Palatkik

Phantom Thread [2017] Slow paced masterpiece of work about well known dress designer. A pity DDL doesn't do more work.

American Assassin [2017] Following his fiancé's slaughter on a beach by terrorists a self trained assassin joins the CIA to take out the bad guys plotting a nuclear attack. OTT popcorn entertainment suitable for those moments one just needs to vegetate in front of the screen, having Michael Keaton in it will appeal to some.

Pirates Of Somalia [2017] Amusing true story set in 2012 at height of the piracy off the horn of Africa, of a would be journalist who tries to get recognition by going where no journalist dares to go, to interview the pirates.

The Killing of A Sacred Deer (2017). Powerful well acted and unusual physiological revenge thriller of a surgeon who befriends a young adult with a score to settle. Worth seeing.

It [2017] Mindless horror nonsense for those that need it. Hard to discern the target audience for this one. Stars a bunch of kids, script seems childish adaption of a Stephen King novel, but the horror is for adults. At 2h 15m someone is taking the piss methinks.

Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool [2017] One for movie buffs, tells of the Oscar winning Hollywood star Gloria Grahame's dying days spent with her toy boy Liverpudlian friend in his mums terraced house in Merseyside based on his memoirs. Interesting mix of Hollywood and scouse working class life well acted.

American Assassin [2017] Following his fiancé's slaughter on a beach by terrorists a self trained assassin joins the CIA to take out the bad guys plotting a nuclear attack. OTT popcorn entertainment suitable for those moments one just needs to vegetate in front of the screen, having Michael Keaton in it will appeal to some.

The Last Movie Star [2018] Burt Reynolds takes a self indulgent look at his life in the movies thro the eyes of a fictitious actor. Interesting scenes of the octogenarian acting with his much younger self by some camera trickery. Worth a look, well acted light entertainment.

All The Money In The World [2017] Paul Getty kidnapping caper, of interest for fully deleting the lead role of Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer following the former's sex impropriety allegations. A drawn out movie with rigid acting other than that of Plummers who betters the rest by far and only stepped in at the last minute.

The Square (2017) Longish avant-garde Swedish art movie satire mostly spoken in the vernacular but with some well known UK/US actors in parts never quite meets the sum of its clever parts. Memorable for its eerie ape scene during an awards dinner near the end.

Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017) The story behind the creation of the Pooh books by AA Milne and his struggles coping with war is overly sugared. I would normally pass on this but OK for family viewing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcD_YXCxxZM

Roman J Isreal Esq. (2017) A sixties style activist lawyer caught up in Los Angeles legal business trouble. The movie is of interest for the exceptional lead performance whereas the story wanders.

I, Tonya (2017) You don't need to have any interest in ice skating to appreciate this darkly humorous and tragic biopic of the fallen Olympic star. Worth watching.

My Feral Heart [2016] Wonderful award winning independent UK film that never gets over sentimental of a downs syndrome man who comes to terms with his new life at a care home with a secret feral girl he finds. Never been able to find a torrent of this for some reason but Sky Premier is showing it of late.

RIP. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noM82VINHRE

The Death Of Stalin[2017] Funny satirical comedy of the Soviet power struggle following the death of the dictator done in an amusing combination of American and British accents.

RIP..

Stephen Hawking https://www.theguard...or-dies-aged-76

Stephen Hawking https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawking-professor-dies-aged-76

Kenn Dodd died. Did he? No, Doddy?