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Old Boys (2018)
Cyrano de Bergerac meets The Go-Between.
Slightly preposterous plot but very nicely acted and produced. Gorgeous setting of Lancing College and scenes in Lewes help the visuals.The story could be told in half the time but that wouldn't make much of a film!
The film is set in the 1980s and, unfortunately, propogates a stereotyped version of life at an English Public School which is far from the reality. (It wasn't that bad when I went to one in the 60s!).
Worth viewing.
Flightplan (2005)
Watchable
Granted all the foregoing listed deficiencies of the movie, it is still eminently watchable. Yes, the plot does not stand up to examination, and the spaciousness of the airplane seems more in line with a cruise ship. However, the film is carried by the performance of Foster and some excellent camera work. Watching it on the TV, I was sufficiently engrossed to be annoyed when i was interrupted - as usual, at a critical juncture! So I am still not sure how the plan was conceived or how the protagonists came together. So I guess that I will have to watch it again to get up to speed! I wanted to add a specific question at this point but realised that it would be tantamount to a spoiler, so I will have to remain in the dark And, by the way, why is their a rule that insists on a minimum of ten lines of review? What is the matter with a short, pithy comment?