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PaulD 27th April 2013 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike (Post 338001)
Personally i wouldn't put them in the same bracket as Airplane, The Naked Gun etc.

Whilst both types are clearly parodies, the Zucker films are new films with added jokes, whilst the "Movies" are scenes stolen from other films and turned into comedy set pieces rather than stand alone films.

I know i'm not making this very clear but i hope you get my drift.

Sadly the term "Zucker films" also applies to the Scary Movie series as he directed 3 and 4 and wrote 5. Sad times.

Demdike@Cult Labs 27th April 2013 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PaulD (Post 338002)
Sadly the term "Zucker films" also applies to the Scary Movie series as he directed 3 and 4 and wrote 5. Sad times.

Ha, ha, i'd forgotten that little fact. :lol:

J Harker 27th April 2013 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike (Post 337998)
I have all the Scary Movies currently out on disc and the other parody "movies" as well.

Whilst not films i would want to watch regularly, they are films i enjoy if i'm in the mood. Especially the first one. The others do get worse as they go along, but hey, i can't help smile at Anna Farris. :)

:behindsofa:

Ms Faris is pretty much the reason any of the Scary Movies are worthwhile.

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SShaw 27th April 2013 02:03 PM

Last will and testament of Rosalind Leigh - pretty average scarey house movie
The Brood - classic Cronenberg on the big screen - great
Jug Face - I found this weak
Modus Anomali - best film of the weekend this far
Basket Case and Brain Damage double bill
Abductee - more Japanese strangeness
The Tingler - great fun
The Battery - excellent zombie apocalypse movie
Dark Shadows - French horror that doesnt really work

demonknight 27th April 2013 06:40 PM

Planes Trains and Automobiles. Very funny.
Both John Candy and Steve Martin in top form
Good soundtrack too.

bdc 27th April 2013 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bdc (Post 332447)
I just watched Casino Royale (1967) on bd... :)
Now can someone explain to me how I get to the extras? :confused:
As there is no menu?

"As with other recent MGM discs, e.g. City Slickers, Fox has mastered this title with no main menu. The disc goes directly from loading to playback. During playback, the pop-up menu contains an option for "pause" but none for "menu", and any attempt to access a "top menu" produces an error message. After the film finishes, it simply starts again from the beginning. This arrangement is a huge inconvenience for playing extras.

Despite the "bare bones" menu structure, Fox has nevertheless mastered the disc with BD-Java, which wouldn't matter so much except that the ability to set bookmarks has been omitted. No BDJ-encoded disc should ever lack this capability. BDJ prevents the user from stopping playback and starting from the same position, and bookmarking is the only workaround. Its omission is inexcusable."

Casino Royale Blu-ray review

Found the answer and finally was able to watch the extras. :)

"these MGM titles don't have a menu, they start playing and play on a loop. Your remote should have a button called "pop-up menu," hit it (while the film is playing or paused) to bring up the pop-up menu to access the special features."

Demdike@Cult Labs 27th April 2013 10:46 PM

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Jack Reacher (2012)

I had no expectations of this film and have never read one of Lee Child's Reacher novels but i really enjoyed it.

Tom Cruise seemed to revel in the roll despite what Child's fans think of his casting and Christopher McQuarrie's directing is suspenseful throughout. Some fine acting support from Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins and Robert Duvall and you have a stylish modern thriller.

Not the action film i was expecting, but highly recommended nontheless.

keirarts 27th April 2013 10:58 PM

Finally managed to watch RUST AND BONE.

An absolute classic with some great performances. A PROPHET is still my favourit e but this is a damn fine movie nontheless and highly reccomended.

Stuck on MAGNOLIA blu-ray afterwards to check out the quality and had to stop quickly before I ended up watching the whole damn movie as that pre-credits opening sucks me in every time... Looks great on blu as well.

gag 27th April 2013 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike (Post 338092)
Jack Reacher (2012)

I had no expectations of this film and have never read one of Lee Child's Reacher novels but i really enjoyed it.

