I thought it was a competent prequel. The only thing I didn't like was Gung zvarpensg guvat ba gur fcnpr fuvc, gung freirq ab checbfr jungfbrire. Vg jnfa'g rira qrfgeblrq va gur svtug vvep. (rot13). 

Watched City of God (finally) recently. Awesome movie. Had no idea what it was about and the started to fear as I was watching it that it's popularity is based on it being a completely unrealistic stereotypical/cliche crime drama with badass characters that teen/20s-men masturbate over (Scarface, Lock Stock... those sorts of movies). But in the end it was far better. Gritty, realistic, shocking. Actually I found characters like Lil Dice much scarier than overacted cliche Tony Montana bullshit. Not that I didn't like Scarface. But City of God is far more unique. That's one part of Rio I would NEVER want to go near. 

Master Of Illusion
The other movie Clive Barker directed, alongside Hellraiser. It was quite film noir with Scott Bakula a Private Detective investigating a murder, but with magic and vengeance mixed in. The end battle was great, very Hellraiser-esque. Ultimately turned into a pretty underrated old skool horror.

Watched Creep (2004) last night. Good atmosphere and cinematography, but completely unrealistic storyline and laughable the amount of times the victims just run instead of finishing off the bad guy, who's wounded and weaponless on the ground. Shitty British horror. 

I have been to one of the favelas in Rio, its scary stuff indeed. 

Wow. Great film. Drags a bit, but it's brilliantly acted, some of the camera angles are sheer genius. The ending surprised me quite a lot. I can almost relate to it in a way, mainly because of the bad trip element. 

That film rocks. Want to see it again. 

Another film with a similar, eerie atmosphere is Session 9. It's not quite as good as Jacob's Ladder overall, but I'd say it's still very worth a watch if you haven't seen it already. 

is brilliant; real slow-burning, subtle, mysterious horror the way it should be. not one for the impatient moviegoer, mind

JL is obviously great too. the hospital trolley scene especially :0 

didnt like the ending though. Very creepy in parts though. 

but Session 9 is one of the best horror movies ever made. 

visually ravishing, operatic telling of the rise and fall of Mussolini but from the viewpoint of his unrecgnised and marginalised mistress. A little confusing if you're not faimilar with the content (at least it was for me) but if you go with it, everything sorts itself out pretty well. 

She's super hot for sure. Character development is lacking though, and some scenes/bits in the plot are just weird. Maybe that's part of the message. 

Sexy Beast (2000)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203119/

great cast, good story but way too artsy/weird for my taste. many small parts were unnecessary and not adding to the movie or could have been much nicer (by me, yeah). can't really recommend it unless you got a thing for artsy movies. 

I also thought Sexy Beast was a pile of wank. Kingsley is basically just not at all interesting or appealing to watch in any way in the movie. Winstone carrys the movie, but the plot was also just droll. So you can't polish a turd. 

this is one fucked up disturbing movie. what the fuck is wrong with these people lol. apparently there's an american remake. meta-stuff in it was interesting. evil ending!

Trainspotting. finally saw this, not as good as I was expecting, but still good... the withdrawal part was freaky and robert carlyle's character was awesome. he's so good at disturbing but funny characters. 

I loved Antichrist, this is another beautifully shot and creepy movie. I really enjoy Von Trier's misanthropic, nihilistic point of view lol. Kirsten Dunst's character is lots of fun, her bizarre behaviour and occasional outbursts are awesome, especially when she explains that "Life, on earth, is evil." Seeing her topless in the moonlight with that crazy look on her face was also nice. 

Nice film. Very traditional "stylish interpretation of bog-standard children's tale", but nicely done. I particularly liked the modern touchs in this traditional arena - especially the digitised other world, and also some familiar details (laptop, mobile phone, new VW beetle, takeout pizza at the end), and also liked Coraline herself, lots of good expressions and flouncing etc etc. 

Sick. Just sick. End of. 

american remake is pretty much shot for shot, but for some reason the original still works better. 

Really good. Tight, lean, well paced, down to earth but unsentimental. Although I would have prefered a bit more tension towards the end.

A good example of modern thriller type films where they take a fuckupable premise and don't fuck it up. Good soundtrack too. 

pretty well made considering how basic the plot and characterisations are. And a little too much cheesy 80's music for my liking. But boy is it stylish and cool.

And then there's Miike's 13 Assassins which rubbed me the same way as X-Men First Class, ie pretty much didnt feel anything at all. If Drive has basic characterisation, this has next to none. And without that, the final 45 min battle scene was just tedious. 

Coupling (2000-2004)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237123/

is a great british comedy series. 3 girls, 3 guys. Mostly about relationships/sex. Currently early in season 2. Really nice! 

Coupling is fantastic, and it's worth noting that the creator went on to take over running Doctor Who, Sherlock (the modern BBC remake), and wrote for the new Tintin film, he's a bit of a legend. 

the new Sherlock rocks, cant wait for S2.

Also liked his modern take on Jekyll. 

Rare Exports (2010)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401143/

Man, what a waste. Started really well (only some not very likable characters, the kind was annoying) but about half way in it went berzerk into LOL NO JUST KIDDING WE ARE JUST A SHITTY B-MOVIE AND DID NOT MEAN TO MAKE A GOOD FILM LOLOLOL. The imdb score is probably thanks to people who like bad movies because it is so humorous and hipster to watch them. Damn! :(