Film Thread

[niko_cee]

Just watched that Super Pets thing, and whilst I accept kids' films aren't necessarily meant to be any good [some are superb] this was the kind of bland, banal shite I broadly expect most of the 'extended universe' superhero garbage to be. Coupled with the trailer for 'Shazam' and something I saw the other day for She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law are they just full-on taking the piss with this comic book stuff now? I know it's hardly a hot take, but when you see so many 'respected' actors appearing in these things because, after all 'they have to make a living', it does feel a bit cultural end of days.

[Lofty]

It's the same as Star Wars, we live in a content thirsty world so just shovel any old shit with a licence out.

[Jimmy Floyd]

There was a thing that went round twitter the other day where Matt Damon explained it's because there are no longer DVD sales to make a second stack of money on a good movie, so you have to make all your money at the initial box office take, and it isn't therefore in a studio's interests to take a risk on any original ideas.

For movies, anyway. Fuck knows how it works with TV/streaming.

[Spikey M]

I suppose having a fan base made up entirely of disposable cash heavy virgins is both a blessing and a curse. On the plus side, they will buy any old shit just to keep their collection up to date, but on the other hand, when they've finally finished wasting their lives and head off to their - early, extra wide, Rustlers sponsored - graves, this turgid shite will finally die its own death. A death it should have died at some point in the 80's. Fuck Star Wars.

Any Trekky nonces lurking can fuck off n'all.

[Don]

Midnight Special came out of nowhere for me on BBC1 one night after news. I couldn't watch it then but I recently caught it on iplayer and it was a worthwhile affair. Outrageous cast.

[Spikey M]

I watched it a while back. Load of shite.

[Lofty]

I suppose having a fan base made up entirely of disposable cash heavy virgins is both a blessing and a curse. On the plus side, they will buy any old shit just to keep their collection up to date, but on the other hand, when they've finally finished wasting their lives and head off to their - early, extra wide, Rustlers sponsored - graves, this turgid shite will finally die its own death. A death it should have died at some point in the 80's. Fuck Star Wars.

Any Trekky nonces lurking can fuck off n'all.

I prefer Ronald to Rustlers, thanks.

Watched Last Night In Soho, 6/10 for me. Interesting concept but let down by it being not scary and the end was a bit of a mess.

[Yevrah]

I watched I Came By on Netflix the other night, which is probably shit, but I quite enjoyed it.

[Spikey M]

That was pretty much my take on it too.

[Ian]

+1 for Yev's take on I Came By. Certainly not GOOD but fun enough. High Bonneville as a baddy is entertaining and him getting his Jason Voorhees "he's somehow snuck up on you" slasher villain moments are excellent.

And its total disregard for characters you think would make it to the end only for them to be unceremoniously done in off-screen is excellent.

[Yevrah]

Completely agree with the contents of that spoiler Ian. In fact, it made me think more about it and fuck it, I'm giving it an actual "it's good" now. Probably only 6/10 good, but that's so much better than so many films I've seen over the last few years.

[Raoul Duke]

Watched Thor: Love & Thunder - not a bad film if you like that sort of thing, but not as good as Ragnarok. Weird that they had the Guardians mooching about at the start then didn't bring them back for a team up at the end. Christian Bale was good, as usual

[Foe]

Rewatched a film called keith last night that I imagine most on here would hate, but I really like and thankfully it held up nicely.

Also rewatched American pie 2 which, although a completely different kind of film is also still great viewing.

[Giggles]

Watched Thor: Love & Thunder - not a bad film if you like that sort of thing, but not as good as Ragnarok. Weird that they had the Guardians mooching about at the start then didn't bring them back for a team up at the end. Christian Bale was good, as usual

Not that I mind it that much, but they really did go balls deep with the slapstick on these the more they went on.

[Baz]

Having no wrestling to watch this morning (I get up at 5am and usually have 2-3 hours to myself) I stuck on The Black Phone. Nowhere near as scary as the trailer made it look but it was an okay watch for a sleepy Sunday morning, if not completely unrealistic and a bit silly. The little sister was very good.m

Recommendations welcome for any film that came out in 2021 or later, as chances are I won’t have seen it.

[Giggles]

Just had my first experience of non Maguire Spiderman an and it’s fucking terrible. What was the thinking behind making him a useless nervous 12 year old? And (this may be explained if I watched more) why does his mask move with his facial expressions? Is it more than just a suit in the newer ones?

[Baz]

Just had my first experience of non Maguire Spiderman an and it’s fucking terrible. What was the thinking behind making him a useless nervous 12 year old? And (this may be explained if I watched more) why does his mask move with his facial expressions? Is it more than just a suit in the newer ones?

Which one? Just looked them up and I’ve only seen Homecoming (I’ve only seen about 6 of the marvel movies and enjoyed precisely two, the other being the first deadpool, and nothing newer than Spider-Man Homecoming) and thought it was actually good.

[Gray Fox]

Tom Hollands Spider-Man is probably closer to the comic book version of the character. It’s probably more fitting with the current state of the MCU as well.

[Giggles]

In fairness it was a very short clip where he had some lads hand stuck to the back of a car with a web and was blathering like an idiot. I flicked back later and he was wearing a tracksuit and swimming goggles instead of the suit so I’ve no idea what’s gone on, but I don’t think I want to find out any more.

[Baz]

Fucking hell. :| Speak No Evil is absolute must for any horror movie fans. Danish family makes friends with Dutch family on holiday. That’s all you need to know.

Like Dark Soldier has advised for similar films in the past: Don’t look it up, just watch it.

[SvN]

Sounds right up my street. Will definitely give it a go, fuck knows when.

[Dark Soldier]

I only recommend the best Baz ya beautiful madlad

[Cord]

I usually really like the director and Ana de Armas is reliably good, but I'm not really sure what the point of Blonde is. Three hours of Marilyn Monroe being beaten and raped, or just otherwise interacting with everyone she meets like an alien.

And when your thesis doesn't amount to much more than 'being an attractive famous woman isn't much fun because you'll get beaten and raped a lot', there's something a bit queasy about using real life people to tell your story. I'm sure the real woman had a plenty rough time of it, but they've basically shown nothing positive, or even proactive on her part, to make not much of a point about anything. Being famous is shit, that's never been done before.

Looks nice, though.

