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Posted by: Silas Jan 1 2014, 09:47 PM

Similar to the what are you listening too thread in the Lounge this is the new place for discussing what films you're watching or want to recommend to the unsuspecting Buzzjack masses!



I'm currently watching the superb 'Scott Pilgrim vs The World'!!!! First time I've watched it in ages and I'd forgotten how good it was. Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza in one film!!!!! wub.gif

The comic book stylings, sharp comedy and brilliant casting make this truly unmissable.

Posted by: Juranamerryxmas Jan 1 2014, 09:56 PM

I actually watched Scott Pilgrim again a couple of weeks back, it's a solid film. Love the first evil ex's scene!

Saw the latest Paranormal Activity this evening, it's as awful as the others. I certainly do not recommend!

Posted by: Silas Jan 1 2014, 09:57 PM

The bollywood dude! He's great! I love the Vegan one who gets busted by the Vegan police for eating Chicken.

Posted by: HausofKubrick Jan 2 2014, 01:40 AM

'Scott Pilgrim' is a lot of fun. I think i prefer 'Kick Ass' to it, but the inner gamer in me just revels in the geekery. I don't find myself going back to it too much though, especially compared to some of Cera's other stuff (Superbad / Juno).

QUOTE(Juranamerryxmas @ Jan 1 2014, 09:56 PM) *
Saw the latest Paranormal Activity this evening, it's as awful as the others. I certainly do not recommend!

What number on we on now? And "as awful as the others" suggests that #3 was poor ohmy.gif The fan scenes had me squealing!

Posted by: Jonjo Jan 2 2014, 02:13 AM

This 'Paranormal' isn't a sequel is it? unsure.gif It's a spin off I believe.

Posted by: Silas Jan 2 2014, 02:19 AM

QUOTE(HausofKubrick @ Jan 2 2014, 01:40 AM) *
'Scott Pilgrim' is a lot of fun. I think i prefer 'Kick Ass' to it, but the inner gamer in me just revels in the geekery. I don't find myself going back to it too much though, especially compared to some of Cera's other stuff (Superbad / Juno).

I'm not a huge fan of Cera himself but he's in some incredible stuff. Juno is brilliant! Haven't actually seen Superbad or Kick Ass. Kick Ass looks pretty decent though.

I really like him in 'Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist'. Him and Kat Dennings are great together!!

Posted by: Jáhq Jan 2 2014, 10:29 AM

I find Michael Cera simply adorable. Scott Pilgrim is amazeballs, the cast/characters in it are so good. Loved Juno a lot too.

QUOTE(Silas @ Jan 2 2014, 02:19 AM) *
I really like him in 'Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist'. Him and Kat Dennings are great together!!


Going to have to find this one out somewhere, LOVE Kat Dennings as well. wub.gif

Posted by: Silas Jan 2 2014, 11:29 AM

You should! It's Cera being Cera and Kat Dennings being, well, Kat Dennings. She's perfection. The supporting cast is pretty decent too. It's a great film that's just nice to watch tbh.

Posted by: Liаm Jan 2 2014, 11:33 AM

Juno is hilarious, it's one of those films I could watch again and again and again and still keep laughing at wub.gif

Posted by: J°hnkm Jan 2 2014, 11:34 AM

I really do not like Michael Cera either, but agree that Scott Pilgrim is a great film. Kind of wanted to gouge my eyes out/rip my ears off after watching Juno though.

Posted by: Juranamerryxmas Jan 2 2014, 03:27 PM

QUOTE(HausofKubrick @ Jan 2 2014, 01:40 AM) *
'Scott Pilgrim' is a lot of fun. I think i prefer 'Kick Ass' to it, but the inner gamer in me just revels in the geekery. I don't find myself going back to it too much though, especially compared to some of Cera's other stuff (Superbad / Juno).
What number on we on now? And "as awful as the others" suggests that #3 was poor ohmy.gif The fan scenes had me squealing!

I think this is technically the 5th, but as Jojnjo said, it's kinda like a spinoff. If you liked the others, you'll probably like this one, I though the first one was overhyped, and have not enjoyed any of the others since.

QUOTE(Jonjo @ Jan 2 2014, 02:13 AM) *
This 'Paranormal' isn't a sequel is it? unsure.gif It's a spin off I believe.

Pretty much, there are some links though!

Posted by: Regina Jan 4 2014, 06:07 PM

Doubt

Seriously amazing movie. Outstanding performances from all 3 of the main cast members. Meryl Streep was so good at being stern and cold but still emotional.
There were so many times when they shared scenes and I got shivers down my spine, very gripping. Especially this scene:

SO GOOD. I also like the use of the weather at certain points, whether it was intentional or not laugh.gif

500 Days Of Summer

Zooey Douchelady grates on me so much, I cannot stand her drama.gif I like this movie, but its not my favourite thing that JGL has been in, it's a bit dull in places.

Posted by: Jonjo Jan 6 2014, 04:23 AM

'(500) Days of Summer' is NOT dull Grant! sad.gif

Posted by: Regina Jan 6 2014, 10:55 AM

It is in parts sad.gif

Posted by: Kath Jan 14 2014, 07:35 PM

A few films I've seen recently that have been great (or rather - I truly enjoyed them and gave them all between 8 - 10 on IMDb):

Rush (thought I'd hate this film but was truly engrossed)
Fruitvale Station (heartbreaking)
The Mist

Two to avoid - Cockneys Vs Zombies
RIPD

Posted by: Jonjo Jan 15 2014, 02:45 AM

I've seen quite a few films lately too:

'American Hustle' - 7/10 >> Very strong movie, a bit long winded though, but worth a watch. <<
'12 Years A Slave' - 10/10 >> Truly astonishing. Everything about it felt so raw and real and it was executed perfectly. <<
'Her' - 8/10 >> I preferred Amy Adams' role in this more than I did in 'American Hustle'! <<
'Black Fish' - 8/10 >> A very gripping and tense documentary about the dangers and captivity of Orca Whales in attraction sites such as SeaLife. <<

2014 has been a pretty great start for me! Hopefully it's a lot more consistant than 2013 was!

Posted by: Hard Out Here Jan 15 2014, 11:09 AM

Last night I watched Hilary and Jackie, I loved it! It's so underrated, if you like biographical films you should check it out.

Posted by: Jonjo Jan 26 2014, 03:50 AM

QUOTE(Jonjo @ Jan 15 2014, 02:45 AM) *
I've seen quite a few films lately too:

'American Hustle' - 7/10 >> Very strong movie, a bit long winded though, but worth a watch. <<
'12 Years A Slave' - 10/10 >> Truly astonishing. Everything about it felt so raw and real and it was executed perfectly. <<
'Her' - 8/10 >> I preferred Amy Adams' role in this more than I did in 'American Hustle'! <<
'Black Fish' - 8/10 >> A very gripping and tense documentary about the dangers and captivity of Orca Whales in attraction sites such as SeaLife. <<

2014 has been a pretty great start for me! Hopefully it's a lot more consistant than 2013 was!
Continuing the Oscar Buzz season for myself (Oh I saw 'Gravity' last year, which I'd give an 8)

'The Wolf On Wall Street' - 9/10 >> Such a solid film. It was a bit overly long, but it didn't feel like it, in the same way as 'American Hustle' felt overly long. Brilliant cast! <<
'Inside Llewyn Davis' - 8/10 >> Really loved this. It was quite gritty and cold, but felt charming and warm. Some top notch performances in this too. <<

Next on my list is 'Dallas Buyers Club' - Surely SOMETHING has to disappoint me? ohmy.gif I'm actually shocked I've liked most of the nominees so far this year. I'll give August a watch soon too!

2014 has got off to a far better start than last year! It also helps I saw David Fincher's 'Zodiac' for the first time the other day. Absolutely fantastic! Really, REALLY good. The more I think about it, the higher up it goes in my affections! David Fincher is quite possibly my favourite director!

Posted by: bipolar angel Jan 27 2014, 10:07 AM

new in town, apollo 13, and pulp fiction were the last 3 movies i watched. would totally suggest new in town, rather funny romantic commedy

Posted by: Silas Jan 27 2014, 10:12 PM

QUOTE(Kath @ Jan 14 2014, 07:35 PM) *
Two to avoid - Cockneys Vs Zombies
RIPD

I watched RIPD on my flight to Aus and thought it was actually pretty funny. I must admit that could have something to do with a certain Miss Botwin...


My Blu-Ray of 'White House Down' came today. Something else I watched on the plane. I really love a good action flick and this had all the action you could ask for, Channing Tatum, a couple of twists and a brilliant cast. It's definitely one I'd recommend.

Posted by: bipolar angel Jan 29 2014, 11:25 AM

so yesterday, (despite the fact i was going to watch black widdow), i actually ended up watching keith lemmon the movie

it's hilarious- but the story is not what you'd expect at all. you'd think it would revolve around celebrity juice or something, but no. it's actually really funny and an original story

Posted by: *Tim Feb 3 2014, 06:38 PM

I've just taken a journey back in time and watched both of The Lion King movies wub.gif
They are just so so good and it left me kinda emotional really. They made me think back of the time when I was a kid (The first movie came out in The Nethelrands just a day after I was born). It has always been a favourite of mine.

