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MrBarlow 5th April 2021 08:37 PM

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The Crucifixion. 2017.

American journalist Nicole looks in to the story a nun who died during a exorcism in Romania.

Based on the true story that happened in 2005, this film takes a deep look and pairing of the journalist and a priest who try to find answers and beliefs that a demon was able to go from one host to another. this was a bit like The Exorcism of Emily Rose, a priest on trial for murder during a exorcism and people slowly finding religion. There was suspense during the film and some predictable jump scares but this was a decent film to watch, there is good acting and some good cinematography involved. Worth a watch.

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Demdike@Cult Labs 5th April 2021 10:47 PM

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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

How do you rate a film like this? A film that in no way could ever be as good or groundbreaking as the first two films in the series - The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Realistically you can't because in no way does it compare to either. In fact it's not as good as the underrated Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, however it does come out favorably compared to the two later movies - 2009's Salvation and 2015's Genisys. Thankfully what Dark Fate does do right is ignore anything that happened after T2 and is happily a sequel to that 1991 classic.

For me it commits the crime that all CGI heavy blockbusters do nowadays, be it Marvel, Fast and Furious or whatever by throwing literally everything at the screen assaulting the viewer in what are now almost cartoon like action set pieces and this film commits that crime with it's big finale. A finale that doesn't come close in my opinion to a freeway set piece much earlier in the movie and it in itself is a mess when compared to the driving set pieces in Judgment Day and Rise of the Machines.

The films other issue for me is that bar an early appearance that lasts just a few seconds the main reason i have for watching these films, their star Arnold Schwarzenegger, doesn't show up for an hour, but when he does the film becomes so much more compulsive viewing. Schwarzenegger may be getting on a bit these days but he's still a superstar and very much a screen presence, in fact so much more than anyone else in this film including Linda Hamilton although she's also very good and their scenes together are always captivating.

Of the other main actors, Mackenzie Davis and Natalia Reyes were fine but Diego Lunas as the big bad Rev-9 Terminator had me longing for Robert Patrick from T2 who played a similar role with far more steely determination and a stronger fear factor. I'm not even going to go into the John Connor debate. Let's just say that due to the current climate the pandering to diversity wins out over actual plot development.

I didn't dislike this film at all, in fact i rather enjoyed it and much preferred it to the other cartoon like blockbuster movies i've watched recently (Birds of Prey and Wonder Woman 1984) but it doesn't hold a candle to the first two films and makes me wonder if i'll ever return to it when i could watch two stone cold classics instead.

MrBarlow 5th April 2021 10:55 PM

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Don't Leave Home. 2018.

Artist Melanie creates sculptures based on missing people, she is hired by a Irish painter to do sculpture on a religious artifact that he once painted for a family and their daughter who mysteriously disappeared.

This was a intriguing little number, there is no gore or violence, just based on somewhat haunting psychology and more what is real and what is imaginary, like looking into some one's nightmare. The film is very slow paced but does pay off in the end, with some decent acting from the main cast, this is definitely one to watch with no distractions and a open mind.

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Dave Boy 6th April 2021 07:53 AM

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MAD MAX 2 (1981)

Excellent sequel. You know, when watching this movie I began thinking of the time when action sequences like in this movie were filmed for real.
Real stunts, car crashes, fire and explosions. The huge explosion of the refinary was awesome. The time and effort to rig that explosion. There is no way now that would be filmed for real, it would be CGI.
Some movies I have seen, you can tell straight away that it is CGI fire or an explosion.
Like the original movie, all real driving stunts and crashes..
What the hell has happened to modern movie making? "sigh"

trebor8273 6th April 2021 07:53 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeyIodpVQs4

A archaeologist along with his daughter are hunted by a group of Gargoyles after stealing a skull and a corpse. Obviously made for tv and despite it's short comings I enjoyed it. Watch out for a young Scott Glenn in a early role.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6enhzzeK6l0

Enjoyed it more than I thought I would, not as good as the original but enjoyable , here it's straight out horror with none of little comedy. Biggest changes are too the Evil Ed character whom is quite annoying and unlikable here and Peter Vincent is now a Vegas showman/ illusionist. Watch out for Chris Sarandon in a cameo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUjZHFNMlOM

After a tragic fire at a local bar , a number of bizzare and gruesome deaths take place . Nothing great but enjoyable enough .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK0SizOkbF4

Gordons professional career is cut short just before he is about to be sent too the major leagues. He is soon approached to coach the Ducks once again whom are representing America in the junior goodwill games, new members are added to the team which have to learn to get along but the greatest threat to them is the Icelandic team. Think I liked this more than the first.


