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Dead Man Walking (1995) Based upon the non-fiction book "Dead Man Walking" (1993) by Sister Helen Prejean Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, R.Lee Ermey, Ceila Watson, Lois Smith Directed by: Tim Robbins Platform: Netflix IMDB: 7.5/10, RT: 95% Fresh Susan Sarandon won an Oscar for Best Actress Synopsis: A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families. Verdict: Very good drama with great performances by Penn & Sarandon.

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018) Tom Wilkinson, Aneurin Barnard, Marion Bailey, Freya Mavor, Christopher Eccleston Written & Directed by: Tom Edmunds Platform: Netflix IMDB: 6.2/10, RT: 45% Rotten Synopsis: After his ninth unsuccessful attempt on his own life, a young man outsources his suicide to an ageing assassin. "If you're serious about ending it, you need professional help" Verdict: A decent black comedy with a few moments of genuine humour, however thats mostly due to the excellent Tom Wilkinson and when he's not on screen the film loses my interest, the young lead Barnard sleep walks through most of the film. Worth a watch though.

Dazed and Confused (1993) Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew Mcconaughey, Rory Cochrane, Joey Lauren Adams, Milla Jovovich, Shawn Andrews, Adam Goldberg, Sasha Jenson, Cole Hauser, Parker Posey, Ben Affleck, Michelle Burke Written & Directed by: Richard Linklater Platform: Netflix IMDB: 7.6/10, RT: 91% Fresh Synopsis: It's the last day of school at a high school in a small town in Texas in 1976. The upperclassmen are hazing the incoming freshmen, and everyone is trying to get stoned, drunk, or laid, even the football players that signed a pledge not to. Verdict: I've always been a big fan of Linklater and this didn't disappoint. A slice of 1970s America seen through the eyes of students, great cast and --script, typical Linklater which I really enjoyed.

Dayveon (2017) Devin Blackmon, Dontrell Bright, Lachion Buckingham, Kordell Johnson, Marquell Manning, Chasity Moore Directed by: Amman Abbasi Platform: Netflix IMDB: 6.4/10, RT: 71% Fresh Synopsis: In the wake of his older brother's death, 13-year-old Dayveon spends the sweltering summer days roaming his rural Arkansas town. When he falls in with a local gang, he becomes drawn to the camaraderie and violence of their world. Verdict: Not a bad indie film, it didn't always hold my interest but its only 1hr 15mins long.

Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2018) Remake of Day of the Dead (1985) Sophie Skelton, Johnathon Schaech, Jeff Gum, Marcos Vanco, Lillian Blankenship Directed by: Hector Hernandez Vicens Platform: Netflix IMDB: 3.4/10, RT: 13% Rotten Synopsis: A small group of military personnel and survivalists dwell in an underground bunker as they seek to find a cure in a world overrun by zombies. Verdict: A poor remake of the original.

The Dawn Wall (2017) Documentary Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, John Branch Directed by: Josh Lowell & Peter Mortimer Platform: Netflix IMDB: 8.1, RT: 100% Fresh In an unbelievable story of perseverance, free climber Tommy Caldwell and climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson attempt to scale the impossible 3000ft Dawn Wall of El Capitan. Just an amazing documentary, highly recommended.

Daughter of the Wolf (2019) Gina Carano, Ricard Dreyfuss, Brendan Fehr, Sydelle Noel Directed by: David Hackl (Saw V) Platform: NowTV IMDB: 5.9/10, RT: 22% Rotten Synopsis: A military veteran hunts the men who kidnapped her son. Verdict: Typical low budget DTV actioner with a surprisingly decent cast, however the --script is awful and full of cliches.

Darkness Visible (2019) English language & Hindi (with English subtitles) Jaz Deol, Salome Gunnarsdottir, Neil Bhoopalam, Seema Biswas & Sayani Gupta Directed by: Neil Biswas Platform: NowTV IMDB: 5.5/10 Synopsis: London-raised Ronnie returns to his home in India to discover his mother Suleka has died in mysterious circumstances. As he uncovers a series of similar past murders, Ronnie's own inner-darkness come to light. Vertigo: Actually not a bad low key horror, pretty well acted.

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Darkest Hour (2017) Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Ronald Pickup Directed by: Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Pan) Platform: NowTV IMDB: 7.4/10, RT: 85% Fresh Gary Oldman won an Oscar for Best Actor Synopsis: In May 1940, the fate of Western Europe hangs on British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean a humiliating defeat for Britain and its empire. Verdict: A captivating performance by Gary Oldman in a not always captivating movie on the events leading up to Dunkirk.

The Darkest Dawn (2016) Bethan Leadley, Cherry Wallis, Jess Cleverly, Sarah Perugia Directed by: Drew Casson Platform: Netflix IMDB: 4.1/10 Synopsis: The movie that tells the story of two teenage sisters as Britain descends into an alien apocalypse. Told through the eyes of the younger sister, the sisters' descent into a post apocalyptic hell where they must choose between humanity and brutality in the fight for survival. Verdict: B-Movie British Alien invasion movie, very amateurish!

