The Giver (2014)
7.8
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THE GIVER centres on Jonas, a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colourless, world of...
Heaven's Gate (1980)
7.5
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Harvard graduate James Averill (Kris Kristofferson) is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County,...
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
8.3
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Seven years after a daring bank robbery involving an anti-tank gun used to blow open a vault, the...
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Steve Fearon (84 KP) rated Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) in Movies
Oct 19, 2018
The trailer had made it look like fun whoddunit, with a colourful cast of characters, a great group of actors, and a fairly lighthearted mystery, and this ticked all the right boxes for us, so along we went.
However, this movie gets pretty damn dark, fairly violent and pretty relentless, and at 140 minutes, this is a serious film.
There is a lot of love for Tarantino in "El Royale", with the style reminiscent of some of his work, though with a bit less feel for comedy, and bigger penchant for musical numbers.
It is enjoyable, and is broken up regularly by switching perspectives to show the viewer the backstory of the main characters, so it doesn't necessarily feel as long as its 140 minutes suggest.
However, it does begin to meander at times, and if it wasn't for the god-like charm of Jeff Bridges, the earnest performance of John Hamm or the captivating allure of Chris Hemsworth in particular, these scenes could have become unbearable.
Cynthia Erivo was spectacular as the soulful lounge singer, and she more than held her own against some of hollywood's finest, and I look forward to seeing her in more big movies in future.
The highlight for me (Chris Hemsworth dancing was hers) was without a doubt Jeff Bridges, the guy can just keep me entertained, no matter the script, no matter the setting, he is just a quality guy, and I loved his performance.
This is a solid 6/10 movie for me, entertaining, happy to watch it once, but I doubt I will watch it again.
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970)
3.0
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A Chinese-Mexican power broker (Mason) and a hippy aspiring writer (Bridges) in Hong Kong find...
Movie Metropolis (309 KP) rated Iron Man (2008) in Movies
Jun 10, 2019
The film still holds up to this day with great action sequences, cracking special effects and a decent story to boot. Negatives? Well, Jeff Bridges’ villain is a little underdeveloped and quite frankly, a bit dull (something Marvel still struggles with to this day), but Iron Man is the one that started it all and it’s a great film.
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The Fisher King (1991)
8.2
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An unlikely friendship between former shock-jock Jack (Jeff Bridges) and a homeless ex-history...
Erika (17788 KP) rated Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) in Movies
Oct 18, 2018 (Updated Oct 18, 2018)
I have two major gripes, first of which is that around half an hour needed to be edited out. Some of the scenes were excruciatingly long, and the use of the singing over and over again was really tiresome. The second gripe is that there was nothing new or original about this film. Everything was kind of obvious from the very beginning.
Jeff Bridges acted the same as he has in films for the last 10 years, so nothing new or original there. Chris Hemsworth was nice to look at, and he was a convincing Charles Manson-esque dude. I'm also not sure as to why they'd give Jon Hamm's character an interesting story, only to discard him.
Hell or High Water (2016)
8.6
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Toby is a divorced father who's trying to make a better life for his son. His brother Tanner is an...