Film Thread

[Lofty]

I love this stage of Cage's career.

[Manc]

Is he likely to have a Keaton moment?

[Shindig]

If he eats his own pig at the end of that movie, absolutely.

[Mike]

If Nic Cage is in it, I watch it.

[Kikó]

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Sopranos prequel.

[Lofty]

Isn't Gandolfini's son playing young Tony?

[Kikó]

Yep. You can see his mannerisms in some of the shots.

[Ian]

I never did finish The Sopranos. Is it on any of the streaming things? I guess I'd be better restarting at this point if I was gonna do that.

[Kikó]

Looks like NOW TV or HBO on Amazon.

[Baz]

I watched series 1 but it felt like such an anticlimax that I never bothered going any further.

[Kikó]

That's a mistake.

[Lofty]

I watched series 1 but it felt like such an anticlimax that I never bothered going any further.

The canolli on this kid.

[phonics]

Movie looks dull, just looks like a mafia movie not a sopranos thing. Even the colour palette is a joke.

[Yevrah]

I watched Nobody, it was pretty rubbish.

[Kikó]

Really doesn't work. Bob as an all out action figure is just weird.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Watched Black Widow tonight.

I really enjoyed it, especially David Harbour's character.

Also, Winstone really needs to work on his Russian accent. Failing that he should have just kept one accent going throughout the film, he seemed to jump between about 30.

[phonics]

Me and the boys watched the Kickboxer sequel with Mike Tyson and Ronaldinho yesterday. Truly one of the worst films I've ever seen. 2 hours long and I couldn't name you a character and I'm not sure why/when anyone was in/out of prison. I was saying to one of my friends that it feels like a movie made by someone who has never seen a movie but have been explained the basic concept of one.

This outrageously bad stunt scene was the best part: https://streamable.com/2ta1u1

[Shindig]

That's some textbook, "We'll get it in the edit." :D

[Lofty]

Falling Down is on Netflix :cool:

[Ian]

I watched The Dead Don't Die last night. No idea what the point of it was.

I've said here before that I'm a bit of a sucker for even a shit zombie film but this was just boring, and trying to be weird without being genuinely odd or funny enough to pull it off. Why they bothered getting that cast in for it I don't know.

[Dquincy]

The Old trailer looks proper shit.


https://youtu.be/Nupe9vVBcwI

[Manc]

I watched The Dead Don't Die last night. No idea what the point of it was.

I've said here before that I'm a bit of a sucker for even a shit zombie film but this was just boring, and trying to be weird without being genuinely odd or funny enough to pull it off. Why they bothered getting that cast in for it I don't know.

:(

This is high up on my to watch list.

[Lofty]

Yeah even as a big Bill Murray fan, The Dead Don't Die feels like something Jim Jarmush scribbled on a napkin and then made without actually fleshing out. Makes me even more wary he is making Ghost Dog 2 next.

Watched Fear Street:1994 on Netflix last night. It was a strange affair, the intro was good. Directly after the intro was a bit wobbly, trying to cram as many 90s songs as possible into a short sequence was very distracting but once it got a bit of time to breathe it was a lot better. Of course it's a horror story adapted from a Goosebumps book with ultra gore thrown in and trying to pay homage to a lot of other horror films at the same time: not everything will work. Interested to see how the next two parts go and then review the series as a whole.

[Ian]

:(

This is high up on my to watch list.

I thought it might be bad, I just didn't anticipate that cast being so dull.

[Boydy]

Yeah, I tried The Dead Don't Die last weekend and it was terrible. I can't remember if I fell asleep during it, switched it off cause I was bored or just lost interest and got distracted by my phone.

[Baz]

The Old trailer looks proper shit.


https://youtu.be/Nupe9vVBcwI

I don’t understand why their clothes still fit.

[Manc]

I see Midsommmar has dropped on Netflix. An absolute must.

[Lofty]

Really? I felt it was a big step down from Hereditary and there was some questionable villifying of a certain character for me. Maybe it was Ari Aster's intention, I know whenever it is mentioned on the horror facebook groups I am in it usually degenerates into a shit show and gets deleted :D

[Manc]

It's a roaring, cathartic, monster of a film. Bang up there with The Lighthouse in recent years.

[Lofty]

I haven't seen that yet, it's on the list.

[Lofty]

Just watched Hunter Hunter as per DS's recommendation in the WDYTOE thread and it is excellent.

[Dark Soldier]

Just watched Hunter Hunter as per DS's recommendation in the WDYTOE thread and it is excellent.

Top man. That ending is something else.

Also echo the Midsommar love. Only Saint Maud and Censor have come close to it of late.

[Gray Fox]

I'm fully on the Midsommar as a shitshow bandwagon.

[Dark Soldier]

Kandisha, a new French horror on Shudder.