Tom Cruise seemed to revel in the roll despite what Child's fans think of his casting and Christopher McQuarrie's directing is suspenseful throughout. Some fine acting support from Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins and Robert Duvall and you have a stylish modern thriller.

Not the action film i was expecting, but highly recommended none the less

I don't know why but there something about Tom cruise that I can't take to and if he in a film I feel inclined not to watch it same goes with Nicholas cage two actors I just can't take to,

gag 27th April 2013 11:39 PM

Lords of Salem

It actual quite slow and pretty strange and weird to be truthful if it wasn't for the nudity and there quite a bit this could very easily have passed as a 15,
No violence gore or anything else REALY but lots of nudity just don't expect anything like his previous films,

JoshuaKaitlyn 28th April 2013 12:09 AM

Dracula 2001 (2000) The basic idea of just who Dracula was / is I thought was good but I think it tried to hard to be a cult classic. :rolleyes:
Dracula II: Ascension (2003) What was the point?:(
Dracula III: Legacy (2005) Rutger Hauer as Dracula? I was half expecting Kristy Swanson to show up! Then half way through the movie I realised I was sat there with a vampire movie on whilst drinking a glass of tomato juice! (also beware of any movie that starts with 'In the near future' usually starring Adrian Paul):mmph:

Susan Foreman 28th April 2013 12:29 AM

'Piranha DD'

Thank God is was only about 80 minutes long!

What an awful film

Stephen@Cult Labs 28th April 2013 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by suziginajackson (Post 338105)
'Piranha DD'

Thank God is was only about 80 minutes long!

What an awful film

You obviously don't like good films! :D

gag 28th April 2013 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by suziginajackson (Post 338105)
'Piranha DD'

Thank God is was only about 80 minutes long!

What an awful film

The double D sounds good :laugh:

Susan Foreman 28th April 2013 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by suziginajackson (Post 338105)
'Piranha DD'

Thank God is was only about 80 minutes long!

What an awful film

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Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs (Post 338106)
You obviously don't like good films! :D

I love good films, which is why I hated this one!!

The original remake ('Piranha 3D') was a wonderfully entertaining piece of schlock, but the sequel missed the ball on almost every count

Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for lots of scantily clad young ladies with big breasts.

Nah - it was just a poor movie

Stephen@Cult Labs 28th April 2013 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by suziginajackson (Post 338108)
Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for lots of scantily clad young ladies with big breasts.

Must just have been me that thought that was the reason it was a good film :lol:

Nosferatu@Cult Labs 28th April 2013 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by suziginajackson (Post 338108)
I love good films, which is why I hated this one!!

The original remake ('Piranha 3D') was a wonderfully entertaining piece of schlock, but the sequel missed the ball on almost every count

Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for lots of scantily clad young ladies with big breasts.

Nah - it was just a poor movie

I completely agree with you in every respect. Any film in which David Hasselhoff plays himself for most of the running time is severely lacking in imagination (the SpongeBob SquarePants movie was brilliant).

I thought it was puerile juvenile trash, but not in a good way.

Bringer Of Funerals 28th April 2013 11:39 AM

Commando on ITV, it was the uncut version too which surprised me.

gag 28th April 2013 12:08 PM

The comedown

Wasn't particulate a good film but wasn't to bad either,
Just couldn't help laughing at the girl they got to play Kelly,
She looked about 12 year old and would be scared of her own shadow and was about as hard as a marshmallow she was rubbish and didn't think they had right person for the character if they going to have people playing characters acting or trying to play hard at least make sure they are convincing or at least look the part,
Ps just a curious Q? I've never been to London and the style she talks irritates the crap out of me do people REALY talk like that or is it just a stereotype for films.