Next up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRTTDv8E0tE

Demdike@Cult Labs 6th April 2021 09:43 PM

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Deadly Friend (1986)

A lesser effort from director Wes Craven in that it's not as popular as say A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes and of course Scream, but Deadly Friend is still a whole lot of fun.

The film follows teenage computer genius Matthew Laborteaux, as he transplants a hard drive of a sadly destroyed robot (Think Johnny 5 levels of awesomeness) into the brain of his girlfriend, accidentally killed by her abusive father. Kristy Swanson plays the girl who then goes on a neighbourhood killing spree.

This seems like Craven's riff on both Frankenstein and the previous years Re-Animator with it's ideas and whilst it lacks a little in genuine scares there's a lot to enjoy here, especially one of the craziest kill sequences in 80's horror as Swanson does away with a nasty crone across the street using a basketball, and it all culminates in a wild finale in a morgue.

gag 6th April 2021 10:14 PM

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Deadly Friend (1986)

A lesser effort from director Wes Craven in that it's not as popular as say A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes and of course Scream, but Deadly Friend is still a whole lot of fun.

The film follows teenage computer genius Matthew Laborteaux, as he transplants a hard drive of a sadly destroyed robot (Think Johnny 5 levels of awesomeness) into the brain of his girlfriend, accidentally killed by her abusive father. Kristy Swanson plays the girl who then goes on a neighbourhood killing spree.

This seems like Craven's riff on both Frankenstein and the previous years Re-Animator with it's ideas and whilst it lacks a little in genuine scares there's a lot to enjoy here, especially one of the craziest kill sequences in 80's horror as Swanson does away with a nasty crone across the street using a basketball, and it all culminates in a wild finale in a morgue.

Wes Craven made a few lesser films but just as enjoyable in they’re on way.

MrBarlow 6th April 2021 10:51 PM

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Amityville: The Awakening. 2017.

Joan a single mother moves to 112 Ocean Avenue house with her two daughters and comatose son, Joan is aware of what happened in the house 40 years prior, soon her oldest daughter Belle discovers the secret and what may be her mother's intentions of living there.

This was a strange one with the plot, I thought this was a sequel yet it mentions both original and remake of the film, it seems like the house was empty after The Lutz family fled and by passes the sequels that were made, even at the start when we see the inside of the house you know all hell is going break loose.

Jennifer Jason Leigh plays Joan who is desperate for her son to get well and tries to do what any parent would do and be closer to the best help for her child. This was a lot better than the spin off movies I watched earlier this year with some good jumps scenes added in and some good visual effects, worth a watch.

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gag 6th April 2021 10:55 PM

Run Netflix

This has been getting decent and reasonable reviews online, IMDb, letterboxd etc,

A nifty little thriller about a mums love for her daughter, only a little too much.
Her daughter was born prematurely, fast forward 17yrs Chloe wheelchair bound with lots of health problems ( the girl who plays Chloe kiera Allen uses a wheelchair in real life first person for that type of role with the disability in 70yrs)
It also helps with the suspense and atmosphere in the film,
She is the second female wheelchair-using actress to star in a suspense film. The first was Susan Peters in 1948..
It's slowly paced we'll made and acted and the music score helps give it suspense, tension, and atmosphere, something happens that makes Chloe suspect that her mums up to / or hiding something, it then becomes like a cat and mouse of Chloe trying to find out what? There's a few elements of Stephen king style of misery in it, but can't say much more without giving the storyline away, but it's definitely a film that's recommend and shines above vast majority of films today.

Graveyard 7th April 2021 03:46 PM

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This is a kind of hammer movie, I didn't expect to see. A nice thriller with a acid jazz soundtrack.

The main character can be a little annoying sometimes, but still worth a watch.

Demdike@Cult Labs 7th April 2021 04:11 PM

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Someone's Watching Me! (1978)

Considered John Carpenter's lost movie, this 1978 made for tv affair was the directors first work with Adrienne Barbeau who would go on to be a Carpenter regular during the eighties.