[Baz]

Dark Soldier Carcinoma (https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/carcinoma-marian-dora-collection-le-slipcover-blu-ray-all-region/) got filled on PTP. :drool:

[Dark Soldier]

Dark Soldier Carcinoma (https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/carcinoma-marian-dora-collection-le-slipcover-blu-ray-all-region/) got filled on PTP. :drool:

You watched Hatching, or The Feast yet?

[mo]

Watched The Game last night (late 90s Michael Douglas thriller, ideal) - only to realise 10 mins I'd already seen it, or at least part of it. Skipped forward a bit, didn't recognise the scene, so went back and watched the rest. I had indeed already seen the film in it's entirety but I've no idea how long ago. Enjoyable enough, although I'm not wholly convinced by the ending.

[SvN]

I love The Game, I watched it for the first time about 5 years ago and it really took me by surprise.

[Lofty]

I have been marathoning as many horror films as I can this month, some I have seen before, will review what I can remember that was new for me.

The Hills Have Eyes 2: the sequel to the remake, the remake was pretty good due to it going all in on the gore and body horror. This was a cheap cash in, the budget must have been miniscule. In this one a military unit goes back to secure the titular hills. The concept could have been good but ultimately pretty bland, which is a damning indictment of a film with a token rape scene.

The Bay: Found footage film with a plausible plot, I enjoyed this and thought it was pretty good for what it was. Definitely think it would be marmite though.

The Cleansing Hour: a youtuber cosplaying as a priest perfoming 'exorcisms' gets more than he bargained for. This one took me by surprise, great effects, well written, would recommend.

Countdown: one of those premises it feels like they wrote on the back of a fag packet then just smashed a script out pronto. An app tells you how long you have left to live, if you try and subvert it bad things happen. Runs out of steam quickly and has two comic relief characters instead of one which doesnt help.

X: the most hyped horror recently, a group of people go to film a porno on a farm they are renting lodging at, owned by a decrepit couple. Delivers what it promises, tits and kills that make you cringe. There are some arty shots and the director had lofty ambition for this given a prequel has been made but for me it was just decent, not the next Hereditary or anything.

[Don]

Decision to Leave was as good as hyped, reassuring to see a good new release after some time.

[Manc]

Liquorice Pizza is brilliant. I've clearly been sleeping on PTA.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I have been marathoning as many horror films as I can this month, some I have seen before, will review what I can remember that was new for me.

The Hills Have Eyes 2: the sequel to the remake, the remake was pretty good due to it going all in on the gore and body horror. This was a cheap cash in, the budget must have been miniscule. In this one a military unit goes back to secure the titular hills. The concept could have been good but ultimately pretty bland, which is a damning indictment of a film with a token rape scene.


I'm not sure why we decided to see this at the cinema but it has stuck with me as being comortably the worst film I've ever paid to see.

[Dark Soldier]

Barbarian is an absolute fucking banger lads.

[Lofty]

Waiting for it to arrive on streaming somewhere. Last time I tried to smart view a torrented film to my tv the aspect ratio was annoyingly off and couldn't be fixed.

Some more horror I have watched recently as part of my month of non stop horror.

Speak No Evil is an unconventional horror that really waits until the third act to ramp up, interesting theme though and the end is brutal.

Things Heard and Seen was a shame. After getting over the distracting american accent on the bloke from Grantchester it seemed to be going along at a fair old pace, derivative of classic horror but still interesting. The ending however was an absolute wet fart, really left me and the wife thinking 'what'. I ubderstand why it was done but it wasn't great.

Await Further Instructions was an interesting concept but felt more like a feature length Black Mirror episode without the budget.

The best one I have watched recently is Host. It is set in Lockdown, completely done as a zoom call, it's less than an hour long. But fuck me it works, turn the lights off and feel the anxiety come creeping in.

[Baz]

Sounds daft but should I watch Terrifier before watching Terrifier 2?

[Dark Soldier]

Lofty - watch Dashcam. Its the Host director's next film, and is a banger.

[Baz]

Lofty - watch Dashcam. It’s the Host director's next film, and is a banger.I didn’t like it much but the end credits are fantastic.

[Lofty]

I haven't seen it but enjoyed Deadstream.

[Dark Soldier]

Yeeees lad that's a banger.

[Yevrah]

The Lost City is absolute dogshit.

[randomlegend]

Easy watching Sunday-evening-with-the-wife film recommendations?

[Manc]

Outside In - Netflix.

[randomlegend]

:thbup:

[Giggles]

Sitting back, wife away, brain off, so yeah Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds is just the thing I want.

But no, it’s a fucking musical.

[randomlegend]

Apparently the next Joker film is a musical :cab:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:lol:

[mo]

Die Hard tonight :D

[Dave.]

Die Hard tonight :D

Fantastic Christmas film.:lol:

[Ian]

This might be a thread in its own right if we haven't had it before but is "Die Hard is/isn't a Christmas movie" the most tedious annual Christmas conversation?

I mean if you're having any film that's set at Christmas but doesn't have especially Christmassy themes then Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a better film anyway, so y'know.


Apparently the next Joker film is a musical :cab:

I saw that a while back but didn't realise that was still doing the rounds so if it's a new story I guess it might actually be the case. Fuck it, why not. I liked Joker well enough but don't need more of the same so fucking do a musical lads, have at it.

[igor_balis]

This might be a thread in its own right if we haven't had it before but is "Die Hard is/isn't a Christmas movie" the most tedious annual Christmas conversation?

Fucking 100%, it's the absolute worst patter in the world.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

But it is a Christmas movie.

[Bernanke]

This might be a thread in its own right if we haven't had it before but is "Die Hard is/isn't a Christmas movie" the most tedious annual Christmas conversation?

I'm so fucking tired of it.

[Lewis]

Fucking 100%, it's the absolute worst patter in the world.

According to the search function I have mentioned Die Hard four times on this forum, and two of them were accusing you of initiating conversations about why it's a Christmas film. Have you seen it yet?

[igor_balis]

According to the search function I have mentioned Die Hard four times on this forum, and two of them were accusing you of initiating conversations about why it's a Christmas film. Have you seen it yet?

:D gotta appreciate the consistent writing. Still infuriated and delighted that you pick the perfect things which IRL Igor hates the most in the world and making them part of TTH Igor's gimmick. Cunt. And no, I haven't.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Do Christmas movies even get made anymore? No money in Marvel Bollocks at Christmas, or Spiderman Does Yet More Boring Shite With A Santa Hat On.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah they do.

