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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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This was better than I expected, and probably good that I waited some 20 years to watch it as there was the added layer of nostalgia.
The plot, an African-American hit man for the mafia becomes their target - think "Ogami Ittō" from “Lone Wolf and Cub”.
It mashes up perfectly Japanese/Samurai, African American, Hip-Hop and Italian Mob Culture. The casting of the Italian Mobsters, perfect. The gaudy Italian houses, perfect. The background violence in the cartoons, the Samurai Sword flourish he does with his gun, both perfect. And - while not the action film you might have hoped for, it's nuanced and slow development of the characters build a certain atmosphere that most current films neglect.
Not quite a masterpiece, but a very good try by director Jim Jarmusch.
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 26
Classified as a 'Comedy/Drama' this is a tour-de-force performance by Rosa Byrne ('Linda') of a Therapist who's slowly losing her grip.
The comedy, in the increasing knowledge that she's in no position to be giving advice, the varying degrees of problems her patients come to her with, the symmetrical aspects of her own family and others, the slow unravelling of her life as small incidents become gradually larger, and the surprise appearances by Christian Slater and Conan O'Brian add to it all.
I'll give no spoilers or plot points, merely that if there's an Oscar for Best Actress this year it better be her.
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 40
This was actually brilliant, a madcap time-travelling movie set in Japan when the owner of a cafe discovers a two minute gap in the monitor in his cafe and the monitor in his apartment. His future self appears in the cafe monitor to advise him what he must do, soon his friends find out and things get out of hand. More or less hilarious, and for a low-budget high concept film does an amazing job.
Brilliant. And I sure and the hell appreciate the plot wrap up - no 3 season's of "Dark" or (How many seasons?) of "The Umbrella Academy" for a completely unsatisfactory resolution to the time-travelling paradoxes, this finishes well.
Link to the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2Ey9hoGOg
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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I finally finished this. While well written it was getting pretty old towards the end, my media diet as of late has not been one to inspire me and I feel that these TV series just suck up your time without ever delivering on the premises...
Anyways, maybe back to just watching films for the moment, there has to have been something new drop recently...
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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And I'm actually quite enjoying this. German, with English subtitles, on Season 2, about a town that relies upon a Nuclear Power Plant that is experiencing a rash of inexplicable disappearances.
SPOILER AHEAD