Unfortunately for me this film didn't work at all. It feels like a Channel 5 Monday afternoon production and holds little in the way of suspense and no blood whatsoever. Lauren Hutton heads the film but i didn't find her convincing as the woman in peril from a mysterious stalker.

The film lacked any of Carpenters flourishes and was severely crying out for one of his compositions to give the film a layer of class in the Hitchcock tradition.

Last night was a second viewing for me and to be honest it didn't engage me at all. The ten minute interview with Carpenter as an extra feature on the disc was more satisfying than the film itself.

Inspector Abberline 7th April 2021 09:42 PM

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Young Frankenstein...(1974)
Probably Mel Brooks best parody,and it's sending up of The Universal monster movie genre is pretty pitch perfect...It's full of memorable scenes,and chock-full off brilliant performances...But for me the true star of the film is Marty Feldman, although I have to say that subsequent films he made have left me flat,and worst of all he didn't even die on a high note,as his last movie, YellowBeard (1983) (a Graham Chapman vanity project) was in my eyes bloody awful, considering all the talent involved...Gene Wilder is also marvellous,his constant frustration with the pronunciation of his name is brilliant, mixed with his frustration with the incompetent Igor who seems oblivious to his ever moving hump...
DeepStar Six...(1989)
Under water Alien rip off that's slick and fast moving,but takes far too long to get to the monster action...And for a Sean S Cunningham picture you would of expected a bit more gore and such like...But it does have a cool looking monster, even if it does take it's time in getting going....High five to Miguel Ferrer as Snyder the snivelling back stabbing coward, every film need's one...
Leviathan*(1989).
Under water Alien/The Thing rip off that's slick and fast moving,and has plenty of mutating,goey rubber monster action...It seems anybody working in the ocean back in the late 1980s was probably going to get eaten or mirge with some sort of Lovecraftian Dacon type sea munster...Nice seeing Peter Weller in the Sigorneay Weaver role...Daniel Stern is Buzz 'Sixpack' Parrish who is the snivelling annoying prankster who gets his comupence early on...
Porno Holocaust (1981)
Do you ever ask yourself why are you watching a film...Who exactly was this films audience,if you are into watching porn,do you really need a plot, story,why even bother with location shooting....Joe D'Amato manages to make sex and horror seem like the dullest thing on the planet, not even the actors having sex seem like there enjoying themselves...At least Pedro in Emanuelle in America was probably having fun,if anyone had bothered to ask him......

Nosferatu@Cult Labs 8th April 2021 10:36 AM

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) ★★★★

I probably hadn't seen this in about 30 years, but I watched it a few times when I was younger (I think I saw it at the cinema) and it felt both familiar and fresh.

The film has aged very well with the visual effects and clever use of super-sized scenery to create a genuine sense of wonder and exhilaration. Compared to some modern films, its 93-minute running time is relatively short, but it zips along at a good pace with clever, energetic direction from Joe Johnson, and a brilliant score by James Horner.

The characters may be somewhat clichéd, but they are all well written and brought to life with committed and engaging performances from the entire cast, by Rick Moranis, Kristine Sutherland, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Thomas Wilson Brown, Jared Rushton, Amy O'Neill, and Robert Oliveri. From the adults to the children, they are all very good and there isn’t a weak link.

Despite the film feeling somewhat predictable, it still has a genuine sense of danger and excitement. It's a great family film that has stood the test of time – it's still enjoyable after multiple viewings across several decades. It will probably continue to entertain children and adults alike many years from now.


Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) ★★

There is a lot of comedy potential in a toddler the size of a grizzly bear in the suburbs or walking around a city like a babyish Godzilla. It's a shame that none of it is in this film.

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997) ★½

This threequel suffers from a tired concept and casting problems, with Rick Moranis the only actor from the first two films to appear.

It is notable for an early screen appearance by Mila Kunis in a small role and the scene in which a teenage girl lectures a boy about the importance of consent in romantic/sexual situations is commendable and ahead of its time.

Dave Boy 8th April 2021 05:41 PM

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DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1966)
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Hammer double bill. It was great watching the movies like this. Excellent evening of entertainment.
A big shout out to Barbara Shelley in DPD. She is just great. The character of Helen was someone we could all agree with on the many occations that she expressed her fear of going in to the castle and the warning of Father Sandor.
She was the voice of reason and the only real sensible one out of the lot of them!

trebor8273 8th April 2021 06:13 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtYV9pRu8gg


That was chore too watch. It's obvious it's made for tv and it shows no tension and as scary as Scooby Doo.