Beyond72 28th April 2013 01:33 PM

Dressed to Kill
Psycho
Rebecca
Body Double
Rear Window
RoboCop

Vampix 28th April 2013 02:31 PM

I watched The House That Dripped Blood on The Horror Channel yesterday afternoon.It's an entertaining anthology of horror tales, but it's not as good as the other Amicus flicks, Tales from the Crypt and From Beyond the Grave IMO.My favourite stories were the first and the last one with Jon Pertwee and Ingrid Pitt, and, man, did she look sensational in it! :eyebrows:

gag 28th April 2013 03:37 PM

Bunny man

Average flick that's worth a one look just don't expect owt fantastic,
Only thing that ruined it was the killer was dressed up as a rabbit killing people.
Why? Average films are ruined by some form off stupid ideas like this.

bdc 28th April 2013 03:50 PM

http://oi39.tinypic.com/iqm1x3.jpg

The Stewardess (2002)

Sandwiched somewhere in between the HK film goodness of the late 90's and the HK film boredom of the early 2000's you'll find the Stewardess,a (very) black comedy horror made on a reasonably small budget.

It's somewhat interesting and mostly enjoyable (but a bit long-winded),mainly because it steers clear of the cliché long haired ghost that was made popular by Ringu and seemed to pop up everywhere back then. ;)

It actually reminded me more of something like Audition at times...just goes to show how big Japan's film influence was back then.

The Stewardess - YouTube

Demdike@Cult Labs 28th April 2013 05:01 PM

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The Lords of Salem (2012)

As one of horror's new generation of directors, Rob Zombie's films, along with those directed by Adam Green and Eli Roth, will always divide opinion and come under heavy scrutiny among horror fans. Personally i love House of 1000 Corpses and its sequel The Devils' Rejects. Halloween i liked, especially its opening hour, however i found H2 to be a huige disappointment.

So where would Zombie go from here? The Lords of Salem is the answer. A film unlike anything that came before it from the former White Zombie frontman.

One of the main questions i had was whether its star, Zombie's wife, and a regular in all his movies, Sherri Moon Zombie could make the step up from support player to leading lady. Thankfully the answer is a resounding yes. Moon makes the transition with ease and gives a measured, mature performance at the centre of the film as Heidi, one of a trio of local, late night rock dj's. Heidi takes home an odd looking record, sent to the station which when played sends out the message that "The Lords are coming" and seems to trigger halucinations of Salem's violent past. From here Rob Zombie takes the film in a direction reminiscent of Rosemary's Baby and The Sentinel as it becomes increasingly likely that Heidi is an innocent soon to be at the heart of something evil.

The Lords of Salem is a film unlike anything the director had previously put his name to. Gone are the heavy handed gore and shock tactics. The film builds at a slow, intriguing pace, heavy on atmosphere, partially created by the cool yellow hue Zombie gives his night time scenes. As previously mentioned the gore is practically non-existant which to me makes the story more believable and allows it to breathe without the viewer waiting for the next bloody kill, therefore allowing the feeling of impending dread to build significantly. I suppose if i was to compare Lords to anything then Ti West's The House of the Devil would be an obvious choice. Naturally Rob can't resist the wierd and wonderful for the entire film. He adds flourishes of colour to The Lords of Salem in spades in the form of flashbacks to the 1692 witch trials and the alleged horrors that built up to them in the form of nightmarish scenarios that may or may not be Heid's dreams.

Rob Zombie gives a lot of screen time to veteran actresses Judy Geeson, Dee Wallace and Patricia Quinn who Hammer fans may remember as a witch in the Hammer House of Horrors episode Witching Time. The three all revel n their roles and its wonderful to see them seemingly having so much fun in meaty, integral roles in a genre film.

In The Lords of Salem Rob Zombie takes his film making in an adventurous, bold new direction and i hope it goes down as well with the horror community as it did with me.

Delirium 28th April 2013 05:24 PM

Not seen Lords of Salem yet, but thanks for the thorough review, Demdike.

Intrigued I am.

Rik 28th April 2013 05:57 PM

Really looking forward to this arriving from the competition on here the other week

Nosferatu@Cult Labs 28th April 2013 06:24 PM

I'm really not a fan of Rob Zombie's films, but I'll give Lords of Salem ago, thanks to Demdike's thorough and persuasive review.

J Harker 28th April 2013 06:48 PM

Just got back from Iron Man 3. Good stuff, really enjoyed it. Maybe partly because I was apprehensive after the dismal second entry. This one made up for things big time. Frankly I think the existence of the second one can be practically ignored.

