Watched A Better Tomorrow,works very good both as action film and drama,highly enjoyable!! |
watched Bad Teacher. hahaha. felt it went for the mush at the end though, ho hum. as mate has expressed interest in that ol' family favourite Philosophy of a Knife, might dig that out as well, but am more interested in rewatching Motel Hell, as it's easily been 20 years since i saw it last cant remember if i raved about The Beast in Space (XXX) as these painkillers are effective but WOW, twas a big hit on friday as id only hinted at the nature of said movie.....easily the "best" of "Al Bradley"'s spag scifi (with or without the humping) i truly cannot begin to describe this galactic romp, though suffice to say i now prefer it to SW:laugh::laugh::laugh: if only for the scene in the bar where the "hero" asks for "uranus milk".....i may now buy the Shameless edition so i can show it to kids:pound::pound: |
Took out a free Netflix trial last night and the girlfriend and I were in the mood for some "silly horror" so went for April Fool's Day, probably the only 'holiday'-themed slasher I hadn't seen. It was ok, nothing special. I appreciated the novel approach to the slasher genre that it took but it just lacked something. Funnily enough, about 25 minutes in the missus said "I bet she's got an evil twin sister called Buffy or something" which was an incredible twist prediction, even if it wasn't the whole story. |
What films have you seen recently? saw my oldest film on dvd again last night, Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS, excellent Criterion dvd Eric Stanze's RATLINE, was good and gory but was a bit slow in places, hoped it would of been better |
Just watched More by Barbet Schrader. A blind buy for me and a good one - I found this a totally engrossing 2 hours. The characters are rough edged and belevable, the mileu really well captured, great soundtrack, Mimsy Farmer (enough said), sledgehammer ending, beautiful scenery and set dressing. Well up there with Requium for a Dream and Trainspotting in the best drug movies ever made camp. Fantastic picture too - I highly recommend this one. |
Just watched over the last couple of days: Day of the Dead - Hadn't seen it for a while so I'd forgotten just how good it was. Definately the best of the original Romero dead trilogy. The Shawshank Redemption - First time I've ever seen the whole film and I was blown away by it. I can see why it's so highly regarded. Admittedly, Brooks death scene is the only time a film has brought me close to tears. At Earths Core - Great fun! |
Just seen Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method. Kiera Nightly was amazing in this but saying that I just could not get into this movie. There was not much going on and it was a straight up drama about Freud etc. I should have read more about it rather then waste hour and half! Did not feel like a Cronenberg flick at all. |
I've just watched ANIMALS, which feautures a small town guy who gets mixed up with some kind of werewolf woman and does some shagging before some 'horror' happens. Was it rubbish beyond belief? No, it was intensely average. Will I ever watch it again? No. |
Just struggled through Grindstone Rd. It's not awful - it looks fine in a TV film way - and passes the time. But it is such a hackneyed collection of cliché And the dialogue! Ouch. Really badly written indeed. But Fairuza Balk is in it ( I love her!) and though not at her best, she carries things along by throwing herself into matters. Greg Bryk is woefully miscast as her husband though - he looks like a weaselly villain type and it's hard to buy him as a psychiatrist and family man. Also, you will guess the plot very easily indeed! Sad really, Balk deserves better than this kind of thing. Her career seems to be winding down into low rent trash and bit-parts. |
Catch 44 Bit like a week and rubbish version of pulp fiction with women as the main characters ...Avoid |
Twisted path Thougth the film was well made beautifuly shot..Just a shame the actual film itself wasnt much.. |
2 Attachment(s) I gave a rewatch to Valhalla Rising last night. What a pretentious arty bit of celluloid nonsense it is. It can easily be summed up as a bunch of hairy blokes sat about staring meaningfully at the horizon for ninety minutes. Things pick up as they set off in a boat, however normality is soon resumed and we then have twenty five minutes of hairy blokes sat in a boat gazing meaningfully out to sea. When the boat arrives in the New World our hardy souls obviously decide the best thing to do is stare meaningfully at the mountains which look pretty simillar to the ones they just left, except in this place you can clearly notice a tarmaced road, they fail to spot this as they are gazing in the other direction. Mads Mikkelson who you may remember as one of the worst Bond villains ever in Casino Royale plays the hero of the piece, cunningly named One Eye as he has, yes, one eye, this obviously makes him cooler than the other hairy blokes as he only stares at the horizon with one eye. Fortunately for the viewer the film is broken up into segments. Act one - mildly interested due to sporadic acts of violence Act two - mind starts to wander Act three - off to make a brew Act four - begin channel surfing / reading teletext Act five - zzzzzzzzzz Unfortunately for the viewer director Nicholas Winding Refn throws in occasional shouty acts of violence which prevents you falling into a deep slumber, whilst the bulk of the film is largely dialogue free. |