I think this is one of the few movies where the first and second movie are equally good

Posted by: bipolar angel Feb 3 2014, 08:21 PM

QUOTE(*Tim @ Feb 3 2014, 06:38 PM) *
I've just taken a journey back in time and watched both of The Lion King movies wub.gif
They are just so so good and it left me kinda emotional really. They made me think back of the time when I was a kid (The first movie came out in The Nethelrands just a day after I was born). It has always been a favourite of mine.

I think this is one of the few movies where the first and second movie are equally good



i watched that originally, and i also watched it when it was re released

i love that movie, especially simba. he is just so cute

soundtrack is done really well too... love it

latest movie i saw was we're the millers. about this drug smuggling pretend family

highly amusing

lol

Posted by: *Tim Feb 3 2014, 08:47 PM

I know right? The music in the movie is incredible! I've got the soundtrack cd on my ipod now wub.gif

The part of Can You Feel The Love Tonight where they're in the jungle and and the moment Simba becomes king of Pride Rock cry.gif

Posted by: bipolar angel Feb 3 2014, 10:38 PM

QUOTE(*Tim @ Feb 3 2014, 08:47 PM) *
I know right? The music in the movie is incredible! I've got the soundtrack cd on my ipod now wub.gif

The part of Can You Feel The Love Tonight where they're in the jungle and and the moment Simba becomes king of Pride Rock cry.gif



i like that peace of music, king of pride rock.. think it's something like track 6 or 7 on the soundtrack

the bit i always liked was when simba's father was showing him the kingdom and saying about the great kings of the past watching over the land. and as well as them watching, so would i. the music in that part just really fits the sceen.

i've yet to watch the movie in full without actually crying- i always cry at various parts

1 particular sceen that always gets me is when simba's just realised his dad's dead, but he can't wake him up and he's screaming dad, dad!. you gotta wake up!

such a timeless movie. really.

Posted by: *Tim Feb 4 2014, 07:04 AM

That part almost had me in tears! So sad. I almost cried when he lied next to him, crying. sad.gif

The Lion King 2 is great too, the part where Kiara runs away and meets Kofu cry.gif

Posted by: *Tim Feb 4 2014, 07:04 AM

Oops double

Posted by: bipolar angel Feb 4 2014, 09:20 AM

QUOTE(*Tim @ Feb 4 2014, 07:04 AM) *
That part almost had me in tears! So sad. I almost cried when he lied next to him, crying. sad.gif

The Lion King 2 is great too, the part where Kiara runs away and meets Kofu cry.gif



you do know their are 3 lion king movies?. i ask because you've never mentioned the third

lion king

the lion king 2: simba's pride

the lion king 3: hacoona matata

third one everyone seems to forget about. but it's their, for sure

Posted by: *Tim Feb 4 2014, 02:18 PM

Yeah I know,I'm watching that one now. But that's just about Timon and Pumba and their side of the story. It's fun to watch but nowhere near the other 2 movies

Posted by: bipolar angel Feb 4 2014, 09:36 PM

latest movie i watched was:

12 angry men

about these people in a jury who couldn't make up their minds on a case

when you read about it in google it sounds really boring, but it actually isn't.. once it gets going, it's an okay movie

old one too. from 1957

Posted by: Riser Feb 9 2014, 01:44 AM

I watched Philomena on Thursday, completely on a whim with no clue what it was about, and of course it was very good! Definitely worthy of its award nominations. Surprisingly that was my first time ever seeing a Judi Dench film (aside from her narrating 'Doogal', which was lame and does not count). Though I haven't read the actual book, her performance as Philomena was too good for words. And WOW at that being a true story!

Posted by: Jonjo Feb 10 2014, 01:52 AM

QUOTE(Jonjo @ Jan 15 2014, 02:45 AM) *
I've seen quite a few films lately too:

'American Hustle' - 7/10 >> Very strong movie, a bit long winded though, but worth a watch. <<
'12 Years A Slave' - 10/10 >> Truly astonishing. Everything about it felt so raw and real and it was executed perfectly. <<
'Her' - 8/10 >> I preferred Amy Adams' role in this more than I did in 'American Hustle'! <<
'Black Fish' - 8/10 >> A very gripping and tense documentary about the dangers and captivity of Orca Whales in attraction sites such as SeaLife. <<

2014 has been a pretty great start for me! Hopefully it's a lot more consistant than 2013 was!



QUOTE(Jonjo @ Jan 26 2014, 03:50 AM) *
Continuing the Oscar Buzz season for myself (Oh I saw 'Gravity' last year, which I'd give an 8)

'The Wolf On Wall Street' - 9/10 >> Such a solid film. It was a bit overly long, but it didn't feel like it, in the same way as 'American Hustle' felt overly long. Brilliant cast! <<
'Inside Llewyn Davis' - 8/10 >> Really loved this. It was quite gritty and cold, but felt charming and warm. Some top notch performances in this too. <<

Next on my list is 'Dallas Buyers Club' - Surely SOMETHING has to disappoint me? ohmy.gif I'm actually shocked I've liked most of the nominees so far this year. I'll give August a watch soon too!

2014 has got off to a far better start than last year! It also helps I saw David Fincher's 'Zodiac' for the first time the other day. Absolutely fantastic! Really, REALLY good. The more I think about it, the higher up it goes in my affections! David Fincher is quite possibly my favourite director!
Another one:

'Dallas Buyers Club' - 8/10 >> A decent film, a bit boring (storyline wise) in some parts, but in most parts it's good and interesting. But it's DEFINITELY about the two main performances during this film. Matt McConaughey (sp?) AND Jared Leto are both, very worthy of the hype and award wins that they have so far received! Brilliant performances! (Still hope Leo DiCaprio & Michael Fassbender win their respective awards at the Oscars, just because they deserves it just as much and they are two of my faves! laugh.gif) <<

SUCH a stunning year for the main Oscar contenders! Probably the most consistently strong list they've had for "Best Picture" nominees, in a while!

Posted by: HausofKubrick Feb 10 2014, 08:10 AM

QUOTE(bipolar angel @ Feb 4 2014, 09:36 PM) *
latest movie i watched was:

12 angry men

about these people in a jury who couldn't make up their minds on a case

when you read about it in google it sounds really boring, but it actually isn't.. once it gets going, it's an okay movie

old one too. from 1957

Absolutely incredible film.

The concept is simple but it's acted out superbly and the way it gradually builds and builds makes it so watchable. A classic.

Posted by: Juranamo Feb 14 2014, 11:46 AM

QUOTE(Silas @ Jan 27 2014, 10:12 PM) *
I watched RIPD on my flight to Aus and thought it was actually pretty funny. I must admit that could have something to do with a certain Miss Botwin...

My Blu-Ray of 'White House Down' came today. Something else I watched on the plane. I really love a good action flick and this had all the action you could ask for, Channing Tatum, a couple of twists and a brilliant cast. It's definitely one I'd recommend.

I thought RIPD was watchable, a couple of cheap laughs kept me watching, I'm in no rush to see it again though!

I didn't see Whate House Down, noone I knew wanted to see it (presumably because it looked like and exact replica of Olympus Has Fallen which I really enjoyed, even if noone else did). I'm glad that someone has recommended it, hopefully I can sway the hubby to watch it with me!

Posted by: *Tim Feb 25 2014, 03:19 PM

The Hunger Games and Catching Fire..
I never paid attention to these movies as I thought they were just another Twilight but now that I watched them I am hooked and I can't wait for #3 to hit cinema's in November. Not sure whether to read the book first tho. What do you guys think?
I'm also very excited to see Divergent, from the same people that made both of these movies

Posted by: vivek Feb 25 2014, 07:03 PM

These days I've been a sucker for Bollywood and French movies (although I don't understand either Indian or French) with subtitles due to my family background, but I really do think they're worth trying out (Chennai Express and Cocktail for Bollywood & Amelie and Priceless for French)

Posted by: Let Go For 2nite Mar 7 2014, 08:10 PM

QUOTE(vivek @ Feb 25 2014, 07:03 PM) *
These days I've been a sucker for Bollywood and French movies (although I don't understand either Indian or French) with subtitles due to my family background, but I really do think they're worth trying out (Chennai Express and Cocktail for Bollywood & Amelie and Priceless for French)


I've heard of Chennai Express (posters were all over cineworld in summers!) and my French teacher is obsessed with AMELIE!!

Posted by: Cameron Mar 8 2014, 07:11 PM

QUOTE(*Tim @ Feb 25 2014, 03:19 PM) *
The Hunger Games and Catching Fire..
I never paid attention to these movies as I thought they were just another Twilight but now that I watched them I am hooked and I can't wait for #3 to hit cinema's in November. Not sure whether to read the book first tho. What do you guys think?

I'm also very excited to see Divergent, from the same people that made both of these movies


I was the exact same, I refused to even acknowledge the Hunger Games, then I watched the first movie and was hooked. The next day I bought all 3 books and read them in 2 days. I then watched Catching Fire and I am so excited for movie 3!

