Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 1, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2013 I'm just about to watch Family Plot and I will have completed my project of watching all of Alfred Hitchcock's sound era films. I'd forgotten just how superb Frenzy is as well, easily one of the best British films of the 1970s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 1, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2013 I'm determined to finally getting round to watching The Offence this weekend. And Deadly Affair, if possible. My Sidney Lumet catch-up was derailed a number of months ago by other movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I watched There Will Be Blood the other night. Didn't care for most of the stuff that didn't involve the weirdo priest kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 1, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2013 ^ I haven't seen it. It's one of those films that I probably should see but really can't be arsed. Â I'm determined to finally getting round to watching The Offence this weekend. And Deadly Affair, if possible. My Sidney Lumet catch-up was derailed a number of months ago by other movies. Â The Offence is absolutely fantastic and Lumet was a brilliant director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 (edited) Wow. Just been reading up on Sidney Lumet, and found that he directed Treat Williams in a film in the 80s. Â There's a connection I'd never have made! Â Also, there's clearly a shitload of his films that I've never seen that I love the sound of - The Offense, Q&A, Prince Of The City, Network (already on my list). Why are films like this never on tv? Edited March 2, 2013 by Loki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 2, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 2, 2013 (edited) I've managed to watch Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men, The Anderson Tapes and Serpico so far. All great, with 12 Angry Men being my favourite. Edited March 2, 2013 by Carbomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 2, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 2, 2013 Also, there's clearly a shitload of his films that I've never seen that I love the sound of - The Offense, Q&A, Prince Of The City, Network (already on my list). Why are films like this never on tv? Â Because TV's shit. Q&A is superb as well, not seen the latter two as yet. Brilliant director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary v1 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I absolutely love 12 angry men. It's about as close to a perfect film as you can get I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 4, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 4, 2013 Just finished watching The Offence. Bit late to be posting detailed thoughts, so I'll just say this for now: it's incredible. At one point, the tension was almost literally breath-taking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted March 4, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) Wow. Just been reading up on Sidney Lumet, and found that he directed Treat Williams in a film in the 80s. Treat Williams was a star around the late 70s, early 80s. Â After "The Eagle Has Landed", he seemed to star in a few (just a few) good films there for a couple of years. Edited March 4, 2013 by bAzTNM#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 4, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 4, 2013 He was also in the excellent Deep Rising. Good actor, probably had a shit agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 That's his niche for me, really good B/TV movie actor in generally bad films. Him being in a serious film kind of blows my mind. Â Re-watched Serenity this weekend, this time with the wife. I know Joss Whedon gets stick around here, but he shows some real directing chops here as well as his usual writing skills. They do a lot with a (presumably small) budget, and you can see the firm hand on the tiller that led to The Avengers being such a success. Â Having just got through rewatching the Firefly series, I think it's probably his strongest work. It's not as angsty as Buffy or Angel, or as ooh-clever as Dollhouse, and his slightly strange writing style meshes perfectly with the strange language style they used for the show. You can tell the cast love it too, they throw themselves into it. Â A lot of series that get cancelled end up achieving the "cult" status nowadays thanks to the internet, but in this case it's justified - the show just hit its stride when it got cut short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted March 4, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 4, 2013 I watched Red Lights on Netflix after seeing the cast list. Nothing special throughout, but the end really sucked a fat one and the Toilet scene was laughable. Robert De Niro seemed completely mis-cast here. Â Pretty poor on the whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 4, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 4, 2013 Watched American Pie Reunion yesterday afternoon. Don't have much to add on the reivews from the last few pages in here but it was thanks to them that I remembered that this existed and that I wanted to see it. Â It definitely delivered. Funny stuff, the characters were still good and relatable (in their own ridiculous way), references to the old gags but they actually bothered to write new ones and a decent story too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members John Matrix Posted March 4, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 4, 2013 Good weekend on the movie front, watched Tower Heist which I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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