Nothing new, but enjoyable enough. A friend in a group summons a mythical demon, and shit goes very wrong. Decent kills, its short and solid acting

[Lofty]

I have reactivated my Shudder subscription so will check it out. I liked Summer of 84 but saw it was a bit marmite review wise.

[Giggles]

I never ever expected to but I enjoyed Palm Springs.

[Spammer]

Did someone post a knockout tournament of action films on the forum somewhere?

The Raid won, Bloodsport was a beaten finalist. I wanted to look through the whole tournament and download any films I hadn't seen but I can't find the big picture someone posted a few days ago

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Podcast thread.

[Spammer]

:thbup:

Cheers

[Dark Soldier]

I've finally got a copy of the below, which is supposed to be incredibly fucked and is causing a stir. Been chasing it for a while. Its not available anywhere, really, so if you want the link let me know.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_scary_of_sixty_first

https://www.berlinale.de/en/programme/programme/detail.html?film_id=202105883

https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/the-scary-of-sixty-first-review-1234919297/

[Manc]

Deal me in.

[Dark Soldier]

Sent, bossman

[Baz]

I PMd you..

[Dark Soldier]

I replied, gorgeous

[Don]

DS back offering his foul sweets from his dirty van.

Ladybird on BBC 1 in 30.

[Shindig]

In another life, DS would've been the bloke giving my Dad those kung fu VHS' from his car boot. I'm pretty sure that's how I saw Robocop at 7.

[Spikey M]

I still haven't forgiven you for the film that ended with a dad raping his entire family to death. Something about Siberia I think? Or the film where the priests all sit around eating shit with with the kids in their noncery.

Keep your links to yourself fella. :nono:

[Spikey M]

Not Siberia, Serbia I think?

[Dark Soldier]

A Serbian Film, aye. It's almost a black comedy.

[Spikey M]

What was the other one? Pretty sure it was Italian.

[Dark Soldier]

Might have been Silo. I've lost track if most if em tbh.

Watch Inside instead mate

[Baz]

Pretty big spoiler that Spikey. :nono:

I laughed my head off at that reveal.

[Spikey M]

It's got to be atleast 10 years old.

[Dark Soldier]

It's got to be atleast 10 years old.

The son or the film?

[randomlegend]

Black Widow is really silly.

[Spammer]

All the Marvel films are silly. Bit daft to expect anything else.

I watched Die Hard 4 last night and it's still great fun

[Lofty]

I have heard Black Widow is a copy paste of The Winter Soldier except they never did the set up TWS had in a previous film to validate the stakes and make it a worthy payoff.

[randomlegend]

All the Marvel films are silly. Bit daft to expect anything else.

I watched Die Hard 4 last night and it's still great fun

Well yes but the:

"pheromonal block" was just retarded. The difference between stuff like that and magic and gods and wizards is that there's no pretence of any of that stuff being plausible

[Shindig]

"It's not the force, lads. it's your white cell count."

At first it was to distance concepts like that from religion.

[Spikey M]

I see Midsommmar has dropped on Netflix. An absolute must.

Watched this today. Quality, disorientating stuff. Best I've seen of it's type.

[Boydy]

Yeah, Midsommar is great. I watched Us at the weekend. Was worried it'd be too scary for me but I loved Get Out so thought I'd try it. It was brilliant.

[Manc]

I thought Us was a huge drop off from Get Out.

[Boydy]

It's not as good as Get out but I still really enjoyed it.

[Lofty]

Us is good but plot hole tastic if you think too much about it. Watched the original Hellraiser today, having never seen it. Totally didn't expect that plot given the most famous images, also lolled a bit at the sex scenes. Can see why it is a classic though.

[Spikey M]

In a day of contrasts, I've just watched "Crawl". Unforgivable.

[Lofty]

I didn't mind it for what it is. There's plenty of worse efforts in the genre.

[Spammer]

Watched Collateral today with Tom Cruise with great hair

It was alright

[Boydy]

Us is good but plot hole tastic if you think too much about it. Watched the original Hellraiser today, having never seen it. Totally didn't expect that plot given the most famous images, also lolled a bit at the sex scenes. Can see why it is a classic though.

What are the plot holes?

[Spammer]

Watched a bit of Crank as it's on ITV4

Is my memory playing tricks on me, or does he basically rape his missus in an outdoor market or something at some point in the film, to keep his heartrate up?

[Yevrah]

Watched a bit of Crank as it's on ITV4

Is my memory playing tricks on me, or does he basically rape his missus in an outdoor market or something at some point in the film, to keep his heartrate up?

Your memory is not playing tricks on you, he does indeed. I don't think it's portrayed as rape though.

[Yevrah]

In fact I think he's about to now.

[Lofty]

What are the plot holes?