Posted by: *Tim Mar 11 2014, 07:39 PM

QUOTE(Cameron @ Mar 8 2014, 08:11 PM) *
I was the exact same, I refused to even acknowledge the Hunger Games, then I watched the first movie and was hooked. The next day I bought all 3 books and read them in 2 days. I then watched Catching Fire and I am so excited for movie 3!

I have decided to not read to book, but I'm still not sure as I didn't understand some parts of the first 2 movies, until I read the books

Posted by: troublepink Apr 12 2014, 02:34 PM

i'm having a 'Pegg & Frost weekend'. started with hot fuzz, next is the worlds end, then shaun of the dead and lastly paul biggrin.gif

Posted by: barbaric_dan Apr 14 2014, 06:46 PM

GBF!!


Posted by: Let Go For 2nite Apr 22 2014, 04:53 PM

QUOTE(Cameron @ Mar 8 2014, 08:11 PM) *
I was the exact same, I refused to even acknowledge the Hunger Games, then I watched the first movie and was hooked. The next day I bought all 3 books and read them in 2 days. I then watched Catching Fire and I am so excited for movie 3!


Same! Except that I need to read the second one. I just hated the hype around the film as I didn't see the big deal. The second one changed all that for me wub.gif

Posted by: Insomnio May 6 2014, 10:17 PM

I watched this movie yesterday. I haven't watched a Balcan movie at the cinema in the past (apart from Greek movies)."Circles" was the Serbian sumbmission to the 86th Academy Awards for "Best Foreign Language Film". However, it wasn't one of the final nominees. It's a drama and Srdan Golubović is the director of the movie. Five people are affected by a very bad moment. 12 years later, they will have to face their past, through their own personal crisis. The screenplay was well-written and it was a very emotional story. The actors were very good and their acting was so real. The only disadvantage was that it was a little bit slow. However, all we know that European drama movies are always slow. This does not mean that it's a bad thing. The director wanted to show us the tragic fate of the characters. It had also very good direction and the soundtrack had many sweet melodies. "Circles" won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival and the Grand Prix, Golden Apricot at the 2013 Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia, for Best Feature Film as well as the Grand Prix at 2013 CinEast Festival. It was a very interesting movie and I was a little bit sad in the end of the movie. I think that these kinds of films are always educational to the viewers. It seems that many people love this movie like me. It has a high average score in IMDB (8,0). I wish modern Greek films could be so good as this Serbian movie (with exception of "Mikra Agglia).


Posted by: Calum Sandé May 23 2014, 04:01 AM

Sket

Overall it was amazing, and considering it had Aimee Kelly (one of my all-time favourite actresses) in it, that made it even better, but I can't help feeling really underwhelmed by the ending. I suppose a lot of it was left to the viewer's imagination in the end, but I could easily have sat and watched about three or so more hours' continuation of the film. Ashley Walters played a detestable character as always - I find myself hating him in nearly everything I see him in. Riann Steele was FABULOUS though - was sitting the whole way through it wondering what it was she was in then remembered she was Queen Nef in Doctor Who ohmy.gif

Amazing cast (Aimee was very beautiful at all points kink.gif), but the writing let it down at points and was a bit vague. 8/10

Posted by: SLlewellyn May 25 2014, 11:22 PM

Watched Gravity the other night, really didn't think much of it. Reckon it would've been a lot more impressive on the big screen.

Prisoners, with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gylenhall, on the other hand, was great. A gripping murder mystery, though Jake's slick-back-hair look was awfully off putting.

Posted by: Liаm May 26 2014, 09:55 AM

I watched the original Carrie last night. Seemed quite slow but still gripping, the bit from the prom crowning onwards was terrifying though, especially the last scene :/ Brilliant film though.

Posted by: Calum Sandé May 26 2014, 04:05 PM

I don't know why I've been watching a lot of films lately because it really isn't something I do a lot, but have now watched:

That Awkward Moment
> 8/10
> a lot better than I thought it would be, was going in with the expectation that most of it would be filled with cliché awful American comedy, but it held up a good story underneath most of that, and the cast were fantastic! Clever beginning and ending as well, and Efron's certainly a lot different to how I remember him from the HSM days laugh.gif and that naked toilet scene was nice as well kink.gif

Don Jon
> 7/10
> was quite interesting for a film that was primarily based on someone's overzealous love for porn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt was fantastic (and nice to look at in nearly all scenes x), Barbara started to piss me off after a while, shame because I like Scarlett in most other stuff I've seen her in. Esther >>>

Camp Takota
> 9/10
> That was just fabulous. At points it seemed a bit too cheesy what with all the children running about the camp and just general childish themes, but Grace Helbig is just perfect. wub.gif Loving her so much right now, so that probably overshadows my opinion of the film itself kink.gif Wish we'd seen more of her ex-boyfriend as well because he was also nice to look at x Was a good story, although I'd have preferred Elise to go back to her job, but the ending was cute so I'm happy for her either way.

Posted by: Regina May 26 2014, 04:12 PM

Don Jon is alot more than just a movie about someone who loves porn though.

Posted by: Doctor Blind May 28 2014, 09:36 PM

Just watched the 1985 film Brazil. Excellent!

"We're all in this together" laugh.gif

Posted by: HausofKubrick May 28 2014, 10:22 PM

QUOTE(Doctor Blind @ May 28 2014, 10:36 PM) *
Just watched the 1985 film Brazil. Excellent!

"We're all in this together" laugh.gif

Wonderful film, even if it completely went over my head when i first watched it laugh.gif Terry Gilliam can be brilliant.

Have you seen 'Twelve Monkeys'?

Posted by: Doctor Blind May 28 2014, 10:34 PM

QUOTE(HausofKubrick @ May 28 2014, 11:22 PM) *
Wonderful film, even if it completely went over my head when i first watched it laugh.gif Terry Gilliam can be brilliant.

Have you seen 'Twelve Monkeys'?


I absolutely loved it - was recommended to me after I saw Richard Ayoade film The Double earlier this year. I haven't seen Twelve Monkeys no; sounds like I need to put that on my rental list right away!

Posted by: Conderella May 29 2014, 08:54 AM

Watched 12 Monkeys a few months ago - amazing film! So well thought out and I actually share the same views about time travel as the creators/writers of the movie seem to have as well! ohmy.gif That you cannot change the past no matter what you do

Posted by: Let Go For 2nite May 29 2014, 12:00 PM

QUOTE(Regina @ May 26 2014, 05:12 PM) *
Don Jon is alot more than just a movie about someone who loves porn though.


I still don't understand the ending tongue.gif

Posted by: Regina May 29 2014, 12:07 PM

I thought it was pretty easy to figure out laugh.gif but then, I've seen it 14 times kink.gif

Posted by: Insomnio Jun 20 2014, 01:27 PM

I watched this movie at an outdoor cinema three days ago. Basically, this movie was released in my city two months ago but I preferred to watch other movies during these two months. So, I decided to go watch it with a friend this time because it had a low ticket price and we didn't really care for the soccer game that day.
It isn't the famous story as you know it so don't excpect an exact copy of the classic story. It has an arbitrary script. The visual effects were impressive and the art direction was amazing. This movie has many colours and it was literary, eye candy! Lea Seydoyx is the leading acress (La vie d'Adele, Grand Central) and Vincent Cassel is the leading actor. The latter is one of the most recognised actors in French Cinema. The director of the film is Christophe Gans who was responsible for the "Brotherhood of Wolves" and "Silent Hill". I have watched these movies in the past and I enjoyed both of them. They had a gothic atmosphere which I love. The same happens with "La Belle et La Bete". The time passes pleasantly in the film and the direction is very interesting.
Unfortunately, it didn't manage to overtake its budget. It was quite close to it but I think that viewers are already bored of the same ideas every time. It could have had better sales if it would have been released before the blockbusters (Maleficent, X-Men : The Days Of Future Past, The Amazing Spider-Man 2) but it failed to catch the attention of the viewers. Personally, I really liked this movie and I was impressed by the pictorial part of the movie. It's not the best film that I've watched this year but it has one of the most beautiful sets!

PS Lea Seydoux was stunning in this film!


Posted by: Regina Aug 11 2014, 05:40 PM

Flashdance,

Oddly, I'd never seen this before, despite adoring the soundtrack. My Mum demanded I watch it last night when I was bored and I loved it. Great movie.
Richie is utterly adorable.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Oct 6 2014, 10:16 PM

I just watched one of the best ever movies ever and the best ever movie set in a school. I'll tell more tomorrow but any guesses?

Posted by: HausofAquarius Oct 6 2014, 10:21 PM

Love a good school movie ohmy.gif

Could be *anything* but my favourite movies set in/around schools are Clueless, Election, Ferris Bueller and Carrie (if they count lol).

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Oct 6 2014, 10:22 PM

QUOTE(HausofAquarius @ Oct 6 2014, 11:21 PM) *
Love a good school movie ohmy.gif

Could be *anything* but my favourite movies set in/around schools are Clueless, Election, Ferris Bueller and Carrie (if they count lol).