I've had an advert for "Your Christmas or Mine?" on my Amazon Fire TV homepage for a couple of weeks now. Stars Asa Butterfield.

Seems they're either kids films or awful romantic films though.

Oh actually I've seen posters for a David Harbour action (maybe) Christmas film called Violent Night.

[Ian]

Do Christmas movies even get made anymore? No money in Marvel Bollocks at Christmas, or Spiderman Does Yet More Boring Shite With A Santa Hat On.

To be clear, there would 1000% be money in it but King Kev's vision doesn't allow for throwaway Christmas films.

Iron Man 3 counts as a Christmas film if Die Hard does, though, and the Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas thing had a surprisingly decent Christmas tune in it.

[CJay]

Sitting back, wife away, brain off, so yeah Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds is just the thing I want.

But no, it’s a fucking musical.

Couple of great songs. Mildly funny. Decent overall. 7/10 as Christmas movies go.

[Kikó]

Do Christmas movies even get made anymore? No money in Marvel Bollocks at Christmas, or Spiderman Does Yet More Boring Shite With A Santa Hat On.

There seems to be about 4/5 new Christmas films loaded on my dodgy box so I can confirm categorically yes.

[Dquincy]

My eldest wants to watch star wars.

Question, what order do we watch them in? Do we follow the release dates, or watch the new ones? Thanks.

[Don]

What intrigues me (take a look on iPlayer or any movie service) are the identikit xmas movies featuring a couple (often multi-ethnic but also a lot more all whites than you'd expect to appease the gammons). They're all written and filmed in the exact same A-level film studies manner. So pointless and mind-numbing but it distracts the masses from the futility of life.

I suspect there's a big element of tax avoidance to them all because they can't be turning much of a profit.

[Lofty]

Hallmark films? That's an entire industry of it's own dedicated to making Christmas films.

Violent Night is basically Die Hard apparently so I'll wait for that to hit streaming. The most recent Christmas film I enjoyed is Krampus, horror comedy set at Christmas with practical effects and a decent cast.

[Dark Soldier]

Treevenge is best Christmas film

https://youtu.be/jAinT-kieFI

[Jimmy Floyd]

What intrigues me (take a look on iPlayer or any movie service) are the identikit xmas movies featuring a couple (often multi-ethnic but also a lot more all whites than you'd expect to appease the gammons). They're all written and filmed in the exact same A-level film studies manner. So pointless and mind-numbing but it distracts the masses from the futility of life.

I suspect there's a big element of tax avoidance to them all because they can't be turning much of a profit.

That's the first I've heard of it but the 'Christmas Romance' section on iplayer has been duly found and it's definitely not natural. I'm going to conduct a thorough investigation.

[Lofty]

The quickest conclusion is 'women will watch any old shite'.

[Gray Fox]

My eldest wants to watch star wars.

Question, what order do we watch them in? Do we follow the release dates, or watch the new ones? Thanks.

Personally think release order is The Way. If you go 1-9 the dramatic reveal in Empire Strikes Back has little impact. I'd also recommend watching Rogue One first if you watch in release order. You can skip the Solo film...

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Machete Order is great seeing as it cuts out most of Jar Jar but it might be a bit weird on a first watch.

[Dave.]

That's the first I've heard of it but the 'Christmas Romance' section on iplayer has been duly found and it's definitely not natural. I'm going to conduct a thorough investigation.

These are the sort of films that are on Channel 5 in the afternoons from November until Christmas every single year. They are the worst sort of films but they definitely have a following. My wife loves them.:moop:

[Dquincy]

Personally think release order is The Way. If you go 1-9 the dramatic reveal in Empire Strikes Back has little impact. I'd also recommend watching Rogue One first if you watch in release order. You can skip the Solo film...


Machete Order is great seeing as it cuts out most of Jar Jar but it might be a bit weird on a first watch.
Thanks for the replies.

We've started with A New Hope (so, release order). It's the only one I've ever seen, had it on VHS when i was a child. Forgotten how good it is!

[Baz]

Prepare for it to go downhill pretty soon.

[Baz]

Started watching Gremlins but my daughter got scared when Gizmo got wet so watched The Polar Express instead. Strange one. Looks like a video game and I don’t understand why Tom Hanks voices most characters, but decent enough for kids I guess.

[Baz]

Also watched Sleepers last night after noticing it's on Netflix. I watched it as a kid in a caravan once and it definitely stuck with me :| but I'd forgotten most of it.

The scene to introduce Dustin Hoffman as the lawyer is absolutely fantastic. :D

[Lofty]

Polar Express is really weird, and goes on far too long. It got a 4K release recently, fuck knows why. I can't see it benefitting from a new scan the way something like Roadhouse does.

Gremlins is pretty scary for kids to be fair, I suppose if it was released today it would be classed as having 'intense scenes' and 'mild threat'.

I watched Barbarian yesterday. I enjoyed the intro, I enjoyed it on the whole though felt like the third act was a bit weak. I agree with the notion that the people that hate it are probably missing the point, though.

Today I watched Idiocracy, never seen it before. I enjoyed it, definitely something different and holds up pretty well despite it's age.

[Manc]

The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari is wild.

[Dark Soldier]

Lofty you seen Soft and Quiet yet?

[phonics]

The Menu is very good. Great popcorn trash theatre with ol Raphy Fiennes acting his tits off as the moody chef to boot.

[Baz]

Lofty you seen Soft and Quiet yet?I watched it last night. Not for me, that.

[Dark Soldier]

Too much, or just gash? One of my favs of the year.

[Baz]

Too much, or just gash? One of my favs of the year.

Not sure, just very few redeeming qualities to be honest. Probably didn't help watching it at 3am.

[Andrew]

My eldest wants to watch star wars.

Question, what order do we watch them in? Do we follow the release dates, or watch the new ones? Thanks.

If the films end up boring you off, check out the latest Star Wars series “Endor” amazing series one of the best I’ve watched in recent years

[Lofty]

Lofty you seen Soft and Quiet yet?

I'll put it on the list.

[Shindig]

Got round to watching The Conversation before the iPlayer pulls it at the end of the year. Loved it. Just the brand of paranoid spy shit I live for. Do you think John Cazale would've kept up his fantastic record of picking roles if he lived longer?

[Giggles]

Anyone caught the new Knives Out thing?

[Don]

Ya, fucking trash.

[Lofty]

Watched them both as a double bill last night which made the second feel noticeably inferior. If the original is a 7/10 Glass Onion is a 5.