If they stopped the program when Adelaide was a kid, why are there clones of kids? At the end, how does Red get to the beach ahead of them? Does she know how to drive? How did Red contact all the tethered at all the other facilities all over the US/World? Why did the government build a secret facility under a fun fair and not in the desert like usual? Why did they need 300 million clones? Why didn't they kill the clones or seal the facilities when they abandoned the experiment? Why didn't Adelaide just leave the facility after she was kidnapped by Red?

[Lofty]

https://youtu.be/XKe5XTrThj8

Just hook it into my veins!

[SvN]

That does look outstanding.

[Don]

Sat through over 2 mins of that shit waiting for the beat to drop ffs.

Any film that has that clipart action SFX used at 2:03 of that trailer needs to go straight into the bin.

[Spikey M]

You're a right miserable cunt at the moment.

[Giggles]

That looks like it will more than make up for that woman version they did.

[Giggles]

You're a right miserable cunt at the moment.

Cunt wouldn’t know a beat if it hit him in the nose.

[Don]

Don't make me focus on my mental health, please. There's no football, no clubs and no foreign brothels. They took away all I had.

[Don]

Even some Giggles toxicity isn't getting me going. Yev, can you forward me your shrink's details ta.

[randomlegend]

Even some Giggles toxicity isn't getting me going. Yev, can you forward me your shrink's details ta.

Wan-Bissaka is better than TAA.

Anything?

[Giggles]

Even some Giggles toxicity isn't getting me going. Yev, can you forward me your shrink's details ta.

That’s because you know I don’t really mean it.

[Don]

Get off my dick, you disgusting fuck.

[Giggles]

Get off my dick, you disgusting fuck.

:hug:

[mo]

Watched Midsommar. It was a long, slow build up (and not that unsettling, I didn't think. From reading abut the extended version it sounds like there was meant to be more foreshadowing) but the pay off was decent enough I thought.

[Baz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGdrlVShkmg

[Baz]

Today I realised I absolutely cannot wait for Jackass Forever.

Fuck Bam making me sad, I'm gonna go in with a smile on my face and enjoy every last second of it.

[Spikey M]

I thought Jackass died long before Bam did.

[phonics]

Neither of them did.

[Baz]

Indeed, what you on about Spikey?

Bam Margera is [surprisingly, but thankfully] still alive but they wouldn’t let him on Jackass 4 because he wouldn’t agree to their terms, which was basically not drink or do any drugs. Well, he agreed to the terms but didn’t stick to them, so they canned him and anything they’d already filmed with him in it. Shame cos he seemed okay in the intro to Steve-O’s [not very good] Gnarly standup.

And Jackass 3D was very successful.

[Spikey M]

Oh. One of them died in a car crash didn't they? Must have been his mate.

[phonics]

Turns out that Spikey is secretly Hulk Hogan

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EAmcTlcWwAM5dqw.jpg

[Spikey M]

:D

[Baz]

Oh. One of them died in a car crash didn't they? Must have been his mate.

Yeah Ryan Dunn. Bam's been fucked ever since.

As bad as it sounds, I wish it had been Dave England or Ehren.

[Shindig]

Ehren's not ringing any bells. Was his one of the egg nog blokes?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He's the one who is pranked a lot by the others.

He did Terrorist Taxi wearing a pube beard which he did not know about for instance.

[Yevrah]

I'm only 40 minutes in, But Rambo Last Blood is a film and a half so far.

[randomlegend]

Ehren's not ringing any bells. Was his one of the egg nog blokes?

He's the one whose tooth they pulled out with the lambo.

[Dave.]

I watched Gangster Squad last night and while it's not brilliant, I was reasonably entertained. It was good to see Sean Penn playing a villain and it just about worked.

[Spammer]

I'm only 40 minutes in, But Rambo Last Blood is a film and a half so far.

The bit where he breaks the guy's clavicle was great

[mo]

Watched a film called ‘Escape Room’ on Prime (looks like there’s more than one) - see if you can guess what it entails? Didn’t recognise any of the cast bar Deborah Ann Woll (Daredevil) but quite enjoyed the premise and how it played out. Definitely a large ‘Saw’ influence, just somewhat less grisly.

[Dan]

The second one has just come out in cinema - Tournament of Champions. Again, you can pretty much guess where that goes. It’s fine, but not as good as the first one.

[mo]

Cheers, I’ll check that out. Some returning cast which is interesting.

[Shindig]

Without seeing those, there must be one where the twist is they escape one only to find there's another.

[Spikey M]

That's the entire film and it's a load if shite. Mo in the mud.

[Kikó]

Giving Wrath of Man a go. Very gruff over the top manliness so far

[Lofty]

Just watched Saint Maud. It was interesting for sure but definitely not the standard horror fare.

[Mike]

Just watched Jungle Cruise. It wasn’t very good at all.

[Dan]

And I just watched The Suicide Squad. You know what? It was actually pretty good.