Yay you got it cheer.gif
But can you guess which one biggrin.gif

Posted by: HausofAquarius Oct 6 2014, 10:28 PM

Going to go for 'Clueless' based on my very limited knowledge of what i think you like. Probably way off though tongue.gif

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Oct 7 2014, 07:22 PM

QUOTE(HausofAquarius @ Oct 6 2014, 11:28 PM) *
Going to go for 'Clueless' based on my very limited knowledge of what i think you like. Probably way off though tongue.gif

Correct cheer.gif
You can see more of my opinion in the favourite movies section

Posted by: Jonjo Oct 12 2014, 09:16 PM

Just watched 'Misery' for the very first time. Absolutely fantastic! So thrilling and tense. Especially throughout the last sequence! Kathy Bates was phenomenal!

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Oct 18 2014, 07:42 PM

The Maze Runner- loved it, I'll post a longer comment on the film in the maze runner thread
Dolphin Tale 2- I loved the first one but this was just dreadful in nearly every way. I'll save a bigger rant for my end of year countdown

Hairspray- Like my 100th watch and amazing like usual wub.gif

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Dec 20 2014, 09:31 PM

I'm watching four Christmases now, I adore this film so so much. One of my favourite movies let alone Christmas movies of all time wub.gif Witherspoon and Vaughn are amazing and it is so so funny wub.gif

It is on channel 4 now if anyone wants to watch it

Posted by: Santa Mark Jan 1 2015, 11:22 PM

Old School*
Galaxy Quest
Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy*

*The first time i've ever seen a Will Ferrall film and i watch 2 in one day.
Thought Anchorman was better than Old School.

First time i saw Galaxy Quest too, it was alright.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Jan 1 2015, 11:23 PM

I watched Atonement last night.
Really great film with amazing performances

Posted by: Mark. Jan 1 2015, 11:29 PM

Also watched Guardians Of The Galaxy. Had the DVD for Christmas. Thought it was very good.

Posted by: Jonjo Jan 9 2015, 12:12 AM

Just saw 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?' For the first time and really loved it. Leonardo DiCaprio is my favorite actor and I'd never seen this before now. His performance was astonishing. How he didn't win his Oscar, I don't know. If I didn't know who he was prior to seeing this, I'd have believed he was an Autistic child. Brilliant.

Posted by: Silas Jan 23 2015, 08:57 PM

Saw Everly this evening. f***ing weird ass film. Gory, creepy, twisted and yet amusing. Really bloody weird.

Posted by: Jade Jan 25 2015, 02:40 AM

Finally saw Saturday Night Fever for the first time tonight and I don't know what to think laugh.gif The soundtrack is of course legendary and John Travolta certainly has the moves (which I was expecting after 'Grease') but the acting was a bit ropey and the plot was hard to follow in places, oddly paced too! Some quite touching bits though and the dancing was enjoyable. A lot of unexpected swearing and undies though, oh well. laugh.gif

'The Theory of Everything' more than filled my film void today anyway. wub.gif

Posted by: ♡ Heezus Froot ♡ Jan 31 2015, 05:18 AM

I watched a few great films the past few days.

Almost Famous, Detachment, Laurence Always, Kikujiro. They each are so different, but I loved them all!

Posted by: Roasted Studios Feb 2 2015, 12:17 PM

This week I watched: Terminal Virus 1995 - Good if you like B-Movies, Cloud Atlas - complicated but epic

Posted by: Regina Feb 7 2015, 09:12 PM

A Long Way Down.

A lovely movie despite it's plot. Toni Collette shines in it. Her scenes with her son especially. Really emotional.

Posted by: Blank Slayberry Feb 11 2015, 12:18 AM

Okay, so I saw The Boy Next Door two weeks ago, and it was pretty cool. The guy who looks like Channing Tatum is apparently Ryan Guzman tongue.gif

Also Ian Nelson (baby Derek from Teen Wolf) is on there as J. Lo's son! Carrying on the tradition of Teen Wolf stars co-starring with her!

Posted by: Trendzmania Feb 17 2015, 03:27 AM

i watched the twilight saga new moon. my one of the favourite romantic movie. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, commonly referred to as New Moon, is a 2009 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2006 novel New Moon. It is the second film in The Twilight Saga film series and is the sequel to 2008's Twilight. Summit Entertainment greenlit the sequel in late November 2008, following the early success of Twilight.[2] Directed by Chris Weitz, the film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner,[3] reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively. Melissa Rosenberg, who handed in a draft of the film script during the opening weekend of Twilight, returned as screenwriter for New Moon as well..

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Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Feb 17 2015, 03:30 AM

QUOTE(Trendzmania @ Feb 17 2015, 03:27 AM) *
i watched the twilight saga new moon. my one of the favourite romantic movie. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, commonly referred to as New Moon, is a 2009 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2006 novel New Moon. It is the second film in The Twilight Saga film series and is the sequel to 2008's Twilight. Summit Entertainment greenlit the sequel in late November 2008, following the early success of Twilight.[2] Directed by Chris Weitz, the film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner,[3] reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively. Melissa Rosenberg, who handed in a draft of the film script during the opening weekend of Twilight, returned as screenwriter for New Moon as well..

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Hi welcome smile.gif
I have moved this post to the what are you watching thread as it is more relevant here smile.gif

Posted by: Cody Slayberry Feb 17 2015, 04:35 AM

QUOTE(Trendzmania @ Feb 16 2015, 07:27 PM) *
i watched the twilight saga new moon. my one of the favourite romantic movie. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, commonly referred to as New Moon, is a 2009 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2006 novel New Moon. It is the second film in The Twilight Saga film series and is the sequel to 2008's Twilight. Summit Entertainment greenlit the sequel in late November 2008, following the early success of Twilight.[2] Directed by Chris Weitz, the film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner,[3] reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively. Melissa Rosenberg, who handed in a draft of the film script during the opening weekend of Twilight, returned as screenwriter for New Moon as well..

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Tyler Posey was considered to play Jacob Black. He still plays a werewolf, but in IMO the BEST TV SHOW ON THE PLANET

TEEN WOLF wub.gif wub.gif wub.gif

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Mar 6 2015, 05:48 PM

Finally watched Forrest Gump, what an amazing movie heart.gif

Posted by: *Tim Mar 23 2015, 12:48 PM

I finally watched Pitch Perfect and I'm in stitches! Fat Amy is amazing heart.gif

Posted by: M¤th Mar 23 2015, 06:07 PM

I went to see 'The DUFF' in the theater and it was absolutely fabulous ~ highly recommend!

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Mar 23 2015, 06:10 PM

QUOTE(*Tim @ Mar 23 2015, 12:48 PM) *
I finally watched Pitch Perfect and I'm in stitches! Fat Amy is amazing heart.gif

Pitch perfect is amazing heart.gif

QUOTE(M¤th @ Mar 23 2015, 06:07 PM) *
I went to see 'The DUFF' in the theater and it was absolutely fabulous ~ highly recommend!

I tried to watch this online- as literally none of my family want to see this when it comes out in the cinema here so I won't be able to we it in the cinema- but it was in Chinese I think so I gave up trying sad.gif So desperate to see it though, it looks amazing (and my type of movie) heart.gif

Posted by: Juranamo Mar 23 2015, 11:13 PM

I saw the trailer for The Duff in the cinema, I'll probably see it it but I was only concentrating on the Natalia Kills song being used as the background music!

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Mar 31 2015, 01:50 PM

OMG JUST DIED AT DIGITAL SPY'S REVIEWED MOVIE- one of my favourite movies ever heart.gif in my top 10 of all time wub.gif

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Apr 2 2015, 11:57 AM

Watching clueless for like the millionth time
Absolute classic heart.gif

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Apr 2 2015, 03:20 PM

Just finished watching 10 things I hate about you, another one of my favourite movies ever heart.gif

Posted by: Sean. Apr 3 2015, 10:06 PM

Does anyone else remember Rat Race? Needed something to watch tonight and just popped it on! laugh.gif

Posted by: Mack Apr 6 2015, 02:31 PM

Carry On Camping
Carry On Matron
Carry On Henry
Carry On Up The Jungle
Carry On Loving

as part of ITV3's "Carry On Forever" weekend. Anyone else been watching?

Classic British comedy.




Posted by: Regina Apr 25 2015, 01:27 PM

Big Eyes

Christoph Waltz is easily the most charming yet terrifying actor ever, the part where he is throwing lit matches at Margaret and Jane is so creepy
Amy is amazing as ever, this is easily one of her best roles, the way she managed to own a scene without needing to make any sound and very little movement. Fab.
The courtroom stuff was superb.
Krysten Ritter criminally underused though.

Posted by: molly Jun 23 2015, 05:47 PM

insidious 3

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Jun 24 2015, 11:17 PM

I watched mortdecai and black or white on the plane
The former is beyond awful and the latter was very good and really interesting.

Posted by: Addy K!ng Jul 5 2015, 04:09 AM

this are the movies I watched this year

January

Unbroken - ★★★½
American Sniper - ★★★★
The Imitation Game - ★★★★½

February

Still Alice - ★★★★★
Birdman - ★★★★★
Whiplash - ★★★★
Fifty Shades of Grey - ★★½

March

Kingsman - ★★★★
Insurgent - ★★★★
Wild - ★★★★

April

Furious 7 - ★★★½
Avengers - ★★★★½
Cake ★★★★½

May

Tomorrowland ★★★
Pitch Perfect 2 ★★★★
Mad Max : The Fury Road ★★★★★
Ex Machina ★★★★
Age Of Adaline ★★★½

June

Spy ★★★★
Get Hard ★★
Cinderella ★★★
Jurassic World ★★★★★
Inside Out ★★★★½
Ted 2 ★★★½

July

Terminator : Genesys ★★★½
Woman in Gold ★★★★

*cough* yes I have the list saved and updated on word sheet.

