Film Thread

[Foe]

I rewatched shaun of the dead recently - still amusing. But that did make me decide to finally watch Paul which is absolute nonsense, but enjoyable nonsense.

[Dark Soldier]

The only good Lynch is Mulholland Drive. He does films for film wankers to knock one out too when realistically it's jumbled bullshit with zero narrative or tangible thread holding the nonsense together, and I'm usually a sucker for that stuff. Just watch Spring if you want weird, underrated, odd horror vibes.

Also, Longlegs is available.

[Shindig]

The Elephant Man and The Straight Story are good.

[Dark Soldier]

I always forget he did The Elephant Man. Yeah that's great.

[Foe]

Knocked another one out I’ve been meaning to watch for ages. Really enjoyed air.

Might rewatch the bourne films this weekend. Matt Damon is some actor.

[phonics]

Might rewatch the bourne films this weekend. Matt Damon is some actor.

I did this about 18 months ago. The fight choreography is appaling in a way you never noticed at the time.

[Baz]

I watched The Warriors for the first time ever. Despite having no likeable characters and the ending being a complete anticlimax, I can’t deny I enjoyed it. The intro is cool.

[Dark Soldier]

New Order - https://m.imdb.com/title/tt12474056/

Relentlessly bleak film. I found it gripping. Uprising in Mexico, whilst a wedding party for the elites goes on. Things go to shit.

Very very strong opening, sags a little in the middle, but I enjoyed my time with it. About 95 minutes long. It's fucking brutal in places be warned. On Mubi.

[Dquincy]

The best film ever, Little Monsters, is on Film4 at 12:45pm tomorrow if anyone wants to watch and/or record it.

Weirdly I decided to watch it tonight on Prime before even knowing. A very bizarre coincidence.

Amazing, thank you. For so many years I half remember watching this film but could never remember the name. Good work.

[Dquincy]

In case Baz knows, I'm also trying to remember a film during my childhood where humans would fight each other by climbing into large robots and then fighting. Was so good, but not sure if I dreamt it.

[Baz]

I was hoping this Sven documentary on Prime would be about Sven Goran-Eriksson but it’s really a film about the England national team during his tenure. :thbdn:

[Baz]

In case Baz knows, I'm also trying to remember a film during my childhood where humans would fight each other by climbing into large robots and then fighting. Was so good, but not sure if I dreamt it.

Never heard of it but my internet search suggests Robot Jox.

[Dquincy]

Never heard of it but my internet search suggests Robot Jox.

Hmmm, possibly! I'll have to watch a bit to see if it jogs the memory. But, thank you.

[Dquincy]

Always enjoyed The Sandlot as a kid. Was a great film.

[Dark Soldier]

Longlegs

Feels weirdly AI generated. Horror by ten tropes. Opening first 15/20 sets a decent path but it all ends up silly, boring and nonsensical.

[Foe]

Always enjoyed The Sandlot as a kid. Was a great film.

The sandlot was brilliant. I actually need to rewatch that at some point.

[Baz]

Yep, one of my favourite films.

[Dark Soldier]

For those always asking about horror I've done a little list of what I'm watching next, and the three coming up soon:

Milk and Serial (watching now)
Thine Ears Shall Bleed
The Coffee Table
Starve Acre
The Devil's Bath
Exhuma
Desaparecer Por Completo
In a Violent Nature
The Vourdalak
The Moor

To come:

The Substance
Cuckoo
Strange Darling.

[Lofty]

Apparently you want to know as little as possible about The Substance as possible beforehand.

I wathed The First Omen last night, it was pretty good I thought. Nothing groundbreaking but some good performances and they nailed period setting.

Watched Haunt tonight, was decent enough but fell off the last 20 minutes.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Alien: Romulus really does shit the bed near the end. Wow.

Was a decent film up until that point too.

[Baz]

That fucking huge Netflix leak is a madness, been checking some out. Some of the stuff not even out til 2025. Terminator Zero full leak, fucking Spellbound, the big animation for November, the Christmas animation movie, Plankton the movie. The dubbing studio are FUCKED.

Got any links?

Spellbound, mainly

[Dark Soldier]

Got any links?

Spellbound, mainly

Not anymore, nope.

[Boydy]

Oddity is fucking terrifying.

It's what all the marketing about Longlegs said it was going to be.

[Baz]

Not anymore, nope.

