Movies/Films/TV - Opinions

[CoolTiger]

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

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Seen it, good film. Original idea.

There was a Michael Caine Movie from the 70s. Is it not based on that??

[cotton]

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.

Pretty sure ive seen Wake In Fright (1971) , saw it at the same time i saw Sling Blade (1996) a film about a retarded guy and his potential to murder despite seeming like a non threatening harmless bloke.  Starring and directed by Billy Bob Thornton.
Have to give Purple Noon (1960) a watch aswell, at least its in color 

[ulstersubbie]

Have to give Purple Noon (1960) a watch aswell, at least its in color 

There are great black and white movies, cotton. Are you American btw, color?

[cotton]

There are great black and white movies, cotton. Are you American btw, color?

Yeh i dont dispute that , i just prefer watching colour films , and no im 100% British innit 

[Dickled]

I'm watching a series about Ernest Hemingway at the moment on BBC iPlayer,
It's one of those PBS documentaries and worth watching just for the narrators honeyed tones. It's Peter Coyote, I just think he's got a fantastic speaking voice.
I'm sure Ernest Hemingway was a genius, although I've never read any of his books. Fantastic subject for a documentary though. Married four times and lived such an eventful life
Not a particularly likable character - enjoyed killing, fighting, very self absorbed and self serving and more than ready to fabricate stories about his own life for his greater glory. He ended up shooting himself and was part of a family of mother and father and 6 siblings where four of the eight committed suicide!
Episode four looks at his marriage to Martha Gellhorn. Beautiful woman, distinguished war correspondent and author, and very much his equal.

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[The Film Director]

I'm watching a series about Ernest Hemingway at the moment on BBC iPlayer,
It's one of those PBS documentaries and worth watching just for the narrators honeyed tones. It's Peter Coyote, I just think he's got a fantastic speaking voice.
I'm sure Ernest Hemingway was a genius, although I've never read any of his books. Fantastic subject for a documentary though. Married four times and lived such an eventful life
Not a particularly likable character - enjoyed killing, fighting, very self absorbed and self serving and more than ready to fabricate stories about his own life for his greater glory. He ended up shooting himself and was part of a family of mother and father and 6 siblings where four of the eight committed suicide!
Episode four looks at his marriage to Martha Gellhorn. Beautiful woman, distinguished war correspondent and author, and very much his equal.

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Not to put too fine a point on it ... I think he was a bit of a cunt.

..... luckily I don't like his writing style, too terse for me.

[winkywanky]

I saw most of these. They were interesting. Yes in many ways the guy was a cunt.

Re: the honey-toned narrator, I kept thinking it was Henry Fonda, but of course he died quite some time before these were produced.

[Dickled]

I saw most of these. They were interesting. Yes in many ways the guy was a cunt.

Re: the honey-toned narrator, I kept thinking it was Henry Fonda, but of course he died quite some time before these were produced.

The Hemingway documentary is the work of Ken Burns, and I love his work, eg "Jazz", "Prohibition", "Baseball", etc.
Part of the Enjoyment is Peter Coyote's narration, and like you, I was convinced it was Henry Fonda, before I checked.

[standardpostage]

Stillwater. Vue Cinema. Good film. 8 out of ten. 2021 movie. Cert 15.
Drama / thriller / crime / mystery.
Matt Damon try's to get his daughter out of a French prison.
All play good parts.
PS Stillwater is a city in Oklahoma.

[Dickled]

Yep, she was excellent (and it's not just that my favourite SP of all time had the same name  ).

Slight spoiler alert ..... and she doesn't reappear IIRC.  But I would not let that put you off as series 3 and 4 are also excellent.

Re Snowfall, just watched the last episode of season 3 and have to say I was not impressed. Instead of focusing on the aftermath of the dramatic events of the last episode (9), instead we're presented with an alternative possible reality, underscored by issues of racial injustice perhaps, but totally distanced from real events as shown in the last episode.
Just found it self indulgent and dramatically wrong and has put me off watching season 4.

[lostandfound]

Mary Kills People

Bought series 1 - 3 for 10p each series - an Axxxxxx deal.

Crazy premise - US doctor provides euthanasia for patients @ $10K a pop. How can they make 3 series about that?!

Turns out to be pretty good IMO. I'm on series 2 now - did not expect to make it this far!

[standardpostage]

Hit and Run. Netflix. Rubbish. 1 out of 10.
Wooden acting. Terrible lighting. Weak script.
English / Israel. Crap ending.
9 episodes.

[Aldebaran]

I'm currently watching a Bulgarian thriller series called The Devil's Throat, on Catch Up TV. It's quite creepy, I like the characters, although some might think they are a bit cliched, and the plot twists and turns quite a bit. Worth a look of you are into Noir foreign police thrillers in the style of The Bridge.

[The Film Director]

I'm currently watching a Bulgarian thriller series called The Devil's Throat, on Catch Up TV. It's quite creepy, I like the characters, although some might think they are a bit cliched, and the plot twists and turns quite a bit. Worth a look of you are into Noir foreign police thrillers in the style of The Bridge.