Posted by: Ninjabait Jul 6 2015, 11:15 PM

The last four movies I watched were "Mortdecai", "Catch Me If You Can", "Birdman", and "Into the Woods" (which I just watched an hour ago), most of which I got with Redbox "hey you get to rent a movie for free for a day!" promo codes and I can certainly say I got my money's worth.

Mortdecai was, to put it delicately, terrible. It wasn't funny most (if not all) of the time, it relied too heavily on raunchy humor, the plot was completely incoherent and when it was coherent it was completely stupid, the characters were insufferable and seemed a bit cliche, and it felt like a kid's movie despite being rated R (and not in a good way). Speaking of its rating, the two f-bombs inserted into the movie seemed like they were shoehorned into the movie to get the R rating and make it seem edgier. Also, thanks to the magic of Hollywood and my mental typecasting, Obi-Wan Kenobi kept trying to sleep with Jack Sparrow's wife throughout this movie and that's something that should never happen outside the realm of fanfiction.

Catch Me If You Can was the best of the bunch and also happened to the be the only I didn't get from Redbox. The performances were phenomenal (not surprising, considering it has both Tom Hanks and Leonardo "Why don't I have an Oscar yet?" DiCaprio), had very interesting characters, and it managed to keep me interested and on the edge of my seat some times. And it actually managed to be funny sometimes, unlike a certain comedy movie I just mentioned. I definitely enjoyed it very much and would probably recommend it.

Birdman was a very...interesting movie. And not really in a good way. It was more the "pretentious arthouse schlock" kind of interesting. The characters were all insufferable douchewads to an extreme degree. Like, I didn't end up liking a single character except Emma Stone's (who I don't even really remember the name of), and actually ended up hating most of them. The plot was coherent, but that didn't really help since it was uninteresting (see: unlikable douchebag characters). The ending, however, managed to be both completely stupid and nonsensical ('ending' here meaning everything from the last theater scene to the end credits) to the point that it actually made me say "What? That's both completely stupid and nonsensical." out loud. Half the time I wasn't sure if I should take this movie seriously or not. It's claimed to be a black comedy, but it feels like that was something tacked on the end like what happened with The Room. The only scenes I actually enjoyed were Emma Stone's epic verbal beatdown and the incredibly bizarre hallucination sequence, and that was only because it went so far over the top it became stupidly hilarious. The soundtrack was basically an extended jazz drum improv, which managed to be completely distracting most of the time and not musically interesting enough to not annoy me. The movie also had a weird fetish for closeups. It seems like the movie was solely designed to please critics and win awards, and it seems like both took the bait. This movie is so ridiculously pretentious that I just felt like punching it in its stupid nonexistent face, and I'm not really much of a fan of face-punching things.

Into the Woods was a merely mediocre movie (alliteration!). I felt like it had potential, and I think that's probably all in the original play it was adapted from (which I have not heard or seen yet), but it wasn't well made. It had some severe pacing issues, the musical numbers felt shoehorned in, the characters weren't really that well developed so I didn't end up caring for them that much, and it felt like they reused the same melody a lot for Cinderella's singing parts. The plot was a little weird and a bit hard to follow at times, and it felt like they just kind of assumed you would've seen the original play. They didn't really explain much throughout the movie (probably because of dem dere pacing issues) and the movie moved so fast it didn't really give you time to process it. As a result, a lot of the scenes felt like gigantic Big Lipped Alligator Moments. It also felt like it left a lot of plot threads hanging. The acting was pretty good sometimes, and the singing was pretty nice. Also, the movie was pretty pretty sometimes. Quite unlike that sentence.

Posted by: Spinning Dev ಠ_ಠ Jul 12 2015, 11:31 AM

I've given up on my movie review thread as I can't be arsed to do a formal rating of every film I watched kink.gif

I watched the Conjuring last night, a horror movie which I've not watched such a film in a while. Fairly scary considering it was only a PG 13.

Posted by: Riser Jul 12 2015, 03:34 PM

QUOTE(Sean. @ Apr 3 2015, 06:06 PM) *
Does anyone else remember Rat Race? Needed something to watch tonight and just popped it on! laugh.gif
Very very late but YES. I'd say it was one of the funniest movies I've ever seen, but it wasn't nearly as good the second time I watched.

Posted by: Josh. Jul 14 2015, 04:10 PM

Went to the cheap shop in town today so here is what my next week will be spent watching

X-Men
X-Men 2
X-Men: The Last Stand
X-Men: First Class
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Elektra (25p!!! ohmy.gif)
Fantastic 4
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Jurassic Park III


YAY

Posted by: MOBILE ADAM Jul 14 2015, 04:12 PM

I watch Cabin in the Woods the other night for the second time. Just love the idea behind the film. And the ending! yahoo.gif

Posted by: Jonjo Jul 14 2015, 08:35 PM

Saw 'Still Alice' & 'Wild' the other day and both were very good. Julianne most definitely deserved her Oscar for her performance in SA and Reese was a very worthy nominee!

I also watched 'E.T.' for the first time in, what must've been about 10 years, and yes. I cried. Again.

Posted by: Regina Jul 14 2015, 08:40 PM

Currently watching The Help, Jessica Chastain is phenomenal in this heart.gif

Posted by: Liаm Jul 14 2015, 08:43 PM

QUOTE(Regina @ Jul 14 2015, 09:40 PM) *
Currently watching The Help, Jessica Chastain is phenomenal in this heart.gif

"Eat my shit" <3

Possibly one of my fave books ever and the film was amaze.

Posted by: Regina Jul 14 2015, 08:55 PM

Octavia wub.gif

I have the book but not read it yet, oops.

Posted by: MOBILE ADAM Jul 15 2015, 10:03 PM

So I'm watching Twilight series for the first time ohmy.gif
It seems to have a marmeet response; some saying it's great, others saying it was utter shite (all those "still a better love story than twilight" Youtube comments drama.gif )

I quite liked the first one actually. I thought the actors did their part well and liked the storyline. Only minor criticisms are the lack of emotion on the film (yes it's got vampires in it but Bella's hardly a smiley girl rolleyes.gif )
Look forward to see how the sequels fair and watching Mew Moon tonight biggrin.gif

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Jul 15 2015, 10:26 PM

QUOTE(MOBILE ADAM @ Jul 15 2015, 11:03 PM) *
So I'm watching Twilight series for the first time ohmy.gif

Poor you.

Posted by: J▲hq Jul 15 2015, 10:34 PM

r00d

Enjoy Adam, I think the 2nd and 3rd (and 5th - we forget about number 4) movies are even better than the 1st. I saw Eclipse at the cinema three times whistle.gif

Posted by: Nelly. S Jul 21 2015, 07:24 PM

I just saw 'It Follows' considering it's being hailed as the most 'scariest movie of the decade!'. ohmy.gif

It wasn't scary honestly, I found the story interesting and some of the horror sequences menacing, but beyond that, nothing. It is substantially better than Ouija though by far.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Jul 22 2015, 09:10 PM

I watched a cheap horror movie called Honeymoon on sky movies today which wasn't very good at all, especially the ending sad.gif

Posted by: Mack Jul 23 2015, 03:46 PM

A 1980s slasher film that was on 4Music the other day called Slaughter High.

Very odd horror film in my opinion.


Posted by: Regina Jul 24 2015, 06:11 PM

Transamerica

JESUS, Felicity Huffman was just mindblowing in this, a well earned Oscar nom. Brilliant movie too, very emotional.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Jul 28 2015, 01:06 AM

I watched Team America: World Police tonight and I wasn't sure on it. It was really funny at times, especially at the start, the opening scene was the best part of the movie! However the story was pretty bad and it was just disgusting at times. I'd probably rate it 5.5/10

Posted by: Josh. Jul 28 2015, 09:27 AM

Watched Fury last night and it was definitely better than I thought it would be, Norman cleaning up the piece of face from the tank and then throwing up really hits you when you imagine what the conditions were really like in war. All five main characters played their roles very well too I though, Shia LeBeouf and Logan Lerman putting in the best ones I think. I'd probably give it 8/10 yahoo.gif

Posted by: Mack Jul 28 2015, 12:31 PM

Mother's Day a 2010 horror film.

Very uncomfortable to watch at times to be honest with you. Weird ending to be honest with you.

3.5/10

Here's the trailer for it:



Posted by: Mack Aug 4 2015, 02:54 PM

Just saw a 1996 horror film called The Dentist on the Horror channel.

Again a bit of a odd film.

Here's the trailer for it:



Not for anybody who is afraid of the dentist.

Posted by: Regina Aug 4 2015, 02:57 PM

QUOTE(Mack @ Jul 28 2015, 01:31 PM) *
Mother's Day a 2010 horror film.

