Paid Members Thunderplex Posted August 27, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted August 27, 2022 Just watched Samaritan.  Enjoyable enough nonsense that even the really shit CGI at the end didn’t ruin.  Spoiler Worked out that he was Nemesis in the first 5 minutes!  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted August 30, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted August 30, 2022 Orphan: Â First Kill. Â Enjoyable enough thriller, but she doesn't look like a kid any more. Â Spoiler Got a bit pissed off with it till just after the half way point as it was just re-treading the first one, then a twist kicks in that really works and made the whole film. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Definitely worth a watch if you haven't already.. or again if you have!  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 6, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 8/20/2022 at 10:16 AM, WyattSheepMask said: As some of you are aware, Vue have been showing the Aardman films throughout the school holidays. This week it’s Early Man, which I’d say is one of their weaker efforts. We went to all these except Early Man. Now Vue are showing a Pixar film every week - from this weekend it's Up. A few notables I've seen lately:- Bullet Train Shite. The Ryan Reynolds Effect in action - another action comedy where the action is crap and the comedy is tired and no longer funny. Features American Actors Doing Bad English Accents in 2022 and terribly overplayed constant references to Thomas the Tank Engine. A waste of everyone's time. Beast Idris Elba vs a lion? Of course I'll take it. Does everything that you'd hope for and expect from such a film. We need loads more films like this. The Gray Man Fantastic. Everything that a huge budget Hollywood action film should aspire to have - cool characters, great set pieces, some funny parts, and Ryan Gosling. Delighted I got to see it at the cinema. Prey Really good. Only once does it become too corny with its Predator referencing and the CGI is sometimes awful but this was very exciting. Amber Midthunder is a star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 9, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted September 9, 2022 Nope Not as good as Peele's first two but that's more a reflection of their exceptional quality more than any faults with Nope, of which there are very few. I'm going to cry when he stops making horror films. Fall One of those thrillers that if you start to think about it at all, it falls apart and you won't enjoy it. It's 20 minutes too long but manages to sustain its tension quite well even if one twist is the most obvious ever put on screen and another is very good. No Exit Another film fucking Disney stopped from getting a cinema release and exactly the sort of low budget popcorn thriller that will make something back financially, and that was made for a lazy trip to the cinema. Cunts. Good little suspense film, just about 90 minutes long, rather good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted September 9, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted September 9, 2022 Saw Brian and Charles last night. Â Amusing enough, but would have made a better one hour special than a full movie. Â Should have remained a short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCW Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 I just finished the series Fargo with Billy Bob Thornton so wanted to try out some of his films I'd not seen before. Watched Sling Blade last night and thought it was really great and can't believe I'd never heard if it before. Thornton disappears into the role of Karl, Dwight Yoakam is an excellent bad guy and John Ritter is understatedly funny as the mothers gay best friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted September 9, 2022 Awards Moderator Share Posted September 9, 2022 See How They Run is good fun, with Saoirse Ronan comfortably the best thing in it. She’s great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 9, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted September 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, DCW said: I just finished the series Fargo with Billy Bob Thornton so wanted to try out some of his films I'd not seen before. Highly recommend The Man Who Wasn't There and A Simple Plan if you haven't seen them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 8 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: Highly recommend The Man Who Wasn't There and A Simple Plan if you haven't seen them. He’s great in U-Turn as well, as is Joaquin Phoenix, still can’t work out if that’s a brilliant film or if it just thinks it is. Stone is no Aronofsky that’s for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted September 10, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted September 10, 2022 10 hours ago, DCW said: I just finished the series Fargo with Billy Bob Thornton so wanted to try out some of his films I'd not seen before. Watched Sling Blade last night and thought it was really great and can't believe I'd never heard if it before. Thornton disappears into the role of Karl, Dwight Yoakam is an excellent bad guy and John Ritter is understatedly funny as the mothers gay best friend. Can’t watch Sling Blade without doing the voice for about 3 days after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCW Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 14 hours ago, Thunderplex said: Can’t watch Sling Blade without doing the voice for about 3 days after. Completely stuck in my head. Alright then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaitoRyo Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Apologies if this isn't allowed (and please feel free to delete if so), but I've been looking for somewhere to watch a particular film for an age and I cannot find it anywhere. Seems absurd on the ol' internet in 2022, but I can't find means legal or otherwise to view Cheatin' Hearts (alternately titled Paper Hearts). It's a 1993 drama/romance/comedy/western starring James Brolin, Sally Kirkland and Kris Kristofferson. If anyone is able to track it down, let me know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 High Plains Drifter It’s alright like, a good first half and it kind of falls away in the second half. There’s a fairly graphic rape at the start that is quite hard to get your head around, even for the time it was made. So the fun of the first half of the film where Clint Eastwood is picking apart this town was massively overshadowed by that first bit for me. Really neat concept for a western though. The Alamo (2004) Star spangled dog shit. Bone Tomahawk A rewatch from when it first came out. Everyone is great in this, the first time I watched it I was surprised at how good Mathew Fox was but second time around I think he steals the film. Richard Jenkins is the best old coot. The real star of this film is the ending though, what a fucking ending. S. Craig Zahler best get on with whatever he’s doing next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted September 15, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted September 15, 2022 49 minutes ago, Mr_Danger said: S. Craig Zahler best get on with whatever he’s doing next. I'm not too excited about whatever it will be. Bone Tomahawk is brilliant but Brawl In Cell Block 99 was a significant drop in quality and Dragged Across Concrete is a fucking ugly, ugly film. I like Zahler (particularly his novels - A Congregation Of Jackals would be an absolutely incredible film) but the nihilism and hints of racism in his stuff unsettles me at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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