more than the cost of floating the enormous operating losses, but that seems difficult to believe.
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Ah one for this weekend at last. I’ve been waitjng for this to be available. I used to enjoy the original films, the ones that had Godzilla going full Fernandes tantrum mode.
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Under Paris II: Day of Requin-ing?
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Lourveing the puns in here
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You spelt Louvre wrong. 
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I watched 10 minutes of it because of all of you. Worst 10 minutes in movie history. I shall now be once bitten, twice shy when it comes to all your movie recommendations.
Everyone owes me for this.
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The second 10 minutes are when it really gets good.
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I agree. The last 15 minutes are really good too.
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You missed the chance to say: “Oh no, Eiffel for that one…”
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You all sicken me.
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In less than 10 minutes @Sithbare will tell you that’s the wrong cauldron for cooking or the fire is too high or you should use firmer rice.
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Furiosa is a must-watch for action film fans
Film review: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (15)
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke
Run time: Two hours, 28 minutes Director: George Miller
Furiosa is the latest entry in George Miller’s long long-running Mad Max franchise, specifically being a prequel to the 2015’s Fury Road. It follows the eponymous Furiosa through a traumatic childhood into a thrilling revenge story.
One of the first things you notice is Miller’s masterful world-building as the post-apocalyptic wasteland the film takes place in feels like it is a truly living, breathing place that one could step into at a moment’s notice.
This is only expanded on by the film’s direction and visual style with wide shots displaying the enormity and imposingness of certain locations within the film as well as the size of armies controlled by the film’s warlord.
In contrast to this are visual choices such as zoom-ins on actors creating a sense of speed during action films and some close-ups inciting discomfort and tension around the movie’s villains. The editing here is also very impressive as the visual style is extremely coherent and there is never a moment where the action is hard to follow, making it even more exciting.
On the topic of villains, Chris Hemsworth plays the main antagonist Dr Dementus and delivers an amazing performance throughout the runtime. Almost akin to Heath Ledger’s Joker, Hemsworth displays this almost childlike glee at certain things that brings some needed levity to the dystopian and depressing world.
But at other times he is very sinister, making him extremely unhinged and even more intimidating as you never know what his next move will be. The other performances and character writing also toe this line very well, creating an amazingly stylistic film that manages to stay believable without getting too bogged down in its seriousness.
At points, the plot may seem to meander slightly. Still, I think due to the focus on character here this doesn’t take anything away from it as we are left with extremely tense and even gut-wrenching character moments here, even when the direction of the plot may seem unclear, which overall is thematically appropriate for this world’s chaotic and barbaric wasteland
As a whole this movie creates a cohesive experience seeped in style throughout with great characters and performances and is a must-watch for any fans of action films.
Rating: 9/10
By Alfie Ransome
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Just watched Godzilla minus one. Decided to go Japanese with subtitles. Visually stunning, even though Godzilla looked a bit stiff and ponderous.
Interesting that they took it back to Godzilla trouncing cities, wreaking havoc over being a defender and a counter balance against other monsters.
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In fairness I don’t think the Japanese Godzilla movies have ever gone in for that “anti-hero” crap.
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