Very uncomfortable to watch at times to be honest with you. Weird ending to be honest with you.

3.5/10

Here's the trailer for it:



Mack I'm not sure how honest you are being with us.

Posted by: Ninjabait Aug 4 2015, 04:04 PM

Okay, update on the movies I've seen:

I watched The Cobbler, The Fifth Element, and Treasure Planet pretty much back to back on Netflix the weekend before last instead of sleeping.

The Cobbler was actually a pleasant surprise. It was probably one of Adam Sandler's better movies (i.e. it was actually good), and had quite a few genuinely funny moments. The acting was pretty good for the most part (nothing really stood out to me as awful), the soundtrack was mildly amusing and fit the movie really well, and it kept my interest throughout. My only complaint was that the ending was really underwhelming. I felt it was going to go in a different direction at that time, and it left me thinking "that's it?"

The Fifth Element was an excellent movie. It's a bit confusing at the start, but the story is good, the characters are interesting and fantastic, and it was ridiculously funny. I understand he's a bit of a divisive character apparently, but Ruby Rhod just stole the show on this movie. Soundtrack was really underwhelming outside of that opera performance, but the acting was pretty strong. It was quirky (but in an enjoyable way) and fun throughout. Would definitely recommend!

The final movie I saw, Treasure Planet was certainly not one of Disney's best, but it certainly wasn't one of their worst. I actually read the book it's based on, Treasure Island. It's a fairly faithful adaptation of the book, but I don't think it really compares. to the original (which is to be expected with book to movie adaptations). It was enjoyable, fun, interesting, had some strong performances and characters, and I would probably recommend it.

Posted by: Mack Aug 4 2015, 07:15 PM

QUOTE(Regina @ Aug 4 2015, 03:57 PM) *
Mack I'm not sure how honest you are being with us.


:hehe:

The film is definitely quite uncomfortable to watch at times especially with the scene with Johnny who clearly injured after being shot and Annette who is forced to seduce him.

The ending is weird especially when the baby disappears at the end once "Mother" has the baby after supposedly dying at the end with the showdown with the main character, Beth.


Posted by: Regina Aug 5 2015, 07:38 PM

I liked it, but then, Shawn Ashmore was in it *.*

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Aug 7 2015, 03:18 PM

Had a movie day today and watched 5 movies kink.gif Also seeing Fantastic Four this evening as well wub.gif

Dracula Untold- absolutely awful and boring movie
Playing It Cool- sweet and quite good at times but quite a lot of the jokes didn't work and the 1st half wasn't great
The Skeleton Twins- amazing drama with fantastic acting
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- I loved this, so so fun *.*
Into The Storm- I so wish I saw this at the cinema. I was at the edge of my seat and it was entertaining with great effects but also it had a lot of heart. Great movie heart.gif

Posted by: Regina Aug 7 2015, 03:27 PM

dat yoga tho

Posted by: Nelly. S Aug 7 2015, 03:48 PM

Dracula Untold is a truly awful movie. I didn't understand the plot, the actors were not putting in a whole load of effort and the movie was much longer than it needed to be. Not to mention the half-arsed special effects drama.gif

Posted by: Mack Aug 9 2015, 06:54 PM

This week I've seen:

Tropic Thunder- Fantastic cast and a good film
Color of Night- A strange unerotic thriller with Bruce Willis and Jane March.
Little Fockers- Worst of the three films. One sequel too many.


Posted by: Mack Aug 17 2015, 12:52 PM

This week:

The Shaggy Dog- A cheesy remake of the 1959 film with Tim Allen and Robert Downey. Jr. Just not great at all.

Posted by: Jonjo Aug 17 2015, 07:02 PM

'The Shawshank Redemption'

Just saw this for the first time ever today. Such a brilliantly, uplifting and emotional film. So beautifully executed and it's really not hard to see why it tops a fair amount of "Best film ever?" polls. Magnificent <3

Posted by: Josh. Aug 19 2015, 10:31 AM

Need ak recommendation, stuck between going to the cinema to watch Minions or Paper Towns today but I don't what sounds better really. Anyone seen either.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Aug 19 2015, 10:41 AM

QUOTE(Josh. @ Aug 19 2015, 11:31 AM) *
Need ak recommendation, stuck between going to the cinema to watch Minions or Paper Towns today but I don't what sounds better really. Anyone seen either.

Both are amazing heart.gif Neither are as good as the Despicable Me Movies/Fault In Our Stars but they are still really good wub.gif

Posted by: J▼hnkm Aug 19 2015, 11:02 AM

I've not seen Paper Towns, but if you like Despicable Me then Minions is not going to disappoint.

Posted by: Josh. Aug 19 2015, 01:03 PM

I missed the Minions showing anyway because the bus was late sad.gif PT it is then, thank you lots guys biggrin.gif

Posted by: burbe Aug 20 2015, 10:05 PM

QUOTE(Jonjo @ Aug 17 2015, 08:02 PM) *
'The Shawshank Redemption'

Just saw this for the first time ever today. Such a brilliantly, uplifting and emotional film. So beautifully executed and it's really not hard to see why it tops a fair amount of "Best film ever?" polls. Magnificent <3


I watched it for the first time recently too. Such an incredible film, it's easy to see why it's universally loved.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Aug 21 2015, 11:05 PM

Saw The Rocky Horror Picture Show for the 1st ever time today and what an amazing movie wub.gif The songs are so great and it is such a fun movie wub.gif Easily one of my favourite movies I've watched this year wub.gif

Posted by: SLlewellyn Aug 23 2015, 10:07 AM

Funnily enough I too saw The Shawshank Redemption for the first time recently. Think I'll appreciate it even more the second time around.

Saw Ant-Man at the cinema last night - Marvel are absolutely killing it with all their films (DC who?) I didn't get the impression it was rushed at all, and the script was just brilliant. People have criticised it for not being a big enough blockbuster, but I don't think it was ever supposed to be that way; it's just introducing another character to the Avengers roster and it did that perfectly.

Posted by: Mack Aug 23 2015, 08:08 PM

Also quite a not so good comedy called Porky's.

An unfunny sex coming-of-age comedy in my opinion.


Posted by: Josh. Aug 24 2015, 12:07 PM

Just watched Catwoman and actually thought it was pretty great, probably the best DC comic book movie made so far in my opinion ohmy.gif The Batman Dark Night Trilogy and Superman movies are all just so dark and dull which just makes it a) really difficult to follow because you can't even see anything and b) boring as f***. Whereas Catwoman gets the balance between entertaining action (doing catwheels and spins while whooping your opponent's ass is cool) and humour completely right for me. It has great characters from the likeable lead from Halle who you feel sorry for as one personality and completely envious of in her other personality which I actually think seems quite hard to pull off so props to her for that, the work friend was also hilarious, everything she came out with was funny and none of it fell flat which made her so enjoyable on screen and the bitter wife of her boss was excellently played too, at first I felt a bit bad for her too being neglected by her husband but then realised she was really a scheming baddie in the big reveal where she chucks over the gun and frames poor Catwoman. Yeah, I really enjoyed it, shame pretty much everyone despises it sad.gif

Posted by: Josh. Aug 24 2015, 12:30 PM

I'd say Green Lantern is my second favourite DC comic book movie though so maybe there's just something wrong with my movie opinions laugh.gif

Posted by: Regina Aug 24 2015, 12:33 PM

Catwoman gets way too much hate tbh.

Posted by: Mack Aug 28 2015, 08:02 AM

Saw Fever Pitch the other day. Not a bad film. Although definitely not for non-football fans.


Posted by: Mack Aug 29 2015, 06:55 PM

Seen this week:

Snow Dogs- Not a bad film although might be a bit too cheesy for some.

Casino Royale- Brilliant debut indeed from Daniel Craig from his debut as 007.



Posted by: Mack Sep 20 2015, 03:26 PM

Saw Lovelace on Friday- Very uncomfortable to watch at times.


Posted by: burbe Sep 20 2015, 06:52 PM

I watched Man Down at TIFF a couple of days ago and it was an incredible film. Shia La Beouf gives such a strong performance. It starts off a little slow and confusing but once it gets going there's a great twist and the ending is heartbreaking. So so sad, it really pulls at your heart strings.

Posted by: Regina Sep 21 2015, 12:34 PM

Snowpiercer - I will admit, I only watched this because of Chris Evans, but it's actually a fba movie. Chris is really good in it, I've said it before but he is underrated
as an actor.

The Love Punch - utterly silly but utterly amazing too laugh.gif I laughed out loud so many times. Brilliant cast too.

Posted by: Jonjo Sep 21 2015, 01:14 PM

'Snowpiercer' was boring. I was really hyped for it though, the reviews are incredible and a big fan of Chris Evans etc... (I agree that he is under rated as an actor) but it disappointed me. Now I know what to expect, I might give it another go though. I watched it when I was pretty tired and a film like that needs my 100% attention! But can I be bothered to rewatch it? drama.gif

Posted by: Mack Sep 21 2015, 08:55 PM

Saw Driven last night based on the ChampCar series. Not great. What was Stallone thinking?

