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Yes it was The Public Enemy

Edward Woods was originally cast in the lead role of Tom Powers and James Cagney was cast as Tom's best friend Matt Doyle, until director Wellman decided Cagney would be more effective in the part and switched the two actors[4][6] but never reshot the sequences with the characters as children, which is why the child playing Cagney's role looks like Woods while the one playing Woods' role looks like Cagney.
 
Inside Out. Really enjoyed it. Thought the little Rage character was funny as fuck.

The Greasy Strangler. Erm, yeah. Still not too sure what to make of that one.
 
The Excorcist III Legion. One of only 2 films directed by Blatty, both heavily religious but this with a wonderful dark humour missing from the first film.
 
One of Our Aircraft is Missing. Classic P&P.

Les Visiteurs. French time travel comedy starting Jean Reno. Not a great film but enjoyable enough.
 
The Excorcist III Legion. One of only 2 films directed by Blatty, both heavily religious but this with a wonderful dark humour missing from the first film.
I like this one. Did you watch the theatrical cut or the recently restored directors cut ?
 
Didn't know there was a director's cut, Reno. Will have to check it out.
It just got released on BD/DVD in the US. Originally the film was a lot closer to Blatty's novel Legion, till the studio decided to do major reshoots to add the whole exorcism subplot which always felt a bit tacked on. I'm curious to see it, though people who have seen the director's cut say the end is now a little anti-climactic. I long thought this film is rather underrated with one of the scariest sequences of any horror film ever.
 
Ooh thanks Reno, you know I'm a fan too, didn't realise there was a director's cut.

I finally got round to watching Inside No.9 - The 12 Days of Christine. Wonderfully well made, I need to watch it again. Cut the sorrow with three episodes of Mid Morning Matters.
 
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night.

I think that's what it's called. Iranian language vampire film which is kind of a western and a romance. It's complex in its simplicity, good soundtrack too. I was clucking about the cool Iranian buildings until I found out it was filmed in California.

Really enjoyed it. Needed more vampire though.
 
Picnic at Hanging Rock-watched out of curiosity because I remembered being impressed the first time I saw it which was quite a while ago now.I wasn't disappointed-bit of a shaggy dog story but nicely shot I think.
 
It just got released on BD/DVD in the US. Originally the film was a lot closer to Blatty's novel Legion, till the studio decided to do major reshoots to add the whole exorcism subplot which always felt a bit tacked on. I'm curious to see it, though people who have seen the director's cut say the end is now a little anti-climactic. I long thought this film is rather underrated with one of the scariest sequences of any horror film ever.
Just found out that Jason Miller's son is Jason Patric who was Michael in The Lost Boys.

Anyway...I thought it was interesting :)
 
Train to Busan, Korean action horror film which could have been called Zombies on a Train and it's excellent, doing just about everything with zombies on a train which can be done. I liked its old school disaster movie approach to the dwindling group of survivors it follows as a train (and the world outside) get taken over by the zombie apocalypse.



The Greasy Strangler. Words fail me when it comes to this one. People will either love or hate the film, I loved it. It's disgusting and extremely weird but the expression of a fully worked out vision. The closest it comes to reminding me of something is John Waters 70s films via an adults only Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, it's the gross out comedy to end them all. OMG the "disco outfit" !

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The Brothers Grimsby. Sasha Baron Conen's latest. Extremely rude, totally over the top and very, very funny. The best elephant gang-bang you'll ever see.
 
Train to Busan, Korean action horror film which could have been called Zombies on a Train and it's excellent, doing just about everything with zombies on a train which can be done. I liked its old school disaster movie approach to the dwindling group of survivors it follows as a train (and the world outside) get taken over by the zombie apocalypse.



The Greasy Strangler. Words fail me when it comes to this one. People will either love or hate the film, I loved it. It's disgusting and extremely weird but the expression of a fully worked out vision. The closest it comes to reminding me of something is John Waters 70s films via an adults only Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, it's the gross out comedy to end them all. OMG the "disco outfit" !

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I didn't know Train to Busan was a Korean horror as the posters made it look like a 'serious' movie.

The Greasy Strangler was god damn awful.
First 15mins was funny (potato/ chip joke in particular) but the humour was on repeat too many times.

John Water films had a certain charm to the characters. These guys were just too grotesque and unlikable. No redemption or light...way too 2D.
 
I didn't know Train to Busan was a Korean horror as the posters made it look like a 'serious' movie.

The Greasy Strangler was god damn awful.
First 15mins was funny (potato/ chip joke in particular) but the humour was on repeat too many times.

John Water films had a certain charm to the characters. These guys were just too grotesque and unlikable. No redemption or light...way too 2D.

I actually liked it's repetitiveness and every time I thought it was running out of steam, it came up with another visual which seared itself into my brain. Watched it with a group of friends and copious amounts of alcohol and we laughed like drains. I felt the way you felt about TGS about Swiss Army Man which is a similarly divisive film, which for all its shock-quirkiness, bored me to tears.
 
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Wrecking Crew - Doc about the LA session musicians that played on thousands of great tunes throughout the 60s and early 70s.
 
Train to Busan on Reno 's reccomendation. Korean zombies on a train, quite good. No padding and great zombies. Bit mawkish in the emotional bits but thats ok cos the zombies. They have this cool way of turning where they sort of crunch and twist like a smashed up corpse pulling itself together. I give it a 6
 
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