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Hostel 3 wasnt realy that good compared to the other 2 Watchable but thats as far as it goes |
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I get confused with Portman and Nightly. :rolleyes: |
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Peek a panty everyone! I've just watched Love Exposure, all 4 hour hours of it. What can I say, it's a work of utter genius, I loved it. The last time I was blown away like this was seeing Lindsay Anderson's O Lucky Man, another 3 hour plus, balls out, surreal epic. This is just as good - take a day off and watch both - cinema heaven. |
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ELVIRA,MISTRESS OF THE DARK,some funny stuff on the first half,totally childish on the second. GOJOE,a retelling the story of Benkei and Yoshitsune with a twist,it was so so really. THE SHOOTING,directed by Monte Hellman,well,nothing really happening,horse riding to an unknown destination for unknown reasons(until the last seconds),very experimental! TWILIGHT ZONE:ROD SELRING'S LOST CLASSICS,two stories written by Serling,the first was ok,the second starring the great Jack Palance was very good and could have work as a feature film too. |
ROLLING THUNDER (1977) (Blu ray)Still an excellent film.William Devane should've gone on to better things than KNOT'S LANDING. |
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check out the tomie collection above or junji itos museum of horror. Also uzamaki (vortex) or the spiral manga. All good! |
I watched Fight for Your Life and found it to be decent, though some scenes where so hysterical and un-PC that they made me laugh. |
Watched Guinea Pig : He Never Dies....charming tale of lust and obsessional behaviour...i found it to echo the work of Strindberg....:rolleyes: Motel Hell....after years of only having a few images in my head, this quirky tale is still very relevant (especially considering the population boom in the last 10 years), i loved this and it joins the other 2000 films in my All time Top 10! great performances, apart maybe from the "heroine" who i found to be a bit stilted....;) |
Watched Source Code last night, which wasn't bad at all. Surprised me. Kind of like Inception but with human warmth! :lol: |
Tried watching White elephant but the fake dubbed supposedly naff english accent they gave Kevin Bacon was so annoying and laughable that i realy couldnt concentrate on the film every time he spoke...Not sure if the film any good but it realy put me off watching it.. stopped it after 15, 20 min.. |
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Watched 1st half of mesrine...To be honest ive never heard of him or the films till they got mentioned on here....Im looking forward to watching the 2nd half.. |
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I just saw PSYCHO SLEEPOVER from Troma. It was total trash which I enjoyed immensely, including of course the obligatory Kaufman cameo ! |
Stag Night (2008) Take the powerful and intriguing notion of an isolated population of humans reverting to savagery within an underground rail system, shoot it with style and invention with a talented cast at the peak of their skills, use dark and moving music perfectly tied to the visuals and a story honed down for maximum suspense and thought provocation and what do you have? Well, you have Gary Sherman's 1973 Death Line, a masterpiece of horror storytelling and generally excellent film. Stag Night, however, is a right load of old arse. |
Watched these few... DEADLY PURSUIT: pretty good wilderness action thriller with Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirsty Ally and Clancy Brown that had some brilliant stunt work and a great final showdown on a ferry. Well worth a look if you can. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN: Only ever saw this the once so popped in the dvd last night and watched Bond take on Christopher Lee's Scaramanga. Really fun Bond film with a brilliant car chase through the streets of Thailand ending with the famous 360 spin in the muscle car over the river. MARK FOR DEATH: bloody awesome Steven Seagal studio film from the very early 90s has him and Keith David going up against Jamaican drug dealers in a bone crunching action film. I loved it. KISS KISS BANG BANG!!: Shane Black's directorial debut is a brilliant modern Noir comedy with fantastic performances from Robert Downey Jr and Val Kilmer, some violent moments towards the end but a great fun ride throughout. Downey JR's narration is very funny. |
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Watched and reviewed Blue Underground's forthcoming Baba Yaga Blu Ray! :) 'Baba Yaga' makes a beautiful Blu-Ray jump from Blue Underground - Boston Movie | Examiner.com |
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I also saw Stag Night quite recently, its not at all good. The characters are so stupid and their actions never make sense. |
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