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Member	Item		Review/Comment
Dr Doom SUBS 31st Mar 2017		Cinema The Nice Guys (2016) (2016)	Rated 6/10 OK, no-one is expecting a documentary here but still I feel the level of frivolity spoils what could have been a very good film. Crowe and Gosling have presence/chemistry and all that jazz but for me the whole thing was just too silly to make it any more than an enjoyable (one time) watch. I'd really like to have seen a much darker take on the Hollywood Vice/conspiracy subject matter rather than the 'buddy movie' angle they've gone for. It's not a terrible movie by any means but I'm not convinced that in 5 years time anyone will be remembering the reasonably enjoyable 2 hours they spent watching it.... 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 23rd Feb 2017		Cinema Anna (1967)	R R R...Roller Girl.... [YouTube Video]
Dr Doom SUBS 18th Feb 2017		Cinema Une Femme Coquette (A Flirtatious Woman) (1955) (1955)	[YouTube Video]
Dr Doom SUBS 18th Feb 2017		Cinema Une Femme Coquette (A Flirtatious Woman) (1955) (1955)	A very early and very rare Jean-Luc Godard short film. Presumed lost it has now been shared on Youtube. Look out for a cameo appearance around the two minute mark.
Dr Doom SUBS 15th Feb 2017		Cinema Wonderwall (1968) (1968)	Rated 4/10 Very much a product of it's time. In truth without the George Harrison/Remo Four soundtrack and the breathtakingly beautiful Jane Birkin to feast one's ears and eyes upon there's little in this film to recommend. A paper thin plot, painful dialogue and creaky slapstick mar the enjoyment of shots of 'Swinging London' in it's heyday. I suspect an in depth 'making of' would be more interesting than the film itself. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 2nd Feb 2017		Cinema Symptoms (1974) (1974)	Peter Vaughan is great in it too. Really nasty!
Dr Doom SUBS 21st Jan 2017		Cinema Symptoms (1974) (1974)	Rated 7/10 Beautifully shot and with great acting, especially the unnerving Angela Pleasence who inherited all her father Donald's air of understated menace. A modern horror fan may find this film a little boring. It's very slow paced but I found the English countryside calm made the shocks all the more shocking. The soundtrack/effects are great too. Nothing like a good old creaky door to add terror to proceedings. I'm still not convinced so much damage can be done with such a modest knife though. It looks more like it should be used for peeling potatoes! 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 17th Jan 2017		Cinema Live By Night (2016) (2016)	Rated 7/10 I knew this film has had pretty luke-warm reviews and is already considered a pretty major flop but it seemed like the least bad option at my local multiplex so I decided to give it a go. Perhaps I wasn't expecting that much and really this is a 6/10 but I really enjoyed it. It's pretty unbelievable but it has a great cast and the overall look is Art Deco style lush. One big gripe would be that it's replaced the silly 'Hooker with a heart of gold' cliché with 'Gangster with a heart of gold' but hey! It's Hollywood. I was willing to buy into the nonsense and just enjoy the performances and narrative. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 9th Jan 2017		Cinema Perché Quelle Strane Gocce Di Sangue Sul Corpo Di Jennifer? (The Case Of The Bloody Iris) (1972) (1972)	Rated 6/10 A fairly minor entry to the Giallo cannon IMHO. Pretty to look at due to some nice cinematography and the divine Ms. Fenech but the plot is fairly feeble. A thriller without many real thrills. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 9th Jan 2017		Cinema Djinn (2013) (2013)	No problem. : )
Dr Doom SUBS 2nd Jan 2017		Cinema A Touch Of Class (1973) (1973)	Rated 6/10 Glenda Jackson steals the show with a great performance as the sassy English divorcee looking for a 'no ties' affair with an immature American businessman played by George Segal. Of course these things as rarely that simple and that's certainly the case here. There are some really funny moments in this film but overall I was a bit thrown by the more uncomfortable scenes. It's fair to say that the 'moral compass' is in a permanent spin for this film. I'm not sure if a man rushing across London in a taxi trying to juggle his twin lives of wife and kids vs mistress is really romantic or comedic. Still just about enjoyable if you can set your mind set to 1973 when it was OK to make rape jokes and laugh at Spanish hotel staff. Hmm. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 27th Dec 2016		Cinema Deadfall (1993)	Rated 8/10 'So bad that it's good' is a bit of a cliché but it certainly fits this film. The chances are your jaw will drop several times in the 90 odd minutes of it's duration. It would be fair to be perplexed by the balance of the A-list Hollywood cast vs C-list production values. And then you learn the directors surname is Coppola and that Nicolas Cage is his brother. Surely only family ties and a repayment of favours can explain why so many great actors were involved in this wild turkey. Don't get me wrong, I love this film as entertainment but it is ultimately a load of rubbish. Nicolas Cage's performance in this film has to be seen to be believed. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 27th Dec 2016		Cinema Il Tuo Vizio è Una Stanza Chiusa E Solo Io Ne Ho La Chiave (Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key) (1972) (1972)	Rated 7/10 A gloriously over the top giallo(ish) horror, very loosely adapted from Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Black Cat' An impressive fluffy black cat called 'Satan' is indeed one of the absolute stars of the film. The other star being Euro beauty Edwige Fenech playing a 'bad girl' for the first time in her career. That said the whole cast are great. It's not quite clear who are the goodies or baddies or indeed which of them are sane! 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 26th Dec 2016		Cinema I Just Want To Kiss You (1998) (1998)	[YouTube Video]
Dr Doom SUBS 26th Dec 2016		Cinema Random Acts Of Intimacy (1998) (1998)	Dated 2002 on IMDb but I watched it in 1999 so I'm sticking with the 1998 date.
Dr Doom SUBS 16th Dec 2016		Cinema This Year's Love (1999) (1999)	Rated 3/10 I remember going to see this in the Cinema in Camden Town (where the film is mostly set) after reading a very positive review in Time Out magazine and being massively let down. I really hated it at the time but perhaps my expectations were too high?! IMDb members give it a reasonable 6.3 so perhaps I need to watch this agin to see how it's aged..... 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 14th Dec 2016		Cinema Tea (1997)	NSFW Just over 2 minutes. That's what I call a short short. [YouTube Video]
Dr Doom SUBS 12th Dec 2016		Cinema The Tortoise And The Hare (1967)	An E.P. of the classical music used on the soundtrack was released as Tomaso Albinoni 1671-1750
Dr Doom SUBS 9th Dec 2016		Cinema The Fundamentals Of Caring (2016) (2016)	Rated 6/10 Ben Benjamin (Paul Rudd) takes the job of caregiver for teenager Trevor (Craig Roberts) who is suffering with Duchenne muscular dystrophy which leaves him tied to a wheelchair with a daily routine of treatment and medication. A modest life expectancy is the cherry on a particularly sh*tty cake. Trevor is an understandably troubled and cynical teenager but what becomes apparent is that Ben also has his demons and the pair quickly form an uneasy bond. Halfway through the film turns into a kind of Road Movie, dragging in several more broken characters they meet along the way. At it's worst the film dips into the well of Hollywood clichés but overall it stays on the right side of the cheese line. The cast are good and for a TV movie (albeit of the modern 'Netflix' kind) it has high production values. If anything I think I would have preferred a slightly slower pace and a bit more character insight into Ben and Trevor's mother Elsa. Another 30mins running time may have transformed this into a great film but as it stands I'd rate it 'good'. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 4th Dec 2016		Cinema Desserts (1999) (1999)	A very short film starring Ewan McGregor... [YouTube Video]
Dr Doom SUBS 4th Dec 2016		Cinema Dont Look Back (Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back) (1967) (1967)	[YouTube Video]