[Lofty]

Suicide Squad is getting so much critical hype I might wait to see it, as I am always wary of that. Same with Saint Maud, if you watched on release with critics saying it was the scariest film of the decade you might feel unhappy, but seeing it afterwards I was happy enough with it.

Not surprised about Jungle Cruise.

[Shindig]

Every comic book film gets hyped. This one was so hyped it got rebooted in a matter of years so they can do it all again at the box office.

[Kikó]

Giving Wrath of Man a go. Very gruff over the top manliness so far

Avoid this. Not sure what's happened to Guy Ritchie but this film was tired and uninspiring.

[Dan]

Suicide Squad is getting so much critical hype I might wait to see it, as I am always wary of that. Same with Saint Maud, if you watched on release with critics saying it was the scariest film of the decade you might feel unhappy, but seeing it afterwards I was happy enough with it.

Not surprised about Jungle Cruise.

Yeah, I was probably helped by not expecting much from it. It’s still not on the level of the best Marvel films, but it’s closer than the other DC efforts.

I enjoyed St Maud too, but then I much prefer the more atmospheric horror films like that/Hereditary/Us to generic jumpscare/slasher flicks.

[Shindig]

The trailer for King Richard looks alright. It's nice to see Will Smith not sounding like Will Smith.

[Baz]

The trailer for King Richard looks alright. It's nice to see Will Smith not sounding like Will Smith.
Yeah looks good, that. Should be a good film.

[Mike]

Just watched The Peanut Butter Falcon. Loved it! It ‘leaves’ Netflix tomorrow, I’d check it out if you haven’t seen it.

[Yevrah]

The trailer for King Richard looks alright. It's nice to see Will Smith not sounding like Will Smith.


Yeah looks good, that. Should be a good film.

It's an almost impossible story to fuck up so it should be good, but yet another role that will no doubt be played as safe as houses by Mr Smith.

[Shindig]

They’re not going to have him batter them. No script would get that far.

[Yevrah]

They’re not going to have him batter them. No script would get that far.

Which is fine, but he really should take some risks in his career. He's a very good actor.

[Manc]

Watched OUATIH for a second time last night. The ending hits just as hard, but the body of the film didn't quite hold up.

[Yevrah]

The Odds is rubbish.

[Ian]

"After playing Mandela, it's very hard to read a script that doesn't have any of the qualities that man has," said Idris Elba to the BBC in 2013. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25213117)"It's quite interesting what it's doing to my taste in characters."

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[Baz]

Do you know what film is really good? Horton Hears A Who. Jim Carrey and Steve Carell as the two main voices and it’s just really funny. Maybe having so low expectations are just seeing the cover (with Dr Sue’s’ name on) helped, but honestly I was laughing for the majority of it. The bridge scene is amazing.

[Kikó]

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Two great historical leaders who had to deal with hardship and collect rings. I don't see the problem?

[Shindig]

Knuckles was more about the emeralds.

[Ian]

Yeah but once you plugged S&K into the top of Sonic 3 and played as him he was into the rings (oo-er) as well.

[Don]

Sound of Metal on prime :thbup:

[Kikó]

Pig is really good. Surprisingly because it's Nicholas Cage.

[Ian]

Yeah I saw that despite the mental trailer and premise it had been getting pretty strong reviews.

I think he's still got a good (or at least fun) performance in him, he just spends all his time in tat. I can least see from a couple of more recent things I've seen him in why you'd still hire him for your straight to DVD nonsense unlike Bruce Willis, say, who just seems to sleepwalk through any roles he gets now.

[Mike]

If Nicholas Cage is in it, I watch it. What a man!

[Kikó]

Don't expect a normal Cage film. He plays a really strong, emotional performance.

[Jimmy Floyd]

There is a certain breed of actor (including him) for whom I have full respect. Role lands on desk, man takes role, man plays role to best of his ability, man is paid. Professionalism at its best.

Sam Neill also in this category.

[Manc]

Sam Neill has aged like a fine wine.

[Lofty]

Sam Neill in Event Horizon :cool:

[Don]

Giant Little Ones has gone and inserted sexual fluidity to the winning formula of good looking people in a good looking American suburbia location and ruined my love of coming of age films. It's got strong reviews so this must be the moment I've outgrown the genre. You were good to me.

[Lofty]

Watched 'scariest film ever' Sinister last night. Not for me, Clive.

[Manc]

The Ones Below is a very uncomfortable watch.

[Lofty]

Will check it out.

[Baz]

I just watched an odd one: Teen Titans Go! Watch Space Jam and it was basically exactly that. Starts off like an episode of Teen Titans Go! but the aliens from Space Jam come to visit them. Cyborg recognises them but quickly realised the rest of them haven’t seen Space Jam, so they all go and watch it. And then it’s literally just [the original] Space Jam with the Teen Titans occasionally commenting on what’s going on.

It was great!