[Giggles]

Yeah pretty much as I expected then. I’ll give it a miss.

[Boydy]

Also watched Glass Onion last night. Not as good as the first but I still enjoyed it.

[Yevrah]

Quite staggering the amount of money Netflix have paid for that.

[Dark Soldier]

Damn, Glass Onion was shit.

Huffing the absolute cunt out of its own farts. Daniel Craig is great but fucking fuck me.

[Kikó]

The Elvis film is good stuff.

[Dave.]

Huffing the absolute cunt out of its own farts.

:roflol:

[Lofty]

Damn, Glass Onion was shit.

Huffing the absolute cunt out of its own farts. Daniel Craig is great but fucking fuck me.

Rian Johnson innit.

[Yevrah]

+1 for Glass Onion being absolute bilge.

[Yevrah]

The Elvis film is good stuff.

I watched that last night and really enjoyed it too.

[Giggles]

I didn’t mind Glass Onion all that much. Not a patch on the original but happily filled a couple of hours.

[Gray Fox]

Glass Onion definitely getting high on its own supply but I wouldn't say it was absolutely terrible. Just a bit decent, to average.

[Lewis]

I saw the Elvis film at the cinema and it's a bit weird. The lad playing Elvis is excellent, but Tom Hanks is not, and the film does Colonel Parker a bit dirty. He was no good at dealing with Elvis' drug use, which was as much a product of the time as anything, but the film makes out that he kept him doing shit films and worked him to death for his own ends, which isn't right. Elvis just pissed through money like an absolute spastic and was more than happy for the Colonel to keep him in easy work except when he occasionally wasn't.

[Shindig]

The Presleys separated on February 23, 1972, after Priscilla disclosed her relationship with Mike Stone, a karate instructor Presley had recommended to her.

Magic'd :D

[Boydy]

Watched Triangle of Sadness last night. It was alright, nothing more.

[Kikó]

I saw the Elvis film at the cinema and it's a bit weird. The lad playing Elvis is excellent, but Tom Hanks is not, and the film does Colonel Parker a bit dirty. He was no good at dealing with Elvis' drug use, which was as much a product of the time as anything, but the film makes out that he kept him doing shit films and worked him to death for his own ends, which isn't right. Elvis just pissed through money like an absolute spastic and was more than happy for the Colonel to keep him in easy work except when he occasionally wasn't.

Why do you think Tom Hanks wasn't good? I mean the accent was a bit jarring but I thought the performance was fine. I don't know enough about the situation other than from the film but seems like they were both as thick as thieves and Elvis ran himself into the ground.

[Giggles]

Can the Elvis film be watched on any streaming service? Everyone seems to be watching it today.

[Lewis]

Why do you think Tom Hanks wasn't good? I mean the accent was a bit jarring but I thought the performance was fine. I don't know enough about the situation other than from the film but seems like they were both as thick as thieves and Elvis ran himself into the ground.

The accent was bad, and then he was just lurking and leering around like some predator.

[Baz]

Can the Elvis film be watched on any streaming service? Everyone seems to be watching it today.

I don’t think so. Looks like you have to pay on Prime and Apple TV.

It’s nearly 2022 though, everyone has a “dodgy stick.”

[SvN]

Not getting the hate for Glass Onion. It's not as good the first one, but it's enjoyable enough. Perhaps it's another victim of the Superb/"Total dogshit" scoring system that seems so commonly used nowadays.

[Boydy]

Not getting the hate for Glass Onion. It's not as good the first one, but it's enjoyable enough. Perhaps it's another victim of the Superb/"Total dogshit" scoring system that seems so commonly used nowadays.

Yevrah's two moods.

[SvN]

Sober/Coked up

[Manc]

Finally got around to watching Top Gun. Bang average.

[Giggles]

I don’t think so. Looks like you have to pay on Prime and Apple TV.

It’s nearly 2022 though, everyone has a “dodgy stick.”

I’d rather pay the people who make these things - if it can’t afford it I won’t have it ,and if everyone is a scrote then we won’t have any media very soon.

Rented it off Apple anyway.

[Giggles]

Finally got around to watching Top Gun. Bang average.

Bang savage.

[Giggles]

Yevrah's two moods.

I’m sensing a lot of that too.

[randomlegend]

Watching Matilda. It really captures the magic of the musical, but Emma Thompson as the Trunchbull is a dreadful casting choice.

[Bernanke]

Klaus is fantastic. Best Christmas movie in a long while.

[Jimmy Floyd]

+1 for Glass Onion being absolute bilge.

+2, utter fucking dirt. Offensively bad.

[Dark Soldier]

If you want good Netflix watch The Stranger

Fucking brutal but wonderful film. Sean Harris is my favourite Brit actor and he plus Joel Edgerton put in two of their strongest performances.

Based on a real case too.

Not been able to watch much the last few months and got so much on my watch list. Tar, The Menu, Triangle of Sadness, The Eternal Daughter, Moloch, Sick of Myself, The Beasts, Sound of Violence to name some.

Finally watching Resurrection though. Rebecca Hall is incredible.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Brian and Charles is a bit weird and not very that funny but it's quite charming.

[Dark Soldier]

Resurrection

Rebecca Hall gives the best performance ive seen in many a year. Tim Roth is wonderfully nasty and creepy and real.

She is a fairly successful women, daughter who is about to turn 18. Then she spots Roth and anxiety, paranoia, fear set in.

How and why more don't know or speak about this I'm not sure. It's a fantastic film.

Ending ten minutes reminds me of one other horror classic.

What a film. It is horror, but more so for its atmosphere and certain content.

[Yevrah]

Perhaps it's another victim of the Superb/"Total dogshit" scoring system that seems so commonly used nowadays.

I'll put more detail on why I thought Glass Onion was shit when it isn't 3am, but on this specific point I think the people who accuse others of doing this assume they're doing it with everything and fail to realise that they're not mentioning a whole load of other stuff they've seen or experienced that's average.

For example, I've been watching Homeland over the last fortnight (seasons 4 to 7), but haven't posted about it once as (bar a couple of standout moments) it's just serviceable stuff/24 (a 20 year old show now) with A-Levels, so doesn't fall into the category of being worth posting about, whereas something at either end of that spectrum will naturally generate far more conversation/a feeling of being worth posting about.

