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TST Film Review Thread

Matt N said:
Out of interest, what do you mean by this?

Granted, I wasn’t really looking for this sort of thing, and Ibrahim was also the only actor I wasn’t previously familiar with out of the main four (I knew Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan, and while I didn’t immediately know the actress who played Joyce, I definitely recognised her face, even if I couldn’t think for the life of me where I knew her from), but I didn’t think the film emphasised or mentioned any kind of “ethnic” aspect to that character at all, if that’s what you’re referring to. It just seemed to treat him as another member of the gang!
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In the book, Ibrahim (played by Ben Kingsley) is from Egypt and looks the part. Ben Kingsley is from Yorkshire and white.

Ben Kingsley won an Oscar for playing Mahatma Gandhi, in the film Gandhi. Ben Kingsley is from Yorkshire and is white, and famously browned up for the role.
 
Anyhow, Thursday Murder Club was alright but some amazingly skewed morality come the end.

Helen Mirren lets an actual gangster go free. Whilst helping have an immigrant who was forced to work under duress by a gang master arrested for murder. And forces a husband into a murder/suicide with his ill wife.
 
I enjoyed the Thursday Murder Club, I felt it captured the essence of the characters and the book, although will have to re-read as I couldn’t remember a thing about the ending and watching it last night had me scratching my head! Nothing particularly cinematic about it, but a nice easy home watch to pass an evening.
 
Saw The Roses today which was lots of fun and very sweary.

Also got to see Jaws on the big screen for the first time to mark the 50th anniversary of its release.
 
Just came back from seeing the new Darren Aranofsky film Caught Stealing starring Austin Butler.

Pretty good film, really captured the scuzzyness of the late 90s New York.

For amusement parks showing up in films fans there's a scene at Coney Island and they even re-added the old wooden coaster Thunderbolt into the background, which was standing sbno at the time the film was set before it was demolished in 2000.
 
Just been to see Honey Don't by Ethan Cohen and Tricia Cooke.

Sort of a modern hard boiled detective story with PI played by Margaret Qualley investigates a prospective clients death. Whilst Chris Evans crooked reverend may know something about. Charlie Day was good as the local police detective as well.

Had plenty of spinning plates and good scenes (Evans is having a lot of fun) but it doesn't all hang together as well as you'd hope.
 
John_P said:
However if you'd prefer a different Stephen King film also starring Mark Hamill we've always got The Walk coming out in a few weeks time.
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Just been to see The Long Walk.

Thought it was great, totally gripping throughout.

Simple enough concept in a dystopian future 50 young men (one from each state) have volunteered for The Long Walk, the prize for the winner is a massive cash prize and a wish for anything they want. For the 49 losers when they drop below 3 mph and their alloted warnings they are shot on site.

Loved the camaraderie between the walkers as we learn their stories and reasons for being there.

Mark Hamill is great as The Major who oversees the contest.

Definitely recommend seeing this.
 
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