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Nice action/thriller about a CIA doublecross and plot to unleash a weaponised virus, answering the question “Say, what have Michael Douglas or Orlando Bloom done lately?”. Cast led by Noomi Rapace, which I thought worked really well. Convincingly badass. More convincing than Bloom’s accent.
Refreshing to find one of those films that leaves you thinking WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST WATCH?! I don’t understand how this could be so memorable, and yet so irritating. And yet I keep finding myself talking about it. Tangibly I can say that the apex of the boat sequence features probably THE worst…
What a deliciously ridiculous film! Trust Weird Al to put out a biopic that’s totally spurious… and I really enjoyed the implausibility of Dan Radcliffe in the lead role. Seldom laugh-out-loud funny, but it really had me smiling the whole way through. I was kinda hoping for some UHF easter eggs, but maybe Al wants…
This was an exercise in completism – I recall starting this a few times in the last 10 years, and never quite getting through it. In hindsight it probably wasn’t worth bothering, although some of the performances made it worth the stupid plot twist. I feel like Tarantino’s ego maybe got a bit too big….
Well, that was an antidote to Marvel films, wasn’t it? Best multiverse story outside of Rick & Morty. Bloody staggering. Love love loved it. 👍👍
I really, really miss the old days of FOTSN – cramming a bunch of sweaty nerds into a room above a pub and feeding them maths and science nerdery every month. So to stumble on this DVD special was something of a welcome nostalgia blast. Plenty of lo-fi charm, and PLENTY of nerdery. WOOT!
Ever get it in your head that you just really wanna watch something you’ve seen many times before? I *think* the line that was swimming around in my head was “Oh we wanted to stand up and hiss – we’ve seen shit, but NEVER like THIS!”. I just don’t think you can best Nathan Lane…
You’ve got to wonder how much dramatic licence was taken with this finance-boiler… The business arbitrarily shedding critical risk management staff to shave a margin was totally believable. The 2am fully suited boardroom sit-room complete with top exec who helicoptered in seemed feasible: albeit dated now when trading’s all online. Eyewatering sums of money. One…
Wonderfully silly Danish piano-playing legend, bordering on racist in that innocent “he’s from a different generation” way; silly wordplay, silly pianowork, silly interactions with other musicians. In a way watching this was pointless because I think I knew 80% of it from the endless promotional ads for the VHS tape that played on Australian TV…
A gang of tropes wind up at a rich person’s home to be tormented and in the mix (IS he there by mistake, or not?!) is Daniel Craig channelling the chicken lawyer from Futurama to solve it all at the last minute. A useful illustration of how media positioning can give a consumer the impression…