Movies/Films/TV - Opinions

[Ali Katt]

British Film Institute player?

Will check that out  .

Not on either just checked.

[ulstersubbie]

Check out 123 movies stream, might be there.

[standardpostage]

The Suicide Squad. Reel cinema. Very enjoyable fantasy romp.
Lots of action, plenty of humour. 2 hr 12 min movie. Cert 15.
Good reviews. Stars Margot Robbie. Recommended.
Decent story. Good soundtrack. 2021 film.

[tantric talents]

Like the sound of Le Boucher (also a big fan of Le Diaboliques).

Any idea where I can see Le Boucher?

Hard to stream but there is a segmented full version on YouTube in 36 parts.
Haven’t seen it for years  but was a memorable movie.

[winkywanky]

 

[Dickled]

Couple of highly rated 40's and 50's film noir 'B' movies available on Amazon free...

Detour (1945)..
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Kansas City Confidential
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PS. Looks like Detour has been colorised. If you prefer to watch it in black and white, there's a good quality version on YouTube.
PPS. Kansas City Confidential has three baddies par excellence in it -Neville Brand, Jack Elam and Lee Van Cleef.

[The Film Director]

Both great films. Le Boucher is a Hitchcockian French film.

+1

[Ghost89]

Not a particular film but a genre….I love old school kung fu movies. Badly dubbed, cheaply made, over the top sound effects but fantastic fights and great fun.

[Malvolio]

Classic Double Bill:

A Canterbury Tale (1944). Towards the end of WW2, women in an English village are attacked by an assailant known as the glue man. Mystery/fantasy with a dash of patriotism thrown in for good measure. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger directed some of the most colourful and imaginative films of any era, their contribution to British cinema is significant.

Le Boucher (1970). A repressed schoolteacher embarks on a relationship with the local butcher, a series of brutal murders has profound consequences for both of them. Claude Chabrol's psychological masterpiece, regarded by many as his finest film.

Got to love Powell and Pressburger

Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A matter of life and death
The Red Shoes

Three of the best films ever.  A Canterbury Tale isn't as good as those, but it does have a fantastic jump cut in the introduction that Kubrick clearly stole for 2001.

[ulstersubbie]

Got to love Powell and Pressburger

Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A matter of life and death
The Red Shoes

Three of the best films ever. 

I agree, Black Narcissus was another excellent film from them.

[Dickled]

I agree, Black Narcissus was another excellent film from them.

And "I Know Where I'm Going" is also truly wonderful.

[PunterNumber69]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Matthew Broderick was such a cool dude when he was younger. Always fancied his girlfriend in this.

[Ghost89]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Matthew Broderick was such a cool dude when he was younger. Always fancied his girlfriend in this.

Bueller…..Bueller……Bueller

[tantric talents]

Couple of highly rated 40's and 50's film noir 'B' movies available on Axxxxxx free...

Detour (1945)..
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Kansas City Confidential
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PS. Looks like Detour has been colorised. If you prefer to watch it in black and white, there's a good quality version on YouTube.
PPS. Kansas City Confidential has three baddies par excellence in it -Neville Brand, Jack Elam and Lee Van Cleef.

I actually loved the colour texture of the free version. Found the finale somewhat disappointing though.
kCC on the other hand was quite engaging especially when you find out the romantically involved couple in the movie actually ended up together for a while in real life!
I guess nothing changes in the movie business then 

[lostandfound]

Shadow in the Cloud on Prime.

Odd little film, much of it dialogue and CGI. Could have been a radio play with the horror left to the imagination of the audience.

I was not bored and never had that feeling that I was watching a movie I'd seen before. Different, good ideas and surprises, I can see why it got funded by the NZ Film Commission and I will remember it long after I've forgotten many other films.

[The Film Director]

And "I Know Where I'm Going" is also truly wonderful.

+1 ..... and of course filmed on the wonderful Isle of Mull. 

[sir wanksalot]

I am struggling to find a decent source of old movies (1950's and earlier).

BFI's subscription isn't bad but they tend to veer more towards the arthouse scene. Amazon and Netflix have some but not really that many.

I sometimes miss the days of Blockbuster and Lovefilm

[Rick2468]

I sometimes miss the days of Blockbuster and Lovefilm

I really miss Blockbuster. Had a huge one near my Uni digs and near where I lived in London. I would browse every week and it was a great way to keep on top of current films. I tended to buy ex rentals rather than rent anything. Since it closed my interest in film has dropped off a lot.

