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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 4640515, member: 2500"] Watched a couple of movies I'd never heard of this week and both were worthwhile. [B]In the Loop[/B] (2009, Prime). A black comedy about hawks v doves in the US and UK regarding a potential war brewing. Where the war is and what it's about doesn't really matter here. The movie is basically a thin plot that acts as a vehicle for lampooning the absurdity of the process in going about picking sides, as well as showcasing a torrent of vile, scathing, obscene and often extremely funny insults, many delivered by Peter Capaldi (Dr. Who) who is brilliant in this farce. Also stars David Rasche as a smug US conservative war hawk leading the charge to go to war, James Gandolfini as a US General who wishes to avoid it, Tom Hollander as a UK minister being manipulated by the press, and a strong cast playing subordinates who have to deal with the madness. I don't know if actually having more of a plot would've mattered here as it's simply the characters and the rapid-fire insults and obscenities that make the film. [B]You Kill Me[/B] (2007, Prime). Another take on the alcoholic hitman fails and tries to redeem himself trope, but it's well played. Ben Kingsley is the alcoholic hitman. He blows a chance to kill the head of the local Irish mob (Dennis Farina) because he gets drunk and passes out while waiting for the opportunity. Banished to another city and told to enter AA, Kingsley's character tries and repeatedly fails at staying sober, but during his brief periods of sobriety meets a woman who has issues with personal boundaries and they start a relationship. It's a fairly predictable plot, but the two leads make it work. Leoni delivers most of the laughs - I think she's one of the most underrated female comedic leads of the past 30 years and it's somewhat inexplicable why we haven't seen here in more comedies - while Kingsley plays things relatively straight. They're an oddball romantic pairing that doesn't seem like it would work, or could even happen, yet it does and you're happy it did. [/QUOTE]

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