Posted by: Regina Oct 12 2015, 10:14 AM

Birds Of America

This movie perfectly shows what I was saying about the amazingness of Ben Foster *.* he is brilliant in this. As are the rest of the cast, mostly Ginnifer Goodwin and Matthew Perry. An odd movie to say the least but it keeps you entertained, naked Ben especially *.*

Posted by: Silas Oct 23 2015, 08:54 PM

On Netflix this evening I watched the 1977 classic 'The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh'. 10/10 would recommend.

Posted by: Mack Nov 25 2015, 11:25 AM

Stumbled upon a very weird film called Decoy 2: Alien Seduction. Never again.


Posted by: Jonjeur East 🎷 Nov 25 2015, 09:45 PM



Saw this last night. Funny, witty and pretty jumpy! It's a comedy-horror-spoof. It throws in all the cliche's of a normal slasher film and I can see this becoming a bit of a cult classic. Definitely recommend to those who like 'Cabin In the Woods' as it's a strange mix of that and 'Pitch Perfect' tbh (just minus the singing, obviously)

Posted by: Kath Nov 25 2015, 10:16 PM

Watched a film last week that I was fairly impressed with 'Bone Tomahawk' with Kurt Russell, David Arquette and Patrick Wilson. A sort of western / horror. It didn't actually have much horror - more western and because of that it made the horror bits even more horrific (one scene in particular). Very witty script though - and not predictable in the 'I bet he doesn't make it to the end' stakes.

Posted by: MerryChristmessT Dec 6 2015, 07:13 PM

Just saw Marley and Me for the first time. I ain't weeped so much in ages </3

Posted by: UltraChristmas Dec 30 2015, 01:27 AM

Watching Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind on Netflix and what an incredible movie heart.gif Jim Carrey & Kate Winslet are excellent in it, can't wait to finish watching it now heart.gif I'd highly recommend it and I think it is only on Netflix for a couple more days so check it out asap!

Planning on watching Vacation after and Man From U.N.C.L.E some point today! Has anyone seen either and if so, are they good?

Posted by: Josh Josh Binks Dec 30 2015, 10:46 AM

Vacation was quite funny in places (Chris Hemsworth especially) but a lot of people didn't like it and I can see why. I personally adored UNCLE but it got mixed reviews, it's nothing new but interesting twists and turns, plenty of style and three very charismatic leads - it was like a better Spectre imo.

Posted by: J▲hq Dec 30 2015, 01:56 PM

Vacation is pretty funny, better than it looked from the trailer / what I expected! Man From UNCLE wasn't my thing at all though.

Posted by: UltraChristmas Dec 30 2015, 10:21 PM

Managed to fit both in! Thanks for giving me more hope about Vacation being good as originally didn't think it would be good but I loved it, so so funny and got better as it went on laugh.gif Wish there was more Leslie Mann & Chris Hemsworth though!
Also loved the Man From U.N.C.L.E, really interesting and the leads were all fantastic heart.gif
Also finished Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind which might be one of my favourites movies I've watched this year, so interesting and amazing and the cast is fantastic- Kate Winslet deserved her Oscar nom so much and Jim Carrey really deserved to be nominated sad.gif

Trying to zoom through 2015 movies now, planning to do Song Of The Sea on DVD and start Aloha on Netflix. Anyone seen either?

Posted by: Rachel Spadzten Jan 7 2016, 02:00 AM

So I'm posting this just after watching Unfriended.

I don't think I've ever watched a film so thrilling. I was on the edge of my seat for the whole time! Horrifying and gruesome as well, jeeesus (especially as nearly the whole film was the computer screen and it was produced really well. 10/10 for suspense. Oh and one of the characters was called Adam laugh.gif that made it just a little bit more creepy!) The idea of you and your friends lives being controlled by a faceless being seemingly a hacker or a troll and being forced to reveal lies and betrayal to your friends or face a gruesome death... Eek! Surely the being wasn't the dead girl though? I mean setting off a firework in someone's mouth and having someone's face put in a blender is psychopath-like!

Oh and I also watched The Lazurus Effect which was a great film also but Unfriended... :X

Posted by: lovejoy Jan 7 2016, 11:01 AM

I am currently watching the classic 1985 eco thriller called Edge Of Darkness starring the late Bob Peck. (R.I.P)




Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Jan 31 2016, 11:08 PM

Watched Closed Circuit yesterday, wasn't very good sad.gif
Which is a shame considering it is mostly excellent but the last 10 minutes completely undo all of that as the movie turns into a confusing mess that creates more questions rather than answering the ones that the audience want answered Who bombed the market? Why did the 'terrorist have to be killed? Who killed, what happened and why to the American journalist. Yeah it turned into a mess which was a shame sad.gif The cast was good however, Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall were great and I loved Julia Stiles- wish she was in the movie for more than 2 scenes sad.gif However every twist was so obvious, I knew the person who entered Hall''s office and turned out to be a secret agent was shady and a bad character from the first scene he was in. Shame as it had potential sad.gif

Posted by: Regina Feb 5 2016, 08:41 PM

Watched a really good movie with Jeremy Renner and Minnie Driver called Take the other night. The kinda film that'd be Oscar buzz fodder if it had two bigger names
at the helm, really intense and emotional. Minnie and Jezza were both amazing, Jeremy especially, making you feel sorry for him despite him being on death row for the death of a child. The scene with them sitting together near the end is so intense and shows off their abilities so well.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Feb 7 2016, 01:00 PM

Watched 3 movies last night! The Duff, John Wick & The Boy Next Door

The Duff was so funny and really enjoyable, great cast as well, but it felt like it went really really fast and there was too little Bella Thorne/Allison Janney sad.gif
John Wick was a good action movie with a great performance from Keanu Reeves but it felt like I'd seen the movie about 100 times
I adored The Boy Next Door though, such a great horror/thriller that actually kept me thrilled throughout the entire movie and I loved the twists! Jennifer Lopez was fantastic, Kristen Chenoweth was also great and I really like Ryan Guzman. Great movie and highly recommend!

Posted by: Regina Feb 8 2016, 12:15 PM

The Boy Next Door was really good <3 dunno why it got such mixed reviews, great film.

Posted by: Jonjo Feb 10 2016, 01:00 PM

I saw '13 Hours' last night.

Bland, generic and boring! A shame really, coz the casting is actually half decent!

Posted by: Regina Feb 20 2016, 09:39 PM

Hit & Run

I love me some Kristen Bell so gave this a go when I saw it on Netflix. Not had any experience with Dax other than Employee of the Month but he surprised me in this.
Obviously strong chemistry between the two of them and a really good watch. Dax's car *.*
Bradley Cooper was brilliant in this, him and his dreads wub.gif

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Feb 22 2016, 04:12 PM

Watched 10 Things I Hate About You this weekend again, one of my favourite movies of all time and such an incredible classic heart.gif The cast, script and everything about the movie is so fantastic and it always puts the biggest smile on my face! It's such a classic! Also I never knew there was mistakes and outtakes at the end of credits until this week so saw that for the first time and was so funny laugh.gif

I'd say my top 6 movies of all time are:
1) Toy story 3
2) Frozen
3) WALL.E
4) Titanic
5) 10 Things I Hate About You
6) Clueless

Also watched The Look Of Silence which was a very interesting documentary!

Posted by: Regina Mar 7 2016, 06:30 PM

9 To 5
Iconic movie, 3 great leads and such a brilliantly acted out story.

Injustice/Puncture
Seriously good movie. Pretty dark but veyr gripping. It really shows off how good an actor Chris Evans is, he's done a lot of dumb (but good) movies in the past that
you kinda forgot how much talent he has.

Posted by: Mack Apr 3 2016, 10:42 AM

Sliver:

Weird and strange followed by 7 Golden Raspberry nominations

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Apr 17 2016, 09:15 PM

Just remembered The Spectacular Now is on TV tonight, thank gosh I've recorded it and will watch it in a couple of hours!
Have been desperate to see the movie for ages and it didn't get a uk cinema release also I don't think sad.gif

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Apr 20 2016, 11:39 PM

Watching Black Swan now!

Posted by: sploiner May 19 2016, 06:52 AM

Son of Saul... OMG ohmy.gif

Posted by: Buswyn Jun 9 2016, 02:36 PM

I've recently watched The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Pretty good movie!..I know..I know that for now it is comparatively old, but I prefer to listen to music so that I am not a frequent movie viewer) If I watch any movie, I would like to do it for free and in a pure quality funky.gif pirate.gif

'Scott Pilgrim' is a lot of fun as well! I think i prefer 'Kick Ass' to it, but the inner gamer in me just revels in the geekery!!

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Aug 21 2016, 11:40 PM

Films I watched on holiday!:

On the plane:
10 Cloverfield Lane - Loved this, so gripping and interesting and fabulous film!
Anomalisa - Crock of sh*t. I kinda get the intention for a good film but it was just confusing and boring and pretty terrible.
Kung Fu Panda 3 - Really fun and joyful, possibly my favourite of the franchise
Money Monster - Really interesting and fascinating with great performances, shocked this didn't get better reviews critically
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 - Very fun but there was a bit of charm missing which made the 1st one an all time classic (And forcing me to listen to All Of Me on a plane also affects it negatively)
Sing Street - LOVE. Terrific movie, music and performances and story was all perfect!
Sisters - Also very funny and Fey + Poehler were incredible of course heart.gif
The Boss - Another comedy I loved! I adore Melissa and Kristen and this was hilarious
The Other Side Of The Door - 2nd crock of sh*t. Got worse and worse, confusing, not scary and was dull
Triple Nine - 3rd crock of sh*t. Stupid, dumb, action movie.
Whisky Tango Foxtrot - Surprised how much I enjoyed this, even if it got a bit dull in the last act. Loved the cast and the 1st hour was so funny!

