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We need to talk about Kevin
This week’s movie episode, we discuss a movie as masterfully put together as it is harrowing and difficult to watch. Lynne Ramsay’s “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” adapted from Lionel Shriver’s novel of the same name, boasts terrific direction and performances in service of a deeply discomfiting character study. 34 mins
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The Hunt for Red October
On this week’s episode, we take a look at one on the best action thrillers ever to feature almost no action: 1990’s “The Hunt for Red October,” which may actually be the last time Sean Connery was cool. 38 mins
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Ninja – Shadow of a Tear
NINJAS! NINJAS EVERYWHERE! There’s one behind you right now! In all seriousness, fans of highly choreographed martial arts action owe it to themselves to catch this collaboration between director Isaac Florentine and B-movie legend Scott Adkins – we both loved it in spite of – perhaps even partly because of – its paucity of plot.
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The Taking of Pelham 123
We turn the clock back this episode for a look at a vintage 70s thriller, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Though you might be familiar with the mediocre Travolta/Washington remake from a few years back, this original is a taut, fast paced hostage-situation potboiler that serves equally well as a time capsule of…
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Blue Ruin
On this week’s Two Friends Watch, Andrew picks one of his favourite films of 2014 – the tough, bleak anti-revenge thriller Blue Ruin, the product of a successful Kickstarter campaign that would seem to vindicate crowdfunding as a means of supporting the arts. We’re both looking forward to what director Jeremy Saulnier has cooking next….
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The Ninth Gate
A movie that tries it’s hardest to be exciting but unfortunately it was still not exciting enough. A good plot, cast and atmosphere but it doesn’t really gel together as well as we had hoped. 32 mins.
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Shutter Island
When Teddy and his partner Chuck arrive at an island hospital for the criminally insane, they didn’t know that they were in for a life changing experience. A fun movie with a great story and cast. 46 mins
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Angels and Demons
Better than the first but still got some major problems, this movie was at least enjoyable throughout. 38 mins
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Black Christmas (1974)
Based on a group of murders in Quebec in Canada. This horror is full of brilliant atmosphere and tense moments. A group of sorority girls are being picked off and a mysterious caller won’t leave them alone. 38 mins Credit for the record sound effects from: http://www.freesfx.co.uk
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The Midnight Meat Train
When a photographer spots and odd man on a subway cart one night, his life is changed forever. A film of graphic gore, Vinnie Jones and a really weird reveal at the end. 42 mins
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The last laugh (1924)