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The Cinephile's Film Journal: 2016
BradWesley123's Movie Screenshots: Vol. 3 (50 movies items)" Director: Ben Wheatley Cinematographer: Laurie Rose Other Images "
365 movies in 365 days (2016) (365 movies items)"Watched 08/04/2016 Rating 5.0/10 Format: Blu Ray Seen this type of movie done before and done better. "
My Movie Diary 2016 (235 movies items)" 7.24Horror maverick director Ben Wheatley adapts a JG Ballard novel about a social class war inside a modern residential skyscraper. The movie is a cerebral nuthouse with unusual characters."
From The Superb To The Crap - Movies Seen In 2016 (284 movies items)"High Rise is a movie about the social class system and hierarchy within a tower block and how it all comes crumbling down. Although the movie is visually intriguing, the same cannot be said for the plot and it's progression. This movie is a thriller that will have you firmly in your seat, not balancing on it's edge. The script was rather uninteresting, as your mind may easily wonder from the events taking place. The protagonist Robert Laing was well cast and well played by Tom Hiddleston, Richar"
Movies 2016 i watched in 2016 (54 movies items)"Clever and esthetic adaptation of a disturbing novel."
Movies Watched in 2016
BAMF's April 2016 Cinejourney (19 movies items)" Familiar Actors: Tom Hiddleston Jeremy Irons Sienna Miller Luke Evans Elisabeth Moss James Purefoy Keeley Hawes Sienna Guillory Enzo Cilenti Peter Ferdinando Reece Shearsmith Stacy Martin and Tony Way True Rating: 9.2/10 My Review: High-Review"
May to June 2016 Tomatometer Predictions (21 movies items)"Tomatometer Guess: 85%. With a very creative premise and stellar cast, High-Rise has all the potential in the world to be a hit. Actual Score: 66%."
“This was another Dallas International Film Festival entry I watched. I didn't plan on watching it as I didn't know what it was. My friend though reall”
“This was another Dallas International Film Festival entry I watched. I didn't plan on watching it as I didn't know what it was. My friend though reall”
“This was another Dallas International Film Festival entry I watched. I didn't plan on watching it as I didn't know what it was. My friend though really wanted to see it. I can say I am happy I did. The director here is Ben Wheatley who has done some other wild genre mixers. He did one of the best segments in the ABCs of Death (U is for Unearthed) and a feature film called Sightseers. The writer Amy Jump was also the writer for Sightseers. This film is one crazy ride. My friend made an observation about this and It seems reasonable enough. Several hints in dialogue and activity point to the idea that this high rise they live in is actually an institution.read more
