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Lenard (726 KP) rated The Post (2017) in Movies

Jan 16, 2018  
The Post (2017)
The Post (2017)
2017 | Biography, Drama, Thriller
9
7.1 (45 Ratings)
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Burying the Lead
Meryl Streep is an American institution. Yet again, she proves that she is not finished finding new dimensions to her characters. In "The Post," she plays pioneering publisher Katherine Graham from The Washington Post. The film itself somehow manages to bury the lead in its own story. In an early scene, Streep playing Graham is at a meeting of the Board Of Directors voting whether The Post should go public. Graham never utters a word. Her advisor/attorney makes every statement for her. This is an indictment of the times, referred to later when Ben Bradlee makes an off-the-cuff remark about why her husband was given the paper in the first place. It is also a subtle clue about the quiet authority Katherine actually had, pulling all the strings though she had no voice in her own company. A later scene in which she retires to the drawing room with the other women while the men talk politics is another sign on the backward thinking times of not-so-long-age. It is here that the obstensible plot starts. Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara pulls Katherine away from the other women to reveal a story that is about to appear in the New York Times. A classified Pentagon report was leaked that detailed how the American government knew the conflict in Vietnam was unwinnable, kept the war going as a facade, and had been lying to its constituents. Nixon and Attorney General Mitchell threatened the free press with injunctions, restraining orders, and incarceration. In the resulting Supreme Court case, Justice Black found that the press is responsible to protect the governed and not the governors. Buried within is the story of the inequality of men and women and the small strides women made to exist in this patriarchal society.
  
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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Escape Room (2019) in Movies

Feb 12, 2019  
Escape Room (2019)
Escape Room (2019)
2019 | Action, Horror, Thriller
7
6.4 (46 Ratings)
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Better than expected
Having seen a previous film effort about an escape room, I went into this with very low expectations but I actually came out pleasantly surprised.

Yes it's a little bit predictable, and the flashforward of the ending right at the start of the film really doesn't help matters. However I found most of this film ridiculously tense and I was completely enthralled and entertained. This may just be because I've played quite a few escape rooms and recognised a lot of familiar things, but I don't really care as it was very enjoyable to watch. I was also glad that it didn't rely on jump scares or over the top gore like other films, which was quite refreshing. Some of the rooms are great, others not so but the film passes by so quickly it's difficult to find time to dwell. Other than some of the rooms not being as well thought out, my only other issue is the ending itself. Whilst i can tell it was trying to be interesting, it came across as a little bit much and too farfetched. Didn't ruin the film completely, but did take something away from it. But aside from that this is a surprisingly good and tense film.
  
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Colin O'Donoghue recommended 12 Angry Men (1957) in Movies (curated)

 
12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
1957 | Classics, Drama
8.9 (28 Ratings)
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"My first one is 12 Angry Men. I remember I watched it at school, I think I saw it at fourteen for the first time. And when you’re that age, you kind of want to watch big blockbuster movies and all that kind of stuff. And I just couldn’t get over the fact — basically it doesn’t leave the room for the whole movie. And it’s just these guys sitting around discussing this crime, and whether or not they’re going to find the guy guilty or not. I just found it so engaging and stuff. You know the cast and stuff was just incredible with Henry Fonda and Lee J. Cobb, and all these incredible actors. I just thought it was mind blowing, you know? I think it was based on a radio play — I don’t know. And then I figured it was a theatrical play, and then they made a movie. That’s the other thing, I was also just beginning to start to want to be an actor. Or join the theatre group in my hometown. It all sort of happened at the same time, and I was beginning to understand it a little bit more about how they’re engaging, and how you can hold people’s attention for that long just by the performance itself."

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