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Classroom Battles: Filmography

26 Apr 13
Fail-Safe

Watching this film is like sitting on a razor's edge for 2 hours. It's a really brutal, raw, and depressing cautionary tale of Cold War with top notch performances.

Fail-Safe
25 Apr 13
Sidney Lumet

One of my masters.

Cast Member Still
25 Apr 13
The Hill

Well, Lumet really knows his shit when it comes to directing actors.

The Hill
23 Apr 13
RoboCop

Another super cool action flick from Verhoeven, and a pretty neat score from Poledouris.

RoboCop
22 Apr 13
Black Book

Incredibly fluid filmmaking, with a great script, really strong performances and lavish cinematography. Loved it.

Black Book
rado likes this

20 Apr 13
Pacific Rim

This could seriously kick some ass.

Pacific Rim
20 Apr 13
Mama

I thought that the story was really compelling and quite original, knowing how dull and predictable modern American horror movies can be. It's not amazing, but it got me going, and made me jump a few times.

Mama
João Romeiro likes this

I love the super saturated cinematography by Dan Mindel.

Mission: Impossible III
17 Apr 13
Jack Reacher

GARY: I need to see some ID. I need to see something. REACHER: How about the inside of an ambulance?

Jack Reacher
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14 Apr 13
Coriolanus

WRECK-IT-RALPH!

Coriolanus
11 Apr 13
Strange Days

Impressive filmmaking, on every level. It is also a memorable experience for the senses.

Strange Days
10 Apr 13
Joseph Kosinski

Where is 'Oblivion'?

Cast Member Still
09 Apr 13
Point Break

Falls on the ground. Fires his gun in the air. Screams "AaaaaarrrrrghHHhhhHHh!!!!!!!"

Point Break
09 Apr 13
Zero Dark Thirty

"Who am I? I'm the motherfucker who found this place, sir."

Zero Dark Thirty
06 Apr 13
Prime Suspect

One of the best TV shows I've seen in ages. It's extremeley well written and fantastically acted. Just a million times better and smarter than the average modern procedural police show.

Prime Suspect
02 Apr 13
Submarino

Although a bit pushy on the Human Misery side, it is still a strong movie enforced by compelling performances and an interesting script.

Submarino
27 Mar 13
Great Expectations

Not outstanding but pretty enjoyable, and very VERY well photographed by the great John Mathieson.

Great Expectations
26 Mar 13
Sightseers

It's like a really dark-humored, fucked-up version of "Badlands". I love it.

Sightseers
chanandre and Wariaz like this

25 Mar 13
Get Carter

MFBAH = Motherfucking Brutal Anti-Hero.

Get Carter
chanandre likes this

17 Mar 13
2046

Timeless masterpiece.

2046
Clarissa likes this

17 Mar 13
Ashes of Time

Easily the most complex of his films, where he prefers "painting" scenes and characters rather than using a more conventional narrative structure. Yes, his almost trademark non-use of a script can put certain persons off (and I can't blame them), it is so remarkably directed and choreographed that you have to surrender to the flow and let your spirit go.

Ashes of Time
A:A likes this

Never seen someone getting the living shit beaten out of him like that.

The Murderer (The Yellow Sea)
16 Mar 13
Nymphomaniac

God, I can't fucking wait for that one. It's going to stir another 'hate it or love it' debate.

Nymphomaniac
14 Mar 13
The Man from Earth

Easily one of the most courageous films I've seen in years. Even in a proper sci-fi setting (let's say a space-ship, or a different planet) the concept of immortality always feels a bit shaky, but try to picture it in a 21st century living room, with no SFX and very little music? This is good. Like, really good.

The Man from Earth
11 Mar 13
Design for Living

"—What do you do? —Me? I write unproduced plays, I'm pretty good at it!" Some fantastic dialogue, and Cooper & March give an amazing and enjoyable performance as a duo.

Design for Living
06 Mar 13
The Dark Half

A fine Stephen King adaptation with a pretty good direction from Romero. It's like a modern retelling of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, crossed with Frankenstein, and Hitchcock's The Birds. Really enjoyed it.

The Dark Half
Mike Thorn likes this

03 Mar 13
Starter for 10

Nice film.

Starter for 10

Wow, Peter, wow wow wow... WTF.... Calm the fuck down on the CGI, will ya?

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Cool and enjoyable, but way way way too much fucking CGI for me. I mean, LOTR was more than 10 years ago, and that was already a pain in the eye, but now they went full on and it's still like going from screensaver to screensaver to fucking screensaver. Even actors, who are human beings originally Mr. Jackson look like characters from a video game. So, YES to the story, NO to the VFX.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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24 Feb 13
The Devil Rides Out

Not as lavish and kitsch as the usual Hammer costume movies, and a bit silly at some points (Spider?), it still benefits from a spotless direction from Terence Fisher, and a truly badass performance from Christopher Lee (I mean, the moustache & the goatee makes it all work!)

The Devil Rides Out