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Captive State (2019)
A good little film
Not everything has to be big and splashy to be recognized. It's not perfect but a heck of a lot better than some of the big budget mediocrity out there.
Coopers' Camera (2008)
One funny movie
I don't know where to start. I just finished watching the movie at its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and I am still recovering from over 90 minutes of non stop laughter. Imagine, if you could, every family dysfunction that you have ever experienced condensed into 90 minutes.
Between cringing, laughing and dying from emotional flashbacks I have never enjoyed a movie more.
I have to commend a cast that was able to pull this little gem off as according to the director it was shot in 11 days. The characters ranged from the repressed and emotionally stunted father to an alcohol fuelled, racists, mullet sporting, date rapist and multiple vehicular homicidal maniac uncle.
This is a unique film and deserves a wider release than it will get. I can only hope that it will become a cult classic to be referenced and plagiarised at will.
Go see this movie you will not regret it and you too shall appreciate the phrase "Balls deep" and you will never look at a mannequin in the same way again.
Eragon (2006)
Save your money
The success of Lord of the Rings has spawned this epic turkey, a movie written by the brainless for the brainless. An embarrassment for all involved. Avoid at all costs.
From the telegraphed plot to it's wooden acting and infantile writing it is hard to believe that this movie was released. This movie reinforces my view of the business of Hollywood. A business so lacking in originality that it can not objectively see this movie as the piece of crap that it is. I can just hear the pitch. "It's Lord of the Rings with Dragons" If the studio spent a 1/10th of the time actually reading the script and fixing it rather than focusing on product tie-ins and merchandising we might have been given a pleasant, but forgettable, piece of escapism. This movie, like a bad burrito, will repeat on me for the next few days reminding me of my mistake and regret.
What amazes me is that Jeremy Irons has been involved in two horrible dragon movies. This one and the lamentable Dungeons & Dragons.