Nosferatu@Cult Labs 28th April 2013 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by J Harker (Post 338251)
Just got back from Iron Man 3. Good stuff, really enjoyed it. Maybe partly because I was apprehensive after the dismal second entry. This one made up for things big time. Frankly I think the existence of the second one can be practically ignored.

I'm pretty sure it ignored both Iron Man films, almost aiming it at a new audience who are only interested because they saw the Avengers movie, something which was referenced quite a few times. Also, it's basically set in a world where superheroes aren't just men in intelligent robot suits, but demigods from another dimension and therefore more powerful, something which makes the Tony Stark character arc (especially when his at his lowest) more effective.

J Harker 28th April 2013 07:23 PM

It did acknowledge the reason Stark became Iron Man and it took into account Captain Rhodes step up from army bloke to semi superhero in the second film. Fortunately it made his character much more acceptable than that film. There are even glimpses of Jeff Bridges IronMonger from part 1. And we see Stark finally get the shrapnel removed from his heart. Not sure about the last bit because I thought that was impossible.

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Slippery Jack 28th April 2013 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs (Post 338248)
I'm really not a fan of Rob Zombie's films, but I'll give Lords of Salem ago, thanks to Demdike's thorough and persuasive review.

Ditto :lol:

(though I quite liked The Devil's Rejects) . . .

J Harker 28th April 2013 07:27 PM

I liked Devil's Rejects and both his Halloween efforts but don't particularly fancy Lords of Salem. Probably give it a go at some point. Still need to see House of 1000 Corpses, not sure why I haven't yet.

SharonLynette 28th April 2013 07:33 PM

Watched a Ghibli film that I hadn't seen before. The Cat Returns(2002), what can I say, it was fantastic, a great story and full of cats. I really think a lot of kids films just don't seem as magical when you are an adult but Ghibli films never fail to make me feel young and optimistic again.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDRev...ew/poster1.jpg

I followed this by watching Terrorvision (1986) which I hadn't seen before, I really enjoyed the film, it's over the top, colourful wacky fun. At the same time I'm glad I didn't buy it although I can see myself watching it again.

Mojo 28th April 2013 07:34 PM

Couple of Blu-rays: ( can't find the appropriate BD thread! )

Night Of The Hunted

One of my favourite Rollins gets the Blu-ray treatment from Redemption and, like their other Rollin titles, looks fabulous.

Dario Argento's Dracula

Er... I'm not sure what I really think of this. Yes there is too much ( pretty crap ) CGI, the English dub is pretty awful, yet there are some neat touches and on the whole it's not as bad as I was expecting. Certainly not as bad as Giallo, but there again, that's not difficult. I think I'm going to have to watch this one again.

Buboven 28th April 2013 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by PaulD (Post 336849)
Sorry Stephen, I was there with the invention of requel (and also semake incidentally!) long before you were in my radio-broadcast review of Texas Chainsaw 3D and as you can hear from this clip, I already have Mark Kermode's approval on that one! :)


My review of Texas Chainsaw 3D on Kermode and May's radio show - YouTube

I would agree with you on 99% of your review but I do think that Hooper did in fact try to make Leatherface a sympathetic character in some scenes of the original, such as when he looks out of the window and buries his hands in head, looking confused as to why all these kid are entering his home. He is a monster born out of his environment, like so many real life killers, more than anything. I am pretty sure that Hooper described Leatherface as a 'big baby' in the Texas Family Portrait film if I recall.

PaulD 28th April 2013 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Buboven (Post 338284)
I would agree with you on 99% of your review but I do think that Hooper did in fact try to make Leatherface a sympathetic character in some scenes of the original, such as when he looks out of the window and buries his hands in head, looking confused as to why all these kid are entering his home. He is a monster born out of his environment, like so many real life killers, more than anything. I am pretty sure that Hooper described Leatherface as a 'big baby' in the Texas Family Portrait film if I recall.


