Recently Watched Films

I just gave this a watch today, and I loved it! Didn't know Peter Capaldi was in it, which was a pleasant surprise. The nudie bits were a lot clearer than the VHS version I saw 30 years ago - those parts often got rewound and watched again, which would wear the tapes out. I was most impressed though, with Amanda Donohoe. She was sexy and menacing in equal measures.

I remember reading about the Lambton worm when I was a kid, which this movie and Bram Stoker's novel were based on.

Mixed feelings. Lots of excellent gothic atmosphere, and from what I've just read on Wikipedia it's largely true to the novel, but after nearly two hours of wondering and coming up with different theories I expected more of a pay off come the end. 

I grew up with, and have been in, musical theatre all my life. I haven't been involved in a show in about 25 years, but I still love a good musical. This is one of the best.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100157/

I haven't seen this in years. There's not much I remember about it now, except for that scene. That scene's kinda a with you until you die thing. 

Last seen Promising Young Woman, starring Carey Mulligan.

It is okay to be seen.

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Based on true events with some fabrication to fill in things that were unknown and for artistic licence, this Korean film was one of great extremes. At first it seems like it's going to be a comedy (the poster certainly looks like it could be a comedy), but gradually it gets extremely harrowing and shocking. A brilliant film from start to finish. 

Robert de Niro must have directed this while sitting at Martin Scorsese's knee. Though it does move away from the Scorsese worship after a while and try to make a point about race relations, in which the fucking gangster comes off the best out of everyone. A good movie overall, a bit of obvious homage but it does ultimately stand on its own.