What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
All I can remember about Civil War is Thurfir Hawat is in it and the anarchos have taken portland.
Silas Loom
2028
Maoists, not anarchos.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
oh thats right. Anyway I remember cheering that bit where its mentioned
Griff
Feeding the foxes
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Saw this forgotten early '70s robbery flick mentioned on some Youtube film channel and bought the DVD.
Robert Mitchum, the other Sandman from Logan's Run and Peter Boyle.
Gritty, bleak and captures that grim look of early '70s USA.
Grim, but I liked it.
Saw this forgotten early '70s robbery flick mentioned on some Youtube film channel and bought the DVD.
Robert Mitchum, the other Sandman from Logan's Run and Peter Boyle.
Gritty, bleak and captures that grim look of early '70s USA.
Grim, but I liked it.
Elpenor
Well-Known Member
Watched this a while back, absolutely superb
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
It is indeed. Top late career piece of work from Mitchum
They Live
A decade before The Matrix, John Carpenter made this beauty - a kind of "wake up sheeple" paranoid sci-fi b movie.
An enjoyable cheesy action flick with dollops of anti-capitalist sentiment. Although the fighting is more wrestlemania than martial arts bullet time.
A decade before The Matrix, John Carpenter made this beauty - a kind of "wake up sheeple" paranoid sci-fi b movie.
An enjoyable cheesy action flick with dollops of anti-capitalist sentiment. Although the fighting is more wrestlemania than martial arts bullet time.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
The great What's up, Doc? on BCC 2 on Sunday at 15:20. So that's may Sunday afternoon sorted.
iPlayer one over Christmas I reckon. (Last time I looked, there were a lot of decent films on there.)
Elpenor
Well-Known Member
Saturday! I just checked as I’m at home on Sunday.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Apologises misread BFI
Silas Loom
2028
More Alex Garland, this time Men. I think I would have bought into it completely, except perhaps for the last ten minutes, were it not for the carping spouse next to me asking what the fuck all this was supposed to be about, and why we were wasting an afternoon watching it, and why these cheapskates were reusing Rory Kinnear for so many roles instead of paying Equity rates for a full cast.
Elpenor
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The Dark Man, a 1951 British noir mostly shot on location on the south coast - Hastings, Camber Castle and Dungeness (pre nuclear power station) all feature. The titular character murders two people and then pursues the only witness. The camera doesn’t mind lingering on the rather attractive witness, played by Natasha Parry, one scene with a flowing dress as she gets on a bus stands out. Later on there’s some snazzy editing as the killer spies on her on a beach. The finale is pretty good - a chase across the firing ranges and the Dungeness landscape, the director must have had some military connections due to the equipment and manpower used.
Despite its plot limitations, quite fun especially if you know the locations.
Despite its plot limitations, quite fun especially if you know the locations.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Yes, a rather nice British noir
The Roaring Twenties
One of the greatest gangster films. Raoul Walsh directs the rags to riches tale from 1939. Cagney and Bogart again with a superb supporting role by Gladys George.
An influence on Once Upon a Time in America and the Godfather, possibly.
One of the greatest gangster films. Raoul Walsh directs the rags to riches tale from 1939. Cagney and Bogart again with a superb supporting role by Gladys George.
An influence on Once Upon a Time in America and the Godfather, possibly.
Elpenor
Well-Known Member
great ending that krtek a houby as I recall
On the recommendation of redsquirrel i watched What’s Up Doc, which is a screwball comedy of the classic 30s style, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and is on iplayer now. Very heavily leans on Bringing up Baby for its inspiration, and also I thought some influences from It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
Anyway I laughed a lot, and I thought Barbra Streisand’s performance was particularly good. The sort of film I could watch again next week and enjoy just as much.
On the recommendation of redsquirrel i watched What’s Up Doc, which is a screwball comedy of the classic 30s style, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and is on iplayer now. Very heavily leans on Bringing up Baby for its inspiration, and also I thought some influences from It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
Anyway I laughed a lot, and I thought Barbra Streisand’s performance was particularly good. The sort of film I could watch again next week and enjoy just as much.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Us. Watched with the boy, it's been a while since we had a film night and this didn't disappoint, fantastically resonant entertainment - lacking the crunchy terror of Nope but brilliantly made as always, and I loved the imagery (although the rabbits did remind me of Father Ted a bit 
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Tried to watch What's Up Doc some years ago (ok, in the 80s) and just couldn't get into it. Maybe will try again, as quite enjoyed Bringing Up Baby when saw it a year or two back.
Is The Hudsucker Proxy a screwball comedy? Absolutely love that one.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
If you liked What's Up, Doc? then you might want to check out Bogdanovich's They All Laughed not as madcap, more of a romantic comedy than screwball and with some more serious parts it's not as good but is still fun
Elpenor
Well-Known Member
It took ten minutes or so for it to click with me so I’d say worth another shot
Medusa Deluxe
Not very mysterious murder mystery from 2022 about a death at a hairdressing competition directed by Thomas Hardiman.