[niko_cee]

Watched Strange World with the kids at the cinema today. Pretty meh. Think they spent a bit too long on ticking all the boxes [mixed race lead couple, gay son/love interest, disabled dog] and not enough on making it an interesting film.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Glass Onion was shit for two reasons:

1. Bad cast and shit characters (deliberately so, almost)
2. A complete lack of awareness of the narrative conventions that make whodunnits good, specifically: a) the detective cannot be hiding things from the audience (you have to be solving the mystery along with him), and b) the clues have to be hidden in plain sight, not just hidden.

Now, if you put this to the producers they'd probably say 'Ah, but gee, we're going for a holistic entertainment experience which subverts the genre' to which I would say fuck off you over-indulged yank pricks.

[Don]

I think people are just happy to see some pretty colours and people they recognise these days, one mustn't set too high a bar.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I only recognised Daniel Craig and Janelle Monae (who was probably the best actor from the set and isn't even an actor).

[Yevrah]

Completely with Jim's points, I'd also add:

The whole thing had a knowing nod and a wink to the camera running through it, which has to be done so unbelievably well to get away with or else it just comes across as tragic - Not quite as bad as when Julia Roberts' character in Ocean's 12 realises she looks like Julia Roberts (a nadir for these things), but it wasn't a million miles off either.

As well as the characters being crap, the actors involved were just phoning it in on every level. As if everyone involved knew it was a dreadful story and script but the money was obscene so away we go.

[Yevrah]

I only recognised Daniel Craig and Janelle Monae (who was probably the best actor from the set and isn't even an actor).

There are 'faces' in it throughout, even through nods to the first film. And on that note, if you're going to dig up Angela Lansbury at least give her something to do.

[Shindig]

That was the perfect moment for a Scooby Do crossover. Have her haunt the place.

[Giggles]

I never really bothered with the Indiana Jones films before (I knew the general gist and bits like holy grail, big boulder, whip, nazis, etc), but watching Last Crusade at the minute. Jaysus they’re very slapstick and the Connery character is far too annoying.

[Kikó]

Watched a couple of Irish films the last few days. Belfast was the first, decent film about Kenneth Branagh's childhood in late 60s Northern Ireland and the start of the troubles. The kid who plays Kenneth is very good. Second one was The Banshees of Inisherin with Colin Farrell and Brendon Gleason. Actually a very funny film and great to watch something out of the mold of most films today

[Lofty]

How does Banshees compare to In Bruges? Similar style?

Just received my imported 4K of Road House in the post, so that is tonight's film :drool:

[Don]

I'm excited for Banshees. The Guard >>>>>> In Bruges

[Kikó]

How does Banshees compare to In Bruges? Similar style?

Just received my imported 4K of Road House in the post, so that is tonight's film :drool:

I'm trying to remember in Bruges so I could be wrong but I think it's slower but funnier.

[Boydy]

The Banshees of Inisherin is very different to In Bruges, I thought. I didn't find Banshess all that funny but I did like it. It's really not lol funny like In Bruges was. It's quite melancholy. Quite a bit more bleak than I expected it to be.

[John Arne]

I'm just watching Contagion - it's impressive how accurate it is in terms of the flow of events, media reaction and general spread.

[Giggles]

The Banshees of Inisherin is very different to In Bruges, I thought. I didn't find Banshess all that funny but I did like it. It's really not lol funny like In Bruges was. It's quite melancholy. Quite a bit more bleak than I expected it to be.

Doesn’t read as anything other than bleak.

[wullie]

Watched Knives Out the other day and enjoyed it a lot. Saw Glass Onion last night and I didn't find it offensively bad but it had that air of how so many people came out of lockdown with no idea how to control themselves, which seems to have extended to screenwriting.

[Manc]

White Noise verdict?

[Pepe]

Does it have anything to do with the book of the same name? I remember liking the book.

[Manc]

I believe so.

[Don]

Aftersun is a frighteningly affecting watch. Went into it blind and came out of it as if someone had put a stone in my heart. Amour comes to mind as being on a similar level of leaving me in bits.

[Dark Soldier]

Aftersun is a frighteningly affecting watch. Went into it blind and came out of it as if someone had put a stone in my heart. Amour comes to mind as being on a similar level of leaving me in bits.

I have Aftersun on my list to watch tomorrow. If you want a second gutpunch watch Vortex.

Watched two films today, I'll start posting the reviews in here this year as I've neglected this thread for years seemingly.

As Bestas aka The Beasts (2022)

Spanish film based on a true story.

French couple give up their comfortable life to move to a tiny Spanish village to farm and live off the land while doing up property there.

Company comes with proposition to build a wind farm, the locals agree as they are filthy poor, but the French couple refuse. Tensions slowly escalate and explode.

Denis Menochet and Luis Zahera absolutely rip up the screen with two brooding, powerhouse performances. A suffocating, tense slow burn of fear.

There's a scene in the local 'pub' which is mesmerising.

The two leads, I've already said it, but holy fuck.

Playground (2022)

French film about a seven year old girl who attends her new school, that her older brother is already at, and witnesses her brother being bullied.

It is shot, entirely, from the height level of the seven year old girl. Stunningly shot in places.

Absolutely captures that child like feel, the way in which they communicate and see the world.

Its a gut wrenching thing. It isn't brutal in the 'classic' sense but the themes of alienation, fear, panic, anxiety which many kids feel as they grow (and im sure we felt back then) are portrayed so vividly that it can be a hard watch. Totally nails that naive cruelness children possess, that cinema rarely likes to show.

By far and away the greatest example of child acting I have seen. The girl who plays the seven year old deserves an Oscar and all the world.

Adults are kept at arms length, we only see snippets of their faces and are often off camera

Absolutely astonishing film and only 72 minutes long.

Reminded me of a pre-pubescant, more raw Klass which is an Estonian masterpiece. Only watched two films from there and they're both bangers, the other being November.

[Don]

I need to cool off the heavy watches, that shit last night had me having a full meltdown for over an hour whilst trying to sleep. Charlotte Wells, the lesbian cunt director, needs to learn to internalise her trauma like the rest of us rather than inflicting it on the masses with such potency.

[Dark Soldier]

It's good to see that even though you're some weird Ali G throwback, mainlining fanny and fragile male ego right into ya fucking chuff, you have a soul somewhere in that hollow, dead heart. Good on ya Taz.

[Manc]

The Stranger is a solid 8/10.

[Dark Soldier]

The Stranger is a solid 8/10.

Sean Harris is so so good.

[Manc]

Phenomenal performance.