The Amityville House is exorcised but the evil of the house hides in the world's most horrid and evil looking lamp. Which ends up in a home of woman's mother whom moves in after her husband's death and of course strange things happening and flys appear. BORING , and you just want to slap the mother into a coma. We have Aron Eisenberg (Nog from deep space 9) in a early role, we have another star trek connection the grandmother is the same actress who played spocks mother in the original series and the the star trek the voyage home and that's about the most interesting thing about this film. It's put me off watch the other films after this.

nicholasrope 8th April 2021 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by trebor8273 (Post 649296)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeyIodpVQs4

A archaeologist along with his daughter are hunted by a group of Gargoyles after stealing a skull and a corpse. Obviously made for tv and despite it's short comings I enjoyed it. Watch out for a young Scott Glenn in a early role.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6enhzzeK6l0

Enjoyed it more than I thought I would, not as good as the original but enjoyable , here it's straight out horror with none of little comedy. Biggest changes are too the Evil Ed character whom is quite annoying and unlikable here and Peter Vincent is now a Vegas showman/ illusionist. Watch out for Chris Sarandon in a cameo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUjZHFNMlOM

After a tragic fire at a local bar , a number of bizzare and gruesome deaths take place . Nothing great but enjoyable enough .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK0SizOkbF4

Gordons professional career is cut short just before he is about to be sent too the major leagues. He is soon approached to coach the Ducks once again whom are representing America in the junior goodwill games, new members are added to the team which have to learn to get along but the greatest threat to them is the Icelandic team. Think I liked this more than the first.


Next up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRTTDv8E0tE

I have a soft spot for The Ducks Movies.

Demdike@Cult Labs 8th April 2021 10:39 PM

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Hugo (2011)

Martin Scorsese's glorious love letter to the birth of cinema. Uplifting, touching and joyous, this is a near perfect family film. Beginning as a mystery / fantasy film due as much to it's lush visuals and amazing soundscapes as the story, the film slowly but surely transforms itself into a classy take on the history of the earliest days of silent cinema and one film maker - Georges Méliès - wonderfully portrayed by Ben Kingsley - in particular.

Hugo isn't a film to simply watch. It's a film to get lost in, to allow yourself to be swept away by a piece of cinema unlike anything that's been on our screens for more than half a century. As Hugo says at one point "Movies are our special place." and Hugo the film, celebrates this.

Highly recommended

nosferatu42 8th April 2021 11:37 PM

Nice review Dem, good film, I saw it on TV a while back and was captivated.

Although i really wanted your review to say....

"As Hugo says at one point "Movies are our special place." and Hugo the film certainly touched my special place.":lol:

:behindsofa:

Demoncrat 9th April 2021 07:02 AM

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This is a kind of hammer movie, I didn't expect to see. A nice thriller with a acid jazz soundtrack.

The main character can be a little annoying sometimes, but still worth a watch.

Her wig is the sore thumb for me ahem. Apart from that, it's a firm favourite in this lair :nod:

MrBarlow 9th April 2021 10:34 AM

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The Bourne Identity. 2002.

A man is recovered from the sea with two bullets in his back and no memory on who he is, yet he is being hunted down with a female who are trying to kill him, he soon regains some memory and finds out he is a U.S. Spy called Jason Bourne.

This is one of those movies that makes a action thriller very tense, Matt Damon seemed to come out of a shell with some decent fighting moves and proving that a pen can be deadlier than a sword. Here he has to figure who he is and why people are hunting him and a girl called Marie who he met. There is good car chases with involving mini cooper and some good decent shoot outs, although I have never read the books I have been told the movies do deviate from the source novel, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox and Clive Owen co star and bring some great acting.

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MrBarlow 9th April 2021 10:45 AM

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The Bourne Supremecy. 2004.

Jason and Marie are living a quiet existence, until Marie is shot, now Jason finds out he is being framed and sets out and find who has shattered his life.

I'm not sure if this is better or weaker than than the first film, it does seem to go slightly off course from the story then back on again, this is where you see Matt Damon take out a guy with a rolled up magazine, gotta learn how to do that. The camera work looks a bit amatuerish and shaky in some bits that motion sickness almost becomes second nature. The action sequences were well choreographed and have a high packed adrenaline rush that you are almost screaming at the t.v. Joan Allen steps in this time and seems to know how to control a situation except keep a leash on Bourne and proves to be a enemy for him, forgot Karl Urban made a decent part as a assassin.

