Movie recommendations

[JimStynes]

Went to watch The Armstrong Lie tonight. Great show with some great highlights of all the lies he told in press conferences, interviews etc. That Queens Film Theatre is full of head cases though.

[Dinny Breen]

Think it's a few years old but just watched that Indonesian movie The Raid, f**k me, relentless and totally enjoyable.

[gallsman]

Think it's a few years old but just watched that Indonesian movie The Raid, f**k me, relentless and totally enjoyable.

Great craic altogether. Sequel out this year.

[Capt Pat]

Think it's a few years old but just watched that Indonesian movie The Raid, f**k me, relentless and totally enjoyable.

Great craic altogether. Sequel out this year.

The Raid is a great action movie But it might be hard to recreate the magic of the original

[J OGorman]

Lone Survivor - 8/10. Great show, intense stuff
Walter Mitty - 8.5/10. Top class

[tbrick18]

Watched "Dead Man Down" last night with Colin Farrel and the doll out of the dragon tattoo movies.
Decent enough watch, classic revenge flick.
7/10.

[Main Street]

I'm curious to see what Scorsese makes out of this hedonistic tale in Wolf of Wall Street.
It's hard to credit that the protagonist of this $200m swindle served less than 2 years in a minimum security prison.
I watched Boiler Room all those years ago but it made a pig's ear out of telling the actual story.

[Capt Pat]

The Armstrong Lie gets a 7.5 rating from me. A documentary based on Lance Armstrong's attempted comeback in 2009 and his seven previous tour de France wins and his downfall.

The Ulster players off the Irish team Also fancied a night out at the cinema. Paddy Jackson sat down beside me with Trimble. Rory Best was in the row behind.

[Milltown Row2]

The Armstrong Lie gets a 7.5 rating from me. A documentary Based on Lance Armstrong's attempted comeback in 2009 and his seven previous wins and his downfall.

True story? 

[SLIGONIAN]

How mental is lone survivor? some intensity, hard to believe it is a true story..

good show, 8/10, i don't look at the afghanis as the enemy though, so was strange watching it when you feel american shouldn't be there in there in the first place but it was really about survival more than politics. What those guys have to go through is unreal..

Seen Jack Ryan aswell, enjoyed it tbh, 7.5/10 Im a big fan of costner and pine.

[ballinaman]

How mental is lone survivor? some intensity, hard to believe it is a true story..

Enjoyed it too, thought the training sequence at the start was very good....title gave it away a bit though.....

[Zulu]

Anybody see Inside Llewyn Davis yet? I love the Coen brothers stuff and from reviews I've seen it's primarily been getting 5 stars though some reviewers have not been overly impressed. Seem strange it has been ignored by the Oscars though. Anyone recommend it?

[Hardy]

 The whole setting is up my street - the 60s Village folk scene - so it would probably have to be awful for me not to like it. But the Coens get it spot on and have you totally absorbed for a couple of hours in a story where nothing happens.

[Syferus]

How mental is lone survivor? some intensity, hard to believe it is a true story..

Enjoyed it too, thought the training sequence at the start was very good....title gave it away a bit though.....

Saw it in the cinema on Monday. Very effective war film that doesn't go over-board (sans maybe the final Taliban attack) and builds up the scenario and characters quite well, it showed a patience few war films every display.

It's easy to see Peter Berg's imprint on it if you've seen Friday Night Lights, the film or the television show. The way he cuts the score with the action is unmistakable. Murphy is even played by one of the leads from the FNL tv series.

Definitely a film that exceeded the sum of its parts and its incredibly generic title.

[ONeill]

Captain Phillips - a real clinker. Tops Slave, WOWS and American Hustle for me. Hanks, like him or not, gave a memorable performance, especially in the last 3-4 mins. 8.12/10

Dallas Buyers Club - fine but not a film I'll remember much about in a few weeks. McConaughey might pick up individual awards but that might be more for his remarkable weight loss. 6.68