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George Frideric Handel

Ellen T. Harris

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During his lifetime, the sounds of Handel's music reached from court to theatre, echoed in...

Awix (3310 KP) rated Death Line (1972) in Movies

Nov 18, 2020

Death Line (1972)

1972 | Horror

8.5

(2 Ratings)

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Nihilistic Anglo-American horror movie. The disappearance of an MP leads the police and two students to discover the existence of something nasty living in the London Underground.

An odd mixture of slasher movie, cannibal splatter and sheer existential bleakness results in a very distinctive film; it would probably be much better known if original casting Marlon Brando (playing a degenerate inbred plague-ridden cannibal; would have been an interesting challenge for a Method actor) had been able to participate. As it is, most of the acting is done by Donald Pleasence (who may be trying a bit too hard). Works much harder at creating a dismal, oppressive atmosphere than at actually being scary, though there are a few effective shocks. The cannibals themselves are depicted relatively sympathetically and considerable pathos is generated. Not your typical horror film, but very creepy and unsettling.

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I Love You Beth Cooper (2009)

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Coming-of-age teen romcom in which a high school nerd professes his unrequited love in front of the...

Stephen Morris recommended Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem in Music (curated)

"This is the easily the best album of the last 10 years. I saw him recently, in London with Hot Chip, and it was absolutely fucking brilliant. James Murphy can do no wrong, and being an unlikely front man shouldn’t be any reason to stop you from being one. He just makes me think "I wish I’d thought of that. I wish I’d written that song." It can be hard to mix dance and alternative rock, but he does it brilliantly. I see a connection between what we did as New Order and what he does. The sad thing is, we were playing a tour in France with New Order and LCD were there, and they were all there on laptops. I saw them and thought, 'Should I go over and say I think you’re fucking brilliant?' And I decided: no."

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Bob Mann (459 KP) rated Angel Has Fallen (2019) in Movies

Sep 8, 2019 (Updated Sep 8, 2019)

Angel Has Fallen (2019)

2019 | Action, Drama, Thriller

6.4

(43 Ratings)

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Nick Nolte and the ever reliable Morgan Freeman (0 more)

Dire and predictable script. (0 more)

Mediocre and lumbering action movie.

This has Gerard Butler too old/out of shape to be a credible presidential protection officer. None of the style of Clint Eastwood's "In the Line of Fire" which had a similar story. As a plus point, it didn’t have the distasteful xenophobia of “London Has Fallen” (which I rather generously gave a 3/10). So I feel I should at least top that. But again I feel I’m being generous. It’s all crushingly mediocre, and if I can remember any of it after three months, I’ll be very unlucky indeed!

For the full graphical review please check out One Mann's Movies here - https://bob-the-movie-man.com/2019/09/06/one-manns-movies-film-review-angel-has-fallen-2019/