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' Bumblebee'
I could have sworn I Googled the title and copied and pasted it.
It's an age thing. 
Eh, what?! I couldn't hear ya!
That's the second sign, I think, I can't remember.
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The Big Gundown(1967) 9/10
Great cast- Van Cleef, Milian, Barnes, Sancho,Navarro, Steffanelli, Herter.
One of the best. Decent story, political, moral, great music, photography.
It's probably been reviewed before( maybe by me). This time it was on the new bluray, came today. And it is absolutely gorgerous( even more amazing for a so called pokey
60's euro western). Picture is sharp, colour good. You can hear what people are saying and no scratches. Loads of extras to wade through.
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Thunder over the Plains (1953)6/10
Randolph Scott, Lex Barker, Charles McGraw
Carpetbaggers are ripping the Texans off. McGraw is a sort rebel/ out trying get back at carpetbaggers. Scott's soldier tries to keep the peace.
It was ok, nothing special. Scott was his usual self, no stretch there, then. Barker was a bit of an arsehole( for a change).
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When you say ' bad wrap' do you mean chicken tikka or caesar?
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When you say ' bad wrap' do you mean chicken tikka or caesar?
Her guacamole had a foul stench to it.
There's nothing worse.
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When you say ' bad wrap' do you mean chicken tikka or caesar?
Her guacamole had a foul stench to it.
There's a thought chicken guacamole.
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Feb 17, 2023 - 2:02 PM
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PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH (2022) – 7/10
Although 2011’s PUSS IN BOOTS grossed $555 million worldwide, it never had a sequel…until now. Reportedly, executive producer Guillermo del Toro, who has been working on the sequel for a decade, decided to take the titular character on an adventure to a "very exotic locale." That place happens to be a mythical kingdom in which Puss In Boots seeks to find a Wishing Star that can be used to grant its possessor one wish. Puss (Antonio Banderas) has discovered that he has burned through eight of his nine lives, and the specter of Death is stalking him, in the persona of the Big Bad Wolf (Wagner Moura). He hopes to recover his lost lives with that last wish.
Others are seeking the Wishing Star as well. Goldilocks (Florence Pugh) and the Three Bears (Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, and Samson Kayo), reimagined as a bickering, Cockney-voiced crime syndicate straight out of a Guy Ritchie movie, are bounty hunters hot on the trail of Puss, who has a price on his head as a result of his past deeds. Also in on the chase is malevolent “Big” Jack Horner (John Mulvaney), a gluttonous gang boss who collects rare, fairy-tale objects like Cinderella’s glass slipper and baby unicorn horns. Helping Puss are Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek) and the chihuahua Perrito (Harvey Guillén), an admirer of Puss.
There is a lot of imaginative animation in this film, given that the action is not limited to “realistic” settings, but spills over into the magical land where anything can happen. Even so, the quest for the Wishing Star bogs down a little as the film extends to 102 minutes, making it the longest film in the Shrek franchise (where Puss In Boots got its start). The voice work is all well-done. Heitor Pereira’s download-only, Spanish-guitar inflected score has 53 cues, with a requisite share of action and suspense music.
This film was produced for a relatively reasonable $90 million (the original cost $130 million a decade ago). So far, it has grossed $401 million, pulling in another $5 million last week.
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Masquerade(1965) 6/10
With Cliff Roberston, Jack Hawkins, Michele Piccoli and plenty of faces from 60s brit flicks.
Cliff and Jack are tasked with ' kidnapping' a juvenile middle Eastern price in order to keep him safe. Things get complicated with double crosses. Who's doing what to who and what for. Cliff looks suitably confused at times. As is the film or was it me. There wasn't any real suspense, there was a bit of humour, here and there.
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Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard (1940) 7/10
With Mary Clare and Nigel Patrick
Two recent visitors to a medium end up dead, death by vacuum cleaner( I know I wouldn't have believed it either). Nigel's fiance could be next. Mrs. Pym investigates.
An entertaining, fairly brief, little gem. A bit whimsical. Full of whit and lots of sarcasm. Legend Irene Handl popped up talking posh!! I think some of the lines and cracks, here, are still being used today.
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Is this a Brit review? I only understood about half of that.
I'm afraid, If we were in the same room, I couldn't help you out with that.
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Feb 19, 2023 - 1:12 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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KNOCK AT THE CABIN (2023) – 7/10
Gay couple “Eric” (Jonathan Groff) and “Andrew” (Ben Aldridge) are enjoying a family vacation with their adopted daughter “Wen” (Kristen Cui) in a cabin in the Pennsylvania woods when their peace is shattered by a home invasion by four people. Once they have subdued and restrained Eric and Andrew, the leader of the four, an anguished “Leonard” (Dave Bautista), explains that the four (who include Rupert Grint, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and Abby Quinn), until recently had never met. They came together because all four have seen the same vision—namely, that the world is going to end, and soon.
The only thing that will prevent the fiery apocalypse of their vision will be if Eric, Andrew, and Wen decide amongst themselves to sacrifice one of their number to ensure the survival of all humanity, and then by themselves kill the one so chosen. The four invaders cannot make the choice or carry out the execution. Each time the three are asked “Will you make a choice?”, if they fail to do so, something increasingly horrible will happen.
These are the terms upon which producer-director-cowriter M. Night Shyamalan has predicated his most recent thriller. And, if you can suspend disbelief, you can get wrapped up in how the story is going to play out—at least for 100 minutes, one of Shyamalan’s shorter recent films. Dave Bautista’s character is the linchpin in this tale. If it doesn’t ring true, the whole thing falls apart early. But Bautista’s imposing physical presence is nicely offset by the seeming gentleness of his school teacher character. In the end, the story’s contrivances leave one unfulfilled, but while it’s unfolding, the film holds your interest.
The picture has a small cast, with no major stars, and was brought in for an economical $20 million. The fact that the film is R-rated (only Shyamalan’s second such film) will limit its profit potential. But its $48 million two-week gross already puts it into the black. Herdís Stefánsdóttir’s download-only score is all atmospherics and no thematics.
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I really like that *look* he has that he isn't quite all there. 
