2018 - Film and Television (part 2)Like this list

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• The Killing of a Sacred Deer

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  A wealthy and successful surgeon with a challenging past is faced with a choice in this excellent film by the director that brought us The Lobster. It's got the sinister turned up to eleven, the casting is perfect, and it's an outstanding…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Faces places

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  Two famous French contemporary artists travels across France taking photos, put up paste-ups, and bringing life back to forgotten communities and celebrating their people. Quirky and heartwarming, great viewing! (subtitles)

• Una

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  This stunning film is about the aftermath of a relationship between a 13yo girl and her 40yo neighbour. It's disturbing and bit creepy but the two leads are astonishingly good - Ben Mendelsohn picks some amazing roles for himself these…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Quiet Place

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  A great take on the invasion/monster horror genre. The creatures have arrived and they hunt by sound. A young family fight for survival in this silent world they now live in, but can humans stay silent and can this family's plans work…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It Comes at Night

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  A great new take on dystopian horror. A family is holed up in their woodland home when an outbreak of something begins to make humans very sick. Their mission for survival comes under threat when a stranger arrives claiming to be only…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unsane

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  A young woman with a history of mental illness moves to a new city to start over. After a routine check-up she's admitted (involuntarily) to the psych ward of a local facility where she experiences some horrors of her past. Is she sane??…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Top of the Lake. China Girl

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  The second series of the amazing crime drama from Jan Campion. This one is set in Sydney during a hot summer. A young Asian woman has washed up on Bondi Beach and it's up to Robyn to bring all the pieces together while she tries to bring…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Line of Duty. Series One

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  A gritty British cop drama centred around and internal affairs task force. The characters are well developed and portrayed, the storyline is engaging and full of grey areas, the pace and suspense is good, great watching all round with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Frankenstein Chronicles

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  An interesting take on the Frankenstein tale. Sean Bean is John Marlott a ye olde detective looking into a series of suspicious deaths beginning with the discovery of a patched-up corpse on the bank of the Thames. Things get gruesome and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Panther

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  I was really looking forward to this one. A young prince of a technologically advanced yet hidden African country becomes king and undergoes a power struggle from another who vies for the throne. Full of action and brilliant to see an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Murder on the Orient Express

  Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976

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  This is a film that didn't really ever to be made. There's nothing remarkably wrong with it, but there's equally nothing endearing about it either. It just does what it says on the tin. Poirot is on a train filled with the upper classes,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Exception

  Judd, Alan, 1946-

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  It's WWII and a recently injured soldier is tasked with keeping the security of Kaiser Wilhelm (of WWI fame). He's also on the hunt for a British spy rumoured to be in the vicinity of the Kaiser and there's much to made of his new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gunpowder

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  This was surprisingly better than I expected! i assumed it would be rather over-acted, under written, badly acted B-list tele movie....BUT, turns out that it was very watchable. Riveting in fact. It's obviously the story of the gunpowder…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crooked House

  Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976

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  A standalone whodunit from the work of Agatha Christie. A young man, once a spy, now a private investigator, is summoned by an ex lover to her family home to uncover the mystery surrounding the death of the family patriarch. Classic Agatha…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The BBQ

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  Hypothetically, if you looked up how to make a suburban-whimsy story on film along the lines of 'The Castle' or 'Cracker Jack' there'd be two columns; "do's" & "don't's". Unfortunately this film has entirely used the "don't's" column and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ready Player One

  Cline, Ernest, 1972-

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  What should have been a celebration of retro pop culture eventuated into a crappy digi-adventure with zero substance. A young man, who inexplicably is a super talent at gaming - much like his small crew of friends, pretty much live inside…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shooter

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  A tense Danish political thriller. The Government has back flipped on their election promises regarding the environment and will partner with America to drill for oils in Greenland. A journalist commits a faux pas on live tele which sparks…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Party

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  A celebration turns to chaos in this brilliant British short film. Shot entirely in black and white and set within one house, it sees a successful woman celebrating her rise in the political sphere with those closest to her. But there's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tale of Tales

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  A grown up fairytale from the legendary Giambattista Basile that is dark, twisted, and engrossing. Three kingdoms exist within the lands, each ruled by very different monarchs. Through the lives and demands of the people and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Broken Shore

  Temple, Peter, 1946-2018

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  Australian crime drama based on the book by author Peter Temple. Cashin is a broken detective with a heavy conscience who returns to his rural home town to be the sole detective. Besides solving the crime of who is stealing frozen chooks…Read moreRead more of this annotation