Tuffjobs UK

Oh dear! This hasn’t aged well! Rambo is the campest man of all time with his girly hair, necklace (or is it a choker?) and weird ribbon to hold back his long, lustrous, blow-dried locks. In this ridiculous piece of blatant anti-Soviet propaganda the Afghan “holy warriors” are portrayed as freedom-loving heroes intent on rescuing their persecuted women and children from the terrible oppressive Russian invaders. Ironically, 20 years later it’s the Americans invading Afghanistan and the “freedom fighting” Taliban are now the oppressors :) In one absurd monologue, by a freedom fighter, the Russians are accused of “throwing babies onto bonfires”. The same ridiculous claim made against every enemy army for the past 3,000 years. Utter drivel!

A very expensive and well-acted series. However it’s definitely not a documentary and bears little resemblance to the truth. The HAM radio bits are utter nonsense. The parallel story of Ilse Koch is an egregious addition purely and simply to satisfy Winkler who’s using this production to whip up support for Israel with the persecution of the chosen race. How predictable. The series steals heavily from Silence of The Lambs and other movies like Texas chainsaw massacre. It’s a real mess with Alfred Hitchcock played by Tom Holland as a peeping Tom and using Gein as the inspiration for Psycho. Gein himself played by Chris Hunnan speaks throughout with an Irish accent that occasionally becomes a Geordie twang. Otherwise he does a great job acting the part. He looks like Ton Hardy and reminds me of Anthony Hopkins’s Hannibal Lector. The best actor however is the chainsaw. It’s sounds great. At least 90cc! It’s entertaining but there’s far too much gratuitous gory horribleness. In reality Gein was insane, highly disturbed and of extremely low intelligence. It would have been nice to have a more intelligent portrayal of his insanity. In fairness Schizophrenia is introduced towards the end. It’s a truly terrifying illness. How do we know what we see and hear is reality? Schizophrenics do hear and see things that are imaginary, however the same parts of the brain are activated as in normal people hearing and seeing when Schizophrenics suffer delusions. It could be happening to us right now and we’d never know except when contradicted by others. Perhaps it’s an extreme example of when someone says “remember when you said that or did that!” And your recollection is entirely different. Maybe they’re correct! (PS. Episode 8 is appallingly awful).

This is a ghastly movie. I rented it because apparently ChatGPT used “her” voice for its Ai Bot. It’s horrible, self-indulgent, drivel reminiscent of an early Woody Allen film without the humour or visual comedy. Joaquín is indistinguishable from Woody Allen except he’s not funny. He’s a tragic, pathetic weirdo. A solipsistic, neurotic, worm. This will be popular in very religious countries like the USA where everyone already believes their imaginary friend loves them and has a deep personal connection. Avoid unless you want to end up on Prozac!

Oh dear! Cliche after cliche after cliche. The ubiquitous Asian king fu ex-forces heroine to appeal to the Asian market. AK47 shootouts at close range and no one gets hit! Religious undertones. The bad guys are pure evil. Half way through Liam (half way up the Khyber Pass) manages to remove the front axle off a scrapped truck and fit it to his bus! The Asian babe turns out to be an ace HGV mechanic. Absolute nonsense and utter drivel from start to finish!

It has all the attributes of a great film, but it fails because Clive Owen is miscast. Owen can be a great actor in films like King Arthur, but his delivery and performance here are lacklustre and one-dimensional. He’s unable to infuse dramatic tension. The entire cast is wooden. They’re simply reciting their lines. At no point does this movie feel realistic or immersive. Liam Neeson, Gerard Butler or any number of actors could have brought this to life, but Clive (whom I like) plods through it like drowsy pig wading through the mud on a cold, dank morning.

Interesting movie. One big question: “how did a bunch of low IQ monkeys defeat an obviously superior and massively more intelligent life form capable of interstellar exploration?” The answer is of course American vainglorious megalomania on steroids. The sci-fi special effects are superb. The outcome is utterly absurd. The “aliens” should have wiped out the loud-mouthed, bombastic, homicidal primates instantly. That would make it 5 stars 🌟

Vacuous gold-digging bimbos scammed by charming fraudster. These foolish, shallow silly women got what they deserved. It’s genuinely astonishing how stupid his victims are. They were victims of their own greed, ambition and vanity. Did they really think some ultra rich playboy would be on social media dating sites?? And why would he “fall in love” with such ordinary women?? Perhaps if they were more substantial human beings the “diamond billionaire” would not have taken them for a ride!

Ludicrous nonsense. Endless police brutality. Every meeting of a male character with a female character becomes sexualised within seconds. Sickening child abuse. It’s the most unrealistic revolting drivel I’ve ever watched. Whoever wrote this is a deeply disturbed, mentally ill, individual. Utter garbage. Here’s a few examples: “the police contact a medium to solve child abductions (after they’ve found the body of a child with swan wings stapled to her shoulders). The medium mentions swans, a wolf, a pig and some new carpets. The police then visit a friendly corrupt property developer (he’s laundering funds stolen by the police for their retirement - as if the police pension isn’t big enough!). The developer, Sean bean, says “do you like my new house? It’s built to look like a swan! I love swans!” His house is full of swan memorabilia including a huge stuffed swan hanging from the ceiling! The police decide not to charge him, but frame a local simpleton instead. Then there’s the “wolf”. Presumably this is why it’s called “red riding” unless it’s set in Riding in Yorkshire, who knows. It’s never made clear. Anyway the “wolf” seems to be a priest with magical powers to comfort troubled women including an investigating police officer! The framed simpleton gets a new lawyer called Piggot - the pig. The climax sees the pig lawyer carrying a smiling child out of a henhouse underground hiding place as a reformed corrupt police detective watches in astonishment. Instead of returning the abducted child to its parents he carries her off into a field! Hardly the best image to finish a drama series about abducted murdered children. Oh yeah, and while all this is going on they capture the Yorkshire Ripper!!

This is a great movie. It’s a moral tale about making the wrong choices. The easy choices. Oldman and Olin are excellent. Great soundtrack - melancholy trumpet jazz.

Oh dear! iPhones without passcodes; laptops without passwords; the inevitable revelation of the killer not being the killer! It’s like drama by numbers. It’s totally unbelievable. The wife stabbing the husband is unbelievable. The wife watching illicit movies on the husband’s iPhone at a parent/teacher evening in a public changing room is unbelievable! The swingers club is unbelievable. It’s gilded garbage!