Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Monday, 19 September 2016
Sunday, 11 September 2016
Hell Or High Water
Two bro's rob banks to stop ma's ranch being repossessed..
Shit happens..
This one was a doozie. I'm a big fan of Ben Foster. Although he's getting a little typecast as the 'unhinged one' these days. Chris Pine plays his brother and the brains of the operation. On the other side of the coin you have Jeff Bridges and his Indian/Mexican partner and that's where most of the humour comes from..
The film was a slow burner.. It started off slowly but really kicked off during an altercation at a garage. It lightened the mood and shed new light on one of the leads..
I've never been to Texas but from this film I could see its a hot, dirty and desolate place..
The camera constantly showed businesses going bust and billboards advertising loans..
Overall a grizzly and satisfactory film..
****
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Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Morgan
This was a last minute viewing and as it turns out it wasn't that bad... really.
This one's a sci-fi/horror directed by the son of Sir Ridley Scott himself (he helped with production too). So you know it's got a good pedigree to start with. The plot's very similar to last years excellent Ex-Machina with shades of his dad's classic Bladerunner.
Morgan is a genetically engineered human in an off-grid, hidden away, underground lab (as only dodgy laboratories seem to be.)
After 5 years growth there's an 'incident' and a member of staff is poked in the eye.. Actually, I played that down a bit.. it was more 'stabbed'..
Anyway, as a result Lee Weathers (Kate Mara), A corporate risk-management consultant is called in to 'assess the risk'..
It creeps along at a reasonable pace
Sunday, 4 September 2016
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