Dragged Across Concrete.
Please ignore the ludicrous name and give this some consideration. Crime caper in the traditional mould with Mel Gibson & Vince Vaughn
I quite enjoyed this albeit giving it some grace at various times.
7/10
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Small Things Like These (2024)
Cillian Murphy plays a taciturn coal merchant in Ireland who chucks his bags coal around all day then comes home and scrubs his hands and eats his dinner with his wife and daughters. That’s pretty much it, other than stuff that would be a spoiler.
This is a beautifully observed, quiet little gem of film.
8/10
Nosferatu (2024). I loved it. However a couple in a row before us left 30 minutes into the film, so clearly like all Eggers-films it’s not for everyone. But it was the first Eggers my wife liked. The pacing was a bit uneven (some parts felt rushed, some went on a bit), but the already announced extended cut on the home release should fix that.
Bill Skarsgård’s Count Orlok was pretty fucking far from a sexy vampire. It felt like you could smell him, which was awesome. Lily-Rose Depp was also very good.
5 vampire dongs out of 5.
Heretic. Started off well then got a bit silly but still enjoyable overall
The Beast in the Jungle. French film about a couple who meet up at a nightclub most weeks over a period of 25yrs - 1979 not 2004 waiting for an undisclosed mysterious event to happen. Odd, hypnotic, pretentious, annoying, beautiful, French. Kept me watching. Good soundtrack going from disco to techno.
seanc80 I watched this last night on the back of your recommendation, Sean. Have to say, it was awful from start to finish. Just about scrapes a 2/10
Ah Jaysus! I thought it was worth a watch 
Nosferatu - Decent but it’s a very straight faced telling of the story. Looks amazing and is Egger’s most accessible, co-herent film but I was hoping for some bonkers ‘The Lighthouse’ style creativity which isn’t there. 7.5 plague rats / 10
We watched two films tonight. The new Wallace & Gromit on Netflix was great, but I doubt I’ll return to it even if I’ve watched Wrong Trousers (for which this is a sequel) and the Were Rabbit loads of times. Laughed a lot though.
Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). A first watch for both myself and the wife. I understand this is a beloved dad-film, and I can understand why. Masterfully edited, the 2,5 hour runtime didn’t bother us at all, the movie flows so nicely. A massive supporting cast of UK “that guy” actors. I’ll have to look most of them up from IMDB to know where I’ve seen them.
Mad_Cyril dont wait on it, see it on the big screen its worth the trip
Looking forward to seeing my first Eggers movie in the cinema… thankfully nosferatu playing Friday onwards. Wish I got to see Northman in there, would have been epic.
Blue Velvet (1986). Back to Lynch with this one. I’ve seen it before, but it was so long ago this was practically a first watch. Only thing I could remember was the ear, and the scene with Kyle McLachlan in the closet while Dennis Hopper sexually assaulted Isabella Rosselini. Sick stuff. Some TV executive watched this and told David Lynch sure, we’ll give you a prime time TV show.
Incidentally I’ve always imagined Dermo is like Hopper’s character in this in day to day life.
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To me the [floor] flaw in it was why someone would create a better version of themselves, if they didn’t have any of the experiences that the better version had. Instead they would be just in coma inside a cupboard for 5 days out of every 10.
Dry-Tinder The floor? Tad bit confused, are you referring to the end scene in the concert hall or the hollywood star?
Watched Perfect Blue last night for the second time (first was in college, 20+ years ago). Easily one of the best anime movies out there, way ahead of its time too. Up there with Akira in terms of quality. A packed 80 mins with a couple of grim scenes that will make you intensely uncomfortable. A strong 9 out of 10, and would recommend to everyone, even if you aren’t an anime dweeb.