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Mary and Max. A movie about pen pals: one an 8-year old girl, the other an obese man with Aspergers.

I must say I was royally disappointed. I won't bother to say why, as many may develope heart attacks. I'll just say this if you're planning to watch it: Don't waste your time. It's depressing and not worth it.

Django Unchained (2012) / IMDb / Cinema / The Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures

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I've been wanting to see this film ever since it was first mooted as a project. And, well, what can I say? It mostly lived up to my expectations. It was savagely violent (which I liked), it had gratuitous nods to classic spaghetti westerns (which I also liked) and, yes, it also had a nod to Franco Nero in it (which I also liked). I got the impression that not many people had seen the 1966 Django or the other Spaghetti Westerns to which they referred. I wasn't actually particularly big on Jamie Foxx's portrayal of Django - I mean, I felt sympathy with him and his plight, certainly, but I didn't have much time for him as a character. Of the characters, the most compelling two were Dr. Schultz (played by Christoph Waltz) and "house n****r" Steven (played by Samuel L. Jackson). Jackson's character in particular was the most intriguing out of all of them, I think. I did feel that the film was too long and needed a better editor - the film had a tendency to repeat itself (fainting was used as a gag twice, I think) and sort of lose focus. Remember, the idea of the film was that Django became a bounty hunter and that plot strand more or less got lost for me about halfway into the film. Yes, there were some references to it thereafter but I think they got it badly wrong. The film should have probably been about 30 minutes shorter (or a better plot utilised to justify the extra running time). Leonardo DiCaprio's Candie was said to be quite charming in the blurb that I had read, but frankly I just found him irritating and wanted him to die immediately, whereas I could have watched Waltz's portrayal of the eccentric Schultz all day. Perhaps it's just me.

So, in short - above average, but could have been better, certainly.

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Can anyone say 'paedophilia alert'?

There is a Brony documentary? I must watch this!

I don't get this mad craze for a bit-part player in an obscure animé. But then, I'm just weird.

"The Loneliest Planet". When the critical moment of the film occurs about 51 minutes in, it is quite disturbing and makes this film somewhat interesting, but unfortunately too much time is taken up setting up the characters. For the film to work, some of that leisurely, conflict free introduction is needed, but perhaps it could have been cut down a bit. The characters' behavior after the event is interesting in that they never directly acknowledge what it reveals. Some may find this lack of direct conflict annoying, but I felt it worked rather well. I guess my feeling is that it could have been a much shorter film and gotten its point across better.

Minority Report

Steven Spielberg future sci-fi about a police unit able to arrest killers before they can kill with plot twists and holes.

Both very good...
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The Last Stand

"Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" - nicely photographed. Some nice acting and interesting moments, but on the whole, I didn't get much of a story from it.

"A Clockwork Orange"

Les Misérables (2012) - I dislike musicals, but the story in this movie was good.
Wreck-It Ralph (2012) - cute animation.

"Color Me Kubrick" a con man passes himself off as Stanley Kubrick despite looking nothing like him. Amusing.

"Throw Down Your Heart" Bela Fleck travels throughout Africa playing with various musicians. Some really good music here. I don't know why, but I really like seeing musicians perform.

The Time Machine

The 1960 classic about a man in the beginning of the 20th century who invents a time machine and goes forward in time to the year 802,701.

One wonders what is beyond black holes in our universe..

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