What do you mean? Surely if it leaked it’s not been completely eradicated from the internet?
Anyone watched Kinds of Kindness yet?

This is out, might watch tonight.

[Dark Soldier]

It means I don't have a link to it mate. Didn't interest me in the first place but checked the files out and those links are now down.

[Baz]

There’s a Spanish film called The Coffee Table and holy smokes it’s good. Probably not as impactful as [the original] Speak No Evil, personally, but fucking hell what a film. Seek it out, but don’t look it up.

Surprised how many times I lolled out loud tbh. It is so well done.

[Baz]

Oddity is fucking terrifying.Watched it last night. Good jumpscare spooky horror. I enjoyed it.

[Lofty]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was wank, a load of scripts pritt sticked together. Keaton is great as always but can't save it.

[Dark Soldier]

Fucking watch Rebel Ridge, thanks lads.

[phonics]

Rebel Ridghe is fantastic. Anyone thats slightly interested should not watch the trailer.

[Baz]

Did I watch the wrong film? It’s dreadful.

[Dark Soldier]

Did I watch the wrong film? It’s dreadful.

I expected nothing less.

[Baz]

Great ad for Naloxone though. Everyone should consider carrying it.

[Baz]

I’m watching Trap and if I didn’t know better, I’d guess it was Josh Hartnett’s first ever acting job. :cab:

[Baz]

Just watched Longlegs. Cage is great but the film is not.

[Dark Soldier]

The Substance is my favourite film since Titane. Horror as a genre is in a fucking great place right now, and its all down to the female directors absolutely smashig it out the park of late.

[Baz]

The Substance is my favourite film since Titane. Horror as a genre is in a fucking great place right now, and its all down to the female directors absolutely smashig it out the park of late.

Have you watched Profane Exhibit?

[Dark Soldier]

Have you watched Profane Exhibit?

I've kinda stopped bothering with gore for the sake of gore mate.

[Bernanke]

Everything I'm hearing about The Substance sounds absolutely immense, just a shame that (body) horror really isn't for me.

[Dark Soldier]

Everything I'm hearing about The Substance sounds absolutely immense, just a shame that (body) horror really isn't for me.


Just watch it dude, the first 100 minutes is stylish, a touch arthouse, nods to some classics, then it absolutely rams a rocket or two up its arse and goes ballistic.

[Boydy]

I wasn't sure if I'd like The Substance but it was brilliant.

[Alex]

Megalopolis is mad.

Regardless of whether it's "good" or "bad" (a couple of days have passed and I'm still no closer to really deciding) the brass neck involved in throwing $120M of your own money at something so unconventional and getting it out there as a big release is impressive. Financially very unwise, obviously. But fuck it. I respect it.

[Dan]

Add me to the list of people approving The Substance.

[Boydy]

Megalopolis is awful.

[Dan]

Had the day off work yesterday so I went & caught The Outrun. Trailer looked exactly my sort of thing, so I was really hoping it would be good & thankfully it delivered. Right up there with The Substance near the top of the list of the best films I’ve seen this year, although obviously they’re basically completely opposite of each other.

Saoirse Ronan is excellent & should probably be on my list of people that immediately signal a film is worth watching.

Got Sing Sing on Saturday, which I’m equally desperate to live up to expectations, but first I’m seeing Joker tomorrow, so that should be an interesting one given I thought the trailer looked good but it’s apparently bombing massively.

[Manc]

Longlegs quickly became Lostlegs.

[Dark Soldier]

Strange Darling

Love me some Gallner (Dinner in America is an all timer). However, yet another film where the OMG HYPE doesn't match the content. Blatantly obvious from the off, but a decent journey to get there.

[Baz]

Yeah I didn’t like it at all.

[Serj]

I enjoyed it. Not that it was mind-blowing, but the 'how' was nicely done I thought, down to the slightly over-saturated color palette (loved the forest scenes, for instance). I will admit to catching on later than most to where the plot was going, though. :D

[Serj]

On The Substance

Saw it in the cinema with basically no clue what was going to happen, good decision.

Minor criticisms:


- it felt a bit inconsistent in how much information it gave the viewer and/or characters, or rather how it treated the viewer's expected suspension of disbelief. On the one hand, you see characters follow the vaguest of instructions with apparent medical expertise, but then you also get the black-and-white text callbacks later on to hammer home certain bits of info when it really wasn't needed. I'd have preferred it if it just escalated without those reminders.

