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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) in Movies

Jan 6, 2018

What an sad but enlighting movie

One of Jim Carey's best films ever that isn't a comedy. This movie has look at life as if we could erase what we don't want to remember. However once we get a better view at what we want to lose sometimes we want it even more. This is what happens when the girl he is seeing wants all the memories of him and her erased and when he wants the same treatment so he can't feel the pain that's when he see things in a whole new light you may say and sees how much better his life is with her and wants to love her more and be with her. Carey rarely plays dark and emotional roles but, maybe he should have done this more because he hits it out of the park.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Game Night (2018) in Movies

Mar 5, 2018 (Updated Mar 22, 2019)

Game Night (2018)

2018 | Comedy, Mystery

7.6

(94 Ratings)

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Knowingly absurd black comedy thriller is powered along by engaging performances and some good gags. A group of affluent friends think they're participating in a kind of murder mystery role-playing game; in fact the situation is in deadly earnest.

The script goes into overdrive to sustain this fairly preposterous premise for 100 minutes - it just about manages it but the first half inevitably feels a bit less forced than the conclusion. Still very funny indeed in places; there's a bit of tonal uncertainty - the thriller element is quite dark, with some graphic violence - but not enough to make the film uncomfortable to watch. Bateman and McAdams are particularly good, but lots of good turns here, both comic and straight. I laughed a lot, which is pretty unusual when it comes to me and modern comedies.

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Sex Actually with Dave Neal and Tasha Courtney

7.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Sex Actually is a hilarious podcast discussing modern relationships. We dive into topics that are...

Deadly Manners

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Deadly Manners is a 10 episode, dark comedy murder-mystery series set in the winter of 1954. It...

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Matt Hartley

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A dark comedy that throws a lively and topical spotlight on 'Generation Rent' and the lengths they...

Jordan Binkerd (567 KP) rated MASH (1970) in Movies

Jul 31, 2019

MASH (1970)

1970 | Comedy, Drama, War

7.9

(17 Ratings)

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Broke new comedy ground (3 more)

Biting social commentary

Excellent cast

Moderately funny

Less a plot than a loosely-connected set of escapades (2 more)

Not the show you remember

Some of the stuff the protagonists get up to is legitimately awful, and this shouldn't have been okay even in the 70s

Groundbreaking at the time, but unremarkable today

If you're looking into this on account of the TV show, don't bother. It's very different. An anti-Vietnam movie about Korea, MASH is a dark comedy that's moderately funny and broke new ground at the time, but there's not much to recommend it today. Worth seeing? Sure. But it's not necessarily deserving of its cult status.

Plus, the protagonists are legitimately despicable people. You're supposed to cheer for them against the by-the-book fuddy-duddies like Burns and "Hot Lips" Houlihan, but honestly? The scene where they pull up the sides of the shower tent and expose HLH mid-shower is a bit uncomfortable, made more so by her breakdown/rant next scene as she berates the unit Commander for letting them get away with crap like that - and she's not wrong. The protagonists deserve to be court martialed for this, but no consequences are ever leveled. Even for the 70s, that's messed up....

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Neon's Nerd Nexus (360 KP) rated Shazam! (2019) in Movies

May 13, 2019

Shazam! (2019)

2019 | Action, Sci-Fi

7.4

(104 Ratings)

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Pow right in the kisser

#shazam is DC's answer to #deadpool its witty, dark & stylish but also feels a tad 'weve seen all this before'. Shazam always looked to me like a film nobody asked for or a straight to #netflix film so when it started I was actually very surprised with what I was watching. Its an extremely well shot film with seemingly high production values, stylish cinematography & a pretty neat soundtrack too. I was also pleasantly surprised at the dark tone/atmosphere the film decided to go for & considering the trailers suggest this was to be a comedy for a younger audience there are some quite horrific deaths, adult #humour, nasty enemies & also some very dark subject matter. All this darkness however is balanced out quite nicely with goofy humour & some genuinely #funny gags & some brilliant references to films like #tomhanks #Big & the #terminator. Theres a running theme throughout about #family/sticking together & another about there being #heroes inside all of us be it from security guards that keep our schools safe, #mums raising #kids, people who adopt & even people who dress up as #santa can help #inspire our kids to do good. Shazam does alot right & at times its a spellbinding film full of #charm but sadly I found it to fall apart in the final act where it loses its #freakazoid mixed with #hancock & #batman the #animated series vibe in favour for a more generic & forgettable conclusion with a main #villain who came across more pedestrian than menacing which is a shame. Shazam is generally a really great #popcorn flick & crowed pleaser, its got #heart & #laughs but I can see it being forgotten about in a few years but for now its well worth your time. #odeon #odronlimitles #dc #dcuniverse #superhero #geek #comic