In reply to 65:
After a long stretch of 'good but not good enough', too much mediocracy and some not quite 'comedically bad enough' sci-fi, I at last have a genuine movie gem to recommend to these threads:
Vice... a satirical portrayal of Dick Cheney in the context of Republican dirty tricks from Nixon onwards.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vice_2018
A stellar cast with some amazing make-overs (I didn't recognise the lead actor for the first 10 minutes) and from the same Director as the brilliant, The Big Short, with some of his characteristic stylistic inserts. Not quite as good as that.. but getting there.
Some critics have said it's mean spirited, completely missing that that's the point (or in the spirit of the themes of the movie, maybe they were being craven).
Onto two others ...covid themed...
No Time to Die was my ironic return to the physical cinema... Not much to add to the other earlier views here.....a more woke Bond for a more woke time but about average for the latest series (let down by a better main villain despatched too early). Very good overall.
Dune was a most apt film to be watching in the time of the mask in an almost empty cinema. It was excellent in most respects but lacked the depth of character and familial emotional connection to reach true classic status.
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