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Another year and another set of movies being released.

As always there are a few surprises throughout the year that come out but the big movies look to be good ones this year:

- The Gentlemen
- Jojo Rabbit
- 1917
- Uncut Gems
- Bombshell
-Bad Boys for Life
- The Lighthouse
- Just Mercy
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
- Parasite
- Birds of Prey
- Dolittle
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Bloodshot
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Dark Waters
- Onward
- A Quiet Place: Part 2
- Mulan
- Bond: No Time to Die
- The New Mutants
- Black Widow
- Scoob!
- Fast and Furious 9
- Wonder Woman 1984
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- Minions: The Rise of Gru
- Tenet
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Jungle Cruise
- Morbius
- Bill & Ted Face the Music
- The King's Man
- Halloween Kills
- Eternals
- Gozilla vs. Kong
- Dune
- Coming 2 America
- West Side Story

Yet I really enjoyed both of those Manny son... as far as I know they did not fabricate too much in the Manhattan project story and his life... saw it at the cinema and thought it was superb... regarding the story of whitey's knocking off oil rich Indians... yeah probably happened... have to admit I had to watch it over two days as was a lengthy bit of film making but I did enjoy it.

"Sold - Well of course it was crap, same 3 hours worth of crap as Oppenheimer and Killers of the flower moon."

Bit of a geeky Napoleonic war freak... so when I heard the news a few years back that Ridley Scott had got his hands on Napoleon I thought excellent... what could go wrong... well after watching it last night... basically everything... why oh why do people have to fabricate and re-write history when the story is great enough as it is.. BBC do it (Rogue Heroes) to get their PC/Woke angle into it but no way should films like this be inaccurate at every single fucking angle... and don't get me on the Waterloo section..... oh and Mr Scott the `Well you wasn't there' argument you have thrown back at every historian does not wash.... oh and the shit between him and Josephine was boring as fuck.... where's David Lean and Spielberg when you need them...

Here's another shout for The Holdovers

"Northern Sold - ha ha, took me back to the days of Monkey!"

zico... seriously laughed out loud there !!!

"Northern Sold 12:37 Tue Jan 9 Imagine a deaf fart like me trying to lip read that, took my eyes and ears ten minutes to work out it was dubbed!! Stuck with the subtitles after that. Seriously yes in comparison Alive was very Hollywood but a very good film nonetheless but as you say this was a bit more thought provoking. Without adding any spoilers bloody hell they had some bad luck!"

zico 3:11 Fri Jan 5 Re: 2020 Movies (now including 2021 and 2022) Society of the Snow on Netflix about the 1972 airplane crash in the Andes. I can remember the 90s film Alive being good but this is an incredible film. How anyone survived is incredible. Watched it last night... with subtitles as the dubbing drove me mad... however apart from that was superbly done I thought and a lot better and more thought provoking than Alive... well worth a gander. Also watched a bit of an oldie the other night and forgot how good it was... The Sound of Metal... quite a performance from Riz Ahmed... as good as I have seen for a few years

"I thought The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was weird but strangely enjoyable. Agree that The Rock, Con Air and Face/Off were all decent. Quite enjoyed the two National Treasure films to be honest although a poor man's Indiana Jones (first three of course!) but the Wicker Man was just an insult although would have been better marketed as a comedy ""Not the bees!!"""

The best film I've seen Cage in is Matchstick Men.

"If I find myself ever rewatching a movie, then I'd say it was decent. Cage has been in a few decent movies. I'd quite happily sit through and watch The Rock, Con Air and Face/Off, Kick Ass, amongst a few of the others mentioned below again. Maybe even Gone in 60 Seconds. The remake of The Wicker Man is up there with one of the worst movies I've ever seen, though."

I enjoyed “leave the world behind” on Netflix.

Wild at Heart was ok

"I really enjoyed the new Christmas film, The Holdovers, starring Paul Giamatti. An actor at the top of his game."

Best Nicholas Cage movie is Lord of war.

Best Nicholas Cage movie is Lord of war.

"Nagel, check out Raising Arizona. Old, but a top film."

I liked Pig. Mandy looks too weird for my taste.

"Seems like every year or so someone comes along and says Nicolas Cage has made a decent film for a change. They're always wrong. Mandy, Color Out of Space, Pig, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. All massively overrated with OTT performances, as far as I'm concerned. This time it's my turn. I thought Dream Scenario was great and Cage was brilliant in it. He actually got a Golden Globe nomination for it, his first for 20+ years. One of the best films of last year for me."

"Good to see an outbreak of good taste at the Golden Globes Main prizes to Oppenheimer, Succession & Anatomy of a Fall with a consolation prize for Barbie for selling a lot of tickets to women & gays Other winners Poor Things & The Holdovers arent on in London til the 12th & 19th but look interesting"

"Tried The Best Man (2023) on Netflix. Fancied an action thriller but by jove is there a movie with worse acting out there?1 Worth a watch to see how bad it is along with this CGI blood when the shoot people, hilarious. You can see why in Rocky 4 Dolph Lundgren, bless him, didn't have too many lines! Makes Stallone look like Laurence Olivier!"

Isn't Saltburn this (or last) years Brokeback Mountain? YOURS

Saw Saltburn at the cinema a couple of months ago... my favourite film of 2023. Went to see Ferrari last week. The story largely revolves around Enzo but I love that era of racing and the 1957 Mille Miglia was very well done and pretty authentic with the cars and the action looking superb.

"Just watched saltburn after the missus insisted,it kept me awake which is unusual after a few beers and a roast. Is it worth watching ?? Yes ,kept me intrigued,sussed the ending üòâ."

"We all sat down on Christmas Day and watched Saltburn on our new, massive TV with surround sound and found it magnificent with a great sting in the tale. I won't give the ending away but it's fucking great!"