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sawyer6 30th January 2012 12:42 AM

Watched A Better Tomorrow,works very good both as action film and drama,highly enjoyable!!

Demoncrat 30th January 2012 12:36 PM

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:

PaulD 30th January 2012 01:03 PM

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.

James Morton 30th January 2012 02:34 PM

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

Handyman Joe 30th January 2012 07:48 PM

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.

RedEyeTheCylon 31st January 2012 12:02 AM

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!

nekromantik 31st January 2012 01:36 AM

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.

Frankie Teardrop 31st January 2012 02:05 AM

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.

Gojirosan 31st January 2012 04:36 AM

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.

gag 31st January 2012 11:37 AM

Catch 44

Bit like a week and rubbish version of pulp fiction with women as the main characters ...Avoid

gag 31st January 2012 01:42 PM

Twisted path

Thougth the film was well made beautifuly shot..Just a shame the actual film itself wasnt much..

Demdike@Cult Labs 31st January 2012 02:21 PM

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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.

antmumford 31st January 2012 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike (Post 213238)
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.

A very accurate review :thumbup:

gag 31st January 2012 04:33 PM

Hostel 3 wasnt realy that good compared to the other 2
Watchable but thats as far as it goes

damek 31st January 2012 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by nekromantik (Post 213147)
Just seen Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method.
Just like black swan, 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.

Keira Knightley wasn't in Black Swan. :rolleyes:

nekromantik 31st January 2012 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by damek (Post 213293)
Keira Knightley wasn't in Black Swan. :rolleyes:

:lol:

I get confused with Portman and Nightly. :rolleyes:

Nosferatu@Cult Labs 31st January 2012 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by nekromantik (Post 213301)
:lol:

I get confused with Portman and Nightly. :rolleyes:

For shame!

nekromantik 31st January 2012 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs (Post 213302)
For shame!

:crazy:
I know right!

Handyman Joe 31st January 2012 07:33 PM

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.

antmumford 31st January 2012 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Handyman Joe (Post 213326)
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.

Funny you should say that I've been signed off work for a week cos of Sciatica and I watched Love Exposure yesterday, was really good. Odd, but that's just how I like it. I wanna be the Pervert Prince of peek a panty but I'm just not athletic enough to do some of those moves.

wongfeihung62 31st January 2012 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Handyman Joe (Post 213326)
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.

Gotta agree, this is an enjoyably insane piece of cinema that is just so, well.... Japanese. Highly recommended.

wongfeihung62 31st January 2012 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike (Post 213238)
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.

I think you are being generous with your review. It is a cinematic turd of the highest magnitude., and I would rather have my eyes gouged out than have to watch it again.

sawyer6 31st January 2012 11:12 PM

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.

mark meakin 1st February 2012 10:10 AM

ROLLING THUNDER (1977) (Blu ray)Still an excellent film.William Devane should've gone on to better things than KNOT'S LANDING.

keirarts 1st February 2012 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop (Post 212815)
TOMIE UNLIMITED - Newish release from the director of 'Machine Girl' et al. I'm not familiar with the series / Manga, so have little to go on by way of context apart from my exposure to Japanese horror in general. Seems to conform to a certain J-Horror template, one that blends Cronenbergian imagery with putatively supernatural themes, although the latter might be thought to be displaced by metaphysical headf*ckery in this case, another Cronenbergian trope. Whatever. It's certainly very strange and ultimately priveleges warped imagery over narrative, although I say this often in relation to Japanese films of its ilk and then am never very sure as to whether I've missed/misunderstood culture-specific aspects which might render some of the outward bizarreness sensible (intuitively, I somehow think not, though). Also features more than its quota of wrongness... wonder how it would've fared down at the BBFC a decade ago (ie a centipede made up of a recursive sequence of evil daughter's face crawls into skirt of mother). After all this freakery I found myself having to re-watch MAN BITES DOG in an attempt to return to earth. Still for me a brilliant film, love the way it all veers drunkenly (but calculatedly) from the killer's insouciance to social critique to bleak scenes of cruelty that for once really do stick in the throat and honour the attempt at deconstruction (of the complicity of media with violence) offered here. But maybe I'm being too earnest - it works as a blacker than black comedy, that's the way I always approach it. I mean, it's just hilarious, like the bit where the second film crew pops up and... but then, there'll be a really depressing murder and the laughter too will die - wonderful piece of manipulation, ABOUT manipulation. I like the film's harsh monochrome look - verite noir in the ruins of modernity. And I like it all way more than I like Haneke - similar themes, but less evasive.

Tomie Collection DVD Region 1 US Import NTSC: Amazon.co.uk: Artist Not Provided: Film & TV


check out the tomie collection above or junji itos museum of horror. Also uzamaki (vortex) or the spiral manga. All good!

StrawDog 1st February 2012 11:55 AM

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.

Demoncrat 1st February 2012 02:40 PM

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....;)

Gojirosan 1st February 2012 03:11 PM

Watched Source Code last night, which wasn't bad at all. Surprised me.

Kind of like Inception but with human warmth! :lol:

gag 1st February 2012 03:24 PM

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..

PaulD 1st February 2012 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Gojirosan (Post 213456)
Watched Source Code last night, which wasn't bad at all. Surprised me.

Kind of like Inception but with human warmth! :lol:

I enjoyed Source Code but must admit to finding the love story aspect of it a little bit under-developed and a bit ham-fisted. I thought Inception dealt with the emotional narrative so much better.

gag 1st February 2012 10:38 PM

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..

sawyer6 1st February 2012 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by gag (Post 213569)
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..

...which is better!

snipsmovies 1st February 2012 10:44 PM

I just saw PSYCHO SLEEPOVER from Troma. It was total trash which I enjoyed immensely, including of course the obligatory Kaufman cameo !

Gojirosan 1st February 2012 11:57 PM

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.

pedromonkey 2nd February 2012 12:41 AM

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.

Frankie Teardrop 2nd February 2012 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by keirarts (Post 213427)
Tomie Collection DVD Region 1 US Import NTSC: Amazon.co.uk: Artist Not Provided: Film & TV


check out the tomie collection above or junji itos museum of horror. Also uzamaki (vortex) or the spiral manga. All good!

Really liked Uzamaki, been ages since I've seen it though.

Daemonia 2nd February 2012 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Gojirosan (Post 213583)
Well, you have Gary Nelson's 1973 Death Line, a masterpiece of horror storytelling and generally excellent film.

Gary Sherman, you mean?

Gojirosan 2nd February 2012 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Daemonia (Post 213592)
Gary Sherman, you mean?

Why, yes. Yes I do. D'oh!

Allow me to amend! :lol:

Scyther 2nd February 2012 04:22 AM

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

Demdike@Cult Labs 2nd February 2012 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Gojirosan (Post 213593)
Why, yes. Yes I do. D'oh!

Allow me to amend! :lol:

Gary Nelson's Death Line - The story of a journeyman Charlton Athletic footballer and his travels on the tube.

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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