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Max the Movie Guy rated The Wolf's Call

 The Wolf's Call 5/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated Nocturama

 Nocturama 9/10

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FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★★½ NOTES: I’ve wanted to see this at the cinema for almost a whole decade. Last screened at the Barbican on what could have been Tezuka’s birthday in 2008, and screened again as part of Barbican’s Anime’s Human Machines season with the Life Rewired short Divided We Scroll and an intro review. The changeovers are inconvenient and only the scene where Pero confronts Atlas is anywhere close to ruined, but the rest of the print is as great as it could be. Also includes the TriStar logo, which in home media is replaced with Destination and a bunch of Japanese home video logos. DATE: September 29th 2019 CINEMA: Barbican Centre LOCATION: Barbican

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2019 list

SCREENING: 35mm, Anime’s Human Machines DATE: September 29th CINEMA: Barbican Centre LOCATION: Barbican SHORTS: Divided We Scroll (★★★★)

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Max the Movie Guy rated Divided We Scroll

 Divided We Scroll 8/10

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FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★ NOTES: There is little wrong with the projection up until the fifth reel besides muted colour, but still a lot of issues with this print. The singing in three of the musical numbers including the weasels’ was half as loud as the music and some frames were misplaced/sliced. The changeover to the third reel slightly distorted John Cleese’s speech with cuts and stutters. The fourth reel got off to a disastrous start, as the border was off position, leaving a thick black line down the middle of the screen. This only lasted one shot, and when the projectionist saw this they took the border off, so for a few minutes the film was projected from its top two thirds and the rest was on the floor. This was fixed in time for the train chase to commence when the projectionist put the border into its correct position and angled the print where it should be. However, the scene in which Rat and Mole are booted out was shaky, and the problem returned when the Nazi weasels were first seen getting wasted in Toad Hall right up to the very start of the credits. DATE: September 29th 2019 CINEMA: BFI LOCATION: Southbank

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2019 list

SCREENING: 35mm, Film Funday DATE: September 29th CINEMA: BFI LOCATION: Southbank

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Max the Movie Guy rated Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

 Mr. Toad's Wild Ride 6/10

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FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★★ NOTES: Took this print about ten-ish minutes to get good regardless of the changeovers. Several frames were sliced, but nothing that would taint the soundtrack. Changeovers were messy, and the print got really scratchy as it reached the end of the credits, but those did not matter either. DATE: September 28th 2019 CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: London

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2019 list

SCREENING: 35mm DATE: September 28th CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: West End

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Max the Movie Guy rated The Straight Story (1999)

 The Straight Story (1999) 10/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated Louise by the Shore

 Louise by the Shore 8/10

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UK RELEASE: October 11th 2019 HOW I SAW IT: iTunes (USA) WHEN I SAW IT: September 27th 2019

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the home list

UK RELEASE: March 6th 2020 HOW I SAW IT: iTunes (USA) WHEN I SAW IT: September 27th 2019

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2019 list

SCREENING: Raindance Film Festival DATE: September 27th CINEMA: Vue LOCATION: Piccadilly

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Max the Movie Guy rated Family in Transition

 Family in Transition 8/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated Teen Titans Go! Vs. Teen Titans

 Teen Titans Go! Vs. Teen Titans 7/10

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the theatre list

DATE: September 26th 2019 THEATRE: Victoria Palace Theatre LOCATION: Victoria

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Max the Movie Guy rated Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Explicit]

 Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Explicit] 6/10

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2019 list

SCREENING: Skype Q&A (Josephine Mackerras), Raindance Film Festival DATE: September 25th CINEMA: Vue LOCATION: Piccadilly

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Max the Movie Guy rated Alice

 Alice 9/10

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FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★★ NOTES: This print was discovered at the last minute. It’s grainy and dirty in a way that feels perfect for the film, the metaphors especially, and having not seen the film in so many years it was occasionally hard for me to tell towards the beginning if there was a blotch of dirt or just another one of Edward Norton’s subliminal hallucinations of Tyler. The “cigarette burn” cues were messy enough for the audience to have an idea, and the scene where Tyler robs a newsagent was tampered with by a very visible frame cut and several consecutively damaged frames. A flaw that is completely inexcusable, however, is that some of the subliminal cocks have been cut out including the last one. DATE: September 23rd 2019 CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: London

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2019 list

SCREENING: 35mm DATE: September 23rd CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: West End

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2019 list

SCREENING: Q&A (Mark Burton), Film Funday DATE: September 22nd CINEMA: BFI LOCATION: Southbank

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FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★½ NOTES: Clean in most parts, damaged in others, particularly during the changeovers. The frame cuts do little harm to the dialogue except when the Monstars bully Tweety. The damage when MJ is first seen at baseball is quite brutal for several seconds; although if I remember correctly, a few frames were either severely scratched or written on. DATE: September 21st 2019 CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: London

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2019 list

SCREENING: 35mm DATE: September 21st CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: West End

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