What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[nosferatu42]

Definitely, I love Let's scare jessica to death, it's more of a psychological horror than gore, but if you can get into the atmosphere it's really good.
Can't believe there's no UK release available still. Give it a watch while you've got the chance.

[Vampix]

I recently had a Blu-ray double bill of Twins of Evil and Hands of the Ripper -- two of the best Hammer horrors of the 1970s.

[Frankie Teardrop]

Originally Posted by Nordicdusk

Not seen Let's Scare Jessica To Death. Is it worth a watch?

What he (Nos 42) said. 'Let's Scare Jessica To Death' is one of my fave seventies horrors and has quite a strange, heavy atmosphere.

[J Harker]

Wife just managed to get me to sit through Saving Mr Banks with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson. The story of how Walt Disney (Hanks) persuades the author of Mary Poppins to let him turn her book into the famous film. Its inoffensive enough and a good cast make it watchable but really nothing special. Doesn't help i hate Mary Poppins.
Not as good as The Exorcist.

[Nordicdusk]

Cheers Frankie and Nos42 i will watch it tomorrow.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by J Harker

Wife just managed to get me to sit through Saving Mr Banks with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson. The story of how Walt Disney (Hanks) persuades the author of Mary Poppins to let him turn her book into the famous film. Its inoffensive enough and a good cast make it watchable but really nothing special. Doesn't help i hate Mary Poppins.
Not as good as The Exorcist.

You're right in that it's not as good as The Exorcist, but I thought both Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks were excellent, especially Thompson, even though the PL Travers back story doesn't quite gel as well as it showed with the present-day story. I also thought Jason Schwartzman and B. J. Novak were really good as Sherman brothers, but then I love Mary Poppins and the songs.

[tele1962]

Originally Posted by tele1962

Finally got round to watching my Universum release of "M" ............man this is just a stunning release in every way. Superb:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hnaq_QLXnc

No interest in this one?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by tele1962

No interest in this one?

I have the Masters of Cinema release, which I think is excellent. I am not sure, but I may have the Criterion DVD as well. It is a brilliant film, and an all-time great, one of the few films to which the word 'great' applies – it's occasionally thrown around little too often – but M is one deserving the superlative.

That does look like a quality release with a really nice MediaBook.

[tele1962]

It is as far as I know the most complete version introducing new footage originally thought lost and not included on the Eureka/Criterion release.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by tele1962

It is as far as I know the most complete version introducing new footage originally thought lost and not included on the Eureka/Criterion release.

I wish I didn't know that – I'll have to buy it now!