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MrBarlow 9th April 2021 10:59 AM

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The Bourne Ultimatium. 2007.

Journalist Simon Ross uncovers a project that Bourne recognises and sets up a meeting, when Ross is gunned down, Jason tries to piece together his past and goes in search of how he become who he is now, while the C.I.A are trying to stop him.

This is defiantly making up for the previous film, it's like that was good this one will be better and certainly was, this one has more cat and mouse games and basically Bourne able to play mind games with those persuing him. From start to finish the pacing of the film sets everything right with some good intense moments especially in London with Paddy Considine as reporter Simon Ross. The fight scenes just seem to get better and better even in some enclosed spaces behind a shop, at least we get to see parts of Bourne's past that shows us who he was.

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Demdike@Cult Labs 9th April 2021 04:44 PM

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Wings of Danger (1952)

Utterly forgettable Noir style thriller from Hammer directed by Terence Fisher and starring Zachary Scott.

In fact it was so forgettable i had to look it up in Fisher's biog to type this as i'd forgotten what the hell it was even called. I would love to go into detail about it but i can't. All i can recall was that it was extremely talky and... Well, that's about it really.

Demoncrat 9th April 2021 07:58 PM

Living Among Us (2018, Brian A Metcalf)

Vampires are real? Get a film crew over there STAT! :lol:
Found footage works best without the curse of knowledge, so having James Russo, John Heard and Bill Sadler in yer flick sorta works against it imho.

Meet the faaaaamily. Welcome to our lovely home, no cobwebs or coffins for US.
There being no tension whatsoever ... they are bloodsuckers cough.
So get on with it. Badly paced and poorly written I can handle. Lazy ... I can't.

Demdike@Cult Labs 9th April 2021 10:20 PM

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On the Beach (1959)

An utterly devastating end of the world drama as US Naval commander Gregory Peck and his nuclear submarine land in Australia, the only place on earth seemingly not affected by the nuclear fallout of WWIII.
He meets the lovely Ava Gardner and a romance develops before Peck and his crew set out on an exploratory mission to see what the west coast of the USA is like following what seems like a message in Morse code from San Diego.

When the term 'post apocalyptic movie' is bandied about we generally think of months if not years after the end of the world scenario but On the Beach plays out in the more or less instant aftermath. The scenes of lifeless San Francisco streets are eerie as hell itself and reminded me of the opening to The last Man on Earth, albeit a film made some four years after this.

The opening hour offers hope as we get to know Peck, Gardner, Anthony Perkins, Fred Astaire and Dona Anderson as they go about life as normally as possible and at first i thought spending this long with these people before the movie really begins was fairly uneventful but come the end it's clear why we saw this because it makes the final twenty minutes all the more traumatic and distressing. I'm pretty sure had it gone on any longer i would have been in floods of tears.

On the Beach is a movie i really didn't see coming and it hits hard. Had i watched it last year in the midst of this pandemic i think i'd have bawled my eyes out.

Frankie Teardrop 10th April 2021 03:05 PM

More bits of Shudder -

THE RANGER – Punks versus The Man (in the form of Forest Ranger) in this slasher throwback. I liked it, it’s angling for something slightly quirkier than the norm and you do get a pretty good sense of the eighties / nineties underground, at least to the extent that it could ever play out within the confines of a very cheap wilderness-based horror flick. It doesn’t quite flow the way it might, but something about the characters and the setting made for an absorbing watch. There’s a bit of gore and a lead actress with a really haunting look.

FINGERS – Another keeper, ‘Fingers’ starts off with the vaguely Lynchian tribulations of a company boss who can’t stand physical deformity and ends as a kind of post ‘Blood Simple’ crime caper about the crashing mechanism of human communication. Obviously, some dude gets his fingers cut off at various points. American Indie through and through, with ‘The Battery’s Jeremy Gardner as a shrill hit-man.

SLAXX – The weighty issues of global capital and postcolonial exploitation squeeze themselves into the skinny comedy horror-flick that is ‘Slaxx’, which delivers a fair amount of silly gore but obviously wants us to know that its heart’s in the right place. Fairly amusing when satirising the internal dynamics of its setting, a local fashion emporium which seems more Primark than Versace, but I didn’t quite know what to make of those disembodied jeans showboating their Bhangra moves. Then again, I never said that big themes and trashy horror weren’t compatible.