Cheers for the recommendation.  I certainly count myself as one of those. 

[ulstersubbie]

Classic Double Bill:

Lilith (1964). A therapist becomes emotionally involved with an enigmatic female patient. A psycho sexual drama that was rather daring for the time, Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg give assured performances.

Heat (1972). A low budget avant garde homage to Sunset Boulevard, this was arguably the best of Paul Morrissey's experimental films. Featuring some of the performers who were part of Andy Warhol's Factory space.

[WDFORTE]

Don't let go.  Netflix, 9/10 a thriller that steals from the Butterfly Effect. 

After a man's family dies in what appears to be a murder, he gets a phone call from one of the dead, his niece. He's not sure if she's a ghost or if he's going mad, but as it turns out, he's not.

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[sir wanksalot]

There are great black and white movies, cotton. Are you American btw, color?

Totally agree. A great story is a great story. It doesn't matter how old it is

[sir wanksalot]

I think I prefer his point of view than yours...
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Here is Scorsese's list of 85 films

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"How Green Was My Valley" was a cracking film

[boardyhell]

animal kingdom on amazon

[ulstersubbie]

Here is Scorsese's list of 85 films

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"How Green Was My Valley" was a cracking film

Two directors on that list, John Cassavetes and Samuel Fuller. I salute you Marty, you know your movies!

[mradventures]

Stillwater. Vue Cinema. Good film. 8 out of ten. 2021 movie. Cert 15.
Drama / thriller / crime / mystery.
Matt Damon try's to get his daughter out of a French prison.
All play good parts.
PS Stillwater is a city in Oklahoma.

i enjoyed it too, ending is abit 

[standardpostage]

Free Guy. Reel cinema. Comedy / action / video games. 12A. 2021 movie.
Very good film. Some people in cinema laughing out loud.
Great acting and lovely story.
If your a computer gamer (or not) , you will like this film.
I would watch again.
Stars Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer.

[The Film Director]

Classic Double Bill:

Lilith (1964). A therapist becomes emotionally involved with an enigmatic female patient. A psycho sexual drama that was rather daring for the time, Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg give assured performances.

Heat (1972). A low budget avant garde homage to Sunset Boulevard, this was arguably the best of Paul Morrissey's experimental films. Featuring some of the performers who were part of Andy Warhol's Factory space.

Never did see that one, US.  Another decent psychodrama from the same period is Bunny Lake Is Missing with Laurence Olivier as the cop and Keir Dullea (from 2001) impressively creepy.

[Chorley]

Boss Level on Prime. Entertaining enough spin on the Groundhog Day premise starring Frank Grillo, Naomi Watts and Mel Gibson

[WDFORTE]

Boss Level on Prime. Entertaining enough spin on the Groundhog Day premise starring Frank Grillo, Naomi Watts and Mel Gibson

Good movie, one of Frank Grillo's best.

[Rick2468]

Really enjoyed the latest Stephen King book Billy Summers. I love Stephen King's older books but find his new ones really quite bland and hadn't read anything he published since The Outsider which I thought was shit. I read a glowing review for Billy Summers so I picked it up and I was gripped from the start. It felt a bit different in style to King's other books and had a bit of a Day Of The Jackal vibe to it (although no way as good!). It probably went on for too long and there was a "book within a book" as the main character is, surprise surprise, an author (well....kind of) but overall it was a good read.

On the gaming front I am playing Nier Automata as it's a free game on PS Now. It's a bit rough around the edges but it's a lot of fun. Some epic battles with operatic music playing as you fight. I'm going to try and get the platinum for it.

[Ghost89]

World Trade Center. On Netflix. As harrowing film as you can get I think.

[sir wanksalot]

Really enjoyed the latest Stephen King book Billy Summers. I love Stephen King's older books but find his new ones really quite bland and hadn't read anything he published since The Outsider which I thought was shit. I read a glowing review for Billy Summers so I picked it up and I was gripped from the start. It felt a bit different in style to King's other books and had a bit of a Day Of The Jackal vibe to it (although no way as good!). It probably went on for too long and there was a "book within a book" as the main character is, surprise surprise, an author (well....kind of) but overall it was a good read.

On the gaming front I am playing Nier Automata as it's a free game on PS Now. It's a bit rough around the edges but it's a lot of fun. Some epic battles with operatic music playing as you fight. I'm going to try and get the platinum for it.

I just downloaded it yesterday funnily enough from a dodgy site.

[Chorley]

Brand New Cherry Flavor on Netlflix.
A completely bonkers, stylish surreal and disturbing dark comic horror.  If David Cronenberg, David Lynch and Michael Mann  ever did a collaboration this would be it.
Rose Salazar is mesmerising in the lead role.

[ulstersubbie]

Brand New Cherry Flavor on Netlflix.
A completely bonkers, stylish surreal and disturbing dark comic horror.  If David Cronenberg, David Lynch and Michael Mann  ever did a collaboration this would be it.
Rose Salazar is mesmerising in the lead role.

Wow sounds mental, thanks for recommending.   

