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Vim Fuego 
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 Posted: 02 Jan 2023 at 10:50pm |
 I love these idiotic movies...
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Posted: 02 Jan 2023 at 2:30am |
 I thought there was no way this could be as good as people made it out to be... It is. Excellent movie, and it goes without saying, a brilliant soundtrack
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Posted: 01 Jan 2023 at 2:56pm |
 More self-referential than ever. It seems to be constantly taking the piss of itself. Somehow manages to be a return to form for the series.  I did not care for the first one at all and wasn't going to watch this, but reports sounded promising and it turns out that this is everything the first one should have been.
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Vim Fuego
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Posted: 01 Jan 2023 at 3:43am |
 A lot better than I thought it would be. Original writer and director Geoff Murphy's son Matt wrote and directed. It's modernised and updated, and doesn't follow the original story exactly, but that's OK. Still lots of fun.
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Posted: 01 Jan 2023 at 1:14am |
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My final two movies watched in 2022:
 War film from Hammer. Pretty solid, more drama than action based. A film that makes you think a bit.  This was a lot of fun and I would say it is better than the original film - which I do quite like but the flying sequences are extra stunning here.
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Vim Fuego
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Posted: 31 Dec 2022 at 11:09pm |
 The Man in the Rubber Suit...
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Posted: 31 Dec 2022 at 12:34am |
 Political thriller, albeit done satirically. Great cast led by Jeff Bridges, with supporting roles from quite a number of notables right up to Toshiro Mifune.  A dreamy little film that was the first starring role for Dennis Hopper. Some vibes of Carnival of Souls.  From the writer-director of In Bruges and reuniting its stars, this is a much more low-key dark comedy set against the backdrop of the Irish Civil War, about when one man abruptly ends his friendship with the other.
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Posted: 31 Dec 2022 at 12:08am |
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Posted: 31 Dec 2022 at 12:08am |
Yeah you should probably have waited a couple of years...
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Vim Fuego
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Posted: 30 Dec 2022 at 9:23pm |
 Why the fuck did I watch this? Nothing wrong with the movie, it's just the subject matter...
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Posted: 30 Dec 2022 at 2:51am |
 This was great! Daniel Craig's southern accent isn't quite convincing, but everything else is brilliant.
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Posted: 29 Dec 2022 at 2:50am |
 Not seen this in a long time. Excellent ensemble cast, and a silly but fun plot. Never takes itself too seriously.
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Posted: 28 Dec 2022 at 9:55pm |
 Low key and quirky, but the music is good fun.
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Posted: 27 Dec 2022 at 2:01am |
 This was pretty good. It's one of those films that completely changes genre a little way in. It starts off with an American tourist running afoul of a biker gang while holidaying in England, then later abruptly turns into sci-fi horror.  A rather bleak police film that's very slice of life in its telling. The ending is a massive downer.  Inspired by an actual event, this is a psych drama about a group of men trapped underground during WWII. A very little known film but with some notable cast members led by Peter Sellers.  A really solid 1950s Vincent Price film.  This one was really good: very dark and twisted for a 1950s film. This completely holds up to Knives Out.  Excellent little bank robbery thriller.  A bit farcical, but a fun enough little western that ends more darkly than you'd expect. The film is perhaps more historic behind the scenes than it is a particularly great movie: it was the final feature film directed by Budd Boetticher as well as the final film appearance of Audie Murphy. The former made the film as a favour to Murphy, who produced it and only has a cameo role in it as Jesse James. It never saw wide release until 1982, having been made in 1969. Murphy died in a plane crash in 1971.
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Posted: 26 Dec 2022 at 2:25am |
This one was funny and sweet. Even my wife liked it, and she hates superhero movies.
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Posted: 26 Dec 2022 at 12:02am |
 A bit slow, but a great western. Clint Eastwood didn't want to do the movie because he didn't want to get typecast, but Charles Bronson was an excellent replacement.
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Posted: 24 Dec 2022 at 4:55am |
 More Geoff Murphy brilliance. A hell of a good story, covering a part of our history which too often gets whitewashed. There's no punches pulled here. Brutal and filthy, just like 19th century life was in such a wild untamed country.
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Posted: 23 Dec 2022 at 4:10am |
 Fucking brilliant. Imagine if Smokey and The Bandit was actually funny and made on a shoestring budget in New Zealand. Sadly one of the stars Tony Barry died last week, which is why I was giving this a rewatch. Also, this was the shortened version with about 10 minutes cut out by the BBFC.
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Posted: 22 Dec 2022 at 11:51pm |
 Now THAT is how you tell a Terry Pratchett story. Great voice cast, excellent animation, and stick to the spirit if not the exact letter of the story. GNU Terry Pratchett.
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Posted: 22 Dec 2022 at 2:42am |
 References a shitload of 70s sci-fi which is really cool, but the story is a bit lame. Was filmed quite some time ago, but only released in this version this year
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