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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) rated Fistful of Dollars (1964) in Movies

Mar 23, 2018  
Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Fistful of Dollars (1964)
1964 | Adventure, Western
9
8.3 (31 Ratings)
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Storyline/Plot (1 more)
Clint Eastwood
American Western remake of Yojimbo, and a damn good one.
See this movie, it's worth it, but th reason it's a 9, and not a ten is because the Samurai version by Akira Kurosawa; Yojimbo is just better. If you can see that one first, if not follow it up and prepare to see two master storytellers use the same idea in two different genres, kinda like hearing a Nirvanna song being done by Johnny Cash. or an Alicia Keys version of a Cher song. Fundamentally the same, but so different in presentation. Both are epic masterpieces.
  
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Barry Newman (204 KP) rated WarGames (1983) in Movies

Feb 29, 2020  
WarGames (1983)
WarGames (1983)
1983 | Sci-Fi
6
7.2 (16 Ratings)
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A film that had passed me by up until now I found to be a bit of a mixed bag. The central plot is very interesting and the theme of a fear of the power of technology and being only a few button clicks away from starting a war is still relevant and timely today. What I did struggle with it being a 1980’s film about computer technology it is of course now incredibly outdated. I laughed at the WOPR , the enormous war games simulator with its sinister blinking lights. The storytelling is strong though and a fresh faced Matthew Broderick makes for a likeable lead but I think it might actually be a rare film that I would prefer to see a contemporary remake of than watch again.
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated Ambulance (2022) in Movies

Mar 30, 2022 (Updated Mar 30, 2022)  
Ambulance (2022)
Ambulance (2022)
2022 | Action, Crime, Drama
7
6.6 (8 Ratings)
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Great chase scenes (1 more)
Jake Gyllenhaal
A little long (0 more)
Speedy Action Thriller
Well we have a remake here of an old Danish film. Not aware of that film but this is pretty much much an all out action, loud, big, crazy fun film. Mixing Den of Thieves with Speed kinda vibe. After a Bank heist goes awry 2 robbers highjack an ambulance to make their escape. Then we have the long pursuit. Despite the long run time the action rarely lets up with some great cop chase scenes and enough of a story to make it interesting. Not ground breaking by any means but you'll enjoy the ride.
  
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Atom Egoyan recommended Belle de Jour (1968) in Movies (curated)

 
Belle de Jour (1968)
Belle de Jour (1968)
1968 | Drama
9.0 (1 Ratings)
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"Speaking of Un chien andalou, Buñuel has one of the most perfect careers in cinema, and was able to harness lunacy and despair with wit and economy. There are many Buñuel titles in the Criterion Collection, but I chose Belle de jour because it remains so beguiling. I was offered the chance to remake it about twenty years ago, but it seemed like such a futile exercise. Has anyone been more perfectly cast than Deneuve in this film?"

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David McK (3695 KP) rated Road House (2024) (2024) in Movies

Jun 9, 2024 (Updated Jun 9, 2024)  
Road House (2024) (2024)
Road House (2024) (2024)
2024 |
5
5.7 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Straight-to-streaming remake of the Patrick Swayze film of the same name (haven't seen it), with Jake Gylenhall taking on the lead role as the ex-UFC fighter Dalton who is hired to be a bouncer at a bar called the 'Road House' in the Florida keys.

I knew beforehand there was a bit of controversy over whether this was intended to be straight to streaming or not: director says "no"; star says "yes" (I think it's that way about), but I could see this doing well on the big screen.

It's trash, yes, but it knows it.