- I get that it was about toxic/self-destructive self-image, the male gaze etc. but even so, there were so many shots of Margaret Qualley's ass that it went from "I get it" to "yeah this is excessive but that's the point/also a setup for jokes" to "okay this is a bit boring now".


Still excellent, and that last third is just made for watching it in the cinema.

[Boydy]

Oh boohoo, I saw too much of Margaret Qualley's arse.


Come on, man.

[Manc]

Come on, dawg.

[Dark Soldier]

It just needed Demi Moore's gaping ring piece to make it an 11/10.

[Lofty]

I watched The Day of the Jackal for the first time yesterday, was glad it lived up to it's hype. Noticed The Jackal is currently on iPlayer so watched that this afternoon, a pale imitation but I may have rated it higher had I not just seen the original. Apparently there's a tv series coming out next month so good timing I suppose.

[Bernanke]

The Jackal is one of those that just was on way too much on the telly while I was in my teens, and it was always a good watch even if it's not an incredible movie. Bruce is great in it.

The scene with the weapon test is etched into my mind.

[Bernanke]

Trailer for the new one looks terrible. Everything wrong with modern media.

[Serj]

Oh boohoo, I saw too much of Margaret Qualley's arse.


Come on, man.

:D I did say it was a minor criticism.

But yeah, I'd honestly have preferred it if they showed a bit more of Demi Moore in full-on decomposing hag mode trashing the apartment instead

I probably have some soul-searching to do.

[Dark Soldier]

Watch Pleasure next, Serj if you want actual justified ass action.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8550054/

[Lofty]

Yeah Bruce is good in it I just think there was a lot of conventional choices, especially the parts that directly called back to the original that weren't done as well.

The Sidney Poitier/Richard Gere being Irish double act was also a bit off at times, think it would have been a lot better if it had a US Marshals/Fugitive/In The Line of Fire by the book veteran investigator methodically chasing him down like the original rather than what they went with.

Edward Fox was a lot more convincingly charming then coldly murderous in an instant, Bruce's Jackal is deliberately just cold and indifferent for the majority.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Substance is tremendous.

Also, I completely disagree with Serj and actually think they should have shown more of Margaret Qualley's arse.

[mo]

Remembered watching Harry Brown back when it came out (must've been 2009ish, when working for Blockbuster) but couldn't remember what it was like. Watched it again last night; the 'gang' are a bit cringe but it's a very satisfying revenge film.

[Spikey M]

Watched Housebound tonight. It's from 2014, so not exactly new. It also wasn't really a horror, although it did remind me of The Babadook in someways.

I enjoyed it, anyway. A comedy horror, but not in the goofy ScaryMovie way. Very well done.

More like that please $teve. (I'm fairly safe in assuming you've seen it, right?)

[Dark Soldier]

Watched Housebound tonight. It's from 2014, so not exactly new. It also wasn't really a horror, although it did remind me of The Babadook in someways.

I enjoyed it, anyway. A comedy horror, but not in the goofy ScaryMovie way. Very well done.

More like that please $teve. (I'm fairly safe in assuming you've seen it, right?)

Course mate, he ended up doing M3gan, which was surprisingly decent if a whole bunch of nothing. There's not too many decent things similar to it (haunting, house only kinda comedy horror vibe), but plenty of decent house only kinda horror. Give me an exact idea what you're looking for and I'll sort a list.

[Spikey M]

Course mate, he ended up doing M3gan, which was surprisingly decent if a whole bunch of nothing. There's not too many decent things similar to it (haunting, house only kinda comedy horror vibe), but plenty of decent house only kinda horror. Give me an exact idea what you're looking for and I'll sort a list.

The balance of Comedy and horror in particular is what I enjoyed. I liked that the comedy isn't the whole point of the film, but it's there anyway. And the specific type of Comedy, I guess. It's very Australian which probably makes it alot more niche.

[Dark Soldier]

Sound bro let me sift through my list later and I'll sort some recs

[SvN]

Remembered watching Harry Brown back when it came out (must've been 2009ish, when working for Blockbuster) but couldn't remember what it was like. Watched it again last night; the 'gang' are a bit cringe but it's a very satisfying revenge film.

Yeah I really enjoyed it, even though I've never really considered re-watching it. May do so now you've reminded me of it.

