What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)

[mwgdrwg]

Given that she spends most of her time dicking around with cod-wiccanism (divination proscribed since the time of King Solomon) she is not very orthodox in Buffy.


hannigan an old jewish name. Who knew? If it isn't berg or stein ending I never realise

Seen the Curb Your Enthusiasm where Larry thinks his Berg lawyer is Jewish, but is actually Swedish?

 

[Reno]

Started wachting Homeland, the first two episodes. It's good and I'm intrigued.

 

[Firky]

Chronicle.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706593/

It passed the time.

 

[DexterTCN]

Primer. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/primer/

Quite cool techy time-travel thing, no action, all talk, leaves many things unanswered. Fascinating.

 

[Reno]

More Homeland. Really enjoying this show with the exception of the cheap looking wig they plonked on the lovely Morena Baccarin.

 

[Yetman]

Rejyavik - Rotterdam: Pretty good but not in the same league as Pusher which I was hoping it would be.

 

[StraightOuttaQ]

Lockout.

Essentially Die Hard meets Crank. In Space. Tremendously enjoyable, ludicrous, preposterous, and over the top.

 

[andy2002]

La Horde: French film that spends its first 15 minutes as a hard-bitten crime thriller then suddenly turns into a demented 'zombie' horror fest. A lot of fun.

 

[andy2002]

Alien: Still great although the alien effects (man in unconvincing rubber suit) have not aged well.

 

[The39thStep]

last three episodes of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 3.

 

[redsquirrel]

Rewatched Kiss Me Deadly still fantastic, one of my favourite noirs. Looks great and I love the ending personally, though I know a number of people who think it's a bit silly.

 

[Captain Hurrah]

Alien: Still great although the alien effects (man in unconvincing rubber suit) have not aged well.

I watched that recently, too. It's a pity that in the film you can't get even a small glimpse of the human skull through the translucent part of the xenomorph's head. Or at least I haven't.

 

[Greebo]

Neverwhere

 

[Reno]

Alien: Still great although the alien effects (man in unconvincing rubber suit) have not aged well.

I also just watched this again. I think the alien suit still looks fantastic. What was unconvincing, considering the creature is supposed to be humanoid ? I didn't see a zip anywhere.


I watched the latest Mission Imposible. After the great reviews I hoped this would be better than the others, but this is a film series I just can't warm to and this one didn't change that for me. I hope director Brad Bird will go back to animation at some point and not churn out soulless blockbusters like this one from now on.


...and then I watched the Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing starring Spanish monster-on-a-train movie Horror Express, which still is great fun.

 

[andy2002]

I also just watched this again. I think the alien suit still looks fantastic. What was unconvincing, considering the creature is supposed to be humanoid ? I didn't see a zip anywhere.

The design of the alien is great, but take the scene in which Dallas is tracking it through the air ducts. The alien suddenly appears and it looks exactly like a bloke in a rubber suit - same in the scene at the end with Ripley in the shuttle. I think it's the way the creature moves than anything else. Maybe I've just seen too many xenomorph cosplayers at sci-fi conventions!

 

[DJ Squelch]

Terry (2011) sub-Danny Dyer type hard man film of the found footage variety. I only watched it as a few old mates star in it. Not as bad as I thought it would be.

 

[StraightOuttaQ]

"Confronting The Evidence", a 9/11 Truther conference DeeVeeDee. Interesting, informative, but very selective in its presentation. As you'd expect, as it obviously guided by an agenda. Did not convince me, and with people applauding every wild accusation its quite self-congratulatory. As such, it frames its content towards a pre-determined conclusion. Most of these things do, though.

 

[Mab]

"Brighton To London" on Saturday night; extremely hard to watch in many parts but worth it. If not for British drama and documentries on TVO public broadcaster, tv would not be worth watching. Our CBC has been destroyed by far-right Tories.

 

[Mab]

I've been watching the series MI5, I think called 'Spooks' in the UK.

Sometimes the plots are a bit over the top, but the characterization is excellent.

Yes JC3 it's fab I have been watching MI5/Spooks primarily on PBS for years. Roz was my favorite.

 

[The39thStep]

Due Date- thought I would hate it when my daughter put it on but thought it as ace.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Yes JC3 it's fab I have been watching MI5/Spooks primarily on PBS for years. Roz was my favorite.

I had mixed feelings about Roz. I didn't like her at first, but she sort of grew on me. A complicated character. I was partial to Jo Portman. Her character developed well, from an eager college graduate, to.... something more nuanced.

Something interesting: looking up the program, I happened upon a photo of Baroness Manningham-Buller, who apparently ran M15. She bears quite a resemblance to the woman in the show who ran it, and who ended up in a wheelchair.

 

[starfish]

Watched City of Life and Death this afternoon. Great film about a very horrendous event. Very grim & quite uncomfortable to watch at times.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I'm quite enjoying the british version of 'Life on Mars'.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Something else about Spooks. Another character is arguably a dead ringer for Dame Stella Rimington.

Maningham Buller:

 

[magneze]

The Inbetweeners Movie - better than I expected. Just about kept the humour going for 90 minutes. Watched it with my mother in law. She wasn't particularly impressed.

 

[chazegee]

Louis CK's failed Blaxplotation flick, Pooty Tang.
What I saw was pretty good but then fell asleep.

It's got Curb's Leon black in it which is a bonus.

 

[DexterTCN]

TT Closer to the Edge. A fascinating documentary about motorbike racers on the world's deadliest circuit. The go very fast, I mean, really fast. And they're borderline insane, too. Excellent. You will not believe one of the crashes.

 

[avu9lives]

Romance http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0194314/ Sexually graphic in parts so make sure the kids are safely tucked up in bed if ya watch it! Brilliant performance by Caroline Ducey as well.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" - really enjoyed it, some good heavyweight thesping!

"Footloose" - the original one. Never seen it before, not really my sort of film but quite good fun nevertheless.

 

[belboid]

Started on Battle for Seattle.

Had to stop cos it was absolutely fucking awful