Films Recently Watched

  On 5/30/2023 at 5:23 PM, T3551ER said:

Pretty great review of the new film here (spoilers abound, but I'm not sure it will actually makes a difference with a film like this): https://www.vox.com/culture/23733985/zone-interest-arendt-banality-review-canes-jonathan-glazer

The End of Violence, 1997

I kinda loved this one. It's like a weird noir about a movie producer who is kidnapped and a futuristic surveillance system run out of the Griffith Observatory to try to end violence in LA. Think of a cross between "Mulholland Drive," "Strange Days," "The Player," and maybe a soap opera. I watched the Siskel and Ebert review and they were pretty mixed. It ended up on Siskel's top 10 for the year list, but Ebert hated it. 

Just realised that the rebecca adaptation on netfux was directed by ben wheatley

  On 6/1/2023 at 5:30 PM, aderei said:

Just realised that the rebecca adaptation on netfux was directed by ben wheatley

he's been disappointing me very much lately but A Field in England will always have a special place in my heart...

rewatched kill list and damn... I loved it the 1st time but knowing how it ends kinda makes it pointless to watch again... except for the performance of the 2 main characters...

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead is also pretty good but I haven't seen watmm showing a lot of love for it...

Yeah, it's not very good at all. I see he's got the Meg 2 coming out shortly. Yowsers!

Anyone else a fan of this one?

  On 6/1/2023 at 7:10 PM, Silent Member said:

Yeah, it's not very good at all.

which one?

  On 6/1/2023 at 7:29 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Anyone else a fan of this one?

 

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I'm a fan of the book, never saw the movie.

FYI it was also made into a TV episode on Ray Bradbury theater - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0683206/?ref_=adv_li_tt

  On 6/1/2023 at 7:29 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Anyone else a fan of this one?

 

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Fucking looooove this. Indelible memories from childhood watching it, but even as an adult the scene where he's ripping out the pages of the book and talking about age/time... man, powerful stuff. 

Just watched Battle Royale again on Tubi. Really horrible dubbed version but I can look past that. One of my favorite movies. 

Peak Jeff Fahey, it's somewhat laughable now, but this was decades before limb transplants became a thing.

Across the Spider-verse. Insanely good!!!

Soundtrack is great as well. Daniel Pemberton has really outdone himself this time.

pretty good. damn shame what happened to the director, hope he recovers fully.

  On 6/4/2023 at 6:07 PM, iococoi said:

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I really like this guy's type of psy-thriller/horror... I know most of you don't...

Smile. wasn't as dumb as I thought it'd be but still pretty dumb. the multiple fakeouts and jump scares got old quickly. it's well-executed and with a solid lead performance at least, so maybe still worth one watch.

 edit: some goofy CG though, I lol'd hard when

  On 6/3/2023 at 8:55 AM, Pirtek said:

Across the Spider-verse. Insanely good!!!

  On 6/3/2023 at 1:31 PM, Pirtek said:

Soundtrack is great as well. Daniel Pemberton has really outdone himself this time.

Doubly agreed I really enjoyed it and I have no doubt it'll raise the bar for future animation.

Quite good creepy folk horror with Reece Shearsmith (League of Gentlemen / Inside No.9).  Great psychedelic sequences in this one, and pretty great for a low budget filmed during covid thing in the woods. On Netflix.  

Creepy / Kurîpî: Itsuwari no rinjin
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4900708/

creepy != crappy

  On 6/8/2023 at 10:11 PM, iococoi said:

Creepy / Kurîpî: Itsuwari no rinjin
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4900708/

creepy != crappy

 

everybody praises Cure and Pulse but I also liked this one quite a lot:

  On 6/8/2023 at 9:31 PM, Soloman Tump said:

Quite good creepy folk horror with Reece Shearsmith (League of Gentlemen / Inside No.9).  Great psychedelic sequences in this one, and pretty great for a low budget filmed during covid thing in the woods. On Netflix.  

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I'm gonna give it a 3rd try...

Watched Evil Dead Rise, it was ok I guess, some nice visuals, but I thought the insults/one liners should have been more disgusting and over the top, to make the violence land more effectively. Like "groupie whore" or whatever is a bit tame compared to "your mother sucks cocks in hell" or something, you know?

  On 5/31/2023 at 4:23 PM, Alcofribas said:

michael mann's "thief"

 

now THIS is a fucking movie. goddamn they do not make em like they used to. honestly a 10/10 film. great performances, great story, great music, great cinematography. so much of this stands out, stays with you. it feels so real. at one point i even said "thank you" aloud after a scene, just because it felt so satisfying to be seeing a real fucking movie. 

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Yes my dad loved this movie. He also loved Tangerine Dream, who did the soundtrack, I use to see the cd always lying around near the Hi-Fi. Oddly enough I've never seen it. I'll keep an eye out for it.