April-August 2015
Luther. S01 - first 3 of 6 so far. Pretty good.
Frozen Ground. Alaska. Serial killer. Nic Cage and John Cusack. Both v good. Vanessa Hudgens good too 3/5
Rest of Luther. 3.5/5. Lot of sod, but OK. (Suspension of disbelief)
Suspect Zero. 3/5. Bit complicated. Serial killer. Quantico. Foresight. Ben Kingsley.
Super 8. 4.5/5. JJAbrams. Spielberg. Great fun.
Oceans Eleven. Not my idea
Inside no 9. Series two. Four episodes so far. Excellent.
Up in the Air. George Clooney - slick script. 4/5
Carnage. Roman Polanski. Superb - esp Jodie Foster and Kate Winslett. Lots of shouting. Lots of changing dynamics. 4/5
Luther - only four episodes. Got better as it went along. But still too much sod for its own good. Exciting stuff. And British! 3.5/5
Chef's Table. Netflix documentary series. Episode 1. Excellent.
The Music Lovers (DVD) - as wonderful as I remembered it to be. 5/5, but only because I am biased towards anything by Ken Russell - Glenda Jackson was brilliant - the scratching carpet stuff, the twins, the fireworks. And written by Melvyn Bragg! Who knew? I had forgotten the committing suicide by jumping into a canal bit. Up to his knees. V funny. I wonder if the scratching carpet bit was improvised. And Bruce Robinson!
Jindabyne. Australian but with Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne. Bit tedious. 2.5/5
Locke. Excellent. Tom Hardy drives to london and has phone conversations with people and his life is turned upside down. Olivia Coleman, Andrew Scott and Ruth Wilson among the voices. Admittedly it could have just as well been a radio play, but v clever the way the story is told. And quite poetic in its use of concrete farming. (Although I understand they got a few bits wrong) In the same way that Glengarry Glen Ross used real estate. 4/5
The American. George Clooney. We believed the RT etc that it was a crime thriller. So would give it 1/5. I'm going to wait a few months and watch it again because it appears it might be an art house film that is worth a higher score - and indeed would be less disappointing
Your Starter For Ten. Rom com with James McAvoy Rebecca Hall (v good) and Alice Eve. Sort of about a young man's obsession with University Challenge. 3.5/5. Tres amusant.
Manhattan 3/5. Bit dated? Bit self-absorbed. (Woody Allen)
Luther S03. Still excellent.
American Sniper. 4/5. Not going to get into the politics. Exciting stuff.
Marvels's Agents of Shield. S02. Still don't know what's going on. 3/5
The Big Bang Theory. S0? Still brilliant. 5/5
The Carson City Kid. Roy Rogers. 4/5. Western B movie. Excellent, esp Gabby Hayes, Noah Beery Jr and Trigger
King of the Cowboys. Not quite as good but still not bad. 3/5
Sunset Serenade. RR. 3.5/5. About dodgy land dealing. Gabby in it again.
Jesse James at Bay. RR. 3/5. Overly complicated tale. But Gabby was good.
Shakespeare in Love. 4.5/5. Script. Cast. Etc.
Black Work. Three part TV series. Sheridan Smith. Dirty cop thriller. OK. 3/5
Odyssey. First three episodes. Anna Friel. Promising.
The Family. Luc Besson film. 3.5/5. Maybe 4. Slept occasionally. Prob need to watch again. Worth it. De Niro. Pfeiffer. TLJ. Fuck. Set in France.
American Hustle. Acting great. Not sure whether it really worked. Brad Cooper. J-law. Etc 3.5/5
The Conversation. Kept me awake. The reveal didn't work as well as it used to. 3.75/5
Rampart. Woody Harrelson (in every scene in the film) 3/5 atmospheric in an LA way. Really nasty racist with no redeeming qualities. But he's great.
Inside Out 3.5/5 Pixar (poss slightly dodgy Vuze d/l) v clever but a bit lacking in humans for me. Best bit was the cat walking across the console during the credits...
Castle. S03 - last ten episodes. 5/5.
Despicable Me 2. (Watched most of DM last week on TV). This was on Netflix. Not quite as good as 1. But 4/5. The kids are still the best bit.