[Yevrah]

Run Hide Fight was watchable piffle.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11456054/

I do wonder whether fictional films about school shootings should be automatically an 18 though.

[igor_balis]

Watching the absolute wank you do on a regular basis yev, it's no wonder you thought you could write a sitcom.

[Spikey M]

I just watched an odd one: Teen Titans Go! Watch Space Jam and it was basically exactly that. Starts off like an episode of Teen Titans Go! but the aliens from Space Jam come to visit them. Cyborg recognises them but quickly realised the rest of them haven’t seen Space Jam, so they all go and watch it. And then it’s literally just [the original] Space Jam with the Teen Titans occasionally commenting on what’s going on.

It was great!

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[Baz]

I have no idea what you're talking about.Do yourself a favour and get your kid(s) into Teen Titans Go! ASAP.
niko_cee knows.

[Lofty]

I watched '71 the other day and I highly recommend.

This week I have also watched Jaws 2 and Jaws 3 because I am a glutton for punishment. Not sure if I can try Jaws The Revenge though, could be a bridge too far.

Wife wants to watch the last two Paranormal Activities too at some point (Marked Ones and Ghost Dimension).

Hearing poor reviews for Blomkamp's Demonic which is a shame.

[randomlegend]

Halfway through The Suicide Squad. It's completely and utterly insane.

[Spikey M]

*shit

I mean, I've never seen it, but the people I know putting Harley Quinn memes all over Facebook are absolute mongs, so it must be.

[randomlegend]

The new one, not the Jared Leto Joker one, just to clarify.

It's got really good reviews but I'm starting to come down on the "shit" side as well.

[Yevrah]

Watching the absolute wank you do on a regular basis yev, it's no wonder you thought you could write a sitcom.

What absolute wank would this be? Oh, you're making stuff up again.

[Yevrah]

And just as an FYI, it's those sort of posts that make it unlikely I'll ever bother with anything on here again.

Factually inaccurate wank (I've barely watched anything over the last year) made up to make a cheap jibe - it's so incredibly tedious.

[Don]

Anyone got the Samaritans number to hand? Lololololol

Speaking of school shooting films, get Gus Van Sant's Elephant if you want to impress Igor.

[Yevrah]

I've decided to watch Jaws 3 instead.

[Lofty]

Good choice, it's a shame those 3D bits look so wank now. I love a shark film.

Just rewatched Bride of Chucky randomly (not my choice), I'll never not be disappointed that Jennifer Tilley's tits aren't shown during that bubble bath scene.

[Ian]

. Not sure if I can try Jaws The Revenge though, could be a bridge too far.

Nah, A Bridge Too Far wasn't part of the Jaws franchise.

[Spikey M]

https://youtu.be/C40CfAu-xOQ

[randomlegend]

The Suicide Squad is like The Raid but with a bunch of characters from the mind of someone with florid psychosis.

[Kikó]

Halfway through The Suicide Squad. It's completely and utterly insane.

What did you make of it?

Personally found it ok but would rather watch Deadpool if I want to see dumb comic book comedy action.

[Giggles]

They've remade it already? Christ.

[Bernanke]

They've remade it already? Christ.

It's a reboot, a remake, and a sequel all in one.

[randomlegend]

What did you make of it?

Personally found it ok but would rather watch Deadpool if I want to see dumb comic book comedy action.

Yeah agree. Was quite entertaining but Deadpool is far better.

It just didn't feel like a coherent "thing" somehow.

[Spikey M]

And just as an FYI, it's those sort of posts that make it unlikely I'll ever bother with anything on here again.

Factually inaccurate wank (I've barely watched anything over the last year) made up to make a cheap jibe - it's so incredibly tedious.

If you ever do decide to go down that road, allow me to recommend The Hole, which is an absolute mess of a film. From the highs of a Young Keira Knightleys tits to the lows of Laurence Fox's penis. Which is bigger than I expected. I had put most of his problems down to a deep rooted insecurity of some kind. As he's not short, I'd assumed "baby cock". Sadly not.

[Lofty]

I've known more than a few losers with donkey dongs, people who on paper with their talents should be smashing it in life yet are barely treading water above going full Gollum.

[Manc]

The Hole was a channel 4/5 staple back in the day. Thora Birch has not aged well.

[Shindig]

Thora Birch is an American actress and producer. She made her film debut in Purple People Eater, for which she won a Young Artist Award for "Best Young Actress Under Nine Years of Age".

What a specific award.

[Spikey M]

Important that they must be both "young" and "under 9", of course.

[Lofty]

Who created it, Woody Allen?

[igor_balis]

And just as an FYI, it's those sort of posts that make it unlikely I'll ever bother with anything on here again.

Factually inaccurate wank (I've barely watched anything over the last year) made up to make a cheap jibe - it's so incredibly tedious.

Sorry, you're right, it was a needless comment and you were right to berate me for it. My apologies.

