The Devil Strikes Back.
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The Devil Is Prada
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Probably as dumb as soup but; Sam Rockwell 
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Before the Devil knows you’re Dressed (in Prada) 
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The Devil wears Loewe, but had to change back to Prada because he couldn’t pronounce it.
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Gone Girl. Really enjoyed it. Fincher’s formula for these blockbuster thrillers is to be admired. 2.5h of pure engagement. Rosamund Pike was brilliant throughout, basically plays at least 3 different versions of Amy.
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Thanks for the tip on The Kingdom @Piers , watched on Friday and loved it. Brilliant performances by the Dad and his daughter, amazing if neither of them were actors.
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Late to party but finally watched OBAA at the pictures. Superb acting/cinematography, but how political was it? Can’t help wondering if punches were pulled… (in current climate of fear).
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It was all a bit silly for me. Seemed a confused film and story, almost a caper. Radical Leftist Nuns growing weed to support the cause. Erm. Ok?
The ending with his Daughter going out on her own protest missions, as if the whole thing wouldn’t have been over by then, but of course when the lead investigator of a Police/Military/Federal task force dies, the investigation dies with him! Was the ending supposed to tell us that they all lived happily ever after united against The Man, that protest never dies? Perhaps a comment on the lurch to Authoritarian Right Wing administrations the World over 
Compare and contrast with something like Sicario, didn’t insult the audience’ intelligence and wasn’t afraid to ‘bleak’ it up…
Sean Penn’s character was essentially Freddie Kruger/the unstoppable, almost supernatural Bogey Man. A lame trope IMO. He gets knocked down but he gets up again, and carries on driven by pure evil hate. You’re telling me that he wouldn’t have just shot her dead himself, yet he handed her over to a bounty hunter accomplice? (an easily offended one at that!)
I know I know, suspend your disbelief and enjoy. Which I did to an extent, but it could have been so much better…
And Mrs J_C had a LOT to say about PTA’s Female characterisation!
Worth it in the cinema for the car scene though.
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All valid complaints/plot holes for sure. But can be answered with–“it’s Pynchon”
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It was a comedy more than anything else though right?
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I guess yeah? It was pitched as adjacent to Civil War in some reviews though…
I didn’t see those reviews but maybe that comparison was wishful thinking?
I guess we are all looking for movies that stick it to the man, tell some home truths and give us hope. I’m not sure there is any! 
I hoped for the same here but then settled for it being very entertaining.
One mate of mine said it was brilliant how Dicaprio turned into the Dude, his daughter into Lara Croft and Sean Penn into the Terminator.
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Wanna see Nuremberg
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Used my free SKY Cinema pass to go see Predator: Badlands. Big mistake. Overblown CGI fest thats predictable from the first minute. Attempts at jokes fall totally flat. Felt like they were torn between making it a PG or keeping it for adults. Connecting it to the Alien-verse unfortunately doesnt make it as interesting as it should. Disappointing as the previous installment Prey was brilliant.
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Really enjoyed Prey, so had hopes for this one.
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Apropos to the general theme - I had a mortifying memory flashback thanks to a reel I saw on Instagram this week that focused on bleak as fuck films. When I was in my mid 20’s I took a girl on our first date to see the film Nil By Mouth. To say she was not in the mood for romance after that harrowing experience is an understatement.
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Watched Nuremberg at the weekend. Not without its faults in the first half (it has to gloss over a lot of detail/context I think) and I’m not a Rami Malek fan, but overall a decent movie. The real story here is Russell Crowe though. He will surely get nominated for plenty of awards.
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We went to see Sentimental Value last night. It was so great! Great soundtrack too.
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Looking forward to seeing this.
I loved Renate Reinsve in ‘The Worst Person in the World’.
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