DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Batman Ninja. Really better than I'd expected. All japanese artists, leaning heavily on anime sensibilities and pretty good with it. Theres mecha!
What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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Nine Bob Note
Self-Isolating before it was fashionable
Prime Suspect is now on Netflix (perhaps it always was) so have watched the first two eps, and I doubt I'll be having an early night 
cybershot
Well-Known Member
Insidious: The Last Key (2018) - IMDb
If the 3rd film wasn't completely pointless for this franchise, the 4th totally is.
4/10
Looking Glass (2018) - IMDb
Nicolas Cage's latest straight to DVD B-movie is a compelling thriller, that doesn't do anything that hasn't been done before, but takes far too long to get where it needs too.
5/10
If the 3rd film wasn't completely pointless for this franchise, the 4th totally is.
4/10
Looking Glass (2018) - IMDb
Nicolas Cage's latest straight to DVD B-movie is a compelling thriller, that doesn't do anything that hasn't been done before, but takes far too long to get where it needs too.
5/10
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
The Last Valley (1970) - absolute stinker of a historical 'epic' - adapted from a James Clavell novel about the 30 years war, filmed in Switzerland. Bunch of mercs rock up in a village isolated from the horrors of war, then inflict the horrors of war on it. Amusing for spotting old UK acting lags doing their best manly bellowing (Brian Blessed! Michael Caine!) and some startlingly nasty 70s misogyny (local women being divvied up as tribute for the mercs, witch burnings etc.) Omar Sharif is in it, for no apparent reason, wearing amazingly unconvincing chalky-white makeup. Larded with great lumps of clodhopping dialogue about how war is hell and there's no god etc etc. Action sequences with vast hordes of extras in an amazing landscape and there's still not a hint of excitement throughout. Only bright spot (literally) is an amazingly hamfisted bit of model-burning (no CGI in them days son) purporting to depict the sack of a city. Just dire, a load of claggy old porridge.
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Derailroaded (2005) - IMDb
A documentary about Larry "Wild Man" Fischer, an outsider musician with a diagnosis of manic depression and paranoid schizophrenia. I'm already a fan of his work but it was really good to see him and to learn about his family relationships.
You can see this film on ubuweb here: UbuWeb Film & Video: Wild Man Fischer - Derailroaded: Inside the Mind of Wild Man Fischer (2005)
A documentary about Larry "Wild Man" Fischer, an outsider musician with a diagnosis of manic depression and paranoid schizophrenia. I'm already a fan of his work but it was really good to see him and to learn about his family relationships.
You can see this film on ubuweb here: UbuWeb Film & Video: Wild Man Fischer - Derailroaded: Inside the Mind of Wild Man Fischer (2005)
Sea Star
have you ever explored your dark side?
Watched King of New York over the weekend. Surprised I've not seen it before. And yesterday I watched Hellraiser and Hellraiser 2. Very dated now, but both still work quite well imo. Love the depiction of hell in Hellbound. And the cenobites themselves are still fab!!
TruXta
tired
I love the first two. Don't bother with the rest, they are travesties
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Hellraiser looked dated when it came out. It was really grainy, and costumes and hairstyles seemed old even at the time.
Sea Star
have you ever explored your dark side?
yeah, that's true. I thought it was a bit Hammer Horror at the time.
seventh bullet
sovietwave
Leviathan!
Sea Star
have you ever explored your dark side?
yes - i still found that quite spine-chilling despite the obviously dodgy special effects
seventh bullet
sovietwave
The horn music was great in that scene when Leviathan is revealed, beaming out black light. I also liked the matte painting of the endless labyrinth.
Sea Star
have you ever explored your dark side?
Me too!!
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
The 15:17 to Paris - Three very ordinary blokes who are long time friends who do pretty ordinary things decide to go to Europe and happen to be on a train when a terrorist opens fire. 3 mins of utterly foolhardy reckless yet heroic behaviour in attacking and subduing the gunman and stabilisng ( with the help of an English bloke) a man critically wounded by the terrorist. Thats it really.The terrorist had 300 rounds ,without them it would have been a massacre.Not sure if I expected anything from a film whose key 3 mins you know the ending of ,its an unexceptional film about three unexceptional men who did something that was exceptional and thats about it. I'm glad someone told the story though.
Indeliblelink
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Marjorie Prime (2017) - decent science fiction, psychological drama set in near future where a service will provide you with holograms of deceased love ones in your home. Explores memory, loss & grief, story adapted from a Jordan Harrison play by Michael Almereyda. Good performances from the four main cast members. Lois Smith, Jon Hamm, Tim Robbins & Geena Davis.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Piccadilly - silent classic from 1929 with Anna May Wong and brief cameo from Charles Laughton. Quite fascinating melodrama and beautifully shot.
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The Wizard Of Lies (2017), Robert De Niro as infamous Ponzi scheme runner Bernie Madoff. His performance & Michelle Pfieffer, as his wife, make this watchable and while it’s not the best drama about Wall Street / financial scams it’s still good to see him back to making something worthy of his talent & legacy rather than rubbish like Dirty Grandpa.
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DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
It's 30 years old...computers hadn't even been properly invented.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Been around since the 40s, no?
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
I'm watching What We Do In The Shadows. It's really dull.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Yes, lots of people seem to, but it didn't do much for me.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
La La Land. I didn't expect to fall so hard for it, but was completely transported. A much needed pleasure.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Rams - Icelandic tale of two feuding brothers and their sheep. Quite moving, actually.
Ghostbusters - Can't see why this got so much hate. It's ok, passed an hour or two. Can't see a franchise coming from it, even if the post post credits scene hinted at one...
Ghostbusters - Can't see why this got so much hate. It's ok, passed an hour or two. Can't see a franchise coming from it, even if the post post credits scene hinted at one...
Virtual Blue
ready
The Commuter - a very good 'Liam Neeson' movie. I do wish Liam Neeson was my dad or buddy. Liam Neeson is hard as fuck. Liam Neeson is wise too.
not-bono-ever
meh
revenant. fucking hell
superbad and goodbye lenin for the weekend
superbad and goodbye lenin for the weekend
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
12 Monkeys - still a great film. I think I finally "get" the ending.
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
The 'Burbs
. . . as shit as I remember it.
. . . as shit as I remember it.
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