[Pepe]

Grow a spine.

[Don]

Just watched The Peanut Butter Falcon. Loved it! It ‘leaves’ Netflix tomorrow, I’d check it out if you haven’t seen it.


Peanut Butter Falcon is excellent

Both of you get in the fucking bin along with that 90%+ rating on RT. Putting aside the pure cheese, its point-and-laugh use of the spastic is actually the most un-pc thing going. Disgraceful on every level. On iPlayer.

[randomlegend]

Wel it didn't seem mean-spirited to me, but I'm not going to sit here and tell you how to feel about how you guys are treated.

[Don]

Man's been refreshing this desperately in search of an upvote; Manc, Ian, Spikey, someone make the poor lad's day and provide a :D

[Spikey M]

Why? He's being very inclusive and sensitive to the feelings of your community. Good lad RL.

[Giggles]

Yev has to be playing a part lately.

[Dquincy]

You've Got Mail really is a great film. One of the classics. It's on Channel 5 as I type.

Tom Hanks, the man can't make a shit film. And Meg Ryan in her sexy prime.

[Foe]

Absolutely love you’ve got mail.

DQ showing top RomCom support.

[Dquincy]

Yeah I'm a sucker for a good romcom.

Never seen Harry met Sally however. Is it worth a watch?

[Foe]

Pish.

Notting hill
The notebook
Ghost
Pretty woman
Ten things I hate about you
She’s all that
You’ve got mail
The wedding date

Those are your prime rom coms.

[Lofty]

The Circle with Tom Hanks was dogshit.

[Manc]

All three Dan Brown adaptations are rank. Cloud Atlas. The Terminal. I could go on.

[Lofty]

You speak the true true.

[Spikey M]

The Terminal? You monster.

[Dark Soldier]

Dinner in America is my favourite film of the year so far, just ahead of Summer of Soul and Another Round.

Demonic is absolute fucking shit. Blomkamp has always been awful but this just escalates to a new level. Do you find glitches scary? Well oh boy you're in for a treat.

No Sudden Move is a delightful throwback to 70s and 80s style crime dramas.

Profile is a tech-drama about a journalist posing as a terrorist sympathiser, and slowly starts falling for a recruiters charms. Despite her being portrayed as the thickest cunt ever, its decent.

My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To is an ultra low-budget horror-drama about a brother and sister 'caring' for their younger brother who has a mysterious illness. It ain't mysterious, you figure out what it is within the first five minutes, but if you like small productions and atmosphere its worth a crack.

Woodstock 99 - Solid enough documentary on the disaster that was the title event.

Apan aka The Ape - Swedish drama about a man about to tip over into madness. The lead is fantastic, ultra morbid. My kinda shit, not for everyone.

[Spammer]

Isn't you've got mail just Sleepless in Seattle adapted slightly but with the exact same plot and actors?

[Lofty]

Just watched a horror film on Netflix called Beneath. Don't bother :D

[Dquincy]

Isn't you've got mail just Sleepless in Seattle adapted slightly but with the exact same plot and actors?

Ah, that's the one I've not seen. Not Harry met Sally. If what you're saying is true then I shall be watching it.

[Kikó]

New Spider-Man looks interesting:

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[Giggles]

How many remakes have the lazy cunts done at this stage?

[Giggles]

Black Panther was on again last night. I still don’t know how they got away with that shit in this century, let alone have it showered in acclaim.

[Lofty]

How many remakes have the lazy cunts done at this stage?

To be fair if the rumours are true (not confirmed properly in that teaser) No Way Home is more than a remake as it is suggested the other two Spider-men will be in it as Marvel moves into it's next 'multi-verse' phase.

[Ian]

It's 100% not a remake.

[Raoul Duke]

Watched something called Focus over the weekend. Never heard of it before and seems like one the studios buried a bit. It's got Will Smith and Margot Robbie in it, so you'd have thought it'd been somewhat well-known but I'd never heard of it. It's good, in the sense that it has Margot Robbie in a bikini a lot, but bad in the sense that the plot is absolute bobbins. First act is fine (Smith teaching her how to be a conman) and then it goes sideways with some batshit plot that makes little sense and ignores the majority of the first part. Doesn't even stick to a generic "heist" schtick, which might have redeemed it a bit.

[Lofty]

Focus is indeed wank.

[Lofty]

I have watched three films I haven't seen previously this week.

Baby Driver, not sure how I missed this initially as I love Edgar Wright. I think the title and the Spacey stuff put me off. As a spectacle and achievement in film making it is excellent. Plot is a little thin but hardly the point.

The Gentlemen. I haven't kept up with Guy Ritchie's work post Snatch, this was a decent watch however. Fast paced crime caper with excellent dialogue, can't go too wrong if you're a fan of the genre.

