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Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010)
Serkis is no Blockhead!!!
The magnetic performance of Andy Serkis is reason alone to watch this film! Masterly performance! The film itself held my interest throughout... but having bought Dury's stuff on 7" vinyl when it came out, I had a vested interest!!! People unfamiliar with the man and his music might struggle to last the pace.
I would have liked the movie to have paid more attention to the great chart success the man had... rather than just fast forwarding to the ensuing self-destruct mode of fame!!! Missed opportunity... one could indeed say What a Waste!!! Interested in British music history... success over adversity... controversy... go and see it. A fan of Dury and the Blockheads... go and pay homage.
Might have been better... but still a great tribute to a great artiste, and well worth a view!
Control (2004)
WATCH IT!!! Make your own mind up!!!
make that 7.5... frustrating that half points aren't allowed!!!
CONTROL was on the budget section in my rental store. I didn't expect much! I was very pleasantly surprised.
Sure, I have seen better thrillers... ... but I have seen much worse! Ray Liotta gives his best performance to date, IMHO, and Willem Dafoe is also excellent and believable as his character.
I am not going to talk much about the film, save to say... WATCH IT... and make your own mind up! Me?
I thought the ending was absolutely fine, and fitting for what preceded! I also have my wife's permission to say so... and she is never wrong!!!
In the Cut (2003)
Unbelievably bad!
As a big fan of Meg Ryan and having read some promising reviews, I was looking forward to watching 'In The Cut'.
I really wish I hadn't bothered!!!
The film had no storyline, disjointed filming, and sexual undertones throughout it which served no value to the (I use the word lightly) plot!
Meg... ... what were you thinking of?
I watched the film for 35 minutes waiting for a storyline to develop, before giving up on it. By that time I had realized that it was simply a down-market porn movie disguised as a murder mystery thriller.
The sex scenes were gratuitous and far too graphic for a mainstream movie. I'm not easily shocked... but this film did the trick!
I hung on to the end hoping that some twist at the end might redeem the film... alas... much as I feared, there was no ending of note.
A waste of talent and a waste of my time watching!
1 out of 10 simply for Kevin Bacon's appearance.