Films

How so? Apologies but I don't think I've given much away. Will edit anyway

good series I've seen:

BOSS - kelsey Grammer (sp?) is chicago mayor with lewey body dementia. dark. twisted. Evil.
True Detective season 1 - best show i've see in a long time.
Californication - lately I've found myself craving this sappy crap. It's good.

The Martian. I found it disappointing. Why must every sci-fi movie now have a cast of hyper personality comedians? Also not sure about the visual representation of Mars, was quite underwhelming.

As for the "science" - just as many many oversights and leaps of faith as any hollywood blockbuster.

Even so, I enjoyed it and the time passed without noticing but for some reason I was expecting more. It may be just that I've recently re-read the Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson (highly recommended read if you have a spare month or 2) and that has skewed my mindset.

Started Narcos - epsiode 3 so far impressed.

Daily Motion has the first episode if others want to see what all the fuss is about

Anyone seen The Walk yet? Seeing stories of people puking has be excited...

The Martian.

I was skeptical about this, having enjoyed the premise of the book but HATED the writing, dialogue, characters, basically everything else about it. But it's great. Must be seen in 3D on a big screen, epic.

9/10

Anyone seen The Walk yet? Seeing stories of people puking has be excited...

yep, Man on Wire

But this is 3D and all that and apparently it works really well

Man on Wire DAMMMIT!!!

The Michael Nyman soundtrack for Man on Wire is essential.

https://vimeo.com/56718224
& http://www.ethereal-chrysalis.com/en/ethereal-chrysalis/ethereal-chrysalis-watch.html two excellent horror shorts from the Belfast Film Fest

(worth a trip over btw, if you're into small and cosy fests with special locations)

Blakc Mass. Top notch cast, great acterising, gripping true story all pissed up the wall by some piss poor directing.

the bloke from parks and rec is employed merely to wear a clearly false moustache whilst looking quizically at two other people having a heated conversation in an office. in two separate scenes.

bit of a shame really because johnny deep is fucking terrifying in it.

Not just me then, left me a bit cold...

Watched Lords of Dogtown the other day. God damn I love that film. Skating, 70's radness, Heath Ledger acting like a boss and even brings a tear to the eye by the end.

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^ never seen that - is it as good as Dogtown and Z Boys?

Is a dramatised version of the documentary. Casting is spot on

Watched UP again for the first time since the cinema. Fuck you Pixar bawls eyes out

Looking forward to The Program tomorrow night. I hear it's slightly flawed like most biopics in that the audience already know the story. However the cinematography looks ace.

Avengers 2: Electric Avengaloo

Fockin SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

1/10

Prince Charles are showing Interstellar in 70mm in November... Just got tickets for it.

Really enjoyed Sicario. Great cast including Parking Pataweyo (took me ages to place him - his American acent was too good for my ears). Like Benicio Del Toro and he was good in this. Some great music and cinematogrpahy in parts.

Not as tense as Everest (which is great in a depressing way) but as grim in parts.

Is it any good? The poster makes it look like an action film aimed at teenage boys...

Grim as hell. Not a teen action film. More dead bodies on screen than live ones.

Saw A Perfect Day last night. Awesome. A dark comedy about aid workers in the Balkans in 1995. Perfect script, great acting by Benicio Del Toro, dark dark humour. Could not have been happier with it.

Saw Nightcrawler with Jake Gyllenhaal last night. Gyllenhaal's performance was superbly creepy and spot on.