Finally got round to watching Queen & Slim, beautiful, powerful bit of filmmaking with great performances, cinematography and an amazing score.
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and the new ones start next tuesday
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Yeah, very very good. The lad playing Elvis was great. Really enjoyed the musical sequences where the old songs were given a modern lift. Baz Lurhman does that so well
As mentioned Sherwood is excellent. Another great taut drama from BBC
After a long wait Atlanta is finally back. S3 is on Disney+. First episode very clever
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Episode 3 of Atlanta Season 3 has to be one of the best things I’ve seen in quite some time.
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Looking forward to watching the new series…
Been watching a few 80’s films I’d forgotten about this week whilst I fester with Covid
Something Wild (1986) - Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels, Ray Liotta. Bit of a curious one, reminds me a little of the much better Scorsese ‘comedy’ After Hours. Ray Liotta is pretty good, but it’s a really dumb plot and it falls so flat so often. 6/10
A nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Don’t think I’ve watched this since it first came out. I remember it being a lot better! Some of the most wooden acting you’ll ever see. There are a couple of decent moments with Freddie, mainly his constant evil chuckling which is kinda creepy/funny. FX have not stood up, unsurprisingly. 6/10
They Live (1988) - Second time trying to get through this mess, and I gave up at the fight scene again. Painfully slow and dull, the lead is a charisma free zone, the premise is paper thin and it’s not enjoyable. Gotta be one of Carpenter’s worst films. 3/10 and that’s literally for the first sunglasses reveal
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Speaking of 80s flicks we recently rewatched DePalma’s Blow Out - top film!
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That’s a good shout actually!
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Freddy’s extending arms didn’t look to convincing last time I watched it…
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Yeah that was a zinger. And the Mum being dragged back through the door at the very end, suspiciously like a shop mannequin 
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They Live is iconic! (but yes, also bad)
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Went to ‘An Evening with John Carpenter’ in Edinburgh a few years ago. As we know he scored all his films as well as directing etc so he talked about all the movies and played the keyboards live with a full band and went through the lot. Escape from New York was unreal.
It was honestly amazing!
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Was going to say that ‘they live’ is probably carpenters last good film haha
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I much prefer Prince of Darkness from 1987
Actually that was pretty good too.
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The old tennis ball.
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starts Tuesday
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That looks really interesting, thanks for the tip off. There is much we don’t now about this stuff, I’m convinced its going to become revolutionary in treating so many issues.
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Psychedelics are going to be a paradigm shift in mental health (if the current research keeps going in the same direction).
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100%
It’s getting so much positive coverage in the media also which is great (sorry for non-video link in this thread 
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