What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[napalm-in-the-morning]

Agree that Vamp is a bit crummy. Has a cult following I just do not understand. I think it's more down to the psychedelic art direction than the narrative or acting. Grace Jones can't act, whatever the film!

[platostotal]

Originally Posted by Demdike

I hated Vamp when i first saw it on vhs. Not a chance i would pick it up on dvd.

Wise words indeed. (sorry Arrow)

[DryJack]

Picked up a bunch of stuff at a boot sale last weekend, including "12 monkeys" which I watched the other night. Love this film. Bruce Willis is just fantastic in it.

Also bought "Zombie transfusion" (for 50p) which I watched tonight. Ultra low budget (It looks like it was shot on a mobile phone) but tons of (at times) half decent gore. Also features Nine and Blinded black on the soundtrack which was pretty cool. I've seen worse.

[pedromonkey]

watched the film Hanna tonight, this was awesome, it was an extremely well made character driven action film about a girl who has lived her entire life in the wilderness with her father who has basically taught her how to kill and a CIA agent trying to find her. The cinematography was beautiful, the acting spot on and it has a great Chemical Brother's soundtrack. The only thing i don't understand was how the film was ever awarded a 12A, there was nothing in the film that said to me that anyone under the age of 15 would find of interest. there were no explosions, no robots, it was quite violent with a 15 year old girl killing people, and was a slow burn. This should have been a 15. I guess it was the lack of blood that got it a 12A. 5/5

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by pedromonkey

watched the film Hanna tonight, this was awesome, it was an extremely well made character driven action film about a girl who has lived her entire life in the wilderness with her father who has basically taught her how to kill and a CIA agent trying to find her. The cinematography was beautiful, the acting spot on and it has a great Chemical Brother's soundtrack. The only thing i don't understand was how the film was ever awarded a 12A, there was nothing in the film that said to me that anyone under the age of 15 would find of interest. there were no explosions, no robots, it was quite violent with a 15 year old girl killing people, and was a slow burn. This should have been a 15. I guess it was the lack of blood that got it a 12A. 5/5

Took hanna from work last night myself! Very good movie, very origional and looks amazing on blu-ray!

[Demoncrat]

watched The Ghoul (Karloff) yesterday, michty! dripping with atmosphere, great sets & dialogue etc. tis a 23rd century one i have, print looked slightly fuzzy, thought it may have been a rip fae a R1 dvd maybe?? aaanyway, recommended to fans of b&w thrillers!

[mark meakin]

Originally Posted by thehamish

watched The Ghoul (Karloff) yesterday, michty! dripping with atmosphere, great sets & dialogue etc. tis a 23rd century one i have, print looked slightly fuzzy, thought it may have been a rip fae a R1 dvd maybe?? aaanyway, recommended to fans of b&w thrillers!

I have this on a triple bill (With A Bucket Of Blood / House On Haunted Hill) & it looks great for its age & is probably a port of the US release.I believe this was thought to be a 'lost' film at one stage so it's amazing such a decent print was located.

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by mark meakin

I have this on a triple bill & it looks great for its age & is probably a port of the US release.

thats what i thought, must dig out my Isle of the Dead!!

[mark meakin]

Originally Posted by thehamish

thats what i thought, must dig out my Isle of the Dead!!

.I have the Val Lewton set on r1 & Isle Of The Dead is still an atmospheric & creepy film.

[bdc]

I've got the Ghoul on the R1 MGM disc,picked it up really cheap (couple of dollars incl ship).
The only decent materials available seem to have come from the BFI.

http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s988ghoul.html