Crank. How I missed Crank all these years I don't know, I was aware of it yet had never seen it. Complete madness, Statham is excellent, I think Crank wouldn't have got made in 2021 :D

[Ian]

I love Edgar Wright.

Have you seen the trailer for Last Night in Soho? I'm really interested in that.

[Lofty]

I have not, will check it out.

[Manc]

Baby Driver is all about the soundtrack really. I thought the casting choices were awful.

[Don]

It's a dogshit film.

[Yevrah]

Agree with Lofty on all of his comments there.

[Manc]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/aug/26/adam-drivers-10-best-film-performances-ranked

Can't say I agree with the list, but I am surprised how much Driver is getting slated in the comments. Top, top actor imo.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Went and saw Free Guy today. I thought it was pretty fun and had a decent concept which was executed fairly well.

[Don]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/aug/26/adam-drivers-10-best-film-performances-ranked

Can't say I agree with the list, but I am surprised how much Driver is getting slated in the comments. Top, top actor imo.

Paterson :drool:

[Yevrah]

Finally watched The Irishman today. It's good and really didn't feel like 3 and a half hours, but it isn't a patch on Goodfellas and it sort of left me wondering what the point was.

[Lofty]

Yeah not as good as Casino either. Watched it again on 4K disc the other day and the scenes with the Vegas lights are stunning.

[mo]

Just watched The Invisible Man, which was quite unnerving, largely thanks to the performance of Elizabeth Moss. Though the score for the film was done really well as well.

[Shindig]

I need to rewatch Casino. I couldn't get on with it but I think I was all gangstered out.

[Lewis]

Finally watched The Irishman today. It's good and really didn't feel like 3 and a half hours, but it isn't a patch on Goodfellas and it sort of left me wondering what the point was.

I wondered that, and the best I could come up with was to get them all in a film before they die.

[Spikey M]

Which can't be far away and if this:


https://youtu.be/KOisMk2oTvk

Is the best they can offer, then they can all fuck off.

[Lewis]

People on YouTube doing better jobs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHSTWepkp_M) really shows how bad it was. Alternatively, just get a younger actor to gurn his way through the early parts. Robert De Niro won on Oscar doing exactly that.

[Shindig]

The whole reason it falls apart is because it's a 40+ head on an 80 year old body. You can't act your way out of that.

[Spikey M]

They got away with it for the most part, but in the fight scene and a few others (the scene on the rocks for one) they should have just used a body double. It just looks ridiculous as it is.

[Yevrah]

The whole reason it falls apart is because it's a 40+ head on an 80 year old body. You can't act your way out of that.

There's an open table discussion with Scorsese and some of the cast on Netflix that I watched afterwards and they're genuinely having conversations about the cast being told to get out of the chair they're in quicker or walk down stairs faster.

[SvN]

I enjoyed The Irishman, even if the CGI did leave a bit to be desired at some point. I don't think you can compare it to Goodfellas or Casino, as it was a different sort of film, really.

[Yevrah]

Back at the cinema tonight for the first time in ages, which was great, and watched the remake of Candyman (not my choice), which was dreadful.

[Lofty]

I heard it was bad, yet to confirm.

[Yevrah]

The reviews on IMDB seem to be focused exclusively on how it was a tirade against the white man, which I personally found to be the only interesting thing in it. No, what killed it for me were two things:

It made no sense. I don't know whether this was because it received a harsh edit to hit that 90 minute sweet spot, but the ending just chucked a load of things at you that were proper nonsense.

It had a stupid amount of the ART world in it, which (to my recollection at least) has never been portrayed in anything other than an incredibly irritating way outside of Lovejoy and that show might only have gotten away with it due to the brilliance of Ian McShane.

[Lofty]

I heard the race stuff, also heard there wasn't much in the way of scares. The thing that made the original work was it's constant unsettling atmosphere, and the subtlety of the race issue (the history of Cabrini Green, the fact people only take Candyman seriously when a white person complains about him, etc) whereas the reviews for this one sound like his now Black Panther who only kills white people. A bit on the nose.

[Yevrah]

Yep, it's very unsubtle and definitely isn't scary if you've watched a few horrors before.

I might have to re-watch the original now.

[SvN]

The original was superb. I'll definitely watch the new one regardless.

[Ian]

I watched Don't Breathe. It's not trying to be exactly like Hush but it's in a similar sort of vein and Hush is just a lot better. It's kind of a film where I'm not really rooting for anybody involved which makes it hard to get invested and rids it of any tension it might have. Also the "BEING BLIND IS REALLY A SORT OF SUPERPOWER!!!" thing is a bit.... hmm.

[Manc]

https://youtu.be/4FtL86YG220

[Baz]

I love Chet Hanks. Genuinely think he’s great.

[Lofty]

It doesn't surprise me that you are his key demographic.

[Kikó]

Stillwater is pretty plodding and pretty uneventful. The Amanda Knox story is much better without this homage.