[Dickled]

I actually loved the colour texture of the free version. Found the finale somewhat disappointing though.
kCC on the other hand was quite engaging especially when you find out the romantically involved couple in the movie actually ended up together for a while in real life!
I guess nothing changes in the movie business then 

Interesting article about the movie here...
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[Dickled]

I am struggling to find a decent source of old movies (1950's and earlier).

BFI's subscription isn't bad but they tend to veer more towards the arthouse scene. Axxxxxx and Netflix have some but not really that many.

I sometimes miss the days of Blockbuster and Lovefilm

Talking Pictures?....
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[ulstersubbie]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Matthew Broderick was such a cool dude when he was younger. Always fancied his girlfriend in this.

Top 80's flick, loved it as a teenager. My other favourite was The Breakfast Club, John Hughes directed some cool movies back then.

[Ghost89]

I’m currently going through a phase of watching Dolph Lundgren flicks. They’re low budget B movie actioners. But they’re old school style with no cg, plenty of fights etc. Switch your brain off and enjoy.

[catweazle]

Been a fan of "The Handmaid's Tale" since series 1. Series  4 ( currently  running on C4) is very different,  especially  now June  is in Canada. I rather miss the severe life depicted  in Gilead, with the torture  and executions.

That said,  with June having left Hannah in Gilead, it's still compelling  viewing (though l so wish June had given Serena Joy a good slap  across  the  chops when they met up in the prison)

[tantric talents]

Talking Pictures?....
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Great link thanks. 
Never noticed it was free and on my sky box before as it’s channel 328 just before the Music channels.

[sparkus]

Been a fan of "The Handmaid's Tale" since series 1. Series  4 ( currently  running on C4) is very different,  especially  now June  is in Canada. I rather miss the severe life depicted  in Gilead, with the torture  and executions.

That said,  with June having left Hannah in Gilead, it's still compelling  viewing (though l so wish June had given Serena Joy a good slap  across  the  chops when they met up in the prison)

I'm a big fan of Handmaids myself
I've met a few Junes and Hannahs as well.

[Ali Katt]

Talking Pictures?....
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A cracker on Saturday: The Boston Strangler. Rare film All Coppers Are week after.

[Chorley]

Been a fan of "The Handmaid's Tale" since series 1. Series  4 ( currently  running on C4) is very different,  especially  now June  is in Canada. I rather miss the severe life depicted  in Gilead, with the torture  and executions.

That said,  with June having left Hannah in Gilead, it's still compelling  viewing (though l so wish June had given Serena Joy a good slap  across  the  chops when they met up in the prison)

I recall reading the novel as a set text in secondary school. I think Margaret Atwood was the author? Much like the TV series it is both brilliant, bit also incredibly depressing and hard to stomach. I'm a typically blase
 and desensitised bloke, but the whole build up and unfolding to the hanging scene was one of the most gut wrenching and horrendous things I've ever sat through. 

[Dickled]

A cracker on Saturday: The Boston Strangler. Rare film All Coppers Are week after.

As misquoted here  ....
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[Dickled]

Great link thanks. 
Never noticed it was free and on my sky box before as it’s channel 328 just before the Music channels.

You're welcome pal. If you're a fan of movies 30's, 40's and 50's vintage, many British and quite obscure, Talking Pictures is like finding the Holy Grail.

[king tarzan]

You're welcome pal. If you're a fan of movies 30's, 40's and 50's vintage, many British and quite obscure, Talking Pictures is like finding the Holy Grail.

I watch them at times to help to fall asleep.. it works👍

[Ali Katt]

I watch them at times to help to fall asleep.. it works👍

For young people films from the 70s and 80s are seen as being grandad films. Don't knock the old shit, pops.

[tantric talents]

I watch them at times to help to fall asleep.. it works👍

I think you must be seeing the wrong girls. You need a few that are gonna tire you out! 

[standardpostage]

The Mule. Netflix. Very good film.  Stars Clint Eastwood. From 2018.
Cert 15. Crime / drama / drugs.
Also stars his daughter Alison Eastwood.

[Dickled]

I watch them at times to help to fall asleep.. it works👍

I think I prefer his point of view than yours...
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[ulstersubbie]

I think I prefer his point of view than yours...
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A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Cinema (1995). Wonderful documentary with the man in question, as he explores US filmmaking from the very beginning ie DW Griffith. Absorbing stuff.

