THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

Nope you made the right choice, there's nothing to gain from the rest of it - I think Shyamalan himself realised it wasn't worth investing more time into.

We are planning on hiring the Elvis biopic to watch about 7pm tonight.....unless someone gets to this message first and has a reason to convince me otherwise

His life story was on the (superb) 'Shoet history of....' podcast this week so have been inspired !

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Warnes World, Warnes World. Party time. Excellent

If it's the one starring Austin Butler, then I can't recommend it highly enough.

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They say don't kick a man when he's down. Show me a better time.

Yes it was the one with Austin Butler....very good film and matches the history well from the podcast so I assume all true

Interesting how nothing was said about Priscilla's age when they first started going out though.....

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Warnes World, Warnes World. Party time. Excellent

SPEAK NO EVIL

This is the US remake of the Danish original. Didn't have high expectations, proven right.

First two thirds of the film copy a lot from the first one, but the final act is considerably different and watered down. The original Danish version is just superior in every way.

5/10

Watch 'Priscilla', very good movie in a different way

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John Wick: Chapter 4

Oh dear God... there is nothing to commend this film at all. Lots of money and talent was used to make it - and it was all a waste. Keanu Reeves can't even be bothered to try and act. The whole thing is just one long boring fight scene. And it's nearly 3 hours long. Unacceptable.

0/10

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I don't need your ill-informed, half-baked, idiotic opinions. I have plenty of those myself.

You've lost your touch.

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I knew we'd differ on this. I found it tedious in the extreme. I had a colonoscopy recently and that was more fun.

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I don't need your ill-informed, half-baked, idiotic opinions. I have plenty of those myself.

As I have a stinking cold (in fact it’s probably flu or some variant of covid and I’m lucky to be alive) I was casting around for something to watch last night. First of all I gave Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom a go. Fuck me! How on earth does shit like this get made? Utter rubbish. Then cor’ blimey me old china I thought the Amy Winehouse biopic might get me up the old apples and pears wif’ it’s authentic old Landan nonsense. Reckon I gave that at least 10 minutes. Cor blimey guvnor it wasn’t for me. Finally I remembered you gave Rebel Ridge 9/10, so I settled on that.

I wouldn’t go as far as you, but as an intelligent, grown up, action, revenge thriller, it’s miles ahead of the John Wick franchise that's for sure.

Basic plot. A small town in the US, I’m thinking the South, police department finds itself broke due to being continually sued as their process is somewhat ‘dubious’ to say the least. Chief Don Johnson, who’s more than decent in this, comes up with a cunning plan to alleviate the funding shortfall. Imposing ludacris fines, and impounding any cash they find, legally it has to be said. Unfortunately for these good ol’ boys they come up against ex-marine Terry, played by Britt Aaron Pierre, enroute to bail his cousin out. A tense encounter, mostly because Terry is a black man in the South being stopped by two white cops, results in the bail money being confiscated, which results in his cousin being murdered.

There’s no rampaging here. It's nicely plotted, albeit it sags somewhat in the middle, with the impressive Pierre handling the action scenes with aplomb. This was originally a vehicle for John Boyega. In fact filming started before he quite literally walked away in still unexplained circumstances. In Pierre they found a more than adequate replacement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF3gZicntIw

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They say don't kick a man when he's down. Show me a better time.