Paid Members Carbomb Posted April 30, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted April 30, 2020 1 hour ago, wordsfromlee said: and Transformers: The Movie One of my favourite things to discover a couple of years ago was the 1975 Dean Martin roast of George Burns on YouTube. He's roasted by Welles, and a young Frank Welker. 10 years prior to Transformers: The (only) Movie, Unicron and Megatron shared the dais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 30, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 30, 2020 The Secret of Kells (ok.ru) I absolutely love Cartoon Saloon's stuff and that this is my least favourite of their three features to date shows how great The Breadwinner and Song of the Sea are. Breathtakingly beautiful, great voice work from Brendan Gleeson (I love that guy) and a really rewarding story. These guys are great and I hope they get a huge hit with their two upcoming films. Blow the Man Down (Amazon Prime) Reminded me a bit of a cross between Bait (the weird but superb Cornish film) and A Simple Plan. It's pretty good even if it's a bit crowded with subplots and characters. Enjoyable especially if you like a smaller time crime story, as I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted May 1, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) No Sidney Lumet chat is complete without pointing out he directed The Wiz. Stunning career. Edited May 1, 2020 by gmoney Massive gap in the post for no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted May 1, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 1, 2020 The Last Supper - After myself and D-Mal's discussion yesterday, I felt obliged to watch it. Paxton, Perlman, Harmon and Eldard are wonderful in it and the flick is even more poignant in today's Trump MAGA climate but the music cues, editing and acting by Penner and Gish make it seem like a post watershed episode of The Young and the Restless, at points. Still as good as I remember, mind you. Herself hated it though. Thought it was "boring and arty farty and stupid and poxy and I'm going to bed" I Went Down - The movie with Brendan Gleeson. Not what happened when she mentioned bed. It's such a good flick and the dialogue and chemistry between Peter McDonald and Brendan Glesson is outstanding. I haven't seen it since the flicks, and I'm going on a bit of an Oirish Croym movie kick now as a result. So it'll be Intermission tonight, which has a story close to me in itself because me best mate was an extra and he wound up hitting Brian F.O'Byrne an almighty clatter over said actors' rudeness, and was escorted off set and blacklisted as an extra for life as a consequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted May 1, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted May 1, 2020 I Went Down and Intermission are both great, really like both those. And when you mention Intermission, this is obligatory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted May 1, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 1, 2020 While Intermission has the awesome Colm Meaney "sorry sheep" bit it also has Colm Meaney in it and I fucking hate seeing his fat head in over 60% or more of all films ever made. He's in everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted May 1, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) Right, who's tried the brown sauce? I did when I got home from the flicks after watching it. Did nothing of any consequence other than leave a bit of goo at the bottom like the arse end of a Bovril. @PowerButchi I can see that. Honestly, every time I log on Facebook the last year or so, a few of my mates will pop up a Colm Meaney's Star Trek meme and it's fucking soul destroying. Edited May 1, 2020 by Scott Malbranque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted May 1, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted May 1, 2020 I like Colm Meaney but he is in everything. Loved his Con Air role. Haven't tried the brown sauce trick, I was just about to ask though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted May 1, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) Depends on the sauce, I'd assume @Devon Malcolm. I mean, I'm sure I just used Chef, but a spicier one like a HP or YR might bring a different result. I'll try again with both other brands when I get home from work before I pop Intermission on, and let yiz know. I'm going to give Perrier's Bounty another go either tonight or tomorrow. I didn't like it when I first saw it on release, but maybe time is a good healer and all that. Edited May 1, 2020 by Scott Malbranque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members waters44 Posted May 1, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) Portrait of a Lady on Fire I really enjoyed this and its one of those rare films that really make you feel something in your chest. Seeing the two leads fall in love just made me think about my own relationship and the thrill of love. The film really got to me, seeing just a light touch on the neck between the two gave me goosebumps. It's really well written but it's all about the two main performances which are fantastic. Only gripe would be the setting which I thought was a bit bland but that