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Good Arrows
Love the scratchy, complex sounds going on in the background and the fragile vocals. Reminds me alternately of Elliott Smith and early Beta Band. Skewed folk.
+0 2 out of 3 bsag liked it (2 days ago)
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Iron Man
Thoroughly enjoyable nonsense, with a good dose of humour and some very cool effects and gadgets.
+0 2 out of 3 bsag liked it (4 days ago)
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Persepolis
Imaginative and moving animation about a girl growing up in Iran during the revolution and war, kicking against the restrictions of the regime. Enlightening.
+0 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (11 days ago)
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Juno
Great fun, and surprisingly sweet. I love the dialogue, particularly the scene in the convenience store at the beginning.
+0 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (16 days ago)
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Margot at the Wedding
I don't think I've ever seen a film where all the characters were so dislikable. Rather fragmentary and unsatisfactory as well.
+0 1 out of 3 bsag didn't care for it (25 days ago)
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Things the Grandchildren Should Know
If there was ever a book to make you feel as if your own life has been happy and easy in comparison, this is it. Enlightening and wryly funny in places.
+0 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (1 month ago)
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Leatherheads
Reminded me of classic 1940s screwball comedies. Zellweger doesn't have the sass of Hepburn, but the comedy zinged along very enjoyably.
+0 2 out of 3 bsag liked it (1 month ago)
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No Country for Old Men
I was surprised by how faithful the movie was to the book. Tense and thoughtful, McCarthy has a wonderful ear for authentic dialogue.
+0 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (1 month ago)
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Death at a Funeral
A modern farce in classic Ealing Comedy style. Great ensemble cast, but Alan Tudyk's accidentally stoned character is brilliant. Great opening scene.
+0 2 out of 3 bsag liked it (1 month ago)
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The Imagined Village by Real World Records
Truly excellent collection of folk songs 'Retold' by a mixture of folk, world, dub and rock artists. Exciting and fiercely topical, yet rooted in history.
+0 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (1 month ago)
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Be Kind Rewind
Slightly disappointed by this. Had some good, quirky moments and lots of imagination, but didn't quite hold together somehow.
+1 1 out of 3 bsag didn't care for it (1 month ago)
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Wiffle Lever To Full!
Fischer, a passionate sci-fi and fantasy fan in his childhood, renounces geekdom then rediscovers it at a series of conventions. Nostalgic and affectionate.
+0 2 out of 3 bsag liked it (1 month ago)
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Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
Great fun, with some brilliant jokes, particularly 2-D one. Great cameo by Stephen Hawking, but not enough Zoidberg as usual.
+0 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (2 months ago)
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Son of Rambow
Very funny and sweet film about being an outsider. Nostalgic but not cloying, and some great low-key jokes.
+0 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (2 months ago)
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In My Father's Den
Taut storytelling, which evokes the fevered, claustrophobic atmosphere of small town New Zealand very well.
+0 2 out of 3 bsag liked it (2 months ago)
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Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
I'm rapidly becoming a Gaiman fan. This is a lovely collection of very varied short stories and poems. Gripping, funny, poignant and horrific by turns.
+0 2 out of 3 bsag liked it (2 months ago)
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In Bruges
Pitch black comedy. Lightning changes in tone between laugh out loud funny and violently tragic. Hugely surreal in places.
+0 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (2 months ago)
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The Golden Compass
Not as bad as I feared. Basically included all of the plot of the book (in the wrong order) without any of the emotional depth. But Sam Elliott IS Lee.
+0 1 out of 3 bsag didn't care for it (2 months ago)
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Accelerando
Didn't like this as much as I thought I would. Some dazzling ideas, but by its nature the story is so fractured it's hard to keep up with.
+0 2 out of 3 bsag liked it (2 months ago)
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Puts a really unique and interesting spin on time travel, and is a wonderful love story to boot. The kind of book you rave about incessantly to everyone.
+2 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (2 months ago)
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Amazingly life affirming - Jean-Do used memory and imagination to escape. I thought the book wouldn't translate well to film, but this almost does it justice.
+0 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (3 months ago)
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Lust, Caution
Incredible, subtle performances by Tony Leung and Wei Tang. Mr. Yee hovers on the edge of becoming irredeemable, and we see that he knows it.
+1 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (3 months ago)
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Into the Wild
Inspiring film, based on a true story. In some ways Christopher was selfish, as all driven people are, but he obviously touched many people on his journey.
+0 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (4 months ago)
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Knocked Up
Surprised that I enjoyed this as much as I did. Despite surface appearances, quite a grown-up film about taking responsibility, and working at a relationship.
+0 2 out of 3 bsag liked it (4 months ago)
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Beowulf
Uncanny valley, ahoy! Got huge cognitive dissonance from seeing a buff Ray Winstone. Story is good as you would expect from an ancient tale, but lacked depth.
+0 1 out of 3 bsag didn't care for it (4 months ago)
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Run, Fatboy, Run
Not as edgy as Pegg's other films, with few in-jokes, and a very predictable storyline. But somehow Pegg pulls it off brilliantly. Had me roaring with laughter.
+0 2 out of 3 bsag liked it (4 months ago)
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No Country for Old Men
Incredibly gripping. I forgot to breathe in places. Mesmerising performances by Bardem and Tommy Lee Jones. I didn't like the violence, but loved the ambiguity.
+4 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (4 months ago)
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Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle
That very rare beast: a Gaelic language feature film. Brilliant storytelling, stunning scenery, and a treat to hear Gaelic spoken. Very evocative of the Islands.
+0 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (5 months ago)
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American Gods: A Novel
Blew me away from the first pages. Fascinating exploration of mythology that kept sending me to the web to look up people, places and gods. Wednesday is great.
+7 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (5 months ago)
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Team America - World Police
Gung ho, foul-mouthed Thunderbirds destroy most of the world's major landmarks while unsuccessfully chasing terrorists. A guilty (but hilarious) pleasure.
+0 3 out of 3 bsag loved it (5 months ago)
 
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