The Dark Tower (2017) Based upon and also a kind of sequel to The Dark Tower series of novels by Stephen King Idris Elba, Matthew Mcconaughey, Tom Taylor, Denis Haysbert, Claudia Kim & Jackie Earle Haley Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel Platform: Netflix IMDB: 5.6/10, RT: 16% Rotten Synopsis: A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell. Verdict: Being a fan of the overall story and characters (but not all the books) I had been avoiding this film like the plague. Well, I didn't hate it, in fact it was better than I thought and parts of it I really enjoyed. However, it would serve better as a TV series, with a runtime of only 1hr 49mins it's asking a lot to put even the basis of a trilogy of movies into that short of time. Elba is a highlight and his chemistry with Taylor was a great representation of the book, I probably enjoyed it more than most, especially looking at that RT rating!

Dark Minds (2017) Called "Aardvark" in North America Zachary Quinto, Jenny Slate, Sheila Vand, Jon Hamm Directed by: Brian Shoaf Platform: NowTV IMDB: 4.5/10, RT: 12% Rotten Synopsis: Emily Milburton is a therapist who is struggling with personal problems. Things change when she meets her new patient, Josh Norman, who is mentally ill. Josh starts to develop feelings for Emily but things get interesting when Emily falls for Josh's brother, Craig. Verdict: I was bored after 20 minutes.

Dark Shadows (2012) Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Jackie Earle Harley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Grace Moretz & Christopher Lee Directed by: Tim Burton Platform: Netflix IMDB: 6.2/10, RT: 36% Rotten Synopsis: An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection. Verdict: Never watched or know anything of the original TV series, it starts off ok and seems typical Burton until you see a vampire redirect a house while the Carpenters are playing. After that I sort of lost interest, I thought Depp was good though.

BlacKkKlansman (2018)Based upon the true story of Ron StallworthJohn David Washington, Adam Driver, Michael Buscemi, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace & Alec BaldwinDirected by: Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Summer of Sam, 25th Hour)Platform: NowTVIMDB: 7.5/10, RT: 96% FreshSynopsis: Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.Verdict: Hilarious with a sucker punch ending, best film I have seen this year!

Aquaman (2018)Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren and Temuera MorrisonDirected by: James Wan (Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring, Furious 7)Platform: NowTVIMDB: 7/10, RT: 66% FreshSynopsis: Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.Verdict: Just plain awful.

I couldn't resist either, picked one up last week. It is pretty awesome!

I watched the movie on Sunday afternoon. Overall I liked it and I thought it was a good representation of the book (bearing in mind its my favourite book of all time), I didn't know it was actually 2hr 49mins until I booked the tickets. Saying that, I didn't feel bored at any time but I don't think the horror genre is really the place for 3 hour epics, there could be some stuff cut out and you'd still have the same result. It did very much feel like, "hey the first movie was a success so here is a bigger budget now lets use it", with horror I feel less is more. The set pieces were well done and looked fantastic on screen, but at times it felt very much like big set pieces just about stitched together to make a story. The latter half of the film does better justice to the book than the TV Mini-series did. I loved the TV mini-series for Tim Curry's portrayal and mostly the first half with the Losers as kids, the 2nd half with the stop motion spider was just awful and really dents an otherwise decent portryal, with a bigger budget and better writers the movie produces a much better 3rd act. The cast, Chastain, Hader, Mustafa & Ransone are the standouts of the adults, especially Hader who I was really impressed with. McAvoy sort of phones it in and Ryan doesn't really offer much. I was really disappointed with how the adult Henry Bowers character was used, almost just thrown in there just because. A film with this much padding it in could have given way to make the Losers old enemy have more impact then what was given. I didn't like the overuse of profanity (F word) turns up more than a Tarrantino/Scorcese movie, I know when old, old friends get together there is alot of banter and sometimes swearing is involved but it's totally different to how the Losers were portrayed as kids and it didn't sit well with me. Also how the film starts with the homophobic beating of two men was the most difficult and unnerving thing to see in the movie and because its never referred to or brought up again, I don't know what the point of it was entirely to be honest. Skarsgaard as Pennywise is a highlight, totally different interpretation to Tim Curry who I really loved, but he does a real good job and is worth seeing just for that. Overall, its good but it has its problems but I would see it again in a marathon viewing with the first. As a fan of the book, I don't think I could ask for a better interpretation.

Redeeming qualities? Hmmm.... I did like the look of Amber Heard. I enjoyed the whole Italy sequence but I'd unfortunately saw most of it in the extended trailer. The Trench sequence was awesome. Black Manta? Come on dude, the acting was Star Wars prequel bad, he was chewing through scenery like no tomorrow.

Got tickets for Sunday, really enjoyed the first one.

It was ok, better than the Angelina ones. It starts off well but then sort of falls of a cliff.

You know what, I felt exactly the same way after seeing the trailer. I couldn't be more disinterested. Which is really odd considering the actor & character involved.

So true.

So Aquaman finally dropped onto a streaming platform that I subscribe to and decided to watch it with friends, we all felt the same way afterwards... it was bad! Not quite Suicide Squad awful but cliff notes for me: - It's far too long. - The acting is pretty awful, and when Dolph Lundgren is one of the stand out performances you just know how bad everyone else is. Momoa cannot act. - The Visuals looked like Tron underwater, some of which I liked but by the end of it so much was being thrown at the screen you couldn't tell what was what. - Too many battles and fight scenes, give me some story PLEASE! - The music was all over the place. The two things I liked from the movie were the sequence in Italy and the Trench scene. Basically everything out of the water. Black Manta was awful, seriously the acting was really bad in this movie. Just when you thought DC learned their lesson with Wonder Woman and Shazam, this pile of crud turns up. Urgh. Avoid.