Whenever I think of the film, I always remember what a miserable old git Michael Caine was at a book signing I went to around 2010 - didn't even bother to look up at people as they came to the table. The guy in front of me said "I really liked Harry Brown" and Caine responded with "Oh good, I can rest easy now."

[Pepe]

:lol:

[mo]

Tbf I think once you've done a film with muppets, nothing shines that brightly anymore. 30 years in decline.

[Dark Soldier]

MadS

On Shudder. French horror, the best horror. Opens with a lad at his dealers, taking some weird new drug. Off his tits, driving home pre-party and some lass smacks into his parked car. Climbs in. Things escalate. Single take, ramps it up wonderfully. So so fucking good, not just one of my favourite horrors of the year, but favourite outright films of the year.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Heretic is pretty good but the final third or so lets it down.

Some good acting though, especially from Grant.

[Baz]

The Substance is dreadful.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Substance is dreadful.

You're so shit.

[Baz]

I can’t even be arsed to list why I hated it, it was that bad.

Demi Moore is fantastic though.

[Boydy]

Gladiator 2 is class. Maybe not quite good as good as the first one but not far off. Go see it in the cinema, it deserves a big screen.

[Manc]

Don't tell me what to do.

[phonics]

I forgot to mention it before but Gladiator 2 is good fun.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Saw Gladiator 2 today, it was great.

[Spikey M]

Saw Gladiator 2 today, it was great.

Did you see it at the cinema as ordered?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I did, an IMAX showing too so double points.

[Spikey M]

The trailer for 28 Years Later is a bit good. Rudyard Kipplings Boots fit it very well.

The film will no doubt be a let down now.

[phonics]

Everyone should see Conclave. It’s a great film with an interesting story that’s well told. It can be a little slow at points but every scene is so incredible to look at you can look past an occasionally dull 3-4 minutes.

[Manc]

Some films you can't unsee, and Smile 2 was certainly one.

[Yevrah]

Heretic is alright. Hugh Grant in good form, but it's about 20 minutes too long and has to stretch the premise too much as a result.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I thought it was great until the final stretch.

The build up was so much better than the reveal.

[Yevrah]

Yeah, that's pretty much how I felt.

[Dquincy]

'Twas the Text Before Christmas

A thought provoking film from Netflix. The thought it provoked was that it's utterly shit, but the ginger lass was tidy.

[Baz]

I watched Home Alone before. Still great.

[Dquincy]

It's a classic to be fair.

Christmas with the Coopers is a personal favourite. Anything with John Gpodman gets my vote.

[Mike]

Watched Raiders of the Lost Ark last night. I’d forgot how silly it gets, along with just how many people get killed and about the face melting.
Still great though!

[Lofty]

Carry-On

I love the way laddo just witters on to his earpiece with a guy sat right behind him. Such a stupid immediate plot hole.

[Baz]

I watched Home Alone before. Still great.

Watched Home Alone 2 today. Much sillier and generally not as good, but went down well with the kids.

[Dquincy]

Patsy Kensit's tits in leathal weapon really are wonderful.

[Lewis]

I watched Gladiator II on the telly, and I thought it was really good. Any unfavourable comparisons with the first film can probably be put down to Paul Mescal having less than zero charisma (and a slight look of Peter Sellers at some angles), where as prime Russell Crowe had loads and loads so was able to smooth out any ropey bits.

[Pepe]

I assumed it was shit because how could it ever not be shit. Guess I might have to check it out.

[Boydy]

Better Man is one of the best films of the year.

Queer was disappointing.

[Alex]

Better Man is indeed fantastic. I had a lot of fun watching it and it also got a lot darker and deeper than I expected, but in a good way. I thought it was (largely) very well done.

Annoyingly Queer wasn't showing at the cinema near us. I should venture further afield a little to see it really, I enjoyed the book a lot.

[Yevrah]

Better Man does seriously intrigue me. The premise sounds bananas, but everyone I’ve heard who has seen it says it works and I find Williams and his life a pretty interesting subject anyway.

[Dark Soldier]

Queer was disappointing.

Femme on the ol' Netflix is the best LGBTQ (calm down Yev) film of the year.

[Yevrah]

Isn't every film an LGBTQ film? If not, someone has missed a memo and needs firing.

[Boydy]

Alright, settle down, Harold.

[SvN]

Having only watched a 30 second trailer, I feel like everyone saying Better Man is good must all be in on a joke that I'm not aware of.