[Lewis]

I thought Glass Onion was alright except for the weird Elon Musk fixation. What's he done to upset the director?

[Shindig]

I watched My Dinner with Andre today. Don't ask me how it creeped into my youtube recommendations but I gave it a watch. Andre keeps bringing the Nazis up. Other than that, it's a decent monologue/existential crisis.

I followed it up with Ghostbusters. I mentally airbrush Ernie Hudson out of that film. When it turns up, I'm like, "Oh, there was a fourth one." Aside from bits of the CG, that films holds up damn well.

[Magic]

I watched Pinocchio and absolutely fell in love with it.

[Manc]

https://media.tenor.com/Exv8qHQeWYkAAAAd/ha-gay.gif

[Don]

Search function doesn't seem to let me look up views of Everything Everywhere All At Once on here which is a shame.

It had some nice moments but it's also absolutely full of shite and at 2hr20m you can fuck right off. I presume it's so incredibly well received due to standards being pummelled so relentlessly with marvel shite. That and the load of lesbian feminist wank.

[Lofty]

I really enjoyed it and I am a hardcore gammon sexist who hasn't bothered with Marvel stuff since End Game. I don't mind a long run time if it's merited.

[Bernanke]

There is a great 90 minute movie in EEAAO, it's just a shame it's bloated to fuck.

[Baz]

CnM2EnNp5MN

Boycott Paramount+ :panda:

Oh the caption doesn’t show. Workaholics movie has been canned.

[Spikey M]

Soft and Quiet, Dark Soldier. Talk to me.

[Lewis]

Think that was meant as a text message.

[Dark Soldier]

Soft and Quiet, Dark Soldier. Talk to me.

Such a good movie lad. Never let's up, relevant to our time, rough as fuck.

[Manc]

Aftersun is tremendous.

[Lofty]

Interested in DS's review of Skinamarink.

[Dark Soldier]

Interested in DS's review of Skinamarink.

Absolute trash for a generation brought on up on shite shock 'spooky' Youtube and Tik Tok videos. Lynchian in so much as the lazy cunts think banging static and distortion over walls and cupboards is horror. Dreck.

[Baz]

I’m halfway through Resurrection after seeing DS big it up. It’s just a bit too silly for me. Probably because I’m one of the last people in the world who could be emotionally manipulated, I think. Will try to finish it, although it’s been a few days and the inclination to go back is narrowing.

[Dark Soldier]

I’m halfway through Resurrection after seeing DS big it up. It’s just a bit too silly for me. Probably because I’m one of the last people in the world who could be emotionally manipulated, I think. Will try to finish it, although it’s been a few days and the inclination to go back is narrowing.

Someone ban this cunt for that

[Baz]

Someone ban this cunt for thatbaby cries, I go and sort it. Depending on the time
I’ll sometimes just sack off whatever I was doing and go to bed straight after.

[Baz]

Just watched the end. For fucks sake.

[Dark Soldier]

Glorious film

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

The Banshees of Inisherin is very different to In Bruges, I thought. I didn't find Banshess all that funny but I did like it. It's really not lol funny like In Bruges was. It's quite melancholy. Quite a bit more bleak than I expected it to be.

Saw it last night and concur. It's pretty good but definitely different to In Bruges and nowhere near as funny so don't go in expecting laughs.

[phonics]

Carlitos Way, not a fan.

[SvN]

If I ever, I mean if I ever, see you again - you die.

[Shindig]

All I remember from that film is a white woman screams Charlie a lot. Might as well be Indiana Jones and the Temple of Drugs. I should probably give it a proper watch.

[Lofty]

I watched two today, The Menu and The Banshees of Inisherin.

The Menu is a high concept horror film that has some nice ideas but I'm not sure how well it would hold up on a rewatch. Moves along quickly enough to not get boring though.

The Banshees of Inisherin, wow. I was avoiding this film as I wasn't sure it was for me. It's slow and dry comedy but I laughed out loud at some of the dialogue, it's beautifully shot, great performances. It won't be everyone's cup of tea but deserving of it's oscar nods.

[Don]

Both on my list. The copy of The Menu I had had some very hard to decipher dialogue sound and no subtitles so we left it to one side. Wasn't aware it's a horror so may have been a fortuitous swerve.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

The Menu is black comedy horror, I enjoyed it.

[Don]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/27/oscar-all-quiet-on-the-western-front-germany-critics

Have to agree with my German comrades, haven'tread the book but was disappointed by All Quiet on the Western Front.

[Spikey M]

I thought it was ok, but it's all been done many times before.

[Dark Soldier]

Top Gun: Madlad

This is fucking shite as it is basically just the first film but with Kilmer and Cruise with additional botox.

Loved the bit where they were in the big action scene and as Cruise was flying through the skies a literal goose flew next to the plane and he saluted it crying.

Fly fly zip zoop stuff is enjoyable but it's the cheesiest bag of shit since out of date Wotsits. I don't have a hard on for macho BIG MACHINE OILY MUSCLE MEN MOUSTACHE stuff though so mileage may vary.

[Shindig]

Does Kilmer ... do owt in that film? I thought he had no voice box?

[Dark Soldier]

He types on a screen, whispers four words then that's it. Can barely move his skull due to the fillers.

[Giggles]

Best film I ever seen, but I appreciate it lacked dismembering.

[Lewis]

I went to see The Whale, which was weird and crap, but lol at the cinema. They have replaced all of their seats - as in every seat in every screen - with recliners (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-57908134), which has doubled their ticket prices, which means I won't be going unless I really want to watch something.

Has anyone else experienced this recently? My guess would be that audiences never came back post-bovid, so they have decided to cater exclusively for the people who have to go to the cinema (nerds, families, old people).

[Baz]

Pretty sure the Odeon in Warrington has done that, yeah.

Kinda ruins other cinemas. Especially cos Cineworld in town is about the same price, but “normal” seats. Reel in widnes also has normal seats but it’s cheap as chips so you don’t mind.

I still wanna go the Everyman cinema in Liverpool. Every man :henn0rz: who’s ever been absolutely raves about them.

[Gray Fox]

We used to have a little 3 screen cinema that was a one off, no brand affiliation or anything. It was the type were you had to wear your coat to go if it was winter because it was an old building with shit heating.

Then an Odeon Luxe opened quite literally over the road from it a few years ago. Pretty much immediately killed the smaller cinema, which was cheaper, until I think it was the beast from the East, killed it off.
Someone new took it over after a little while but despite being cheaper, they'd already lost enough business and they folded too.

