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Film: The Debt, Dir. John Madden #midweekfilmclub 4
OK, so what to say here… This was just a bit of a damp squib sadly. It’s overly cast, in that there are 8 characters sharing the leads, vying for your attention, in a dual timeline thriller. These are made up of 3 young Mossad agents, their later life counterparts and the young and old […]
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Film: Drive, Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn – #midweekfilmclub 3
With the world and it’s aunt seemingly falling over themselves to fawn over Ryan Gosling, I was really intrigued by what this film would offer. His performance is, I’d say, minimalist at best and vacuous at worst. I know he’s meant to be the monosyllabic hero in this, but the sparsity and brevity of this […]
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Film: Melancholia, Dir. Lars von Trier – #midweekfilmclub 2
Dramatic opening, with ridiculously loud classical music. Kirsten Dunst was good as the lead, in this tale of two sisters dealing with impending doom in very different ways. Lots of filler though and not short of weird surrealism either. All in all a bit odd. 6/10 – First Lars von Trier film I’d watched and […]
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Film: Kill List, Dir. Ben Wheatley – #midweekfilmclub 1
Incredible film with superb sound and great acting. Gory in spots, but compelling and properly terrifying. Even more so after leaving the cinema when you start piecing things together and realise the reality’s even worse than you’d imagined. 9/10 – genuinely one of those films that you actively want to tell people about.
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