[cotton]

Watched 2 films id recommend recently ;
Metro Manilla 2013 - foreign with subtitles so the kind of film id only watch if it was recommended as defo worth watching and it is pretty good. In the end it was quite sombre but it has a plot that keeps your attention and carries you along, and very good production values.
Hummingbird 2013 starring Jason Statham & Polish Agata Buzek both as sympathetic characters dealing with life trauma in their own way.  I liked it , with some inpressively uncomprimising violence from Statham and some sweetness from Buzek that combined well. All quite desolate , a happy ending would have been nice but the ending was also desolate. Recommended.

[Goldfinch]

Hummingbird 2013 starring Jason Statham & Polish Agata Buzek both as sympathetic characters dealing with life trauma in their own way.  I liked it , with some inpressively uncomprimising violence from Statham and some sweetness from Buzek that combined well. All quite desolate , a happy ending would have been nice but the ending was also desolate. Recommended.

Good film,I've seen it a few times.

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[sir wanksalot]

I watch them at times to help to fall asleep.. it works👍

Philistine............look it up 

[tantric talents]

Bosch on Prime - the final season - a solid LA set detective series. Very well acted with some interesting characters with some depth to them. I wonder how it ends? I reckon he gets killed in the line of duty.

Thank you for that recommend 
Brilliant stuff and am now addictided.
Up to Season 3 and it’s still rewarding...
No spoiler alerts please 

[WDFORTE]

Anyone else looking forward to this?

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[sparkus]

Watched 2 films id recommend recently ;
Metro Manilla 2013 - foreign with subtitles so the kind of film id only watch if it was recommended as defo worth watching and it is pretty good. In the end it was quite sombre but it has a plot that keeps your attention and carries you along, and very good production values.
Hummingbird 2013 starring Jason Statham & Polish Agata Buzek both as sympathetic characters dealing with life trauma in their own way.  I liked it , with some inpressively uncomprimising violence from Statham and some sweetness from Buzek that combined well. All quite desolate , a happy ending would have been nice but the ending was also desolate. Recommended.

Hummingbird was very good, was quite tickled in the cinema to see the line up scene filmed in a location I know very well (the cab office at Bow Road).  Plus all the Soho locations also look great now given the area's been gentrified to fuck since.

[standardpostage]

Hell. El Infierno. Netflix movie from 2010. Mexican film. Good reviews.
I enjoyed watching. Drama / action / drugs / comedy / crime. Stars Elizabeth Cervantes.

[Goldfinch]

Looking forward to seeing 'Don't Breathe 2' (2021)

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Enjoyed the first film:

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[mr.bluesky]

For those that like Historical fiction watch "The last Kingdom" a TV series based on the books of Bernard Cornwell set during the Viking invasion of Saxon England. Better than Game of thrones imo.

[ulstersubbie]

Classic Double Bill:

Purple Noon (1960). Tom Ripley is a charming sociopath, who casually murders anybody who interferes in his quest for a comfortable existence. Early adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's debut novel "The Talented Mr Ripley", Alain Delon excels as the amoral protagonist.

Wake In Fright (1971). "Welcome to the Yabba mate!" A teacher finds himself stranded in a small town in the outback, his interaction with the locals leads to increasing degradation and depravity. A film not seen for many years, it was rescued and restored by the Australian Film Institute. A disturbing and fairly brutal slice of cinema, the human horror is all too real.

[WDFORTE]

The Swarm.  Netflix 8/10, a good thriller, engrossing and chilling.

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[PunterNumber69]

Escape Room - ok, but could of been better.

[standardpostage]

The Swarm.  Netflix 8/10, a good thriller, engrossing and chilling.

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Seen it, good film. Original idea.

[Dickled]

I watched "The Rental", an Amazon original film.
One of those films where you tell yourself you've wasted an hour or two of your life watching utter dross.
To be honest the initial setup made it slightly intriguing, but the lack of empathetic characters and the rubbish denouement convinced me I'd just been watching a load of rubbish.
Avoid.

[ulstersubbie]

I watched "The Rental", an Axxxxxx original film.
One of those films where you tell yourself you've wasted an hour or two of your life watching utter dross.
To be honest the initial setup made it slightly intriguing, but the lack of empathetic characters and the rubbish denouement convinced me I'd just been watching a load of rubbish.
Avoid.

Yes it was pretty awful.