Saw these recenty:
Safe Haven 6/10
La La Land 9/10
War Dogs 7/10
Pompeii 6/10
Lights Out 7/10
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I think discovery is so gratifying; i/e seeing a film without any prior knowledge about its context or who likes it.[/QUOTE]
Definitely, ideal scenario for a film is knowing very little about it and what itās about but knowing itās good. 
For this I tend to use rottentomatoes, read nothing but the little snippets from the critics who I like.
Then after I permit myself to read full reviews. Hereās a part from one (Anthony Lane of New Yorker) that I thought was funny (despite him fully and enthusiastically endorsing the film):
I donāt even look at Rotten Tomatoes.
Donāt like the scoring, film isnāt about being fresh (good) or rotten (bad).
Thereās more to it, Metacritic is by far the best way to keep informed with all things art, film, tv, music and game.
Ha yeah, Anthony Lane, not always in agreeance with his reviews, but odd chuckle here and there.
Thatās why you just scroll through and read only the snippets from the critics who interest you. 
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I havenāt seen it, and I donāt really want to see it either.
I rarely bother with new films, to be honest. Iāve only got a few favorite filmmakers working today, that I always make sure to watch. I can also make some exceptions to watch something else if it looks interesting enough, but thatās about it.
Iād probably āgambleā a bit more on new releases if I lived in a town that actually had a movie theater. Since I still mostly watch stuff that I buy on dvd/blu-ray, then I prefer to just play it safe, and spend it on films by filmmakers that I love and other stuff Iām sure I would end up liking. Besides, classical filmmaking is what I prefer anyway, and since there are few filmmakers influenced by classical cinema out there today, then I canāt say that I feel that Iām missing too much. 
Film making is story telling.
Saying you only prefer classical film making is ultimately pretentious.
Not once did I say that I āonlyā prefer that.
Iād also love to know how having a preference for a certain style of filmmaking, is āpretentiousā.
The majority of my favorites are unpretentious anyway, but whatever.
Hacksaw Ridge, Enjoyed this. Stick a film in WW2 and make lots of bangs and chances are Iāll enjoy it.
A Long Way Down, 4 people on New Yearās Eve go to a famous suicide spot in London intent on ending their lives but end up not doing that and instead becoming a group of friends. 
The Intern, De Niro plays a retiree who gets bored and applies to be Anne Hathawayās characters intern in an elderly intern programme at a fashion company.
Clouds of Sils Maria, A fading actress who played a part of a young girl in a play that made her famous takes on the role of the older character in a revival of that play.
Trumbo, Dalton Trumbo, a screenwriter in post-war America is blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee for being a communist, forcing him to write film scripts in secret and using other writers to sell them to the film studios.
Night Bus
Night bus in Londonā¦Just a bunch of people having conversations that the viewer is given snippets of. Meh.
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Great film. Launched Kristen Stewart away from Twilight with a bang! Have you seen Olivier Assayasā other films?
Just had a look at his IMDb and nope. Not a one.
Oh, yeah, well his style is often a bit confusing.
Summer Hours is really only his other really good film. I havenāt seen his latest film, Personal Shopper yet, another one with Kristen Stewart, but it hasnāt had too good a review; Iāll give it a shot though.
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La La Land.
Mrs forced me to go, and annoyingly I really liked it.
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Great film. Iāve seen it 3 times! Helps that Ryan Gosling is well fit.
To be honest Iām not sure my wifeās level of enthusiasm would be so high if he wasnāt in it lol.
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Edge of Seventeen (2016)
Wanted to see this because Woodyās character seemed like a funny dick, but heās not in it enough.
Alone in Berlin (2016)
A husband and wife in Nazi Germany get a letter notifying them of the death of their sonā¦The husband cracks and starts writing postcards containing anti-Hitler/Nazi writings and leaving them in public places for people to find.
Load of pish.
Allied (2016)
Brad Pitt (who plays Max a French-Canadian pilot in the RAF) & Marion Cotillard (who plays Marianne, a member of the French resistance) meet in French Morocco in 1941 and are sent on a mission to kill the German ambassador. They fall in love, get married and move to London where Max takes a desk jobā¦They have a kid.
Word soon reaches Max from his superiors that Marianne could be a German spy and Max has to prove otherwise or he will be forced to execute her.
Soppy, poorly executed espionage-romance film that for some fucking reason I quite enjoyed. Probably cos WWII.
When I first saw the trailer and stuff for this before it came out it looked a sure-fire Oscar contender to me. Failed completely.
Finally pulled my finger out my arse and watched John Wick, fucking loved it!!
I also went to the cinema with the kids and watched Sing.
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Denial
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
Elise & Didier are a Belgian couple living in a house in a small Belgian village who love American country music. They have a daughter who is suffering from cancer and going through chemo. The film takes you through that and other troubles in their lives.
This film is horribly depressing, the poster and trailer I saw made it seem like quite a love-dovey story. But, Christ, Ughhh. Which isnāt to say itās bad. Good viewing for me.
The timeline of the film isnāt clear to me and the flashback and forward is a bit messy.
Glad ur back man, there was nobody to get gay with in mdc. Kinda made me sad 
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