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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2011
An enjoyable cold-war spy thriller. The film's vision of underfunded, seat-of-the-pants 70s espionage is very well realised through clever set design - there's a lot to look at and appreciate. The script is economical - only the essentials are explained, leaving you wondering about a few small details and one or two larger ones, depending on how closely you're following. That's mostly a good thing, but I found myself wishing the film would dwell on a couple of key points…
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974
Some great performances in this - everyone's full of energy even when they're playing bored or lazy characters. The dialogue flows brilliantly, with a cast that plays off each other smoothly. The actors nail the worldweary, cynical attitude of their characters, mirroring the grimness of 70s New York nicely. Walter Matthau in particular is just so watchable - grumpy, charismatic and competant. The characters are surprisingly likeable, despite the film being, shall we say, of it's time in terms of…
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The Towering Inferno 1974
Better than I expected! It could have done with a slightly tighter edit - there's one part with characters pulling on ropes and tying them to things that seems to go on forever - but it's got some surprisingly decent effects for a film from 1974. Some surprises in the cast (oh, hi Fred Astair). All the usual stuff you'd expect from a disaster movie, but in a good way.
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North by Northwest 1959
Like a prototype Bond film. Flawed by today's standards - like most films of this era, it has tortuous and cringey dialog in romance scenes, but also some really interesting direction, a solid cast and expansive sets that draw you in toneqch scene.
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