What Films Have You Seen Recently? - Page 1600

bizarre_eye@Cult Labs · #**15991** 6th September 2012, 06:03 PM

Recent viewings:

Justin101 · #**15992** 6th September 2012, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Rik

Carrie-I haven't watched this in years and today was the first time I'd watched it upscaled using my blu ray player, with exceptional results I might add. This is easily Brian De Palma's greatest film and one of the best Stephen King adaptions, of which there are far more bad than good(The Shining anybody...). The end scene right from the start of the slow-mo action is one of the finest scenes ever in a horror film and the performances from Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie were definitely worthy of their Oscar nominations.
I've never seen the sequel, is it at least worth a rental?

I watched Carrie on Netflix the other week and was blown away by it, watching it as an adult rather than a teenager I took more away from it, De Palma is a great film maker - I marked it 4.5/5 on Letterboxd because I thought the first 20-30 mins were way too pervy haha.

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**15993** 6th September 2012, 09:35 PM

Paris When it Sizzles (1963)

A screenwriter out of ideas, and a deadline in three days enlists the help of his secretary to concoct ideas.

A hugely entertaining film in which William Holden and Audrey Hepburn sparkle as the screenwriter and secretary, both stars seem to play well off each other and gel perfectly. The film plays with the ideas of screenwriting, employing many of its techniques as the film hurtles along at breakneck speed without actually going anywhere.

The clever script by George Axelrod encompases everything from car chases and fist fights to fleeing horses and vampires, and has fun with its many guest stars such as Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich, Mel Ferrer and in an uncredited large cameo as "cop number two with an unspeaking role" which naturally means he never shuts up, Tony Curtis.

keirarts · #**15994** 6th September 2012, 10:02 PM

The Raid.

Enjoyable ultra-violent slice of no-nonsense old-school action. Any more stabbings and it would feel like stepping out my front door! Highly entertaining.

How I spent my summer vaction.

Hmm decent enough but unmemerable mel gibson movie. Nothing really wrong (aside from the main star being a bit of a wanker) just not really great either.

Night of the lepus.

Giant bunnies and Deforest kelly, not much more you could ask for in a movie really.

Pete · #**15995** 6th September 2012, 10:52 PM

BLUE TORNADO (Antonio Bido, 1991) - A movie which can't decide whether it wants to be a drama, an action thriller or science fiction film. Really poor and a waste of adecent-ish cast (Dirk Benedict, Patsy Kensit, David Warner, Ted McGinley (Al Bundy's Next door neighbour Jefferson), and the guy who plays the Terminator in Mattei's SHOCKING DARK)

THE FORGOTTEN PISTOLERO (Ferdinando Baldi, 1969) - Solid SW which is really well shot and has a excellent score by Roberto Pregadio. Also features one of the most beautiful actresses I've seen in a long time.

SUPER (James Gunn, 2010) - Great fun, Ellen Page is 'super' sexy in it.

Frankie Teardrop · #**15996** 7th September 2012, 01:06 AM

GHOSTWATCH - The infamous BBC pseudomentary from 1992, which was massively controversial at the time for convincing the nation that the likes of Michael Parkinson and Craig Charles were really at the centre of a supernatural maelstrom. I've seen it a couple of times over the years but decided to give it another go as I basically couldn't remember much of what went on. I was really quite impressed on viewing it tonight, because, although some things didn't really work or seemed a bit clunky (the direct depictions of weird stuff, the 'this is really happening' posturing), I did catch a real vibe of looming unease, mostly stemming from anticipation of bad shit happening but also connected with the gradual emergence of the house's eerie back story, the dodgy undercurrents ("stop touching me" said the little girl to the nasty ghost) and the notion of an evil spreading out into the nation via the telecommunications network. Having said all this, the spookiest bit for me was watching Parkinson alone in the studio at the very end, clearly a man adrift. There were intrigueing echos of Nigel Kneale at points, and I actually think 'Ghostwatch' is a very worthy successor to 'The Stone Tape' and other highlights of weird UK TV. Was waiting for C Charles to transform into some kind of demonic rapist, but it didn't happen.

the blob · #**15997** 7th September 2012, 02:34 AM

Just watched DJANGO in Italian for the first time. Always found it strange watching a western set in America in Italian and have watched it plenty of times in English but this was way way better and much more convincing.