[niko_cee]

:D

Yeah, I'm not having some Robbie Williams biopic as told through the medium of a musical theatre planet of the apes is going to be anything other than dreadful.

[Yevrah]

Alright, settle down, Harold.

I didn't even bring it up and we've gone from not doing so to being accused of being Harold in 3 posts. Borderline parody. :D

[Manc]

Robbie Williams is a grade A cunt.

[Boydy]

I didn't even bring it up and we've gone from not doing so to being accused of being Harold in 3 posts. Borderline parody. :D

"gone from not doing so" - not doing what?

I was just making a tongue in cheek comment that we don't need those arguments spilling into the film thread when we're just talking about films on a not very political level. Untwist your knickers.

[Dark Soldier]

Isn't every film an LGBTQ film? If not, someone has missed a memo and needs firing.

There it is. The clouds ain't moving.

[Giggles]

What happened the other 17 letters that's on the end of that these days?

[Yevrah]

"gone from not doing so" - not doing what?

I was just making a tongue in cheek comment that we don't need those arguments spilling into the film thread when we're just talking about films on a not very political level. Untwist your knickers.

Take it up with DS.

[Boydy]

Take it up with DS.

It's a valid film category.

[Yevrah]

I meant the "calm down Yev" bit.

I've no issue with LGBTQ being a category of film.

[Bernanke]

Nosferatu tonight, then PlayTime in 70mm tomorrow. :drool:

[Dark Soldier]

I meant the "calm down Yev" bit.

I've no issue with LGBTQ being a category of film.

I know, but you have so many buttons and they're great fun.

[Alex]

Nosferatu tonight, then PlayTime in 70mm tomorrow. :drool:

I'm going to see Nosferatu on Saturday, I think. I was supposed to go last night but ultimately couldn't be arsed.

I did however, on New Years Eve, watch the Francis Ford Coppola version of Dracula to get in the mood for it. Which I had never seen before. What a wild film. I (mostly) loved it though.

Everyone involved, at least at face value, seems to be having a right old time making it. I feel like they just gave up on trying to get Keanu do the English accent about half way through, he just ultimately gradually reverts to a sort of slightly-well-spoken version of Ted "Theodore" Logan at some point in the third act. :D

I also, weirdly, bought the Jacques Tati boxset literally yesterday, it's on its way to me. I've never seen PlayTime or any of his other works and am looking forward to diving in.

[Dan]

I went to the local indie place this evening & watched Grand Theft Hamlet. It’s a documentary, not a film, but I watched it at a cinema & I can’t be arsed to find the documentary thread so it’s going in here.

It’s about two actors who decided to do a full performance of Hamlet inside GTA Online while they were locked in during COVID. Obviously there’s a decent amount of people getting blown up & beaten to death in the process, but as much as it’s about the process of them putting together the play it’s also about two guys just trying to get through the pandemic. Gets quite dark & personal in a couple of places, but it’s balanced out with all the typical chaos of a GTA Online lobby & two slightly posh white blokes trying to convince a bunch of absurdly dressed, homicidal strangers to recite some Shakespeare. Definitely worth a watch if you can find it somewhere.

[Bernanke]

I went to the local indie place this evening & watched Grand Theft Hamlet. It’s a documentary, not a film, but I watched it at a cinema & I can’t be arsed to find the documentary thread so it’s going in here.

It’s about two actors who decided to do a full performance of Hamlet inside GTA Online while they were locked in during COVID. Obviously there’s a decent amount of people getting blown up & beaten to death in the process, but as much as it’s about the process of them putting together the play it’s also about two guys just trying to get through the pandemic. Gets quite dark & personal in a couple of places, but it’s balanced out with all the typical chaos of a GTA Online lobby & two slightly posh white blokes trying to convince a bunch of absurdly dressed, homicidal strangers to recite some Shakespeare. Definitely worth a watch if you can find it somewhere.

I've been so excited about this, hope it screens near me.

Nosferatu was alright, but clearly my least favorite Eggers.

[Manc]

Nosferatu is peak Eggers aesthetic. Odd choices elsewhere let the film down imo.

[Boydy]

I really enjoyed Nosferatu.

Heard someone complaining "there was no story" when I was leaving the cinema. Stupid cunt must have fallen asleep or something.