There was a lot to like about this: a strong ensemble cast, the rivalries and entanglements of the characters, the camera roving through a mazy setting of endless corridors and dressing rooms, the weird underworld lighting, the music and sound design, the hair - all great. I think it probably doesn’t quite combine into a totally successful whole, maybe because none of the individually good elements were developed enough to stop it feeling just a bit thin but it generally gets away with it.
Overall an entertaining and well put together film. I would’ve liked more hairdressing though.
Not very mysterious murder mystery from 2022 about a death at a hairdressing competition directed by Thomas Hardiman.
There was a lot to like about this: a strong ensemble cast, the rivalries and entanglements of the characters, the camera roving through a mazy setting of endless corridors and dressing rooms, the weird underworld lighting, the music and sound design, the hair - all great. I think it probably doesn’t quite combine into a totally successful whole, maybe because none of the individually good elements were developed enough to stop it feeling just a bit thin but it generally gets away with it.
Overall an entertaining and well put together film. I would’ve liked more hairdressing though.
Silas Loom
2028
Sometimes I Think About Dying. because it was on so many best-of lists, here and elsewhere. Ridley acts very well and the office anxiety scenes hit home because that’s what we think our daughter experiences daily, but any English person watching the film would surely find a life of solitude vastly preferable to Oregonian bonhomie, which looks absolutely fucking horrifying.
If a waitress tried to lure me to a murder mystery supper party full of cheer where each improvised lime was heartily applauded, I would complain to the cafe’s management. And I’d certainly rather hang than go.
Also, that office needs to be rationalised. They could get by without Isobel and probably another three or four heads if they spent less time eating cake and contracted their IT environment to a managed service provider.
If a waitress tried to lure me to a murder mystery supper party full of cheer where each improvised lime was heartily applauded, I would complain to the cafe’s management. And I’d certainly rather hang than go.
Also, that office needs to be rationalised. They could get by without Isobel and probably another three or four heads if they spent less time eating cake and contracted their IT environment to a managed service provider.
Elpenor
Well-Known Member
I rewatched this on Saturday night to decide if I liked it as much as I remembered as I’ve been banging on about it loads. Still love it.
As before, I found the party scene to be very painful to watch, I suppose it’s seen as fun by some people though I hope no-one I know but yeah no wonder Fran opted to lie down on the floor for the next 24 hours.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
It’s Xmas Day so starting with a vodka & Soda and “Die Hard” on the Telly 
Just finished watching The Wiz. Sidney Lumet's adaptation of the Broadway hit show.
Michael Jackson is a great Scarecrow and "Ease on Down the Road" is the best of the Quincy Jones songs. The sets are imaginative and Diana Ross is perhaps miscast as Dorothy. Or written wrong.
There's a scene in the subway that feels straight out of Doctor Who and the overall look of the film is appealing. Unfortunately, it's a bit static on occasion and doesn't flow as well as it could, which is a shame because it must have been a cracking stage production.
Michael Jackson is a great Scarecrow and "Ease on Down the Road" is the best of the Quincy Jones songs. The sets are imaginative and Diana Ross is perhaps miscast as Dorothy. Or written wrong.
There's a scene in the subway that feels straight out of Doctor Who and the overall look of the film is appealing. Unfortunately, it's a bit static on occasion and doesn't flow as well as it could, which is a shame because it must have been a cracking stage production.
seventh bullet
sovietwave
I remember you recounting one of your field trips years ago, and some dimwit wanted soldiers to fire artillery in the background while he was being filmed, so it looks good, not really thinking through the idea and the potential consequence of those shells splatting some poor innocents in the distance.
Idris2002
Stay Alive in '25
It was a woman from CNN. But well remembered!
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
The Beekeeper (recent Jason Statham actioner)
Hilariously shit, although strangely watchable (the short run time helps).
Probably because they really lean into (basically parodying) the 'super secret badass deniable operative' trope with Statham barely speaking except to offer up facts about bee behaviour between destroying armies of faceless goons, while the CIA, FBI and
keep saying stuff like 'he's a beekeper, he protects the hive', while other characters look at them like they're off their meds.
There's also a 3rd act South African antagonist that seemed to have wandered in from Mad Max / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I also have no idea what Jeremy Irons is doing here, apart from maybe adding another wing to his house.
Hilariously shit, although strangely watchable (the short run time helps).
Probably because they really lean into (basically parodying) the 'super secret badass deniable operative' trope with Statham barely speaking except to offer up facts about bee behaviour between destroying armies of faceless goons, while the CIA, FBI and
Secret Service
There's also a 3rd act South African antagonist that seemed to have wandered in from Mad Max / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I also have no idea what Jeremy Irons is doing here, apart from maybe adding another wing to his house.
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