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! :( 

finally got to this, just amazed at the consistent quality of this show, probably the best season yet.

Breaking Bad s3 next. 

I don't watch a great deal of television, but season 3 of Breaking Bad is probably the finest season of any show I've ever seen. Quality from top to bottom. 

yeah I also just got done with s4. Really enjoyed it! I don't normally watch shows like this but I'm glad I stuck with it. 

I actually thought the first 5 eps were actually a step down from s2, mainly because the black humour was missing, but the last 2 eps almost gave me a heart attack.

Hope to finish it over the weekend. 

X-Men First Class
Plot moves way too fast to establish why I should care about these twats. Does a really bad job of explaining why Magneto went full dickhead. CGI apparently rendered in real-time on a Gamecube. Horrible foreshadowing of the other movies. "Professor X, I like the sound of that" VOMIT "I suppose that makes these kids my ""X-MEN""" DRY HEAVE, MINOR STROKE 

Black Swan
Fantastic. I liked this more than most reviews I've read. A lot of commentary on the film is painting it as overwhelming and confusing, but I thought it made complete sense and that it moved between phases very naturally. Swan Lake is infused into every inch of this film, down to the brilliant soundtrack. In contrast to some of the opinion I read here and elsewhere, I couldn't have imagined a better ending. Honestly I struggle to think of a film that ties itself up so satisfyingly and economically.

Also you get to see Natalie Portman having a crank, 5 stars. 

The First 30 minutes of 'The Green Lantern'
Probably wouldn't be any worse if the first scene was a sex-tape of your parents, and all the other scenes were of kittens getting hit with hammers.