What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult


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Quantum of Solace [/B]is easily the worst of the official James Bond films to date.

Its easily the worst of Daniel Craigs Bond films. But hardly the worst overall in my opinion. Thunderball is pretty dire and On Her Majesty's Secret Service is pretty rubbish too.

[nosferatu42]

i like On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Don't like Goldeneye or die another day myself.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by nosferatu42

i like On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Don't like Goldeneye or die another day myself.

The best Bond film. No if's and's or but's!

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by J Harker

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is pretty rubbish too.

Get yer coat on, yer not welcome round these parts anymore!

[Frankenhooker]

Crimson Peak - Well it looks fantastic, it's just that the story the visuals are hung on is tired and predictable. I still enjoyed the film, there is much to admire, I particularly enjoyed Jessica Chastain's unhinged performance, and like I mentioned earlier it's stunning to look at it, I was just a little underwhelmed.



Still, it's worth watching and others may get more mileage out of it.

6/10.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

Get yer coat on, yer not welcome round these parts anymore!

OHMSS is one of my favourites too - Goldeneye is another.

To say that these are worse than Quantum...

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Frankenhooker

Crimson Peak - Well it looks fantastic, it's just that the story the visuals are hung on is tired and predictable. I still enjoyed the film, there is much to admire, I particularly enjoyed Jessica Chastain's unhinged performance, and like I mentioned earlier it's stunning to look at it, I was just a little underwhelmed.



Still, it's worth watching and others may get more mileage out of it.

6/10.

This is pretty much what I'm hearing about this one from most people everywhere, sadly.

I still intend to check it out at some point though.

[keirarts]

All superheroes must die

Was very wary over this, it was made for the grand sum of $20,000 and shot over two weeks, indications of something cheap and nasty. It was £1.25 so I decided to give it a punt. It's actually pretty decent, certainly no classic its still a pretty watch-able tale of a bunch of heroes stripped of their powers and forced to enter a death match by their arch-nemesis (played by James Remar). It's fairly brutal and earns its 15 rating and people generally not fond of hero films might get a kick out of it at the right price.

Southbound

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Keep an eye out for this. It turned up on-line and I cannot find any evidence of a physical release. It was made in 2015 so early days yet perhaps. Essentially its an anthology film which folllows various people in some weird region of the desert chock full of killers, demons and monsters. Each story leads into the next with a reasonably good plot structure, there are some interesting stories and some nice gore FX on display. I suspect it might appear on supermarket shelves anonymously at some point, perhaps even under a different title but its worth giving it a chance.

Malatesta's carnival of blood

Given that I'm already fond of Witch who came from the sea the fact that I enjoyed this weird little chiller means the American horror project box was well worth buying. Its a strange, loosely plotted tale of the sort of fun fairs you went to as a kid with lethally dangerous rides and odd staff (anyone who ever went to Frontierland at Morecambe knows what I mean) with the addition of a group of ghouls that come out at night to kill people off. I thought this was great fun, with a nice line of splatter on display and great atmosphere. The transfer looks good though I expect someone will complain over the evident film damage in places.

[Frankenhooker]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

This is pretty much what I'm hearing about this one from most people everywhere, sadly.

I still intend to check it out at some point though.

It's definitely worth watching mate I just think my expectations were too high, I mean it's a gothic romance from del Toro, who wouldn't be excited ?



It's certainly not a bad film, it still contains more imaginative flair than most directors manage in a lifetime, just a tad underwhelming.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Crimson Peak should be arriving with me today. Again it's one i'll probably watch when all these comments are long forgotten. I only made sure i picked it up now for the slip case. Otherwise i would have waited.

I'm expecting to like it as it's a Gothic tale with ghosts rather than a Ghost story.

@ Keirarts - Southbound is currently showing at selected US cinemas. It's in it's second week. Southbound (2016) - Box Office Mojo

Probably hit our shelves by summer at a guess.