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[Santi]

I have signed up for FILMIN, which is European cinema (also Nordic) and also in Catalan.

[Ian]

Nice.

[Santi]

Cool

[Santi]

Lesbic cool movie!

[Ian]

More info?

[Santi]

Lesbic cool movie!

It starts out like the typical normal movie of angry people who end up making friends, but the end is totally surprising.

[Ian]

Doctor Sleep. Struggling with personal demons, a grown-up Danny Torrance finds himself forced into a showdown with a group of psychic vampires that feed on those who possess what he calls "the Shining". Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson star in this 2019 adaptation of the Stephen King novel. This was the Director's Cut on Blu ray, which is even longer than the theatrical at nearly 3 hours - but you know what? I didn't really notice anything new, the pacing is spot on and the film kept me enthralled from start to finish. I thoroughly enjoyed this.

[Ian]

Obsession. A wealthy and successful man loses both his wife and daughter in a kidnapping gone tragically wrong. 20 years later he's in Rome on business when he encounters a young woman who is the spitting image of his late wife. Becoming obsessed with her, he begins to court her and after a whirlwind romance whisks her off to the US with the intention of marrying her... only for her to disappear, with a ransom note left behind... This mid 70s thriller is an early effort from famed director Brian De Palma and is a pretty solid piece. It gets off to a strong start, though the mid-section does meander a little and threaten to make you go "Is there a point to this?" before a killer reveal and climax. The back of the Blu ray states the film has "an evil twist" and they're not kidding. The moment he turned up, I knew John Lithgow - as the lead's "best friend" and business partner, was guilty of something - I mean, it's John Lithgow, and in a De Palma movie - but what he does to the two people in this film is one of the most coldbloodedly evil and twisted things I've ever seen. The strength of that twist and climax just about make up for that meandering midsection and make this an enjoyable film.

[Ian]

Happiest Season. Kristen Stewart is heading off to spend her first Christmas with her girlfriend's family - and meet them for the first time - only to find out halfway there that they just think she's her roommate, because her girlfriend hasn't yet told them she's gay. This 2020 festive rom-com is pretty entertaining and likeable, with a good cast including Mary Steenburgen, Alison Brie and Victor Garber, and is genuinely funny, sweet and even touching. This was a good film, I liked it.

[Ian]

The Pink Panther Strikes Back. Former Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), driven insane by the spectacular incompetence of Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) escapes from a mental asylum and begins creating a network of criminals while kidnapping a scientist to make him a superweapon with which he can hold the world to ransom, primarily for one purpose - get Clouseau. The fourth film in the long-running series is the silliest and most OTT, but that's why it's funny - basically being a Bond parody with Clouseau as a decidely unlikely Bond stand-in. Funniest bit is the world's deadliest assassins converging on Oktoberfest to kill Clouseau, only to accidentally knock off each other while he strolls through it all, oblivious. Silly fun.

[Ian]

Zodiac. The emergence of a serial killer who dubs himself "Zodiac" in 60s San Francisco creates a decades-long obsession for newspaper cartoonist Robert Graysmith, whose dogged investigations begin to screw up his marriage and mental health long after everyone else has moved on. David Fincher's late 2000s crime drama/thriller remains as effective and compelling as ever even with a butt-numbing running time.

[Santi]

Zodiac

Ian, Do you like to watch old movies?
I don't like these heavy murder movies at all.
but instead I do like to see the development that investigations make to find clues.

[Ian]

2007 is old?!

That's modern compared to most films I watch!

[Santi]

2007 is old?!

That's modern compared to most films I watch!

We are getting old

[Ian]

Tell me about it.