Films you've watched recently.

[BALDY]

Lock up your daughters!

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Another vote for Ridley Scott's Gladiator 2,which I saw at the Balmes yesterday.It's visually stunning.

 

[Napster]

Updated since 6/11

Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough (2018, horror short)
Too Many Cooks (2014, horror short)
I’ll Never Heil Again (1941, Three Stooges)
The Body (2018, horror short with Alfie Allen)
Him Indoors (2012, horror short with Reece Shearsmith)
M3GAN 2022
Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994
Backstroke (2017, horror short)
The Kid and the Camera (2022, horror short)
Man on a Train (2018, horror short)
Earn $20K EVERY MONTH by being your own boss (2020, horror short)
Teaching Jake about the Camcorder, Jan ’97 (2021, horror short)
How High Is Up? (1940, Three Stooges)
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope 1972
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1912
The House Is Black (1963, short, classic documentary)
Black and Tan 1929, Duke Ellington
La Jetée 1962
Un Chien Andalou 1929
A Plumbing We Will Go (1940, Three Stooges)
The Corpse Can’t Play (1968, TV short)

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

I watched 'In Bruges' last night. Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. Described as a dark comedy. More like a dark tale, with the odd great comedy moment. A great film in my opinion, and I really enjoyed it. It's certainly different. It's about two hitmen who have to go to Belgium after a job goes wrong in London. It turns out they have guilt, morals and feelings, as the story unfolds. Gleeson is especially superb.

 

[overseas shrimper]

I watched 'In Bruges' last night. Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. Described as a dark comedy. More like a dark tale, with the odd great comedy moment. A great film in my opinion, and I really enjoyed it. It's certainly different. It's about two hitmen who have to go to Belgium after a job goes wrong in London. It turns out they have guilt, morals and feelings, as the story unfolds. Gleeson is especially superb.

Brilliant film. I certainly do see it as a dark comedy. Martin McDonagh is a great writer / director.

 

[overseas shrimper]

Recently watched:

Strange Darling - a brilliantly dark, twisted film that unravels out of sequence. Great cinematography by Giovanni Ribisi.

Smile 2 - great horror flick and maybe superior to the original Smile. Naomi Scott deserves awards, but the majors will ignore her powerful performance because of the genre.

Blitz - left me unmoved and a weak offering by director Steve McQueen. It seems as though he was hell bent of forcing his agenda of racism into a story it didn't fit and took the focus away from the actual narrative. Saoirse Ronan was, of course, good. Paul Weller is pretty decent in it.

 

[RHB]

IF - Ryan Reynolds. It's basically a film for kids and adults that are still kids at heart. Provided you don't get too sniffy about it, then it's very enjoyable, and, because I had a big kid streak, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[Kenny]

Wicked - I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed this in spite of 2 massive caveats
a) It's a musical.
b) It's 2h40m long, and didn't really slow down at all.

In this modern age of cinema, great to see a large scale production with proper sets and practical effects, instead of spamming the CGI.

This will probably sweep the board at the Oscars next year. Arianna Grande camps it up to about 11 and will become "Judy Garland" level gay icon for eternity.

 

[blues exile]

'Pitfall' classic 1948 Noir. Savage satire on the 'American Dream' of the monotony of suburban life style clashing with the underworld. Raymond Burr pre Perry Mason as the villain, the wonderful Lizabeth Scott as the femme fatale, Dick Powell as the insurance man 'feeling like a wheel within a wheel within a wheel'.

 

[Dave Smiths Love Child]

Wicked surprised me how good it is 10/10

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Recently watched:

Strange Darling - a brilliantly dark, twisted film that unravels out of sequence. Great cinematography by Giovanni Ribisi.

Smile 2 - great horror flick and maybe superior to the original Smile. Naomi Scott deserves awards, but the majors will ignore her powerful performance because of the genre.

Blitz - left me unmoved and a weak offering by director Steve McQueen. It seems as though he was hell bent of forcing his agenda of racism into a story it didn't fit and took the focus away from the actual narrative. Saoirse Ronan was, of course, good. Paul Weller is pretty decent in it.

IT got reviewed here but didn't open as it went straight to Apple +. (I look Forward to seeing in at the cinema ,hopefully early in the New Year),

 

[RHB]

Red One - Amazon. Dwayne Johnson Xmas nonsense but watchable and Mrs RHB loved it.

 

[Napster]

Updated:

You Are on Indian Land (1969) good documentary
A Trip to the Moon (1902) - early sci fi
A Short Vision (1956) - nuclear warning short, striking
Scream VI (2023) - decent horror
The Elevator (2023) - average short horror
Alternative Math (2017) - good short
Hearts and Flowers (1930) - creepy old animation
The Haunted Castle (1896) - old horror
Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front (1901) - vintage short
The Bewitched House (1907) - old horror
Max Juggles for Love (1912) - old comedy
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - no words needed
Ready or Not (2019) - decent horror
Junkopia (1981) - arty short

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Updated:

You Are on Indian Land (1969) good documentary
A Trip to the Moon (1902) - early sci fi
A Short Vision (1956) - nuclear warning short, striking
Scream VI (2023) - decent horror
The Elevator (2023) - average short horror
Alternative Math (2017) - good short
Hearts and Flowers (1930) - creepy old animation
The Haunted Castle (1896) - old horror
Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front (1901) - vintage short
The Bewitched House (1907) - old horror
Max Juggles for Love (1912) - old comedy
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - no words needed
Ready or Not (2019) - decent horror
Junkopia (1981) - arty short

Great film and I think the only one in your list I've seen.

 

[blues exile]

Updated:

You Are on Indian Land (1969) good documentary
A Trip to the Moon (1902) - early sci fi
A Short Vision (1956) - nuclear warning short, striking
Scream VI (2023) - decent horror
The Elevator (2023) - average short horror
Alternative Math (2017) - good short
Hearts and Flowers (1930) - creepy old animation
The Haunted Castle (1896) - old horror
Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front (1901) - vintage short
The Bewitched House (1907) - old horror
Max Juggles for Love (1912) - old comedy
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - no words needed
Ready or Not (2019) - decent horror
Junkopia (1981) - arty short

After watching Scorsese's film 'Hugo' which referenced it, I decided to take a look at Melies' work including 'A Trip to the Moon' and ended up with a DVD of 15 of his films.

 

[Napster]

Great film and I think the only one in your list I've seen.

It’s in my top 5. Although I do love Manhunter as well

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

It’s in my top 5. Although I do love Manhunter as well

I like Manhunter too but Hopkins is a better actor than Cox, IMO.

 

[Supershrimper]

The Green Mile on Channel 4. Great cast, great story, great film

 

[overseas shrimper]

Watched Heretic last night. Hugh Grant obviously had fun unleashing the dark, nasty side. It starts off very talky, in a pretty clever way, coming across like a play adapted for the screen. Overall, enjoyable fun, even if the final act does become somewhat silly and fails to live up to its promise.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Watched Heretic last night. Hugh Grant obviously had fun unleashing the dark, nasty side. It starts off very talky, in a pretty clever way, coming across like a play adapted for the screen. Overall, enjoyable fun, even if the final act does become somewhat silly and fails to live up to its promise.

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I also watched it. Thought provoking on religion. Watchable, and I rate it 7/10.