Yeah, that's a totally fair point and I do agree with you. It's done in a more subtle way though as not to condone his actions in Hooper's film. The Texas Chainsaw 3D angle is all "Corrrr go awwwwnnnnn Leatherface!!! Slice 'em up!!! They deserve it!"

Buboven 28th April 2013 10:01 PM

Just watched Lets Scare Jessica To Death. Quite an interesting film. Some beautiful cinematography. Shame I dont live in London and then I could have gone and watched it on the big screen. Ah well.

Linbro 28th April 2013 10:34 PM

Watched a fantastic Finnish crime thriller called 'Preist of Evil'. Sort of like an episode of Wire in the Blood, in the style of Se7en. Very violent, very dark and quite emotional. Mind you, it does for Helsinki what Wolf Creek did for the Aussie outback!

Make Them Die Slowly 28th April 2013 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike (Post 338230)
The Lords of Salem (2012)

As one of horror's new generation of directors, Rob Zombie's films, along with those directed by Adam Green and Eli Roth, will always divide opinion and come under heavy scrutiny among horror fans. Personally i love House of 1000 Corpses and its sequel The Devils' Rejects. Halloween i liked, especially its opening hour, however i found H2 to be a huige disappointment.

So where would Zombie go from here? The Lords of Salem is the answer. A film unlike anything that came before it from the former White Zombie frontman.

One of the main questions i had was whether its star, Zombie's wife, and a regular in all his movies, Sherri Moon Zombie could make the step up from support player to leading lady. Thankfully the answer is a resounding yes. Moon makes the transition with ease and gives a measured, mature performance at the centre of the film as Heidi, one of a trio of local, late night rock dj's. Heidi takes home an odd looking record, sent to the station which when played sends out the message that "The Lords are coming" and seems to trigger halucinations of Salem's violent past. From here Rob Zombie takes the film in a direction reminiscent of Rosemary's Baby and The Sentinel as it becomes increasingly likely that Heidi is an innocent soon to be at the heart of something evil.

The Lords of Salem is a film unlike anything the director had previously put his name to. Gone are the heavy handed gore and shock tactics. The film builds at a slow, intriguing pace, heavy on atmosphere, partially created by the cool yellow hue Zombie gives his night time scenes. As previously mentioned the gore is practically non-existant which to me makes the story more believable and allows it to breathe without the viewer waiting for the next bloody kill, therefore allowing the feeling of impending dread to build significantly. I suppose if i was to compare Lords to anything then Ti West's The House of the Devil would be an obvious choice. Naturally Rob can't resist the wierd and wonderful for the entire film. He adds flourishes of colour to The Lords of Salem in spades in the form of flashbacks to the 1692 witch trials and the alleged horrors that built up to them in the form of nightmarish scenarios that may or may not be Heid's dreams.

Rob Zombie gives a lot of screen time to veteran actresses Judy Geeson, Dee Wallace and Patricia Quinn who Hammer fans may remember as a witch in the Hammer House of Horrors episode Witching Time. The three all revel n their roles and its wonderful to see them seemingly having so much fun in meaty, integral roles in a genre film.

In The Lords of Salem Rob Zombie takes his film making in an adventurous, bold new direction and i hope it goes down as well with the horror community as it did with me.

Excellent review Dem. I found the film neither here nor there if I'm honest. I really wanted to like it but it is so derivative of "Rosemary's Baby", "The Shining" "Haxan" and any semi art deco weirdness found in a Ken Russell film that it left me rather cool towards it. That said, it looks and sounds great and Mrs Zombie gives a career best performance. The other niggle I had was the time scale of a few days, it would have worked much better over a period of weeks, especially Heidi's decent into a scab faced smackhead that seemed to happen over night. Also, as the film is about women, why are they and the film called "The Lords of Salem"?

Make Them Die Slowly 28th April 2013 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Slippery Jack (Post 338258)
Ditto :lol:

(though I quite liked The Devil's Rejects) . . .

THE DEVIL'S REJECTS has quite possibly the greatest use of popular music in it's opening and closing scenes as you'e likely to ever hear and see.


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