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Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Bloody Awful
I love Star Wars. I really like the previous film. However, this, is NOT Star Wars. It's gone all disney/daytime tv. It's like the brainchild of Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift and Lorde when they were having a sleepover. I walked out before the end it was that bad.
Wonder Wheel (2017)
Love Woody but...
I love that Woody is still making movies. And I really hang out for them. I was hoping there was one in the wings and this took me by surprise. See it for the little Woody there is in it but...
Unfortunately, it was quite painful to watch. Some of the acting was fine, but they were struggling to deliver a story that went nowhere, contained very little if any of Woody's sparkling wit, and had Justin Timberlake attempting to cut it with real actors. Ordinarily Woody's casting is impeccable, but... JT?? I was thinking OK, I'll give him a chance, but no.
The typical, period music (which I usually love) even seemed tired and uninspired.
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Implausible, over-stylised drama with zero substance
You know those movies that you are angry at when they end because you can't get those 2 hours of your life back? Well, this is one of them. I could even give this a one word review but IMDb need 10 lines and that one word may be deemed offensive to some readers.
This... film... is more like a poor, over-budgeted tele-drama. But I guess it makes a lot of sense, as the film actually looks like it was made by a fashion designer; it is highly stylised, even slick but totally lacking in substance.
The exchange of dialogue, meaning and any chemistry between characters of the more than capable cast (I really dig Jake Gyllenhall) was slaughtered by what appeared to be the director's obsession controlling each and every frame, resulting in jerky and awkward delivery.
Also, this film ain't no thriller. There's even a cheap stunt employed that only the most b-grade non-thrillers pull: the quick flash of a scary image that's out of place to scare the bejesus out of you. Ridiculous.
Apart from the annoying directorial anal retentiveness rendering the actor's performance insincere, the story is just so totally and utterly implausible and leaves you feeling empty. While the book it's based on may be a story your imagination could bring to life, clearly Tom's imagination is either severely lacking or he's a huge fan of Days Of Our Lives.
The Captive (2014)
Implausible rubbish
I was hoping for something awesome like the original The Vanishing, but I have to say the poster was the only good thing about this D grade film. honestly... this film is like Disney made a movie about a pedo ring. I kept thinking there must be a twist but no, it really was just. that. bad. The main villain is totally implausible and about as threatening as a butterfly. The parents' delivery of grief is tawdry and inadequate. And the 2 hot detectives are the icing on the cake to make this a barely acceptable TV movie. There are just so many conveniently unexplained holes in this film, which surely only serve to a cover up for a really poorly written story with even worse casting. I signed up to IMDb just to share with you all not to waste your hard-earned money on this.