What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[keirarts]

All this mgm talk!

Watched rivers edge.

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Bloody good film, Director tim hunter made some of the best twin peaks episodes. Still less than 3 quid these days as well.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by keirarts

All this mgm talk!

Watched rivers edge.

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Bloody good film, Director tim hunter made some of the best twin peaks episodes. Still less than 3 quid these days as well.

Great film, did he make a film with Matt Dillon before this, again about alienated kids?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Is Burnt Offerings any good? I know nothing about it.

To be honest, it's been so long since I have seen it, I can't remember much about the film and really need to dig it out and give it another watch. However, I've said that about numerous discs and haven't done so yet because of the number of review discs and other unwatched DVD/BDs I have!

I also forgot to 'report back' after watching Super. The obvious comparisons with Kick Ass are there, but this is far more adult oriented with serious violence -- beating people up with a wrench and sending them to ICU for cutting the line in the cinema queue. Rainn Wilson is very good in that same slightly overweight loser role he played in The Rocker and Ellen Page seemed to be on a permanent sugar high as his unwanted sidekick.

The rape scene was a little odd, but it's interesting to see it that way around. Though I prefer Kick Ass, I'll definitely pick up a BD if this when the price is right -- £7 at Asda will do me fine.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Watched an excellent British thriller last night - Exam.
Eight hopefull candidates enter a room to take a recruitment exam. They have eighty minutes to answer the question. The problem is the paper they have before them is blank. Anyone who leaves the room or defaces the paper is disqualified.

The 96 minute running time zips past in this superior character study, as each candidate shows their strengths and weaknesses in the demanding conditions.

Highly reccomended.

[pedromonkey]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Watched an excellent British thriller last night - Exam.
Eight hopefull candidates enter a room to take a recruitment exam. They have eighty minutes to answer the question. The problem is the paper they have before them is blank. Anyone who leaves the room or defaces the paper is disqualified.

The 96 minute running time zips past in this superior character study, as each candidate shows their strengths and weaknesses in the demanding conditions.

Highly reccomended.

i was very impressed by Exam, i've recommended it to so many people.

[gag]

Originally Posted by pedromonkey

i was very impressed by Exam, i've recommended it to so many people.

I also enjoyed this and a neat little twist to the Q?

[nekromantik]

i enjoyed exam too
nicely executed thriller and Luke Mably is pretty good in it.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

I also thought Exam was extremely well crafted, lit and written, unfolding superbly until the very end. I reviewed it some time ago and should really upload it to my website.

[PaulD]

Over the last few days I've watched:

Psycho - the original Hitchcock version (natch, is there any other? ) Another one for the "first time on bluray" viewing list and an absolute treat in HD. Lovely picture quality, still as fantastic a film as ever. Made a little bit more fun by the revelation that my girlfriend had never actually seen it and had confused it with the sequel which she'd seen some years ago. Even so, the twist at the end still surprised her (no idea how she'd never been aware of it!)

The Funhouse - watched this last night with chinese food and beer. Perfect triple combo. Really enjoyable film which I had never seen before. Arrow's BD looked fantastic and even though there was a lot of build-up in the film it was always interesting. There was something oddly familiar about the monster which bothered me as I couldn't figure out who he reminded me of until the end of the film at which point I exclaimed "Oh, John Carpenter!"

Currently have the house to myself so am taking advantage and putting on Shameless' BD of The New York Ripper in a minute as that's something my better half would not be able to sit through.

[sawyer6]

Just had a triple bill.First The Man Who shot Liberty Valance ,a really good western from the great John Ford then I watched Super which I liked and thought it was a bit odd and finally I introduced to a friend of mine Fulci's epic The Beyond