[Alex]

Nosferatu didn't really do it for me, unfortunately. To clarify it's by no means a bad film. But I would be hard pressed to describe it as anything other than "decent" and I think it's easily Eggers weakest release.

There were some really strong aspects of it. It was beautifully framed and had a few really memorable shots. The bits in Orloks castle and the atmosphere they created there was great (they didn't spend anywhere near long enough there) and Willem Defoe was (as ever) very good.

Aside from that it just fell a bit flat for me. It just felt a bit soulless, or something. I can't really put my finger on it. I think the depiction of Orlok himself was very cartoonish and it took me out of it quite a lot. I feel like there was a fair bit of sub-par acting in it too. Aaron Taylor-Johnson in particular was really not very good. I don't know, it just didn't live up to expectations for me.

[Dan]

I thought Nosferatu was good, but not amazing. Agreed that Willem Defoe is excellent as always, and it definitely looks like an Eggers, but there’s something stopping it from fully living up to expectations.

Also just seen We Live In Time, which was great, and unsurprisingly produced a steady supply of tears.

[Clunge]

I loved Conclave. Full of great people and dry af.

[Boydy]

Any of you doubters watched Better Man yet?

I watched I Saw The TV Glow the other night. It got quite a lot of hype online but I thought it was shit.

[phonics]

It’s not some wild opinion but I’m not sure in the more than 15-20 times I’ve done it that I haven’t considered my existence for 10 minutes after watching La Haine. Truly the greatest movie of all time.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Don't let Vinz intrude on your inner Hubert.

I'm the police, obvs.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

A Real Pain is pretty good with Kieran Culkin stealing the show.

Funny and emotional but I did feel like it was missing something.

[Magic]

A Real Pain is pretty good with Kieran Culkin stealing the show.

Funny and emotional but I did feel like it was missing something.

Yeah I liked it. A nice 7.5.

[Magic]

Watched The Straight Story.

Hopefully Lynch is in purgatory. Absolute shite.

[Dark Soldier]

September 5 2024 1080p SCREENER WEB-DL X264 COLLECTiVE

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Both out. Screeners are back baby.

[Mike]

I was just thinking about screeners the other day! This time of year used to be amazing for them.

[Dan]

Went for the weekly trip to the cinema & since The Brutalist is too long for me to actually be able to get the train home after & we’ve seen basically everything else we settled on Presence.

Knew nothing about it other than the very limited info on the Cineworld site, but I’m glad we picked it as I actually really enjoyed it. I’d assumed it was a horror movie but despite the supernatural theme it’s not a horror at all.

It’s got a very A Ghost Story vibe conceptually, which works for me as I usually get on with the slightly non-standard stuff, the plot was solid enough for a movie that’s only about 80mins long so can’t really do too much, and they did a good job with the cast too.

-

Companion will probably be up next, then I need to figure out when I can actually get the time to catch The Brutalist.

[Dan]

Oh, and I also finally managed to catch Conclave, which was definitely worth digging around for.

[Bernanke]

I'm lukewarm on Anora outside of Mikey Madison shaking her ass, so I chalk up the Oscar's sweep to a career achievement for Baker, because the three previous ones should have netted him at least one if not two awards already.

[Shindig]

Margaret Qualley's arse was robbed.

[Manc]

TIcked off Rebel Ridge over the weekend. Can't help but think it would have worked better as a TV show.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I haven't seen Anoura yet but the trailer looked wank.

I was stunned when it was nominated let alone won big at the Oscars.

[Yevrah]

At this point the whole thing has jumped the shark. It's the art wank-fest it used to be twixt with woke.

[Shindig]

Couldn't have been that woke. The trans film just got a couple.

[Lofty]

Yes but the trans film was tanked by the titular trans lead actor's never ending toxic tweet history coming to light.

[Boydy]

I haven't seen Anora yet but I've seen quite a few of the other best film nominees and they were all very good. Even Emilia Perez which I expected to be shit. It was a strong year.

[Boydy]

Better Man was still my favourite film of the year though.

[Dark Soldier]

I haven't seen Anora yet but I've seen quite a few of the other best film nominees and they were all very good. Even Emilia Perez which I expected to be shit. It was a strong year.


fuckin WOKE lefty ffs

[Shindig]

That De Niro film where he talks to himself looks shite. :D

[Yevrah]

Better Man is good, but no more than that. The stuff with his Dad, Mum and Nan is very engaging and heartfelt, but the chimp in the crowd and addiction stuff ultimately gets tedious quite quickly.

