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Trainspotting (1996)
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Mark Renton, a heroin addict living in Edinburgh, Scotland, tries to change his drug-fueled ways,...
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
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Catch up with Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie and Spud. Events and schemes transpire to bring these old...
Johnny Dangerously (1984)
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Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton) lives a double life: at home, he's the good apple, looking after his...
Bob Mann (459 KP) rated Yesterday (2019) in Movies
Jun 21, 2019
All of the Beatles songs... I am of a certain age. (2 more)
Lily James - simply gorgeous
A joyous fantasy.
He loves it, yeah, yeah, yeah.
A joyous fantasy film - I just loved it from beginning to end. The full review is on One Mann's Movies here - https://bob-the-movie-man.com/2019/06/21/one-manns-movies-film-review-yesterday-2019/
Sarah (7798 KP) rated Steve Jobs (2015) in Movies
Aug 14, 2017
Michael Fassbender (2 more)
Interesting take on a biopic
Screenplay
A Great Biopic
You can't really go wrong with Danny Boyle and Michael Fassbender. This is a fascinating take on Jobs' life and an intriguing idea to have it focus on a few major events as opposed to his entire life. Fassbender puts in a fantastic performance with a great supporting cast, and Aaron Sorkin's script is packed with wit and humour. My only criticism would be it is slightly slow paced at times.
Sarah (7798 KP) rated Yesterday (2019) in Movies
May 3, 2020
Enjoyable to a point
I love Danny Boyle, he's one of my favourite directors (and he's a local lad) although I have to admit this is probably one of my least favourite films of his so far.
Richard Curtis and Danny Boyle working on the same film should be a match made in heaven. However the result is this enjoyable but sadly rather predictable romcom. Himesh Patel is a likeable lead, but I found the romance aspect with him and Lily James entirely corny and completely predictable, even for Richard Curtis. The music is good, it would be seen as it's the Beatles, however I did find it odd that in the story Himesh finds out about a number of bands and things that no longer exist (some are quite funny), yet only decides to choose the songs from the Beatles. Could they not get the rights for anything else?
There's a few laughs in this although not as many as I'd expected, and I loved the nod to Love Actually. Overall the film is enjoyable and your typical feel good Brit flick, however I don't think it's particularly memorable or exceptional.
Richard Curtis and Danny Boyle working on the same film should be a match made in heaven. However the result is this enjoyable but sadly rather predictable romcom. Himesh Patel is a likeable lead, but I found the romance aspect with him and Lily James entirely corny and completely predictable, even for Richard Curtis. The music is good, it would be seen as it's the Beatles, however I did find it odd that in the story Himesh finds out about a number of bands and things that no longer exist (some are quite funny), yet only decides to choose the songs from the Beatles. Could they not get the rights for anything else?
There's a few laughs in this although not as many as I'd expected, and I loved the nod to Love Actually. Overall the film is enjoyable and your typical feel good Brit flick, however I don't think it's particularly memorable or exceptional.
Sunshine (2007)
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In the not-too-distant future, Earth's dying sun spells the end for humanity. In a last-ditch effort...
Hayden Hansen (5 KP) rated 28 Days Later (2002) in Movies
Apr 27, 2019
Unique (4 more)
Zombies aren't zombies
The acting
The violence is creative
Scary
Very disorienting (4 more)
Can't settle on a mood
The ending kinda falls apart
Doesn't develop the characters enough
Not always scary
Okay zombie movie but disappointing Danny Boyle movie
Okay so I saw 28 Days Later when I was 14 and had no idea what the hell I was watching. It was way too different from other zombie movies out, in fact it never really says zombie at all. The film works with it's settings, actors, and violence but it doesn't when it's telling the overall story. The ending kinda gets distracted and uninteresting fast at that point as I kinda stopped caring. Danny Boyle has directed alot of movies that are great like Steve Jobs, Slumdog Millionaire (yes it's a great movie), and Trainspotting but this reminded me of Sunshine so much. I mean there's a great premise that takes new twists and turns that the kind of story doesn't do. It works well for most of the movie till the very end that doesn't stick the landing cleanly. I still say this is worth a watch considering how stupid 28 weeks later is... And believe when you get done with the beginning of that one, you'll k know what I'm talking about...