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What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)

A few days off work and snow meant a few binges

The Conjuring (2013) - IMDb
re-watch with new GF who hates horror, so naturally had to make her watch one to prove they aren't all about making you jump. She agreed it wasn't too bad.
7/10

Wonder (2017) - IMDb
Feel good story of boy born with facial differences goes to school and ultimately builds friendships.
7/10

Ricky Gervais: Humanity (2018) - IMDb
Latest stand up show on Netflix, always find him a bit hit and miss in this sort of thing, but enjoyed this one.
8/10

Desperado (1995) - IMDb
Kind of western Mexico sty lee with gunslinger and drugs
6/10

I, Tonya (2017) - IMDb
Was looking forward to this but was ultimately a little disappointing, this could have been so much more, or perhaps, actually, the story isn't really as interesting as we've been led to believe. Tonya comes out of it as still the bad person, but with perhaps a more modern perspective would have been that she probably should have been identified much earlier on that she needed outside support to escape a damaging childhood and violent relationship, instead they tried to make it a comedy, which didn't really work.
7/10
 
The Pentagon Wars (TV Movie 1998) - IMDb
this was an unexpectedly good HBO tv film about military procurement gone wrong and a coverup. Somehow they manage to pull some farcical chuckles on this one. Kelsey Grammar is in it and Dr Cox from scrubs.





Preadator 2

The best of all the predator sequels and as good as the original. This time Danny Glover is the pred killer. Still gold
 
Gangs of New York (2002) - IMDb
Took 2 sittings for me to get through this almost typical 3 hour Scorsese epic telling the very long winded story of a returning man who seeks revenge for the death of his father while he was a boy. Thought it was quite over rated if I'm honest. Like most Scorsese stuff it never seems to connect with me.
6/10
 
Jupiter Ascending
Completely mental and pretty entertaining. Couldn't work out why they shoved a love story in there though, it really didn't need it. Eddie Redmayne chewing the scenery was cool too.
 
Atlanta S1E1 - US hip hop show with some good scripting. Never heard of it before but the first episode was OK. Will give the series a go.
 
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

Interesting Terry Gilliam fail, last Heath Ledger performance in a film that pilfers from Baron Munchausen and Fisher King. Would have preferred TGs FX of yore, rather than the OTT CGI but not all bad. Tom Waits brilliant, as ever.
 
X-Men: Days of Future Past. Enjoyed for the spectacle, Fassbender / Jackman / Lawrence / McAvoy plus bonus Dinklage, Quicksilver was great; disliked the hokey Matrix-style last stand against killer robots aspect.
 
X-Men: Days of Future Past. Enjoyed for the spectacle, Fassbender / Jackman / Lawrence / McAvoy plus bonus Dinklage, Quicksilver was great; disliked the hokey Matrix-style last stand against killer robots aspect.
Massively predates the matrix actually as it's quite true to source material published in the 70s and 80s. My fave X movie.

Myself I watched The Battle of Algiers. Brutal and brilliant.
 
Massively predates the matrix actually as it's quite true to source material published in the 70s and 80s. My fave X movie.

I'm sure. It's a shame I saw them out of order, as it were - I just couldn't shake the association, and I like the X-Men films a great deal more than the Matrix.
 
I've been catching up with new Agents of Shield. This time they are in space, and the future. Sort of. Its good guns but settling into that 8-9th episodes of padding and needless complication imo. The main bad cree is channelling Thrawn from star wars rebels (and the t.zahn books)
 
I've been catching up with new Agents of Shield. This time they are in space, and the future. Sort of. Its good guns but settling into that 8-9th episodes of padding and needless complication imo. The main bad cree is channelling Thrawn from star wars rebels (and the t.zahn books)

I'm still watching, just about. Totally void of ideas now, so let's put them into a time travel story so that it doesn't mess with what else is going on in the marvel universe. I'm surprised it got renewed to be honest, it needs ending now.
 
I'm still watching, just about. Totally void of ideas now, so let's put them into a time travel story so that it doesn't mess with what else is going on in the marvel universe. I'm surprised it got renewed to be honest, it needs ending now.

Love time travel tales! Besides, Marvel has been doing time travel stories in the comics for years, not to mention alternative realities and "what if" scenarios...
 
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