Films

The sooner Hyde Park Picture House reopens the better! They've been showing films at various venues around town but I think it's quite sporadic. Worth checking they've not got anything on though.

Jane Horrocks is fantastic in it.
Well, everyone is really.

Jane Horrocks

Lovely interview here

I love these evenings towards Christmas where I’ll stay up late and watch movies illuminated by the Christmas tree lights.

Watched a bit of Top Gun as I spotted it on terrestrial - navigated me to Tombstone via Val Kilmer. What an accomplished ensemble package. I don’t think I’d seen it until fairly recently (since covid anyway) and it’s terrifically entertaining.

High Heat.

Olga Kurylenko's downward trajectory picks up speed:

When the local mafia shows up to burn down her restaurant, Ana, a chef
with a meticulous past, defends her turf and proves her knife skills
both in and out of the kitchen.

Unbelievably shit. At one point she holds a baddie's hand in the deep fryer and says "In 60 seconds your fingers will turn to pommes frites. That means French Fries!".

Bottle Rocket Got around to watching it, it filled a quiet night with a quiet little film. Just a meander though some friends lives. Really liked the breaking out of the asylum to indulge / cater to his mastermind friends fantasies. Anything with James Caan in.

The Fablemans Schmaltzy journey through Spielberg's early years. Hadn't heard of it until I listened to his Desert Island Discs. Just a nice little film. There are a few 'easter eggs' would have liked to see more in the films he made in this, (or maybe there are and too subtle that i missed them) suppose it has to be balance. Michelle Williams is amazing as his mother.

Knives Out was proper Agatha Christie style fun.

The Glass Onion is absolute tedious shit, proper Oceans 12 territory.

Such a missed opportunity

Just saw Amsterdam…a warm easy screwball caper movie. Nice performances, unchallenging watching

Came home to my housemate watching knives out last night and enjoyed the second half for the second time, I was looking forward to the awfully named sequel until this chip pissing review, nevermind eh?

Watch the first one from the start then thank me for saving you the best part of two and a half hours on the sequel

(Edit - and yet 94% on Rotten Tomatoes so what do I know)

Quite a few people I know liked Glass Onion better than Knives Out so 🤷‍♀️

Part way through Violent Night (wife got pissed and fell asleep so will finish tonight) an amusing Christmas film kind of like die hard but with Santa instead of John Mclean

My little brother announced his enjoyment of Glass Onion, I'll probably fire it up
Happy to slag it off if it is shite whilst watching.

Mind blown.

How is even possible to have a different opinion to me?

I liked it.

Washington Jr. is becoming one of my favourite actors.

Saw the trailer; looked good, (as long as the trailer wasn't the sum of all the good bits).

It was more a reply to snotty!
(I've yet to see either)

Spirited was good fun considering I'm not a fan of Xmas films or musicals.

This was shared on my WhatsApp group today. Casablanca Records, I reckon it’s gonna have some messed up sheeet..

https://youtu.be/ohxC0jOZBmo

I saw the trailer for that in the cinema a couple of months ago, has potential to be great

Perfect Christmas film day today, National Lampoon with the youngers this afternoon and Violent Night this evening.

Enjoyed the roasting of some real life year types, but the "who did it" puzzle element was far better in the first one.

Also the end but, ytho, it's not Michael Bay ;)

It's Christmas so time to watch stuff we otherwise wouldn't...

Home Alone 1: Still fun
Pinocchio from Guillermo del Toro: Awesome creature design, ok I guess? At least not a close copy of the Disney one.
Spy hard: No naked gun 1/2 but some hilarious dumb jokes. See also the French James Bond roasts agent 00 (latest one is bit cringe) & Austin Powers for James bond mockery.
The Grinch who stole Christmas: Actually ok I thought.

Goodnight Oppy on Prime is a decent space documentary watch

Am I wrong in interpreting Glass Onion as just a massive middle finger to Musk and Bezos? It was enjoyable enough but shouldn’t have used the Knives Out name. First is infinitely better.