Dr Doom SUBS 19th Nov 2016		Cinema The Flesh And Blood Show (1972) (1972)	Rated 6/10 This film could never quite live up to the striking opening shot of blood dripping down a decaying English seaside pier but overall it's a very enjoyable watch. It has to be said that after the opening, the emphasis is very much on Flesh rather than Blood. The female cast often appear topless for no apparent reason whereas the murders are surprisingly low key. One thing that isn't so low key is the acting. Patrick Barr steals the show as the lonely Major Bell. If you enjoy thespians being bumped off then this makes a nice and sleazy companion piece to the camp horror classic Theatre Of Blood 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 9th Nov 2016		Cinema Recluse (1981)	Rated 7/10 It's hard to review this without spoiling it for a first time viewer but let's just say that it's an engaging short film which deals with the anxiety of change and ultimately the refusal to deal with it. The film is based around true events and what is even more remarkable is that the filmmakers were able to use the actual location and actual physical 'props' from the time. Often short films feel too short to really delve into the characters involved but I think in this case that it's such a simple tale that it makes sense. The ending is suitably abrupt too. Worth 27 minutes of any film buff's time. 8 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 8th Nov 2016		Cinema The Meeting (1964)	[YouTube Video]
Dr Doom SUBS 19th Sep 2016		Cinema The Fighter (1989)	Trailer [YouTube Video]
Dr Doom SUBS 12th Sep 2016		Cinema Family Remains (1993)	Full short... [YouTube Video]
Dr Doom SUBS 12th Sep 2016		Cinema Surprise! (1995)	Complete (6mins) film... [YouTube Video]
Dr Doom SUBS 6th Sep 2016		Cinema Elysium (2013) (2013)	Rated 6/10 Set in the mid 21st Century where the earth has become so unpleasantly overpopulated, polluted and crime ridden that the rich live in an off-Earth utopia named Elysium leaving the proles back on earth to fend for themselves and keep working like slaves to keep the rich in the style they've become accustomed to. Without giving the story away too much Matt Damon finds himself in a do or die situation that may overthrow Elysium's equilibrium. The parallels with current politics help to make this Science Fiction vision quite believable. Matt Damon could have been working for Sports Direct (minus the radiation poisoning) and the chilling treatment of immigrants by Jodie Foster as Secretary Delacourt screams Trump. What's less believable are the Laptops and USB cables inserted into the brain. I think if we can believe that you can download knowledge/data from the brain then we can make that jump that it wouldn't have to be via cable! So overall it looks good, speeds along at a gripping pace and has surprisingly leftist politics but it's also somehow pretty lightweight and I'm not sure I would watch it again but it's a decent watch for an hour and a half. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 17th Aug 2016		Cinema Lawrence Of Belgravia (2011) (2011)	Rated 9/10 An amazing and affectionate portrait of cult musician Lawrence who fronted a different band roughly every decade 80s (Felt), 90s (Denim) and 00s (Go-Kart Mozart) - This was quite certainly thought out in detail but like most of Lawrence's plans things don't work out quite as well as he'd hoped, leaving him forever to be a 'Cult Hero' rather than the Pop-Star he longs to be. The documentary was shot over 8 years and it's pretty much driven by Lawrence's amazing charisma and self deprecating wit. If you want a detailed biographical timeline of Felt/Denim/Go-Kart Mozart then look elsewhere. I'm sure you could watch this documentary without knowing anything about these bands and still enjoy it enormously, it's very funny, sometimes even when it's not supposed to be. The film doesn't really go into Lawrence's darker history (mental health issues and substance abuse) but you are left with the overall message that Lawrence is an artist in the purest form. He has struggled for his art for decades with no great financial rewards but is ever optimistic and creative. He's a cult hero but he's also a hero full stop. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Dr Doom SUBS 11th Aug 2016		Cinema Naamsaang-Neuiseung (Yang ± Yin: Gender In Chinese Cinema) (1996) (1996)	IMDb list this as 1998 which may have been the first theatrical performance. I know for a fact that I watched this in 1997 though it may have been on TV (I can't recall). So the origins may have been a TV documentary followed by at theatrical release but I'm sticking by the 1996 date for finished production.

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