Off with a migraine today so I laid down in a dark room and put TLD's directors' commentary on in the background. Surprisingly soothing - recommended!
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School of Rock 2003
First time seeing School of Rock in the cinema. Obviously I cried. More classics in cinemas please 😭
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Dune 2021
I had a great time with Dune but if you're hoping for Lord of the Rings in space you're going to be disappointed. It's much more ethereal rather than visceral, with a distant, otherworldly feel to it (underpinned by an ambitious, occasionally disorienting score). Every frame has had cash thrown at it - I really haven't seen something so sumptuous for a long time - but it was really the performances that drew me in. I confess I've never seen…
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The Living Daylights 1987
It's true that The Living Daylights lacks a really good baddie (even if I think it's a fallacy that Bond films are only as good as their villains - The Spy Who Loved Me, anyone?) but its strength is in having so many good supporting characters. Necros, Saunders, M, Pushkin and Kamran Shah are all great additions to the film, but even single-scene parts like the security guy at the safe house, prison guard at the Soviet air base and…
