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Tank Girl (1995)

They did try very hard to make it zany and energetic (as it seems was the comic book) but its all very flashy over fleshy. Gets annoying after a while.
Story of post apocalyptic world where big corporation wants control over all the water supplies but duo of super chicks (amphetamined Lori Petty and nerdy Naomi Watts) together with man-kangaroo mutants will fight it.

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Mr Moto's Last Warning (1939)

Like Charlie Chan films, Mr Moto's were full of stereotypes and cliches about asians in general. Couldn't make them nowadays but they have a certain charm of yore.
Supersleuth Mr Moto (Peter Lorre) prevents unknown powers and their spies from blowing up allied convoy entering the mediterannean.

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Animal Kingdom (2008)

Very nice and slow australian film about a disfunctional family of crooks and a teenager who ends up caught in their twisted machinations and dirty businesses. I bought that in a big box of DVD cheapies and was pleasantly surprised. Reminescent of work by british director Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, Red Road)

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The Day (2012)

Cheapy post-apocalyptic film about a group of survivors fighting off cannibals. Not completely awful but nothing to write home about.

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Life (2016)
Interesting but not totally engrossing biopic of rising star James Dean and his meeting with Life photographer Dennis Stock during the last months of Dean's life. Can't say the actors were oozing with charisma but they did a decent portrayal of the two artists. I prefered Anton Corbijn's film about Joy Division (Control).

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The Cavern (2006)

After the success of australian 'The Descent', Hollywood had to come up with its version of speleological horror. NOt as good but watchable if you're in the mood.

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Throw Down (2005)

Interesting but a bit confusing Johnnie To film about a duo of judo fighters and their singer friend in modern day Hong Kong. Some nice moments but the characters get a bit bizarre (as does the story) towards the end.

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Halloween (2018)

Nothing new nor original in this sequel. Not awful by any means but not worth the 12$ I paid at the cinema. I had to laugh when towards the end

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Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

Amusing to see Lundgren taking himself so seriously in this mostly tacky '48 hours' for martial arts fans. Apart from Tia Carrere naked, not much redeeming value

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Chained Heat 2 (1993)

I guess by the end of the 80s the exploitation film was pretty much dead. They tried a few revival - as in this case - but it now felt self-conscious as pure exploitation of women (which they were) and they became too clean. Which might be a good thing socially and morally but made for pretty tame women in prison films. Brigitte Nielsen was an awful actress too!

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Pickpocket (1959)

Although I recognize Robert Bresson's role in creating a different kind of cinema I still can't suffer most of his films. Here, a lost young man tries his hand at picking pockets but after a brief career gets caught by the police. Luckily he met a nice girl in the meantime who will wait for his release from prison.

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Hulk. I actually love this underrated Ang Lee movie. I love the direction and Lee's use of split-screen (feels very comic-booky, obviously), and I love the performances by Bana, Connelly, Elliott, and Nolte. It's a tad long, but I thought it did a great job of handling Hulk's origin story. Were it not for Ruffalo (who pretty much owns the role and is awesome in it), I think Bana would've been great had he continued in the role of Hulk...I was also surprised in that I think the CGI actually holds up really well...And the Danny Elfman score, while a little derivative (for some reason, I keep thinking of the Alien movies when I listen to it), works quite well...

JeffTheAlpaca

You should check out Dean with Demetri Martin and Gillian Jacobs. It was better than Taking Woodstock.

Goonies85

Never heard of that, I'll check it out. Thanks for the head's up...

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Clear and Present Danger. Hadn't seen this in years. A little underrated, in my mind. This is a great political thriller/action movie, and Ford and Willem Dafoe are both excellent. And even at just over two hours, it actually doesn't feel that long. The direction is good. The score is good. I think the movie holds up really well. It's just a solid movie, all around.

Blackhat. Liked this more upon a second viewing, but it's still lesser Michael Mann, and hardly lives up to the great movies he was once churning out. Hemsworth is pretty good in his role. John Ortiz is always welcome. I didn't mind the digital video-look as much this time around, even though I still would've preferred film. The movie did a decent job of making a bunch of characters sitting in front of computer screens and "hacking" exciting. Only real big drawback is that the movie got pretty far-fetched towards the ending...

JeffTheAlpaca

It is rare when a movie is 1 hr and 18 minutes.

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Moneyball. Love reading every Michael Lewis book, but was honestly surprised when this one was made into a movie. Didn't see how they could do it. But they did a damn good job. Loved Brad Pitt as Billy Beane. And Jonah Hill was great as his sidekick (Philip Seymour Hoffman was also awesome as the obstinate manager). It's just a great movie. Happy to finally own this Blu-Ray...

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Piranha II: The Spawning. Okay, I actually loved this "B movie". I thought it was great. Lance Henricksen was great (albeit, one questionable character decision). I thought the movie worked, and is an adequate follow-up to Joe Dante's original movie. Had heard horrible things about this movie, but I just don't get that. It's a good movie. Maybe not an all-time great one, but a good one. The Scream Factory disc also looked great.

JeffTheAlpaca

It was funny and Stanley Tucci did a great job directing.

Clemence Poesy is also in this.

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Hearts Beat Loud

Very John Carney-light but still enjoyable.

JeffTheAlpaca

Offerman was great in that movie




Sutherland and Mirren gave good performances though if you have older parents with Alzheimers or cancer it might be hard to watch.

JeffTheAlpaca

Don't forget the naked blonde getting decapitated by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa,

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Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Surprisingly, I wasn't a fan of this. Just too many little plot-holes/convenient coincidences that drove me crazy. I've never been a giant fan of the series, but I actually prefer the previous two movies to this one. Very disappointing.

Sicario: Day of the Soldado. Wasn't expecting much from this, but was pleasantly surprised. It's not a great movie, but it's a good one. Not quite as good as the first one (which I still had issues with; mainly Emily Blunt's character and the way she was written), but Brolin and del Toro were both good. Decent movie, but I'm glad I didn't pay full price when it came out; it's more of a $5.00 or $10.00 bin movie, so wait til you have the opportunity to get it at that price point.

Che: Part One. Finally getting around to watching the Soderbergh two-parter. Finished the first part. It's okay, but it's not a good sign that the first part already felt like it was like four hours long, and now I got Part Two to watch, which is another two+ hours...Del Toro is good, and I liked seeing Edgar Ramirez (he's good in pretty much everything he does)...Didn't even realize Oscar Isaac was in the movie until the credits rolled...Whoever he played, it did NOT look like him...Probably finishing Part Two tonight...But I'm taking a break for now to watch the end of the Blackhawks/Golden Knights game...

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Che: Part Two. Liked this one a little bit more than Part One. It's a solid, albeit depressing movie. Benicio gives a helluva performance in this one. And Matt Damon has a little cameo. It's a good movie, but overall the movies were not that great. They're okay. Soderbergh has done much better work.

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One of my absolute favourite movies. Sullivan Stapleton and Ben Mendehslon (spelling?) were fantastic, as was Joel Edgerton. Too bad the director's follow-up, The Rover wasn't quite as good (even though it was still a decent movie). I'm actually going to start watching the TV series soon...And Guy Pearce was excellent in his role...Also loved the score in this movie...And the actress that played the mom was superb...