Agreed. Such a good film. Even with Michael Caine in it.
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Saw The Girl On The Train today. Emily Blunt puts in a shift but it was generally disappointing.
Watched Spy. Melissa McCarthy being fat and a heroine
Pretty much all she ever does. Kind of wastes Jude Law & Jason Stathamā¦
But then annoyingly it brought a wry smile to my face at times & even one laugh.
To be honest, it is risible fare BUT Jason Statham over acting & playing a Twat did become amusing.
1/10 but would pass the time on a flight to Italy better than playing Lotto
ā¦ sometimes no words are neededā¦ 
Just watched this now and agree with all the above.
Itās an excellent movie, very enjoyable
Just watched Spotlight which is about Boston Globe newspaper investigate Catholic priests abusing kids and the Catholic Church covering it up.
It won a few awards. Really well done. makes you angry that they did and likely still are getting away with it.
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The Fugitive has been getting some reruns of late down here.
Forgot just how good it was, Tommy Lee Jones best role?
The wintry feel to it gave it such an atmosphere, just felt the baddie was a bit too soap opera villainesque, but apart from that excellent
Caught The Girl on the Train yesterday - it was fine. It was a bit like a feature-length episode of Eastenders but with prettier people, but Emily Blunt was great as a character struggling with alcoholism. Probably one to wait for on DVD if iām honest.
Itās quite a lean time for movies unfortunately. Thatās smaller independant films etc. 
Funnily enough I saw Emily Blunt on the train today, she did mention that you put in a shift but were disappointing
Sorry
Watched Trumbo today. Bryan Cranston was pretty good in the lead role. Another one that made me angry. Ridiculous witch-hunt for ācommiesā.
Great actor poor script, really missed the mark
Oh sorry mate misread that 
Trumbo was an ok film, Cranston really acted well but it was a awful script
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Watched The Infiltrator last night. Very good crime / true story / 1980s film
Stars Bryan Cranston (of Breaking Bad), John Leguizamo and Diane Kruger. Tells the true tale of a US federal agent who first hits on the idea of following the money generated by drugs, instead of the drugs themselves, in 1986. Goes undercover at great personal risk to expose the big hitters and the bank (BCCI - then the worldās 7th largest bank) financing all the huge inflows from Columbia into the US.
Well acted, authentic 1980s style with a good soundtrack and increasingly tense as the film progresses. There is some āactionā but its sporadic - the film is more about character studies and building up the tension as the risk to the key agent (and his family) keeps ramping up. Film was only released here a couple of months ago but struggled for cinema time as a number of Blockbusters and kids films hit at the same time. Well worth a watch, a good 7/8 out of 10 for me.
We have a new 24 Hour Limited Timeline Bond Movie Channel.
Showing everything from the start plus lots of (actually interesting) documentaries.
Last night re-watched Casino Royale. The 1967 version.
At the time it was a risible disaster, and tbh overall I think with age and context it has got worse, the whole Blazing Saddles Endingā¦
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Oh wait, 7 years BEFORE Saddles.
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Talking into a Video Link on a Watch - oh waitā¦
Anyway my point is that it is almost worth a rewatch now as a Time Capsule - David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Ronnie Corbett, Bernard Cribbens, Graham Stark, Orson Wellsā¦William Holden, George Raft, Jean Paul Belmond, heck even Peter OāToole, Burt Kwouk, David Prowse (no less) and Stirling Moss
And then the ladies Deborah Kerr, Ursula Andress, Jacqueline Bissettand othersā¦
Music by (and nominayted for an Oscar) Burt Bacharat
Within the risible context of the film, there are some magical moments - We forget that classic āThe Look of Loveā was written for a āsteamy sceneā between Peter Sellers & Ursula Andress - So wrong now as it must have appeared back then
Inside the awfulness are some classic comedy lines on opening Mata Hariās lair her daughter āMy thatās a big bedā āThe German Army was very big at that timeā was one of my chortle moments I can remember.
It was so close to being a comedy classic, but like many of Woody Allenās early movies theyād all dropped too much Acid I guess to make it work properly.
But well worth a watch to notice how despite being shit they kept Le Chiffe, Vesper Lind et all in the story line.
Have to say Spectre was a lot less shit than I expected.
Yeah the Blofeld / Bond moments werenāt that good, but overall it was almost an old fashioned nearly cerebral spy movie.
Maybe why it wasnāt so popular as youād need a couple of GCSEāS to follow it which meant the Trump voters didnāt like itā
Starting to think that Bear has the measure of me, crap taste wise.
I was going through a couple of old RedLetterMedia reviews, and I saw one for Battleship. I hadnāt seen the film, and was expecting to spend the next 20 minutes smugly guffawing at its idiocy, but they gave it a fairly sympathetic review. Mentioned that it had a lot of non-actors, mostly forces veterans, some of them amputees, cast in the film. Also Rhianna, who spends a lot of time in a hat, or getting wet, or getting wet in a hat. Whatever happened to that umbrella, eh?
Another positive from the review was the action. They said it was clearly directed for an action film, unlike say, any of the Transformers films, which just sorta assault your brain, never really forming a clear picture. They also reckon that it might have invented a new sub genre, so dumb itās good. Iām inclined to agree.
I ended up watching Battleship, a film based on a board game, featuring a lot of people appearing in a movie for the first time in their lives, and some people that probably should have known better. Liam āWhereās my cheque!ā Neeson is a gruff old Navy Commander that is about to boot our wayward hero (Taylor fucking Kitsch!) out of the Navy, Eric from True Blood is in it. Rhianna was obviously just keen to get into movies.
The action is decent. The plot is wafer-thin (pls imagine Cleese waiter accent). Much of the acting is awful, but I couldnāt help liking it. 6/10, a sneaky 7 if you caught me on a good day. They even manage to get a bit in very reminiscent of board game Battleship which Iād anticipated, kinda dreaded, but thought they handled very well.
Ridiculous film, but something I reckon you could watch with the young nippers of the family; theyād probably think itās the dogās bollocks. Action film on training wheels.
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