Margin Call - a study of the events leading to the financial crash, based around the packaging of sub-prime mortgages; not the most filmic of subject matter at first glance, but it gripped me from start to finish. A stellar cast and some absolutely brilliant performances from Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons and Zachary Quinto, playing a Spock-like rocket scientist turned financial analyst. Outstanding.
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22 jump street . Really enjoyed it tbh , if you liked the first movie you'll like this one
Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand Workin' in the dark against your fellow man But as sure as God made black and white What's down in the dark will be brought to the light
The Wolf of Wall Street - despite being bum-numbingly long, absolutely brilliant; Scorcese has a knack of portraying the charisma and magnetism of morally bankrupt, repugnant characters and he does so here to great effect. Brilliant stuff.
As most films should be - less than 90 minutes so you don't start shifting uneasily in your chair. Not as good as some of the reviews I'd heard but still a film that moved along nicely.
Maybe still wishing on a rare afternoon off I'd gone to see Pride or The Equalizer though.....
Gravity - in 2D. Some lovely visuals and Sandra Bullock has always been easy to look at, but the story was just daft; it's neither sci-fi nor sci-fact, so left me shaking my head a lot of the time.
A spectacular idea, unspectacularly realised. Shame.
Zero Dark Thirty - 5/10. What an overrated borefest this was. I'd heard about the torture scenes and to be honest that wasn't what put me off. I just found the whole thing boring
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