What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[PaulD]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

BRAINSCAN: Wasn't expecting much, but I really enjoyed this neat little B-movie with E Furlong as a kid mixed up in virtual reality. Has that late eighties /early ninties smoothness, but isn't as bland as I thought it might be, and boasts some nice stylistic flourishes like a giallo style killing. Apparently has quite a sizeable cult following, but I'd never heard of it before picking it up the other day. Good.

Haven't seen this since catching it late on Sky Movies years ago. Would be interested in seeing how it holds up as I remember really enjoying it in a throwaway sort of way.

[Beyond72]

Horror Star / The Frighteners

[trebor8273]

men in black 3.
horror express
street trash
miss congeniality

not films but watched some breaking bad and Frasier a show i can watch again and again and never get bored of

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Really glad you've only got to see this and thought it was the masterpiece I (and others) consider it to be. It's such a brilliant piece of filmmaking by del Toro – easily his best – and one which continues to impress with each viewing. I saw it at the cinema and thought it was so good I went back the next day where I was again moved to tears.

There's no doubt it's an excellent piece of filmmaking. What won me over was the fact that it didn't shrink away from the horror aspect. The ending teetered on the brink of sentimentality, but pulled back by being truthful and bleak... I watched on a bit of a downer, so ditto re the weepiness you mention.

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Haven't seen this since catching it late on Sky Movies years ago. Would be interested in seeing how it holds up as I remember really enjoying it in a throwaway sort of way.

Yes, 'throwaway' is right, a disposable but tasty morsel. Could've done with a bit more splatter, but then it was the early nineties - I always think genre cinema from back then was relatively anaemic. Anyway, it's well paced and never really bores, and was going for two quid when I got it in HMV the other day.

[Hawkmonger]

Motel Hell (Kevin Connor-1980): Well that was a bit good. Light on gore (yet not on evicerated limbs) but high on atmosphere, this is a mid ground slasher fair that has the twist that we know all along who the killers are. The question is why as they seem to be (mostly) sane. As I said, the atmosphere is great and the garden sequences actualy had me squerming. I'd happily shell out for a Bd of th-oh wait! 'One Pre-order later'


Next? I feel like watching Argo on friday.

[Demoncrat]

Cough showing someone Srpski either tonight or tomorrow. Wish me luck!!

[Hawkmonger]

Not seen the full film, but just watched 10 miunets of Project X with college freinds. Had to walk out of the room it was such a vulger film. Have no intention of watching the whole thing.

[trebor8273]

Just started to watch dredd on blu ray

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

There's no doubt it's an excellent piece of filmmaking. What won me over was the fact that it didn't shrink away from the horror aspect. The ending teetered on the brink of sentimentality, but pulled back by being truthful and bleak... I watched on a bit of a downer, so ditto re the weepiness you mention.

When you watch it more than once, you'll notice how the real world is represented in the fantasy world, with different architecture and different representations of monsters. Perhaps the most terrifying scene is when Captain Vidal meets the two poachers, casually beating one to death with a bottle before shooting the other and then berating the soldiers for not searching them properly.