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T2 10-10
One of my all time favorites!
Henry your scoring is always enthusiastically generous- however, on this occasion, i think T2 is probably worth a very high mark, not least for the non-stop pace of the film but equally for the impressive cgi at the time of the liquid terminator. I think id probably go around 9.2.
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Apr 25, 2019 - 10:57 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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HOTEL MUMBAI (2019) - 7/10
This film recounts the attack on the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, India in 2008 by members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic terrorist organisation based in Pakistan. Although 31 people were killed in that attack, the film focuses on the 250 who were rescued, and shows how they survived. Hotel kitchen staff members, led by Dev Patel (LION) and Anupam Kher (the television series "New Amsterdam") manage to hide a large group of guests, including Armie Hammer (ON THE BASIS OF SEX) and Nazanin Boniadi (the television series "Homeland") in a private hotel club that is not easily accessible. While the terrorists scour the hotel looking for victims to kill, the hidden guests attempt to escape to safety.
Primarily an Australian production, this is the first feature film for writer-director Anthony Maras. This chilling, suspenseful film does a good job of blending Mumbai location footage with the hotel interiors shot in an Australian studio. Volker Bertelmann's music combines the usual percussion and chord progressions that mark today's suspense scores with snatches of local Indian color in the orchestrations.
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Night of the Demon
9/10
A great tone, some effective jump scares, a good score. Lots of fun. It even has Mr Barraclough in it!
That is a little horror gem; watched this when I was a kid with my dad.... spooky movie. I know Tourneur originally did not want to show the demon, but that slow motion moster materializing out of nothing and coming closer and closer, not being able to be stopped, gave me the creeps as a kid. Have not seen it since though. But it made a lasting impression.
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Apr 26, 2019 - 2:17 PM
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Xebec
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Night of the Demon
9/10
A great tone, some effective jump scares, a good score. Lots of fun. It even has Mr Barraclough in it!
That is a little horror gem; watched this when I was a kid with my dad.... spooky movie. I know Tourneur originally did not want to show the demon, but that slow motion moster materializing out of nothing and coming closer and closer, not being able to be stopped, gave me the creeps as a kid. Have not seen it since though. But it made a lasting impression.
I really enjoyed it. The jump scares are effective right to the very end. I'm not usually a fan of that kind of scare but i think they're really well done here.
The main bad guy is also very charismatic and in a way likeable, like a good Bond villain.
And i liked even the simple effects, like the piece of paper trying to flutter away and burn itself in a fire. They managed to wring some tension out of that, even.
I think Dana Andrews was just okay, though. sort of stock american square-jawed type. He could have been a little more interesting. Or they could have cast a more interesting actor.
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When you can't afford Cary Grant you settle for Dana Andrews.
When you can't get Dana you settle for Hugh Marlowe.
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