[sir wanksalot]

Just subscribed to a 14 day trial with BFI (again) and watched the New Girlfriend, French movie described as Pedro Almodovar mixed with Hitchcock.

Well, I can tell you that was complete bullshit as there was no suspense in that movie at all. The only thing that kept me watching it was waiting for some plot twist that never happened

[Ali Katt]

Classic Double Bill:

Lilith (1964). A therapist becomes emotionally involved with an enigmatic female patient. A psycho sexual drama that was rather daring for the time, Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg give assured performances.

Heat (1972). A low budget avant garde homage to Sunset Boulevard, this was arguably the best of Paul Morrissey's experimental films. Featuring some of the performers who were part of Andy Warhol's Factory space.

I do like Heat. I think my favourite "Andy Warhol" film is Bad just because it feels like John Waters on steroids. Joe Dellesandro looks great in  the trilogy of films. I think Trash is arguably the worse.

[ulstersubbie]

I do like Heat. I think my favourite "Andy Warhol" film is Bad just because it feels like John Waters on steroids. Joe Dellesandro looks great in  the trilogy of films. I think Trash is arguably the worse.

Trash isn't great I would agree with you, although I must watch Bad at some point. Joe Dallesandro was the ideal actor for the Warhol/ Morrissey films, that whole Factory period in New York is fascinating, admittedly not everybody's cup of tea.

[Ali Katt]

Trash isn't great I would agree with you, although I must watch Bad at some point. Joe Dallesandro was the ideal actor for the Warhol/ Morrissey films, that whole Factory period in New York is fascinating, admittedly not everybody's cup of tea.

Bad used to be an absolute pain in the arse to find. I saw a VHS rip I think it's had a DVD release since wouldn't surprise me if it's on YT.  I suppose the factory wasn't so much different to the Hollywood studio system only with musicians as well. What is staggering is the amount of talent to pass through those doors, but in the 70s NY everyone was either a musician, an actor or a drug addict.

[Dickled]

I enjoyed watching "Unforgotten" on ITV, and thought Nicola Walker was excellent in it, so will give this a go when it starts on the Alibi channel tonight.....

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[sparkus]

Trash isn't great I would agree with you, although I must watch Bad at some point. Joe Dallesandro was the ideal actor for the Warhol/ Morrissey films, that whole Factory period in New York is fascinating, admittedly not everybody's cup of tea.

I actually quite like Trash but it's pretty plot-less.  The scene with the city welfare official and the 'shoes' is priceless

[king tarzan]

Oz is brilliant..
To the naked eye it's just extreme violence..
Dig deeply and conclusions are some deserve what they get..
Example Tobias Beecher..

[ulstersubbie]

I actually quite like Trash but it's pretty plot-less.  The scene with the city welfare official and the 'shoes' is priceless

I should really watch it again, I might change my opinion. Been years since I saw it at the cinema.

[paulub45]

The Courier
A cold war drama based on a true story I saw it at the cinema very good

[sparkus]

I should really watch it again, I might change my opinion. Been years since I saw it at the cinema.

I actually got it out of a video shop about 20 years ago, very well stocked cult cinema section by the staff

[standardpostage]

The Courier
A cold war drama based on a true story I saw it at the cinema very good

On my list to see, cheers.

[paulub45]

 

[Ali Katt]

Oz is brilliant..
To the naked eye it's just extreme violence..
Dig deeply and conclusions are some deserve what they get..
Example Tobias Beecher..

Also a scene stealing performance by JK Simmons as a white supremacist and Adebezi is hilarious.

[Ali Katt]

The Tit and the Moon
Bizarre Spanish film about a boy obsessed with being breastfed. Camp and tongue in cheek, but with heart and soul. Scores: 7

[Chorley]

Beckett on Netflix. John David Washington and Alicia Vikander.
I was intrigued by the  trailer and the excellent John David Washington being the main protagonist In reality it was the biggest bunch of contrived nonsensical bollocks I've seen in a long while. 

[sparkus]

The Tit and the Moon
Bizarre Spanish film about a boy obsessed with being breastfed. Camp and tongue in cheek, but with heart and soul. Scores: 7

Agreed.  My ex enjoyed it as well and even said "Give me your milk!" a few times during sex

Must watch again.

[Aldebaran]

I watched the first episode of Annika last night and I have to say I was a bit underwhelmed. I didn't like the direct to camera speeches, and the plot was a bit contrived. Nicola Walker apparently wrote it and came up with the idea. She might be a very good actress, but as a creative writer she leaves a lot to be desired. Very cliched characters too.

[winkywanky]

Agreed.  My ex enjoyed it as well and even said "Give me your milk!" a few times during sex

Must watch again.

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[Gordon Bennett]

Synchronic - recently added to Sky Movies

4/10. Dull, slow, dreary, miserable and depressing. Like a Ken Loach film shot in a shitty part of New Orleans in the drizzle.

Its ostensibly a sci-fi film about a drug/pill that sends the user back in time. Only 90 mins but feels far far longer.

[Punter S Thompson]

Can't go wrong with Akira Kurosawa.
Especially Rashomon and Seven Samurai.