[Spikey M]

It doesn't surprise me that you are his key demographic.

It's a Mong Boy Autumn.

[Baz]

It doesn't surprise me that you are his key demographic.

Please elaborate.

[Spikey M]

I did it for him.

[Lofty]

It's a Mong Boy Autumn.

:D

[Baz]

There's a werewolf movie (as in that game we play) that's meant to be good, called Werewolves Within (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9288692/).

[Lofty]

Wonder Woman 1984 and The New Mutants are horse shit.

[Kikó]

I'm going to be cautiously excited for the new Matrix.

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https://www.ign.com/articles/matrix-resurrections-4-poster-website-teaser-videos-red-blue-pill?utm_source=twitter

[Ian]

There were already more bad films than good ones before they decided to dig it up, I'd keep expectations super low and if it's not a big smelly turd then huzzah.

[Bernanke]

It looks interesting based on the trailer, but not very Matrix-y. Some of the shots are gorgeous though, and I like Keanu so I'll watch it.

[Lofty]

Yeah everything after the original was wank so not bothering with this until it is free to stream.

[Baz]

Wank is being kind. I’m not sure if it’s 2 or 3 me and my mates went to see after sixth form one day and it is undoubtedly, far and away the worst film I’ve ever watched in the cinema.

Although I did get change for a £20 after paying with a £10 so it wasn’t all bad.

[Shindig]

I don't even think I can be nostalgic for the Matrix. It's a very specific thing that, the further we get away from it, is kind of bollocks. Like a shit Tron.

[Manc]

Did Fishburne turn it down?

[Gray Fox]

Wasn't asked back if word is to be believed.

[Manc]

Acne scarring ruining the aesthetic.

[randomlegend]

Wasn't asked back if word is to be believed.

His own word so probably safe to assume it's true.

[Spikey M]

I rewatched the Matrix recently. It's all shit. Even the first one.

[Yevrah]

I always thought 2 and 3 were absolute shite, but loved the first. Did wonder how well it would have held up though all these years later.

[Ian]

I rewatched them last year and still enjoyed the first.

[Pepe]

I watched the first one not too long ago. It is obviously a bit dated, but still a decent film.

[Pepe]

Not even the fact that Monica Bellucci makes an appearance can convince me of watching the others though.

[Spikey M]

It's still a decent concept, but it felt even older than it is and being dated is a pretty major flaw in a Futuristic SciFi film.

[Baz]

Michael Schumacher documentary, out now https://www.netflix.com/title/81399204

A couple reviews (especially The Telegraph) not happy with it glossing over his accident, but Netflix is being very open with the fact it was produced with Schumacher's family, who understandably don't wanna be like 'he's dead but we're keeping him breathing olol soz.'

[Dark Soldier]

My Son

Drama/Thriller with James McAvoy and Claire Foy. Their son goes missing - thats about the entire premise. The wonderful thing about this is McAvoy's entire script is improvised. He had no idea where the plot was going, what the motivations were, and he had no lines of dialogue given to him. A rough outline of his character and away he goes, he finds things out as we do. And fucking fuck me is he astonishing in it.

Really, really good film, which even without this 'gimmick' would be a solid and enjoyable thing. I always thought McAvoy was very good but this has elevated him.

[Shindig]

Michael Schumacher documentary, out now https://www.netflix.com/title/81399204

A couple reviews (especially The Telegraph) not happy with it glossing over his accident, but Netflix is being very open with the fact it was produced with Schumacher's family, who understandably don't wanna be like 'he's dead but we're keeping him breathing olol soz.'

I've watched that now and definitely agree. You get a little bit of his character (like the obsession with perfection and how he really made himself a part of that Ferrari team) but it takes huge chunks of time out that really should've been expanded on. No mention of the Monaco parking job and the subsequent, "You know what I am." bit in the press conference. No mention of how he was trying to make comebacks during Massa's time but couldn't sort his neck out. And, as others have said, they seem to give the contributors (James Allen, Ross Brawn) three different titles. Friend, commentator, biographer, teammate, former F1 boss, etc.

[Ian]

I watched two things last night. The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf is decent. I struggle to see that as the younger version of Vesemir as he's just too sexy and one of the trials they have for the prospective witcher boys is just the dumbest shit imaginable but otherwise I enjoyed it well enough.

Then watched Zombieland: Double Tap. I dunno if it's actually alright or if it's just because I'm a sucker for a zombie film. It's fine and has some good moments though it's pretty unmemorable. Has its best action scene in the middle then ends on a bit of a meh one. I also found it a bit jarring that I've only seen the kid sister in the two Zombieland films so first thing I saw her in she's a skinny 13 year old and in this she's.... somewhat bustier.

[Lofty]

Stupid sexy Vesemir.

Stupid busty Little Rock.

[Spikey M]

The Witcher is a right load of shit.