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The Getaway (1994)
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Real life husband and wife, Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, star in this Nineties version of the...
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Fletch Lives (1989)
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Chevy Chase returns to the screen as the reckless reporter I.M. Fletcher, investigative reporter, in...
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Blues and Boogie, Vol. 1 by Kim Wilson
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Legendary singer and harmonica player Kim Wilson, from the Fabulous Thunderbirds, performs fourteen...
Blues bluegrass
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Conan the Destroyer (1984)
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Arnold Schwarzenegger returns with a vengeance in the sword and sorcery adventure Conan the...
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Earthquake (1974) in Movies
Mar 21, 2021 (Updated Mar 21, 2021)
You can almost sense the modern blockbuster struggling to be born here - high concept, low credibility, lots of special effects, John Williams score - but the film is let down by some wobbly production values and questionable casting choices. (The subtext is surprisingly reactionary and morally inflexible, too.) All the bits which make it most entertaining nowadays - Marjoe Gortner as an unhinged national guardsman, Richard Rowntree's motorcycle daredevil, Walter Matthau's dancing drunk - are the parts which are the most camp and ridiculous. Sort of entertaining if you enjoy this kind of bombastic studio silliness.
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Sarah (7798 KP) rated Richard Jewell (2019) in Movies
Nov 7, 2020
This is yet another true story I know nothing about, so for me I found this to be quite an interesting watch to discover what happened. To be honest I was almost in disbelief at times to see how Richard was treated by law enforcement and whilst I know some artistic license is always used, it’s still crazy what they did to him! The story is fascinating, although I do think the film drags this out a bit at a run time of well over 2 hours.
That said, there are some good performances in this namely from Paul Walter Hauser (who was great in I, Tonya too), Sam Rockwell and Kathy Bates. The relationship between Richard and Rockwell’s character Watson is particularly heartwarming and provides a lot of the funnier aspects of the film and actually proves to be the best thing about this. Sadly there are some who have fared less well - Jon Hamm and Olivia Wilde’s seem like your typical cliched FBI and reported characters respectively, and while they both put in good performances, the characters let them down.
What confused me the most about this film was the tone. It felt like it should be a rather tense suspense filled drama (similar to say Patriots Day) but instead it felt too happy or lighthearted to be serious, which considering the subject matter is rather odd. And I think this impacted on how much I liked this. It also didn’t help that they completely gloss over who the real bomber actually was right at the end, and this felt rather abrupt and frustrating considering the length of time the film spends showing them investigating Richard! Overall this is an enjoyable interesting film but falls short of being anything spectacular.
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Starman (1984)
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Director John Carpenter presents a romantic science fiction odyssey starring Jeff Bridges as an...
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The Spanish Princess
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Catherine of Aragon, the beautiful teenaged princess of Spain who was promised the English throne...
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Popular Culture and Political Agency in Early Modern England and Ireland: Essays in Honour of John Walter
Michael J. Braddick and Phil Withington
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One of the most notable currents in social, cultural and political historiography is the...
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The Arvon Book of Literary Non-Fiction: Writing About Travel, Nature, Food, Feminism, History, Sexuality, Death and Friendship
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The Arvon Book of Literary Non-Fiction is an essential guide to writing in a wide range of genres,...