What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Though the Masters of Cinema release is superior in just about every respect, I don't mind the synthesiser score on the original Eureka release, which is why I still own it!

[Slippery Jack]

Seen a bunch of non-horror... proper films

How I Ended This Summer
I’d been looking forward to this one – love a bit of Arctic filmmaking! It didn’t disappoint, a perfectly paced drama about two Russian men in an isolated weather station outpost. The location photography is obviously stunning, with several quietly breathtaking moments. As the story gradually becomes a thriller of sorts, the director skilfully handles the shift in tone, delivering some tense sequences without betraying the characters, so well established in the first act.

Bobby Fisher Against The World
Chess documentary! WOOT! I know nothing of the game or of Bobby Fisher, but this documentary I found bloody fascinating – what a story! I almost wish it was longer, such is the wealth of interesting stories surrounding the deeply troubled chess master. Sad, funny, exciting - a brilliantly crafted documentary.

Unrelated
A drama from the director of this year’s superb Archipelago. In fact, this is pretty identical to that in plot and execution, and I had the exact same response to it! Started off hating the smug upper middle class characters, which is blatant reverse class snobbery on my part. I actually admire how Joanna Hogg refuses to put and kind of class criticism in her work, and there’s an interesting discussion to be had about the lack of the ‘regular’ upper/middle class folk in British cinema. Like I say, I started off hating the characters, but gradually, the cracks are revealed and the film becomes an intriguing portrait of a family in crisis. Like in Archipelago, Hogg keeps the camera distanced in long-take tableaux shots, making the viewer work hard to spot little off-hand remarks and telling body language – nothing is spelled out here. Maybe it’s time for the director to tackle a new subject, but for now she has a couple of cracking films under her belt.

[platostotal]

DR. NO on Blu, good god how good can a film look? Seen it on dvd,vhs and freeview but this is just too much. Lowry do another masterpiece job of restoration, the scenes in Jamaica look so good(especially when filmed near the sea on the coast) with superb detail and a rich colour palette it'll have you rubbing your eyes in a way that a 50 year old film just shouldn't be able to do, never thought of DR. NO as a colourful Bond but it is. And when it gets dark instead of smoothing it to a mush, we get a great wash of natural grain, and boy does Ursula look great in HD if there is a niggle it's the dialogue is now easy to spot where it's overdubbed or gets a bit thin/tinny, but that's as nothing next to a truly great iconic Bond beautifully restored. These Lowry people really know their onions. a 5/5 from me.

[Slippery Jack]

Oh yeah, I watched Candyman last night for the first time in around a decade! I'd forgotten how damn scary it is in parts. Love all the stuff with the urban legend investigation in the projects. It's almost a shame when the Candyman has to appear and turn it into more standard horror fare. The second half with Helen getting (repeatedly) framed for murder gets pretty farcical. But the good (including the haunting Philip Glass score) more than outweighs the bad. No sign of a remake either?!?!

[Phurious]

Just watched Class of 1984. Can't believe I've never seen this. A great flick that really surprised me as I wasn't expecting it to be so harsh.
The only downer for me was the ending, which was a tad too predictable. I'd have preferred it to stick with the nihilistic and helpless tone of the rest of the movie.

Can't believe that kid/gang leader went on to create The Sopranos

[Cap. Vic RobotPants M.D.]

Watched TORSO on Blu, looked great even on my 720 TV. Man I need aTV that's full 1080!
The wife was shocked at how tame it was, I played her the trailer first and she thought it would be some full blown lesbian porn.

Finally watched SUCKER PUNCH, wow, what a jumbled incoherent mess.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

"Mondo Keyhole": Jesus, this is one sick puppy from 1966. A sexploitation roughie that follows the lead male character as he spends his days running a company who make porn mags, bondage films and records (in Hi Fi!) of the sounds of sexual torture. Sadly all this has a knock on effect, as he can't get it up with his sex starved, junkie wife and spends his spare time daydreaming of violent rape...or is it real. Can't recommend this highly enough, sleazy as hell, self aware, endless go go dancing and an incredibly bleak ending.

[Pete]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

"Mondo Keyhole": Jesus, this is one sick puppy from 1966. A sexploitation roughie that follows the lead male character as he spends his days running a company who make porn mags, bondage films and records (in Hi Fi!) of the sounds of sexual torture. Sadly all this has a knock on effect, as he can't get it up with his sex starved, junkie wife and spends his spare time daydreaming of violent rape...or is it real. Can't recommend this highly enough, sleazy as hell, self aware, endless go go dancing and an incredibly bleak ending.

Sounds great! Is it out on DVD?

[James Morton]

Originally Posted by Cap. Vic RobotPants M.D.

Watched TORSO on Blu, looked great even on my 720 TV. Man I need aTV that's full 1080!
The wife was shocked at how tame it was, I played her the trailer first and she thought it would be some full blown lesbian porn.

Finally watched SUCKER PUNCH, wow, what a jumbled incoherent mess.

I agree with you about SUCKER PUNCH - it was shit
and the Daily Mail said something along the lines of the film being disgusting or something!
no surprise from them then

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Pete

Sounds great! Is it out on DVD?

Yeah, I got it from Amazon. It's on a double bill with a nudist film called "The Raw Ones"