Frozen Ground. Alaska. Serial killer. Nic Cage and John Cusack. Both v good. Vanessa Hudgens good too 3/5
Rest of Luther. 3.5/5. Lot of sod, but OK. (Suspension of disbelief)
Suspect Zero. 3/5. Bit complicated. Serial killer. Quantico. Foresight. Ben Kingsley.
Super 8. 4.5/5. JJAbrams. Spielberg. Great fun.
Oceans Eleven. Not my idea
Inside no 9. Series two. Four episodes so far. Excellent.
Up in the Air. George Clooney - slick script. 4/5
Carnage. Roman Polanski. Superb - esp Jodie Foster and Kate Winslett. Lots of shouting. Lots of changing dynamics. 4/5
Luther - only four episodes. Got better as it went along. But still too much sod for its own good. Exciting stuff. And British! 3.5/5
Chef's Table. Netflix documentary series. Episode 1. Excellent.
The Music Lovers (DVD) - as wonderful as I remembered it to be. 5/5, but only because I am biased towards anything by Ken Russell - Glenda Jackson was brilliant - the scratching carpet stuff, the twins, the fireworks. And written by Melvyn Bragg! Who knew? I had forgotten the committing suicide by jumping into a canal bit. Up to his knees. V funny. I wonder if the scratching carpet bit was improvised. And Bruce Robinson!
Jindabyne. Australian but with Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne. Bit tedious. 2.5/5
Locke. Excellent. Tom Hardy drives to london and has phone conversations with people and his life is turned upside down. Olivia Coleman, Andrew Scott and Ruth Wilson among the voices. Admittedly it could have just as well been a radio play, but v clever the way the story is told. And quite poetic in its use of concrete farming. (Although I understand they got a few bits wrong) In the same way that Glengarry Glen Ross used real estate. 4/5
The American. George Clooney. We believed the RT etc that it was a crime thriller. So would give it 1/5. I'm going to wait a few months and watch it again because it appears it might be an art house film that is worth a higher score - and indeed would be less disappointing
Your Starter For Ten. Rom com with James McAvoy Rebecca Hall (v good) and Alice Eve. Sort of about a young man's obsession with University Challenge. 3.5/5. Tres amusant.
Manhattan 3/5. Bit dated? Bit self-absorbed. (Woody Allen)
Luther S03. Still excellent.
American Sniper. 4/5. Not going to get into the politics. Exciting stuff.
Marvels's Agents of Shield. S02. Still don't know what's going on. 3/5
The Big Bang Theory. S0? Still brilliant. 5/5
The Carson City Kid. Roy Rogers. 4/5. Western B movie. Excellent, esp Gabby Hayes, Noah Beery Jr and Trigger
King of the Cowboys. Not quite as good but still not bad. 3/5
Sunset Serenade. RR. 3.5/5. About dodgy land dealing. Gabby in it again.
Jesse James at Bay. RR. 3/5. Overly complicated tale. But Gabby was good.
Shakespeare in Love. 4.5/5. Script. Cast. Etc.
Black Work. Three part TV series. Sheridan Smith. Dirty cop thriller. OK. 3/5
Odyssey. First three episodes. Anna Friel. Promising.
The Family. Luc Besson film. 3.5/5. Maybe 4. Slept occasionally. Prob need to watch again. Worth it. De Niro. Pfeiffer. TLJ. Fuck. Set in France.
American Hustle. Acting great. Not sure whether it really worked. Brad Cooper. J-law. Etc 3.5/5
The Conversation. Kept me awake. The reveal didn't work as well as it used to. 3.75/5
Rampart. Woody Harrelson (in every scene in the film) 3/5 atmospheric in an LA way. Really nasty racist with no redeeming qualities. But he's great.
Inside Out 3.5/5 Pixar (poss slightly dodgy Vuze d/l) v clever but a bit lacking in humans for me. Best bit was the cat walking across the console during the credits...
Castle. S03 - last ten episodes. 5/5.
Despicable Me 2. (Watched most of DM last week on TV). This was on Netflix. Not quite as good as 1. But 4/5. The kids are still the best bit.
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