THE SUMMER OF 84 – A latter-day riff on eighties flicks – who saw that coming? No, but this is very well done actually, and takes the ‘suburban adolescent gang’ trope in a decidedly un-nostalgic direction as a bunch of kids investigate a local copper’s potential murder spree. Good production values, poignant and well-observed, surprisingly nihilistic by the end, great synth soundtrack. From the directors of ‘Turbo Kid’.

THE FURIES – Abductees in a forest, on the run from nasty men in horror masks, try not to get slashed. I liked ‘The Furies’, it felt somehow like a better made, more cinematic version of a much cheaper kind of film. It also tries to combine reasonably brutal gore with a sort-of gender oppression narrative, although I’m not certain whether this apparent attempt at thoughtfulness comes across with any real sincerity. With sci-fi bits and some questionable performances. Closest thing I’ve seen to a modern exploitation film in a while.

SPIRAL – A gay couple head for nineties smalltown America, hoping for a new start after the big city – Reagan-era attitudes and homophobia might be less of a problem than the local satanists. ‘Spiral’ slowly and surely builds an atmosphere of suburban dread – and then nearly crashes with a couple of obvious plot manoeuvres and rubbish ‘horror moments’. It gets it right in the end, but the great momentum of ‘Spiral’s initial shadowy trajectory doesn’t quite pay off.

Demoncrat 10th April 2021 07:59 PM

I keep seeing posts about this Slaxx .... which is duly noted in this case as always F!! :hail::hail::hail:

gag 10th April 2021 08:29 PM

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I keep seeing posts about this Slaxx .... which is duly noted in this case as always F!! :hail::hail::hail:

Slaxxs looks like a Mickey take in fabric style, in Fabric is one of my fav films in recent years.

Demoncrat 10th April 2021 08:53 PM

White Star (1983, Roland Klick)

Dennis Hopper and David Hess in Berlin?
Managing a synth pop hopeful??
Yes, really!!!! :laugh:
I do find 'em. Dennis still a bit unsober here tbh, some fun to be had etc etc.
The erstwhile "star" is a tad bland and the film just sort of tumbles along, but I've sat through far worse. Reminiscent of the late night oddities that used to turn up on 4 tbh .... :nod:

MrBarlow 10th April 2021 09:32 PM

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The Bourne Legacy. 2012.

With Treadstone and Blacl Briar been declared obsolete and exposed by Simon Ross, the C.I.A AND N.S.A. decide to shut down everything and kill off their members, one has survived and seeks out a doctor who helped him.

I have held off watching the rest of the Bourne films after the first three as this didn't seem like a decent installment, it goes back to Ultimatum and shows where this one starts off and we are introduced to Aaron Cross who seems to be on survival training only to be allegedly wiped out and seems very upset at that. Rachel Weisz plays the pharmaceutical doctor who provides the tablets that enhance everything in the human body and becomes a target.

What I liked about this one it has a good bike chase through the streets of Thailand and the painful outcome of the bad guy chasing the hero's, that defiantly had to hurt though and the fast paced from start to finish with some tense moments and some good acting from Edward Norton and Stacey Keach. What this film lacked was some decent fight scenes, we got one or two that lasted seconds where as Matt Damon was able to make it last a bit longer, like the previous ones I will go back and watch again, gonna take a chance on Jason Bourne 2016.

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Demdike@Cult Labs 10th April 2021 11:19 PM

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The Fox and the Child (2007)

A girl becomes friends with a fox in the French Alps and they go on little adventures together until the entitled brat thinks she can put a leash on it and take it home. To be fair it's only the last couple of acts where she becomes an irritant, she was perfectly acceptable until then.

Beautifully filmed and photographed almost fairy tale like charmer of a movie. If you enjoy films such as The Bear, Fly Away Home and this directors March of the Penguins then i'm sure you'll like this.

iank 11th April 2021 12:27 AM

Top Secret! Val Kilmer is an 80s pop sensation dragged into espionage while touring East Germany. This mid 80s spoof comedy from the makers of Airplane! and The Naked Gun movies isn't as famous as those but is still very, very funny and perpetually rewatchable, with all the gags and lunacy that you'd expect. :nod:

Demoncrat 11th April 2021 02:07 AM

Chocolate Mousse :pound:

REWATCH :nod:

Inspector Abberline 11th April 2021 07:15 AM

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The Fox and the Child (2007)

A girl becomes friends with a fox in the French Alps and they go on little adventures together until the entitled brat thinks she can put a leash on it and take it home. To be fair it's only the last couple of acts where she becomes an irritant, she was perfectly acceptable until then.

