Magnum Milano Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Extreme Prejudice (1987) Walter Hill directed and starring Nick Nolte as a Texas Ranger who locks horns with his former best friend, played by Powers Boothe, who is now running a Drug's Cartel out of Mexico. At the same time a Zombie Unit (secret services) is undertaking a secret mission. Very glad I stuck with this. You wonder what's going on and I was starting to think this might be my least favourite Walter Hill film, then all of a sudden everything falls into place and you're gripped. An excellent cast including Michael Ironside, William Forsythe and Clancy Brown alongside the aforementioned Nolte and Boothe. The violence in the climax is something else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted February 4, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted February 4, 2021 I've watched Uncut Gems and Good Time in the last few days. Both were breathlessly good with excellent soundtracks. They're pretty similar in that they follow unsympathetic characters making increasingly maddening decisions, but both had different charms too. I didn't find them quite as anxious making as lot of other seem to have, but they're the best couple of films I've seen in a long time. On balance I think Good Time was probably slightly better, I certainly had a bigger emotional reaction to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Watched a few of the Netflix and Amazon originals today. Malcolm and Marie (Netflix) Flawlessly acted, looks beautiful, great soundtrack...utter fucking load of shit. A white writer venting his frustrations through an "angry, political black writer" character. Get in the fucking bin Barry Levinsons son. Greenland (Amazon) You see Morena Baccarin sweaty and working out within 5 minutes so it's an automatic 11/10. Really stupid but enjoyable film about comets coming to destroy Earth, despite Gerard Butler doing his utmost to ruin it with his awfulness. But I always like "extinction level event" films and this was a decent one. Bliss (Amazon) Piss. Then threw on High Fidelity and its still amazing and still has the most perfect musician cameo of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted February 6, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2021 On 04/02/2021 at 11:18 AM, Magnum Milano said: Extreme Prejudice (1987) Walter Hill directed and starring Nick Nolte as a Texas Ranger who locks horns with his former best friend, played by Powers Boothe, who is now running a Drug's Cartel out of Mexico. At the same time a Zombie Unit (secret services) is undertaking a secret mission. Very glad I stuck with this. You wonder what's going on and I was starting to think this might be my least favourite Walter Hill film, then all of a sudden everything falls into place and you're gripped. An excellent cast including Michael Ironside, William Forsythe and Clancy Brown alongside the aforementioned Nolte and Boothe. The violence in the climax is something else! I watched this earlier in the year for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thought it was a real underappreciated gem. Much like a lot of Hill's work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Signed up for Arrow Video's streaming service yesterday, now it's available over here. You get 30 days free then it's £4.99 a month or £49.99 a year and there's an onsite code to get 50% off the first 3 months so you're getting 4 months of content for £7.50 which is a steal. Anyway I watched the first two Gamera films on there, from the Showa era box set that got released last week, picture quality is amazing on both films and it gives you the option to have subtitling as a lot of the dialogue is in it's native Japanese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) Yeah I’ve signed up to that too but not got round to watching anything as yet. The selection looks incredible though. Speaking of Arrow, Zavvi have got loads of the Arrow BluRays on sale at £7.99 at the moment. Sale runs until the end of Thursday Edited February 7, 2021 by WyattSheepMask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nexus Posted February 7, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted February 7, 2021 Watched Mogul Mowgli this evening. It was good - really enjoyed it - I think Riz Ahmed is excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted February 7, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted February 7, 2021 Literally typing this during the end credits of 100 Days to Live, so I can say I did my best, as soon as possible, to stop anyone here watching this. I should have known better, really, with my buying into the avalanche of good reviews online, but a begrudging fair play is due to the filmmaker(s) on that front, because they either got a fierce amount of friends and relatives to take the time to write in depth reviews or a wee few of the crew signed up to varying websites under thousands of different usernames to write these reviews. A fucking farce. "Game changing twist", my clanging bollocks. I'm appalled here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 7, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted February 7, 2021 24 minutes ago, Scott Malbranque said: Literally typing this during the end credits of 100 Days to Live, so I can say I did my best, as soon as possible, to stop anyone here watching this. So noted! The Dig (Netflix) Carey Mulligan is going through a pretty consistent run of being in films that she's too good for. Loads of boring relationship drama, not enough digging. Lily James in glasses is its other positive. Knockabout (pirate) Sammo Hung action comedy, one of his lesser known films but also one of his better ones. Actual funny jokes and some stunning fight scenes, completely great. The Hireling (Talking Pictures TV) Another bloody gem unearthed by TPTV, with Robert Shaw playing a WWI veteran who falls in love with his upper class employer, Sarah Miles. Brilliantly acted and a really powerful ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted February 7, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted February 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: Knockabout (pirate) Sammo Hung action comedy, one of his lesser known films but also one of his better ones. Actual funny jokes and some stunning fight scenes, completely great. Yuen Biu's first lead role if memory serves, hence half the film basically being a showreel for him. Groundhog Day Andie McDowell plays Rita, a producer newly employed by a TV network that she openly admits is below where she considers herself to be. To boost her career she sets her sights on Phil Connors, one of the network's main personalities, and curses him to live the same Hellacious day again and again, thousands and thousands of times, driving him to insanity and ultimately suicides (plural) until he finally gives up on himself and adopts her beliefs and interests. Rita gets her cake, and eats it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpSquids Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Late to the party perhaps, but just watched Leave No Trace. I love a simply told, quiet, meaningful story, so this was perfect. Stunning cast, haunting visuals. I think it’ll stay with me for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted February 10, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) Anything for Jackson – I’m usually not mad on anything to do with this sort of thing, because my nerves do be gone for nights on end and I don’t be able to sleep - what, with the divvil and all - but this was actually a really fun, nerve wracking experience until it the end, when as films usually do these days, disappeared up it’s own bollocks.Singles (1992) – I watched this straight after that other one, because my brain needed a screensaver as I attempted to go asleep, and this wee flick will always do the job for me. I adore this movie and it's soundtrack, because it reminds me of a time when my mate got thrown out of the cinema for peeing in his empty Fanta cup because he was enjoying the movie so much that he didn’t want to walk all the way out to the jacks. The effort it took him to get down on his knees, squished up in the aisle beside us and pee into the cup was probably more exerting that a stroll to the toilet anyway. An usher arrived soon after and escorted him off the premises, leaving the rest of us sitting there beside a paper cup of steaming piddle that started to fold in on itself, and none of us were touching it to move it. It smelled like he was in need of an antibiotic. I remember that much. Edited February 10, 2021 by Scott Malbranque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Milano Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 A bunch from the past ten days, including a couple of Carry Ons. Can’t Buy Me Love (1987) Ronald Miller wants to be popular and seizing an opportunity pays cheerleader Cindy Marconi to be his girlfriend for one month. For a time he gets what he wants, though ultimately learns a very valuable lesson. Really good, moralistic teen comedy and Amanda Peterson shines as Cindy. Pretty gutted to find out what became of Peterson who died of an accidental drug overdose in 2015. There's some uncomfortable looking photos of her online and its a crying shame when you see her here and then see what drugs did to her. Carry on Abroad (1972) Capitalizing on the ‘package holiday’ fad, the gang head off to Elsbels and what turns out to be a half-finished hotel. My favourite of the Carry Ons with a steady stream of one liners. I’m appreciating Peter Butterworth and Kenneth Connor way more than I used to, both fine comic actors. Also worth noting that this was the final outing for Charles Hawtrey who was by this point an alcoholic, and most of his scenes see him with a drink in his hand to facilitate his needs. Carry on Emmannuelle (1978) Emmanuelle, wife to the libido less French Ambassador, goes around sleeping with all and sundry. If the final nail was in the coffin after England (which is even worse than this) the lid was hammered shut here. Took me three sittings to get through. What few laughs are garnered from Kenneth Williams’ mugging and the ever reliable Connor. Rolling Thunder (1977) Major Charles Rane returns from Vietnam after spending years in the POW camp. When some crooks rob him and kill his family, it is only going to end one way. William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones do a grand job as the returning veterans, both clearly suffering some serious PTSD. Quality violent, revenge action with an almighty shoot-out as things come to a head. Beverly Hills Cop (1984) When Mikey Tandino is killed whilst visiting his close friend Axel Foley, the Detroit cop takes himself to Beverly Hills to investigate. Murphy’s star continues to rise as the street-smart Foley and Ashton (Taggart) and Reinhold (Rosewood) make a great double act. An 80s classic. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) After Chief Bogomil is shot and almost killed, Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to look into it, getting help from his old pals Taggart and Rosewood. A strong sequel to the original, even if parts are clearly cribbed from the first film. Nice to see Dean Stockwell in this and John Ashton can do little wrong in my eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Guy Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 4 hours ago, Magnum Milano said: Also worth noting that this was the final outing for Charles Hawtrey who was by this point an alcoholic, and most of his scenes see him with a drink in his hand to facilitate his needs. A friend once told me that this was the Carry On production teams attempt to subtly tell Hawtry that his drinking was out of control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted February 18, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted February 18, 2021 If that's true that has to be one of the most ineffectual interventions I've ever heard of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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