[igor_balis]

Pretty sure the Odeon in Warrington has done that, yeah.

Kinda ruins other cinemas. Especially cos Cineworld in town is about the same price, but “normal” seats. Reel in widnes also has normal seats but it’s cheap as chips so you don’t mind.

I still wanna go the Everyman cinema in Liverpool. Every man :henn0rz: who’s ever been absolutely raves about them.

I went, it's alright

[niko_cee]

Watched most of Maverick last night. I assume there was some sort of convincing explanation in the first 20 minutes or so [that I missed] that accounted for the bad guys having FIFTH GENERATION FIGHTERS whilst the good guys were somewhat inexplicably tooling around in F-18s. Obviously full-on super cheese callback mode for most of it [they did a good job making Goose Jr look like Goose] and I know it isn't meant to be 'realistic' but it did seem a bit of a stretch for the plucky underdog Americans to be undertaking some sort of Rebel Alliance style womp rat mission when in reality we know they'd just have leveled every military aspect of the adversary country before installing an inadequate client regime staffed by former executives of whatever industry the adversary nation previously specialised in. Got a bit Con Air towards the end, not to besmirch the excellent Con Air. Music not a patch on the original either.

Maybe the next one will be Top Gun: HIMARS.

[Bernanke]

Caught the 2016 Bourne movie for the first time, and I kind of hate it. It's obviously not terrible, but there are so many small things annoying me. Cassel is typecast in a way that is really irritating, and changing the story from Bourne volunteering to this explanation makes the first three seem worse in retrospect.

[Boydy]

Saw The Whale last night and it was good but not as emotionally devastating as I expected it to be.

[Dan]

That was almost exactly how I described it as well.

[Manc]

AQOTWF cleaning up at the Baftas. Every review has led me to believe it's complete toss. Odd.

[Lofty]

I watched Nope and Smile the last few days. Both underwhelming after the hype.

[Gray Fox]

Ticked Black Adam off the list and at this point I'm obligated to tell you that Dwayne says it DID REALLY WELL.

A very 5/10 thing. Everything felt like it was being done fast for no reason, like the film was at 1.5x speed almost. Everything came across as either very cheesy or a little annoying.

[Lofty]

Finally watched Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, never really fancied it before. It was ok, I enjoyed Cliff's stuff but it's a bit lol that Pitt won an oscar for essentially being a fan fiction superhero insert into real history. The ending especially was cathartic but I was a bit unsure of given how that actually turned out.

[Lofty]

The new Luther film on Netflix was surprisingly good. Saw/Black Mirror like elements, I felt like this is the closest to Bond we'll see Elba.

[Ian]

I thought it was a bit poo but Serkis was fun and had magnificent hair and Elba and Crowley always have good Luther chemistry. Didn't feel much like proper Luther though, he should be wading through the muck trying to catch horrible people, not doing a sub-Bond jaunt across the the channel in pursuit of a weird serial killer supervillain.

Wasn't bored and I didn't hate it but I suspect that's the last we'll see of the sort of Luther I really like.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I watched Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania and Creed III recently at the cinema.

Ant-Man is a bit meh, I felt that the acting was pretty good (especially from Majors) but the story was a bit pants, there was too much forced comedy and it was to set-up a lot of other things.

Creed III was pretty good and I'd say it's better than the second but the first edges it. Majors (again) was very good but there were a couple of little issues with the film. Thought Jordan did really well with his directorial debut though.

[Lofty]

I thought it was a bit poo but Serkis was fun and had magnificent hair and Elba and Crowley always have good Luther chemistry. Didn't feel much like proper Luther though, he should be wading through the muck trying to catch horrible people, not doing a sub-Bond jaunt across the the channel in pursuit of a weird serial killer supervillain.

Wasn't bored and I didn't hate it but I suspect that's the last we'll see of the sort of Luther I really like.

All valid points I think I just was happy magical Alice wasn't in it.

[Ian]

There was a point we saw a woman either from behind or in profile or whatever and I thought she was somehow back again. :D

[Lofty]

I honestly thought she was going to be in the car at the end. I didn't mind her original appearance but it was just boring by the end as she could just solve any problem.

[Yevrah]

Lads, Calibre on Netflix is really fucking good. Keeps the tension throughout. The two leads carry it well, and has that whole backwater, Highlands vibe throughout.


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6218358/

Watched this recently and thought it was very good.

[Ben]

Watched the Luther film. Shite. Typical Netflix insanity when they get their hands on a decent series.

[Manc]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/23/michael-haneke-films-ranked

Can't say I agree with the list. Hidden (Caché) has to take the top spot. I'd also have Benny's Video a lot higher.

[phonics]

Everyone is watching John Wick 4 but I refuse to go see a 3 hour action movie so I'm staying home and watching The Raid for the 10th time instead.

[Don]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/23/michael-haneke-films-ranked

Can't say I agree with the list. Hidden (Caché) has to take the top spot. I'd also have Benny's Video a lot higher.

A very serious top 5, that.

[Yevrah]

That John Wick run time is ludicrous.

[phonics]

Has serious 'smelling your own farts' vibes considering it also includes a post-credits scene but the reviews are good. I'll just wait for it to be out online.

[Lewis]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/23/michael-haneke-films-ranked

Can't say I agree with the list. Hidden (Caché) has to take the top spot. I'd also have Benny's Video a lot higher.

Funny Games is pseuds corner shit.

[Manc]

Arno Frisch carries the original.

A lot of the films in the list are on Amazon. I might work my way through through his discography.

[Dark Soldier]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/23/michael-haneke-films-ranked

Can't say I agree with the list. Hidden (Caché) has to take the top spot. I'd also have Benny's Video a lot higher.

Amour is easily his best film. Top two correct, rest can be interchanged.

[Baz]

Arno Frisch carries the original.

A lot of the films in the list are on Amazon. I might work my way through through his discography.

Same. I’ll skip Funny Games though.

[Don]

Game Night is an enjoyable watch which is rare to say for such films.

[Shindig]

Everything Everywhere All at Once is pretty fantastic. It looks like it was fun to shoot.

[Foe]

Was unaware they had made a sequel to zombie land.

After watching it, I wish I hadn’t realised. Jesus.

[Yevrah]

I watched them both the other night and well, they're both a bit shit. The second is staggeringly bad for an hour, where it just isn't a film.

