DJ Squelch
King Of Insides
Yield To The Night (1956) - about a women in prison awaiting execution after being sentenced to hang for killing a love rival, excellent performance from Diana Dors as the murderess.
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DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Wow...Jessica Rabbit.
Cabin in the Woods.
Clever, fresh, sometimes gory sometimes funny never scary. So many homages to Evil Dead it's off the scale. A must for horror fans (but probably not as good as Scream).
DJ Squelch
King Of Insides
DJ Squelch
King Of Insides
I wouldn't say it was overly anti-death penalty although obviously you feel some sympathy for her character, it's never in doubt that she did it. The film came out the year after Ruth Ellis had been hanged and while the film isn't based on her case there are certainly some similarities, so the public's opinion about the death penalty must of been changing at the time.
The other thing I liked about this film is that it's a film noir with the usual gender roles reversed. This made me wonder, are there any other film noirs from the 40s/50s told from a female point of view?
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
Brave.
Not what I expected, in a bad way.
Not what I expected, in a bad way.
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Safe. A Statham film but I found it quite enjoyable. I did not see that thing near the end coming but my 18 year old daughter did....it was a nice, surprising touch in a film where a man takes an 11 year old girl up to his hotel room.
One of his better ones.
One of his better ones.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Rebellion - a very well made film by Mathieu Kassovitz about the Kanak (New Caledonia - French overseas territory in the Pacific) pro-independence actions and their suppression in the Ouvea Massacre in 1988. Played absolutely straight and intelligently in all areas. Louise Michele had tried to rouse and inspire the Kanaks to rebellion a century before when she was exiled their for her role in the Paris Commune - story of her exile told - not very well it must be said - in The Rebel, Louise Michel
Fez909
toilet expert
In the past few nights I've seen:
Lake Placid 3 - Couldn't even keep my attention. Very poor. Of course I wasn't expecting anything good.
Chronicle - Had a lot of potential, but just failed to deliver. The hand-held cam was slightly annoying, and it was pretty thin on plot, but it was good fun watching them discovering and playing with their powers. Nicely epic final scene.
The Lives of Others - Loved this! I'd had it in my head to watch this for years and finally got around to it, half-expecting to be disappointed. Not so. Reminded me of The Conversation which I've recently seen as well. Is there anything else around like this? I mean political stuff about life in preferably, the GDR, or West Germany otherwise. I've seen Baader Meinhof Complex which was enjoyable enough, I suppose. Is Goodbye Lenin worth a go? I know it's based post-unification, but obviously recreates the lives they lead.
Anything else?
Lake Placid 3 - Couldn't even keep my attention. Very poor. Of course I wasn't expecting anything good.
Chronicle - Had a lot of potential, but just failed to deliver. The hand-held cam was slightly annoying, and it was pretty thin on plot, but it was good fun watching them discovering and playing with their powers. Nicely epic final scene.
The Lives of Others - Loved this! I'd had it in my head to watch this for years and finally got around to it, half-expecting to be disappointed. Not so. Reminded me of The Conversation which I've recently seen as well. Is there anything else around like this? I mean political stuff about life in preferably, the GDR, or West Germany otherwise. I've seen Baader Meinhof Complex which was enjoyable enough, I suppose. Is Goodbye Lenin worth a go? I know it's based post-unification, but obviously recreates the lives they lead.
Anything else?
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
My mrs is struggling with Breaking Bad at the start of season 3. I'm trying to tell her that this is where it starts hotting up. She says she's bored.
So she watched Conspiracy Theory with Mel (whats Mel short for?) Gibson and said it was great
jesus.....divorce?
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Yetman
Cheesecar Fucksquad #1
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Fez909 The Lives of Others is awesome!! Chilling isn't it?
I started Boriga Season 2 the other night but it's lost it's charmed.
Enjoyed episode 1 of Sons of Anarchy last night
like how it opens with Jeremy Irons having a threesome. Good to be Pope.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
this stath driven remake of Death Race is fucking awful. Lovejoy's phoning it in as well 0.1/10
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
End of Watch. A cop movie mainly filmed in a hand-held style.
Firstly, I don't really like cop movies where the cops are 'the good guys' so I was wary about it.
It's a bloody good movie, the performances seem real, some of the gang characters really come across as dangerous and fucked up. Pena and Gyllenhall act everyone off the screen with natural performances....although the characters Wicked and Big Evil (who was in Breaking Bad) steal most of the scenes they are in.
There is good tension and very few predictable points.
Firstly, I don't really like cop movies where the cops are 'the good guys' so I was wary about it.
It's a bloody good movie, the performances seem real, some of the gang characters really come across as dangerous and fucked up. Pena and Gyllenhall act everyone off the screen with natural performances....although the characters Wicked and Big Evil (who was in Breaking Bad) steal most of the scenes they are in.
There is good tension and very few predictable points.
Supine
Newt Member
Fez909
toilet expert
Brilliant film. Thanks for the recommendation
You're welcome
Check out The Conversation (1974) if you haven't seen that. It's got a similar feel to it, and is also about surveillance. I never hear it mentioned by anyone these days, but it seems to have been really well received when it came out with Oscar nominations etc. I saw it recently for the first time and it was great.
Brilliant film. Thanks for the recommendation
It's a great film, I haven't seen it since I saw it at the pictures and keep meaning to download it or give it the rare accolade of a film I'll buy... actually I may do that now if there's a ltd edition or something
*ebays*
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Watch Kill List.
I loved it.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Watched Bad Santa. Sutiably sweary and crude enough to offer some childish laugh out loud moments. I was watching it with a 16 year old, so I felt I had to join in.
Me76
Not very good lurker
I almost switched off after 20 mins but it picked up, then last 10 minutes very bizarre.
I can't say I disliked it but I'm not sure I would recommend it either.
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