Beautifully filmed and photographed almost fairy tale like charmer of a movie. If you enjoy films such as The Bear, Fly Away Home and this directors March of the Penguins then i'm sure you'll like this.

Unfortunately I find this scenario highly unlikely,and I would worry for the child's health,foxes can carry intestinal worms, flukes, lungworm, heartworm, ticks, mites, fleas, protozoans, bacteria and fungi. Some of those of greatest concern owing to them being zoonoses (i.e. can be transferred to humans) include Toxocara canis (dog roundworm), Echinococcus multilocularis (hyatid worm).....also a friend of mine tried to stroke a fox once and was nearly bitten....also they attack chicken coops.....I once saw a farmer chase one through a pub car park with a shovel..(the farmer had the shovel not the fox)

Demdike@Cult Labs 11th April 2021 12:14 PM

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

The very last movie watched on my Cambridge dvd player of eleven years. And what a way to go out!

Trick r' Treat director Michael Dougherty really knows how to frame a shot and although the movie is a CGI FX fest Dougherty gets so much more out of the medium than the majority of blockbuster directors. How best to describe it?

Godzilla: King of Monsters is like every great heavy metal album cover from the 80's brought to life in a motion picture. It was an absolute joy for these eyes to take in. I haven't seen the first Godzilla film but understand there wasn't much monster action during the first half, well that's rectified here with the monsters or 'Titans' as they are referred to, in action from the beginning of this two hour film. All the titans looked impressive especially the three headed King Ghidorah and of course Godzilla himself.

For what in other less capable hands i'd be suggesting this was a CGI shitfest this movie has a strong cast of acting talent such as Vera Farmiga, Zhang Ziyi, The West Wing's Bradley Whitford, Charles Dance who is seemingly morphing into Christopher Lee in his later years and the always excellent Ken Watanabe, meaning all the scenes without Titans are as engrossing as those with.

I really wasn't sure what i'd make of this movie but took a chance on it and it was a chance well worth taking. I loved it.

nosferatu42 11th April 2021 12:54 PM

I quite liked the first Godzilla, but it was a bit too dark at points and needed a bit more monster action, i also enjoyed that Kong, Skull Island job but this one was my favourite, as long as there's some cool monster action i'm happy, i don't go into a Godzilla film expecting an amazing story.

Really want to see the new one but when i looked it was about 15 quid to rent, at that price they can fack orf.:pop2:

Susan Foreman 11th April 2021 12:59 PM

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I quite liked the first Godzilla, but it was a bit too dark at points

That's because, being made in 1954, it was made in black and white!


Frankie Teardrop 11th April 2021 01:20 PM

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Slaxxs looks like a Mickey take in fabric style, in Fabric is one of my fav films in recent years.

If only it had a shred of Peter Strickland's imagination and sense of the weird... it's more like something silly from the nineties with a bit of 'contemporary attitude'. I suppose I do commend it for trying to take on the weighty issue of The West's ugly corporate dominion... in the context of living jeans with a thirst for blood, though.

Demoncrat 11th April 2021 02:27 PM

Noted F. I may watch with that Craft remake :lol:

Masochistic Demon :nod::laugh:

MrBarlow 11th April 2021 06:04 PM

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Jason Bourne. 2016.

When Nicky Parsons hacks into the C.I.A. database and retrieves information, C.I.A. Director Dewey puts a trace on Parsons that will draw out Jason from hiding and soon he finds things relating to his past and his father.

This may not be the best entry to the film's franchise but it's not horrible, Matt Damon steps back in the shoes of Bourne who seemed to come to agreement with himself as to who he is and living off the grid quite happily being in underground fights. Tommy Lee Jones plays Director Dewey who creates his own agenda with others around him who want to bring Bourne in but Dewy wants him out. The film does lack the tension the previous film had but does make up with some high octane action sequences, aswell as being some fast paced it's like the film makers tried to cram everything in for the running time with pieces not making much sense.

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