[Gray Fox]

Managed to tick off The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Still no idea how I feel about it. It seemed in parts to try way too hard to be in on its own joke, but I could also easily see Cage being like that.

[Boydy]

I thought it was great fun.

[Manc]

All Quiet On The Western Front is a struggle in every sense of the word.

[Gray Fox]

I thought it was great fun.

It's very much so in places too. That's why I've no idea how to feel. Props to Cage for buying into the meme of himself.

[Baz]

I watched Mid90s, written and directed by Jonah Hill. It’s a bit of a Kids rip off but enjoyable nonetheless.

I’m surprised Na’kel Smith hasn’t been in more stuff.

[Shindig]

San Andreas is stupid bollocks and is not fun. Paul Giamatti might be the only person giving it 100%

[Baz]

So there’s gonna be a Scott Pligrim anime (https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-announces-scott-pilgrim-anime-starring-michael-cera-and-full-movie-cast?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook).

I know Michael Cera put a lot of people off, but this could be fun.

[Lofty]

Just caught a trailer for the Mario film and Chirs Pratt is just being himself for this one apparently.

[Baz]

Similarly I just saw the guy who is “the voice of Mario” and don’t know what to think

[Shindig]

Charles Martinet is also the talking dragon in Skyrim. A serious man.

[Foe]

Gone in 60 seconds is still great.

[Yevrah]

I watched the Luther film last night, dearie me.

[Ben]

Awful isn’t it.

[Yevrah]

It's so, so bad.

It was immediately obvious that it was absolute nonsense, but somehow I was still enjoying it for 80 or so minutes, but the last 40 minutes (+ the cumulative weight of what had gone before) made it genuinely one of the worst films I can remember seeing.

The Andy Serkis make up and performance should be an actual crime.

[Yevrah]

In better news, the Tetris film on Apple TV is pretty good. A bit too much comedy Russian espionage etc. at times, but other than that it's excellent.

[Ian]

Andy Serkis' hair is the best thing about the Luther film. Possibly the only good thing.

[Yevrah]

I'll see your Serkis' hair and raise you Idris Elba's coat.

[Ian]

Elba's coat is great but I've seen loads of that and sadly it was being carted about by a Luther who wasn't quite the same as TV Luther which sullied the whole thing.

Still Serkis' hair for me, Clive.

[Gray Fox]

Took the youths to see Mario today. Pretty good fun if not the best thing ever. Solid 7/8 out of 10.

Puss in Boots Last Wish which we went to the other week was very good for me. More of a 9/10.

[Yevrah]

I watched Noah last night which I'd completely forgotten existed until I saw it in the top 10 on Netflix.

It's batshit and not great, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it at times.

[Spikey M]

Took the youths to see Mario today. Pretty good fun if not the best thing ever. Solid 7/8 out of 10.



Taking mine on Tuesday. Could be interesting because my 7 year old daughter is a complete coward and there's a fair chance she will be having dreams about Bowzer for a month afterwards.

[Spikey M]

I watched Noah last night which I'd completely forgotten existed until I saw it in the top 10 on Netflix.

It's batshit and not great, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it at times.

I always forget about that and The Passion of The Christ. Batshit mental times, but probably better than most of the shite being served up today. The Superhero era was unbearable enough even before Hollywood decided straight white men are only allowed to play evil bigots or the village idiot.

[Lofty]

The film industry has taken a weird turn and in addition to the Tetris film there's now films about Air Jordans and George Foreman Grills :moop:

[Mike]

Watched Tetis last night, really enjoyed it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

All these are basically ciphers for United Passions.

[phonics]

Might have illegally obtained Creed 3. The entire movie looks like this:

https://i.imgur.com/aao8NqB.png

[Dark Soldier]

Dolby Vision, if it has DV in the filename don't bother.

[Lewis]

I watched it last night and thought it was a bit meh.

[Yevrah]

I watched Tusk last night, which had somehow escaped me at the time. I'm sure most would hate it, but I think I loved it.

[Baz]

Dolby Vision, if it has DV in the filename don't bother.

Yep. Plex can’t handle it. My daughter was an hour into Luck before asking why it was green and pink.

Also Creed 3 has to be better than Creed 2.

[Giggles]

How can anyone expect a creed film to be good in the first place?

[Ian]

Because Creed was good. I thought Creed 2 was alright as well though I also remember basically nothing about it so I wouldn't trust my own memory there.

[Dark Soldier]

The Forgotten (2004)

Julianne Moore and Big Dom West have dead kids but turns out the kids might not be real but then turns out they might be real and not dead and it's all fucking insane and then at the end it's even more insane and what the fuck even is rhis

8/10 I dunno

[Manc]

Has anyone seen the new Guy Ritchie effort?

[Dark Soldier]

Has anyone seen the new Guy Ritchie effort?

The spy thing that got delayed a year? Operation Fortune?

Yeah worst thing I've seen in about two years. Turned it off after half an hour. Utter shite. Bad production, bad acting, awful script. And I'm usually a sucker for his stuff.

[Dark Soldier]

Midnight (2021)

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/midnight_2021

Korean film about a deaf girl who witnesses a serial killer 'in action'. He then pursues her through the night.

Fantastic thriller. You may need to suspend disbelief in a couple of places (but I'm not clued up on Korean culture so it may be factual) but its a fantastic ride with great performances.

Not at the level of I Saw The Devil, Man From Nowhere etc but easily just in the tier below.

[phonics]

Just seen that The Last Kingdom film is out and getting good reviews. Got my plans for tonight.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Land of Mine (Under sandet) has to be one of the best films I've seen in ages.

[Alex]

Just seen that The Last Kingdom film is out and getting good reviews. Got my plans for tonight.

Destiny is all!

I need to get on this at some point soon. I didn't realise it was anywhere near coming out.

[phonics]

I’m 12 minutes in and he hasn’t said Utred son of Utred once. 2 stars.

[phonics]

Destiny is all!

I need to get on this at some point soon. I didn't realise it was anywhere near coming out.

This kicks ass. I'm only half way through and it is pure The Last Kingdom.

[Ian]

I watched Batman Begins for the first time in ages tonight. Dark Knight is probably the best of Nolan's Batman films but this might be the easiest blockbuster fun. Two hours which absolutely breeze by. A good time time was had.

[phonics]

I stand by my opinion that Begins is the best one and outside of Ledgers performance Dark Knight is a very average film. Nothing happens.