[phonics]

Black Bag was good, however is it just "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" for Zoomers?

[Dquincy]

The Hunger Games prequel is a bit shit. Starts off promising but the character change in Snow is way to quick. Makes it seem all a bit odd.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mickey 17 is pretty fun.

[Waffdon]

I noticed Gunner was being promoted by Amazon with a 3.2 IMDB rating. That’s being kind. So, so laughably bad. The CGI and random music made it come across as a high school film project

[Yevrah]

Can't remember whether I posted this at the time, but a high school film project was exactly how I felt when watching the last Alien movie (Resurrection, was it?). Absolute shite on every level.

[Waffdon]

Forgot to mention the clip art subtitles they have for the Asians (who were speaking English lol)

[Boydy]

Can't remember whether I posted this at the time, but a high school film project was exactly how I felt when watching the last Alien movie (Resurrection, was it?). Absolute shite on every level.
Romulus? I thought it was decent.

[Dark Soldier]

Yevrah - site wide freeleech on PtP, fill ya drive with as many 1990s obscure romcoms as your heart desires.

[Lofty]

Romulus was a shame because despite it's relatively modest budget I thought it was a slick production and the cast did a good job, just the one major thing wrecked it for me and a few other bits could have been done better. Just felt like a missed opportunity. Hoping Alien Earth is good.

Recently watched Heretic, enjoyed but it could never live up to the build up of the first half of the film which was to be expected.

Hellboy: The Crooked Man. Sweet jesus to think I was excited about this. They genuinely had no budget, and it shows. Unfortunately a solid lead performance is let down by clunky dialogue, mediocre direction and poor supporting performances.

MaXXXine. Mia Goth is a star, that's for sure. I liked this film, even though I thought it was a bit uneven. I'd still rate Pearl as the best of the trilogy, this isn't better than X it's just a different film. I wish I had caught it at the cinema if only to experience the audience reaction to that scene, however it only seemed to have mental 11pm showings near me (maybe because of that scene).

[Dark Soldier]

Minecraft Workprint leaked with missing CGI etc. Probably makes it 10x more entertaining.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Watched Conclave, I didn't think I'd like it but it was great.

[Lofty]

Never Let Go was fine, nothing amazing but it definitely wasn't predictable or by the numbers which is nice for genre horror, a solid if bland effort.

[Bernanke]

Watched Conclave, I didn't think I'd like it but it was great.

It's really good, but for some reason I came away thinking it was still less than the sum of its parts.

[Shindig]

There's a Naked Gun reboot. It stars Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin. All art is finished.

[Lofty]

Frank Drebin Jr.

[Shindig]

I'll admit I enjoyed the OJ gag in the trailer.

[Manc]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/22/were-they-just-voting-on-vibes-oscars-new-compulsory-viewing-rule-sparks-backlash

This explains how Crash won in 2006.

[Yevrah]

Mind boggling that people thought absolutely everyone sat through absolutely all of those screeners. I mean, how on earth would the academy enforce that?

[randomlegend]

The same way they plan to enforce it now I'd guess.

[Boydy]

There's 10 films nominated these days for Best Picture, right? If you can't at least watch those before voting, you really have no business being in the Academy at all.

[Boydy]

Sinners is great btw.

[Dark Soldier]

Sinners is great btw.

Second this, really fucking good.

Ash (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17489650/) however, is shite, despite Jesse Pinkman and an actress who is stupidly attractive but used to be someone else (https://old.reddit.com/r/trueratecelebrities/comments/14fbays/eiza_gonzalez_before_and_after_cosmetic_procedures/)

Locked (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26671996/) is decent 5/10 fun. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8119752/) is also really well done, if you liked Grave Encounters you'll like this.

Lifeline (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt25973750/) is an okay (almost) entirely single room drama/thriller that we've all seen before.

Lowlifes (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31499750/) is a very funny small horror with a decent play on the genre.

And finally MadS (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28821371/) is the best horror of the past couple of years - made by Moreau who did the infamous 'French New-Wave Horror' Them (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465203)

[Dark Soldier]

Oh and I don't know if I mentioned it in here at the time, but Red Rooms (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22207786) is still the best film of the last 5 years or so.

[Lofty]

Excellent news as I loved Grave Encounters.