doesn't take much away from the film. Its on MUBI for a few days more at least, check it out! Under The Silver Lake I have been saving this for a while thinking I would love it but I just didn't get on with it at all Andrew Garfield plods around LA looking for a friend but the journey was a bit nonsensical sometimes, the mysteries (and how they were solved) were a bit silly, and lots of stuff just remains unanswered. Perhaps that's the whole point but that's not the kind of thing I enjoy watching. Garfield's character is lost, seemingly with little purpose, and that's how i felt watching the film. There were a few great moments, in particular a scene with a mysterious song writer, but for me the great was far and few between. Its also too long, you could lose half an hour easy. Reading a bit online suggests this film is very polarising, some people love it, some hate it. Directed by David Robert Mitchell who did It Follows which I confess I havent seen yet. Silver Lake also on MUBI. Edited May 1, 2020 by waters44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted May 1, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted May 1, 2020 25 minutes ago, Scott Malbranque said: I'm going to give Perrier's Bounty another go either tonight or tomorrow. I didn't like it when I first saw it on release, but maybe time is a good healer and all that. I didn't mind it but I figured it was to do with the cast more than anything. 17 minutes ago, waters44 said: Under The Silver Lake I have been saving this for a while thinking I would love it but I just didn't get on with it at all Andrew Garfield plods around LA looking for a friend but the journey was a bit nonsensical sometimes, the mysteries (and how they were solved) were a bit silly, and lots of stuff just remains unanswered. Perhaps that's the whole point but that's not the kind of thing I enjoy watching. Garfield's character is lost, seemingly with little purpose, and that's how i felt watching the film. There were a few great moments, in particular a scene with a mysterious song writer, but for me the great was far and few between. Its also too long, you could lose half an hour easy. Reading a bit online suggests this film is very polarising, some people love it, some hate it. Directed by David Robert Mitchell who did It Follows which I confess I havent seen yet. Silver Lake also on MUBI. Shame you didn't like this, one of my favourites of last year, but I'd say it's quite divisive because of how it plays out. It Follows is a masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Look Away Pretty average horror in the “Carrie” mould that had decent performances. Two things I took away from it were wondering how good a career Mira Sorvino would’ve had if it wasn’t for Weinstein, and they’d have got an extra half a star from me if they used the Big Country song of the same name throughout the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members waters44 Posted May 1, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Devon Malcolm said: Shame you didn't like this, one of my favourites of last year, but I'd say it's quite divisive because of how it plays out. It Follows is a masterpiece. Yeah it was a real shame as I was really looking forward to it. Perhaps I wasn't in the right frame of mind or something I'm filling some gaps from 2018 and 2019, what were some of your highlights from those years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted May 1, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted May 1, 2020 26 minutes ago, waters44 said: Yeah it was a real shame as I was really looking forward to it. Perhaps I wasn't in the right frame of mind or something I'm filling some gaps from 2018 and 2019, what were some of your highlights from those years? This was my top 50 for last year:- https://letterboxd.com/settingsun/list/top-50-2019/ These are all the 2018 releases I've seen organised into what I rated them:- https://letterboxd.com/settingsun/films/year/2018/by/your-rating/ Might be some crossover as they go off US release dates and I don't for the former link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted May 1, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted May 1, 2020 @waters44 Just had a quick look at my Letterboxd entries from the past few years and these stuck out to me - some may be from 2017 though. The majority of these are 2018 releases as I missed a shitload of 2019 myself. I'll try to avoid more obvious franchise films. Lady Bird, Three Billboards, I Tonya, The Wife, Last Flag Flying, Ghost Stories, One Cut Of The Dead, American Animals, Leave No Trace, Sorry To Bother You, Colette, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Skate Kitchen, Annihilation, Red Sparrow, Isle of Dogs, Unsane, Game Night, A Quiet Place, Blockers, Blackkklansman, The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society (an absolute guilty pleasure that one), The Meg, To All The Boys I've Loved Before, The Little Stranger, The Favourite, The Old Man And The Gun, A Star Is Born, Beautiful Boy, Life Itself, Widows, If Beale Street Could Talk, Green Book, Instant Family, Extra Ordinary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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