What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Prince_Vajda]

The Witches. Gentle and moody Hammer Horror. Joan Fontaine is excellent; the same goes for the rest of the cast. Little action, few shocks, but nice suspense moments and an unsettling atmosphere. Spoiled by incredibly ridiculous final scenes.

Recommended.
*** out of ****

Bigger review will follow on the Cult Labs Members Review Club thread pretty soon.

Greetings!

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by James Morton

and PROM NIGHT was crap as well!

no accounting for taste then cough cough.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by James Morton

and PROM NIGHT was crap as well!

Sacrilege! Stone the heretic!

Seriously, I'm surprised to find someone who didn't like it as it's one of the great overlooked '80s slashers. Still, to each their own.

[DryJack]

Finally got round to buying the Arrow release of Street Trash (something I've been meaning to do for months) and watched it last night. I had the cut version on VHS back in the day and I loved that. Then a mate gave me an uncut copy and I was in heaven. I was a bit worried that the film wouldn't appeal as much as it did when I was younger but I needn't have been. Just as much fun as I remember. Low budget film making at it's finest. Looking forward to watching The Meltdown Memoirs next.

[mercury]

Deliverance........Squeal piggy

[fuzzymctiger]

Originally Posted by sawyer6

Restless,yes that's the feeling! Surely not the best film to watch if you want to visit Australia.

Well, excuuuuuse ME!?! Australia's a great place and just because there were a couple of murders 14 years ago in the country areas, doesn't mean the whole place is dangerous.

Wolf Creek and Snowtown are based respectively on the 2 worst serial killers in Australia.

Now if it was Wolf Creek we were talking about, then i would understand you not wanting to come here. Snowtowns victims are locals, where as Wolf Creeks are tourists.

[sawyer6]

Originally Posted by fuzzymctiger

Well, excuuuuuse ME!?! Australia's a great place and just because there were a couple of murders 14 years ago in the country areas, doesn't mean the whole place is dangerous.

Wolf Creek and Snowtown are based respectively on the 2 worst serial killers in Australia.

Now if it was Wolf Creek we were talking about, then i would understand you not wanting to come here. Snowtowns victims are locals, where as Wolf Creeks are tourists.

Don't get me wrong.I love Australia,I even consider to live there

[James Morton]

SKYSCRAPER
crap low budget and DIE HARD wannabe - no chance of that!
Anna Nicole Smith as an unlikely helicopter pilot, couldn't act, no one could esp the leader of the terrorists and it his first film and the last I would think!
She was covering up as much as she could, and the rape scene was cut
but it was one of these films which was terrible overall, acting, directing, editing, script.....

[Nordicdusk]

Last House On the Left remake.

I was not impressed by this at all just sort of bored me.

[Prince_Vajda]

Another film night with a close friend of mine. Our regular meetings (every three or four weeks) not only consist of movie marathons. There's also lots of chatter and decent meat and drink; that is why we only watched three films, before falling asleep at 5am.

Natural Born Killers - The Director's Cut (1994). Nice mix of crazy editing, quite a bit of violent action, and social criticism/commentary. A modern version of Bonnie and Clyde. Both Harrelson and Lewis play their roles with enthusiasm - he's really cool and she's really hot. Juliette Lewis never looked better - and she's a very convincing crazy criminal chick. Tom Sizemore's and Tommy Lee Jones' performances are (positively) over the top. Great soundtrack, too.
The strange editing and the visual gimmicks (graphic novel look, red filter, black and white,…), some of the film's merits, get a little bit repetitive, though.

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Mallory: That's the worst ****in' head I ever got in my life! Next time don't be so ****in' eager!

Scagnetti: Oswald might've been a pussy, but he was a great shot.

[Studying Mallory's imprint at a crime scene]
Jack Scagnetti: Now that is a perfect ass.

Mallory: Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad!
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*** out of ****

Commando (1985). Non-stop action, a myriad of one-liners, humour, and Arnie – what’s not to like? Seriously, I think this is one of the best Action films of the 80s, and maybe my personal favourite of this genre. Of course, you have to accept the fact that our hero is almost invincible - but the same goes for almost all 80s Action flicks, and Arnie most certainly does look invincible. Look out for a The Prowler style kill in the final scenes.

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Matrix: Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last?
Sully: That's right, Matrix! You did!
Matrix: I lied.

Cooke: You scared, mother****er? Well, you should be, because this Green Beret is going to kick your big ass!
Matrix: I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now, I'm very hungry!

Gen. Kirby: Keep on the airwaves and let me know if you hear anything unusual.
Soldier: I'll keep at it. What are you expecting?
Gen. Kirby: World War Three.
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*** ½ out of ****

High Tension (2003). One of the finest modern Horror films. Really creepy, with fantastic cinematography, a great amount of gore (Giannetto De Rossi!), and a convincing (and cute-looking) Cecile De France in the leading role. Philippe “The Butcher” Nahon (Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible and I Stand Alone) takes a low-key approach to the role of the sadistic killer – perfectly proving that less can be more. As for the final twist: if you really payed attention to the movie, you’ll get it and applaud loudly. I got it, I forgot about a few little inconsistencies, and I loved it till the very last seconds. Mr Ebert, go get yourself some brain cells!*

*** ½ out of ****

All three are highly recommended.

As for my friend: he did like Natural Born Killers (although he thought it was a bit too crazy; he also had to put up with me constantly praising Juliette Lewis' lovely bum and her flithy voice; we both adored the orange Challenger), he very much liked Commando (and loved Sully's yellow Porsche, and almost burst into tears when it was heavily dented; we both loved Arnie's Austrian accent and could not stop imitating him afterwards), and he loved High Tension (he was 'dead tired' (wink, wink) and yet he managed to keep himself awake till the end; his first words: "She (i.e. De France) is a lesbian, isn't she?")

Greetings!

* Quite a few of Ebert's reviews are highly entertaining and spot-on, but his High Tension review is a disgrace.

PS: I moved this post from another place (see page 1310 of this thread) - you'll find a mini review of The Witches there.