What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by gag

My mum wanted to watch a film callled heaven is for real.
Never heard of it so i imdb, reviews where pretty good so thought i would watch it as well.
So i sat down with her and watched her. It was as exciting as watching the grass grow.
Lets just say yawn YAWN zzzzz. Wake up, well im of to bed
It was slow (so slow never got into first gear let alone 2nd) dull and boring and made the waltons look like action film of the year. (Ok it was tv show).
If there ever was cure for insomnia then this must be it.

About a religous couple who father preaches in the church and their son needs surgery, he survives but starts talking about how he went to heaven and seeing god and his parents crying, and well thats about it really.

All the stuff you won't watch and you watched that?!?

[iank]

Colonia. A young couple are caught up in the Chilean revolution of the early 70s, and the young man is sent to a supposed detention center that's run more like a wacko and seriously cruel religious cult, prompting his lover to join up as a supposed recruit to try and get him out. This mediocre thriller has a couple of good performances from Emma Watson and Michael Nqvist as the heroine and the crazy villain, but is otherwise thoroughly run of the mill.

[gag]

Originally Posted by J Harker

All the stuff you won't watch and you watched that?!?

Yes and no, thought be nice to spend time with my mum, and she heard it was a good film, i never heard of it, hence why i imdb it, just briefly looked at reviews ratings and they where reasonable, hence i did say fell asleep then went to bed leaving my mum to it, i didnt know what i was letting myself in for, didnt read what it was about just briefed over the * star ratings.
Sorry if any one fancies me for it i promise i won't do it again

[Demoncrat]

Revenge Of The Nerds (1984, Jeff Kanew)
Really?? Robert Carradine unrecognisable. Quite cute the way they make it so that education is seen as a bad thing. Typical American drivel.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Blood Beast Terror (1967)

With a title such as this, The Blood Beast Terror was always going to be a classic of horror cinema or a complete let down. The very thought of the title itself brings ghoulish ideas to the imagination, although probably not exactly what we see on screen. For The Blood Beast Terror is a Victorian tale of carnivorous moths. Robert Flemyng, better known as Italian icon Dr Hichcock, and his daughter, Wanda Ventham, house a terrible secret. Peter Cushing plays the police inspector on the trail of a mysterious murderer who bizarrely leaves moth scales on his victims.

Admittedly when it's finally onscreen the moth creature is as ropy as you'd fear but the moth in chrysalis stage in Flemyng's lab looks super creepy. For such a daft film it has a fine cast. Peter Cushing is as brilliant as ever, Flemying channels mad Dr. Hichcock and Ventham as lovely as ever...for a weremoth. The supporting roles are lit up by a nutty comedic turn from Roy Hudd as a morgue attendant, future Doomwatch star John Paul, Glynn Edwards and the gorgeous Vanessa Howard in her feature debut.

The film itself is decent but not outstanding. Some of the editing leaves a bit to be desired, in fact it seems like entire scenes went missing at times. However some scenes are also terrific with beautifully framed camera work - I love the shot of Ventham standing with the chrysalis for example - but other parts make you splutter such as when director Vernon Sewell decides Flemyng should become Bela Lugosi - it's all in the eyes - but the overall effect is one of enjoyment and a film i often revisit.

Full review with screen grabs on The Gothic Thread.

[iank]

The Nice Guys. Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling are a self-employed enforcer and private eye respectively who are thrown together while looking for a missing girl whose connection to a number of suspicious deaths soon lands them in a murderous conspiracy way over their heads. Mildly amusing 70-set comedy-thriller with some good moments but nothing particularly remarkable.

[Lust4Lassander]

I just watched the excellent documentary, Eurocrime: The Italian Cop And Gangster Films That Ruled The '70's (2012). It was very informative, and I thoroughly enjoyed the actors and directors reminiscing about their experiences (Silva, Nero, Castellari etc.).

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

The Nice Guys. Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling are a self-employed enforcer and private eye respectively who are thrown together while looking for a missing girl whose connection to a number of suspicious deaths soon lands them in a murderous conspiracy way over their heads. Mildly amusing 70-set comedy-thriller with some good moments but nothing particularly remarkable.

I saw it at the cinema and thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought it was similar to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, but that is not necessarily a bad thing, and the chemistry between Crowe and Gosling was very funny.

[Justin101]

I've watched a varied bag lately, not as many films as I wanted to due to a trip to London but a few, mostly new for me as well, a few revisits to films I've seen before though.

[Demoncrat]

That Joplin doc is well worth it.

2 GTO films....Dont Go In The House & Island Of Death.
Both stalwarts of sleaze and grime. Mate still shudders at mention of IOD