What movies have you seen recently?

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The Bone Tomahawk.

Western/horror film. When a fleeing and wounded outlaw is kidnapped from a local jail, along with the woman nursing him, and the deputy, the sheriff (Kurt Russell) learns that they had been abducted by a tribe of cannibals the outlaw and his partner had desecrated the burial ground of. With an elderly deputy who had served in the Civil War, the kidnapped woman's husband (who is nursing a severely injured leg), and a cold hearted Indian fighter, the Sheriff goes on the pursuit, not expecting the horrors awaiting them.

concussion - if you're a thinking person, i bet you'd like it. starts slow, but gets dramatic. plus, it's based on real life.

Withnail and I

Seven Days in May

United States military generals plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.

Instinct with Anthony Hopkins.

On Golden Pond

Final film starring Henry Fonda in which his real daughter plays his daughter here.

Wall Street.

Despicable Me 2

"A Good Day to Die Hard", the fifth instalment in the Die Hard franchise.

I am a big fan of the first three, but the last two - especially the latest movie - were woeful efforts, in my view.

Here's what I liked and disliked about the film:

Liked

*Lonesome tumbleweed blows past*

Disliked

- The excessive usage of CGI and slow-mo. Unless I am mistaken this is a film, not a video game. The scenes in which the helicopter fired limitless rounds of ammunition were particularly dreadful. It was "Asteroids" on the big screen.

- Jay Courtney. This guy cannot act. Whoever decided he would be a good choice to portray McClane's son is a bonafide imbecile. If muscles are all that one needs to become a Hollywood A-lister then I may buy a gym membership.

- Lack of obscene language. This was a notable omission from the fourth film, too. To me when John McClane is pissed off about something he should not half-heartedly utter the word "Jesus!". The target audience should be aimed at adults, not mildly blasphemous children. Where was McClane's notorious catchphrase "Yeepee-ki-yay, Mother-Fucker"?

- McClane repeatedly informing Russia's inhabitants that he's "On vacation".

- The completely unmemorable villain. They managed to cast the most uncharismatic actor they could possibly find (after Jay Courtney). Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons would have been shuddering in the cinema watching his 'performance'.

- The plot. Was there one?

- The vomit-inducing father/son exchanges between the McClanes.

I'm sure there's plenty more for me to b***h and whine about but it's late and I'm tired.

I give it a generous 2.5/10.

Chocolat