Films 2019
| Title | Rating | Comments |
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| The Irishman |  |
A tough movie, as expected. Fine detail of the settings etc from the periods. Acting not at all bad - haha. |
| Inside Job | |
Narrated by Matt Damon about the financial collapse of 2008. Deregulation and corporate greed are shown for what they really are and the damage that can be done. Capitalism at its full-blown power. This film should be shown to every youngster leaving school. |
| Moonlight(2016) | |
Seriously disturbing about a gay, black drug dealer called Chiron. I cannot imagine a life lead that way. Well acted, one feels immersed. |
| You're in the Navy Now (1951) | |
Such fun with Gary Cooper and appearances from any number of budding Hollywood stars. |
| Toutes nos Envies (All our Desires) | |
A touching story of a lady judge who, while being terminally ill, attempts to help a lady stuck in a life-destroying debt and yet gets stuck in the hands of money lenders and their contracts. A reflection on our consumer society and the aggression of the finance industry. The French still do excellent social films. |
| Loving Vincent | |
100 artists get together to animate the story of Vincents death, told by 60 of his works. I still don't know if he was shot or shot himself. |
| Gemma Bovery | |
A wierd flick set in the Normandy. An older man who gets lost when he meets a beautiful young woman. Gemma Arterton is certainly that, reminds me of Jenny Agutter. Isabelle Candelier was the houskeeper who danced so well in "A Good Year". |
| Sully | |
My goodness, it's been 10 years already. This was a good story when it happened and the film is good. Tom Hanks and Aaron Eckhart were both good. |
| Letting go of God | |
A funny monologue on how Julia Sweeney left the catholic meme. She moved on to be a funny lady in SNL and several movies. |
| The Nineth Gate | |
Another silly movie, all to do with a book which is supposed to be all about the devil. Johnny Depp and a couple of others. |
| What if (The F Word) | |
Romcom, haha. I suppose Daniel Ratcliff needed the dosh |
| The Nice Guys | |
What a hoot take-up for Hollywood. Russel Crowe and Ryan Gosling do a good job of making me laugh. |
| Tears of the Sun | |
Really very violent - the the person. Very disturbing, possibly close to reality on the ground in Africa. |
| Toni Erdmann | |
On the weird side this one. But well filmed and played. |
| Magic in the Moonlight | |
It didn't have good reviews, but I nonetheless found it enjoyable. Colin Firth and Emma Stone were very good. |
| Big Eyes | |
Based on a true story of Margaret Keane, whose husband took her work to be his. As expected it didn't turn out to be a very good idea. Amy Adams and Christoph Walkz both play their parts exceedingly well. |
| Hidden Numbers | |
About three coloured women who worked at NASA during the developmental period in the 1960s. Entertaining, in part because of the clips, the computer and the social developments taking place at the time. |
| Without Bound - Perspectives on Mobile Living | |
Another documentary, this time set in the US of A. Three classes of people who live in their vehicle. The homeless, those that positively choose it, and then RV owners. Much discussion on how much "stuff" we actually need. |
| Grey Nomads | |
An Australian ABC documentary from 1997. How old people manage as they discover themselves on the trip around Australia. I admit I have some affinity with these folk. |
| Murder Mystery | A more-or-less waste of time and money. |
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| The Great Hack | |
A strange, twisted story about the downfall of Cambridge Anaytica. One wonders how many of these low-life organisations there are still "out there" and in our lives. I suspect our election processes are still susceptable to this type of access and the follow-on manipulation with massive wads of fake news... |
| Captain America | |
A sweet story from 2017 of a young child protegy. An interesting conundrum of deciding to raise a child as a normal human or submit to the pressure to have them treated as very special in order to promote their talent. |
| Toy Story 4 | |
OK, a good way to wrap-up the franchise. |
| Gentleman Jack | |
An 8 part TV series based on the notbooks of a landed lady lesbian in Yorkshire in the 1830s. Impressive allround. Written by the very talented Sally Wainwright. The main role is plaxed by Suranne Jones and the rest are also excellent. There is a video of her life. |
| Sometimes Always Never | |
A very slow film with lots of scenes which looked like the 1950s. Not great, but it was good to see Jenny Agutter. Bill Nighy doesn't do a strong scouse. |
| Years and Years | |
A TV series taking things on from where we are now. We thought Trump and Brexit was disfunctional .... Haha. |
| Woman in Gold | |
The story of Gustav Klimt's painting, set in Austria and California. Well acted. Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl. Oh, and a bit part for Nina Kunzendorf . |
| Arctic | |
There was a lot of snow. |
| Woman at War | |
Such a wonderful film in so many ways. Set in Iceland, the story of a woman who does her best to stop the aluminium plant from operating, while at the same time is involved in adopting an orphan from the Ukraine. Highly Recommended. |
| Rocketman | |
Very well done. Recommended. |
| At Eternity’s Gate | |
Not the best film I have ever seen. Annoying music, annoing camera work too. |
| The Green Book |
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A most entertaining film. Some dramatic stuff which seems to have been obvious enhancment to the story line. Excellent performances by Mahershala Ali and especially Viggo Mortensen. Recommended. |
| Brexit: The Uncivil War | |
What Don Cummings did was open up the political process to influence from special interests. Our election systems are broken, some more that others. The UK FPTP system is more broken than most where millions, literally millions, of votes simply don't count. |
| Vice | |
One forgets so quickly all the things Cheney did. Excellent performances by Christian Bale and Amy Adams |
| My Neighbour Totoro | |
Ghibli from 1988 - most enjoyable. |