At the hotel:!
They had one American TV channel which showed films pretty often! Though they have a premiere every Saturday evening and the premiere for the day after we left was for my favourite film of 2015! (Brooklyn)

FILMS WATCHED IN FULL:
Black Knight - Never heard of this before but it was quite enjoyable
Shrek - All time classic, think it is the film I've seen the most wub.gif
The Peanuts Movie - Loved re-watching this! (I saw this in full once and bits of it about four more times over the holiday, it was always on!! laugh.gif )
The Bucket List - Really nice film but wasn't paying too much attention kink.gif
Youth - Great movie with fantastic performances!

FILMS SAW BITS OF: My All American (quite good), Mamma Mia (classic), Flash Of Genius (seemed quite interesting), Lucy (loved it again)

Posted by: Mack Aug 22 2016, 06:45 PM

This week:

Child's Play 2 (Daft at times, the original was the best)
Planes (An airplane of shit)


Posted by: Silas Aug 22 2016, 06:47 PM

QUOTE(Buswyn @ Jun 9 2016, 03:36 PM) *
I've recently watched The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Pretty good movie!..I know..I know that for now it is comparatively old, but I prefer to listen to music so that I am not a frequent movie viewer) If I watch any movie, I would like to do it for free and in a pure quality funky.gif pirate.gif

'Scott Pilgrim' is a lot of fun as well! I think i prefer 'Kick Ass' to it, but the inner gamer in me just revels in the geekery!!

I adore The Man from U.N.C.L.E!! Such a fantastic film. One of my absolute faves from last year.

Posted by: Mack Aug 30 2016, 06:13 PM

The 2013 version of Carrie. Not a patch on the original. All right but not memorable.




Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 Oct 1 2016, 11:29 AM

I watched Girl, Interrupted yesterday and absolutely loved it! heart.gif I did find the first half stronger than the second half but Angelina Jolie was utterly terrific and Winona Ryder was great as well!

Posted by: UltraBasicWitch Oct 26 2016, 08:42 PM

Watched Daddy's Home and The Witch on DVD yesterday evening and absolutely loved both!

Daddy's Home was hilarious and the cast was great! Really hyped for the sequel!

The Witch may already be one of my favourite horror films of all time! The cast was incredible (especially Anya Taylor-Joy in the lead role) and the plot was great and I loved that it always kept me intrigued and interested! It was also nice to have a horror film with literally no jump scares or gore, I loved the eery and creepy atmosphere the film created and I'm fascinated with the topic of witches and love all the witch folklore tales so this is possibly contending for my top 10 of the year!

Posted by: Josh. Nov 8 2016, 06:47 PM

Sat down and watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Little Shop of Horrors yesterday as I was in a bit of a musicals mood, seen the latter plenty of times but it was my first time watching the former. Really enjoyed Rocky Horror, thought the songs were pretty good, favourites being "Dammit Janet" and "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me" aside from "The Time Warp" which I'd heard of before of course. Also, Tim Curry was amazing in the role of Frank, shame you don't see many roles like that anymore!

Little Shop of Horrors I've seen loads of times before and it's one of my favourite musicals of all time and it remains amazing on every viewing, SO many good songs!!

Posted by: DalekTurret32 Dec 4 2016, 10:03 PM

I saw The Polar Express on Amazon Prime today! I really liked it! [9.5]
Now's the time for me to start watching more Christmas films. I already recorded Miracle On 34th Street on my YouView, and I might as well rewatch Home Alone.
I'm also planning on seeing A Christmas Story, Nightmare Before Christmas, Elf, It's A Wonderful Life and Bad Santa this month.

Posted by: SaraWatson Dec 22 2016, 03:45 PM

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Posted by: Steve201 Dec 24 2016, 01:15 AM

QUOTE(DalekTurret32 @ Dec 4 2016, 10:03 PM) *
I saw The Polar Express on Amazon Prime today! I really liked it! [9.5]
Now's the time for me to start watching more Christmas films. I already recorded Miracle On 34th Street on my YouView, and I might as well rewatch Home Alone.
I'm also planning on seeing A Christmas Story, Nightmare Before Christmas, Elf, It's A Wonderful Life and Bad Santa this month.


National Lampoons is well worth a watch too!

Posted by: Steve201 Dec 24 2016, 01:16 AM

Watched Saving Mr Banks on BBC 2 tonight and it was Brillant!

Posted by: UltraXmasWitch Dec 24 2016, 02:12 PM

About to watch Zootropolis again wub.gif

Posted by: DalekTurret32 Dec 26 2016, 07:12 PM

Secret Life Of Pets [9.5] Great film.
Bad Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising [7.5] I liked the first film because I was fascinated by its plot involving a couple attempting to put an end to a fraternity's wild party. The second film is pretty much the same thing, but with a sorority instead.
Gods Of Egypt [5.0] Pretty underwhelmed by this. Though I did like some of the action scenes and the concept of this hero attempting to retrieve a former ruler's eyes containing the source of his power is pretty cool.
Kill Bill Vol. 2 [10.0] The second film in this badass franchise. Just got Jackie Brown left to see, and I would have seen all the movies directed by Tarantino.
The Polar Express (again) [9.5] Saw this at a friend's house on TV, but it was a Greek dub.

Posted by: DalekTurret32 Dec 26 2016, 07:13 PM

QUOTE(UltraXmasWitch @ Dec 24 2016, 02:12 PM) *
About to watch Zootropolis again wub.gif



Good for you, it's an excellent film!

Posted by: Samantha1989 Jan 22 2017, 10:08 AM

Omg my local cinema cancelled a monster calls at the last second and we are now watching monster trucks and omfg I'm in tears at it so far!!! HOW THE f*** DID THIS GET MADE???!!!

Posted by: Mack Jan 22 2017, 09:00 PM

This weekend:

Basic Instinct (Still a sexy thriller with many twists)


Posted by: DalekTurret32 Jan 24 2017, 07:46 PM

This month so far, I saw two Mozart-related films and one Danny Boyle film.

Igner Bergman's The Magic Flute [10.0] Loved this! Great performances and thrilling music. It was in Swedish but I understood what was going on since I was watching this with English subtitles
Amadeus [10.0] The version I was watching was the director's cut cool.gif . Brilliant film and it was really interesting to see Salieri have an insane addiction with his companion Mozart and I felt sad when Mozart died.
Slumdog Millionaire [10.0] The third Danny Boyle film I have seen in my life (first being Trance but I don't remember a lot of it, the second being Trainspotting, which may be in the Top 10 of my Favourite All-Time Films). Amazing film. The performances were oustanding and I love how the camera direction was laid out in the movie

Posted by: Regina Feb 5 2017, 04:44 PM

FINALLY saw Arrival and Nocturnal Animals, albeit in not very good quality, but at least I now know of the brilliance of both.

Posted by: Jade Feb 5 2017, 10:12 PM

It's taken me a whole month (oops) but I've finally watched a film in 2017 now laugh.gif I got The Beatles' 'Eight Days A Week' movie for Christmas and I quite fancied watching it tonight. I shall never get bored of seeing the hysteria in action. *.*

Posted by: RosaParksMyCar Feb 14 2017, 11:38 PM

no one told me the lead in eden lake was actually eddie redmayne in drag

Posted by: Josh. Feb 25 2017, 12:08 PM

I watched Network (1976) the other day but in all honesty, I didn't really enjoy it very much. I found it kinda boring and I think a lot of the themes and topics it discussed (and is famous for) went over my head a bit so I didn't really get it. The performances were great though, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight deserved their Oscars (especially the latter who was basically in just ONE scene but she killed it) but I'd have given the lead actor win to William Holden over Peter Finch for the same film (although I believe he won posthumously so it's understandable why it happened that way).

Posted by: John Thronton Feb 26 2017, 07:25 AM

Please recommend me any good movies you have watched in 2017 or seasons. I have just finished watching Westworld and it was really great.

Posted by: Josh. Mar 1 2017, 06:55 PM

Had the day off school today and was feeling in an Oscars mood so I went and watched two recent Oscar winning films instead of doing school work biggrin.gif

First, I watched Vicky Cristina Barcelona which I thought was loads of fun, I loved how all the little story lines intertwined, all of characters were so likeable, and Woody Allen really is a genius at screenplay writing! Penelope Cruz, of course, won the Oscar here and it was another great role for her (things got VERY interesting once she finally arrived towards the end of the film after being alluded to so much in the first half), I love her loads and I love that she got to show off some of her Spanish in this *-*

Secondly, I watched The Reader for the first time too and it was another fantastic film. Kate Winslet remains one of the best actresses working at the moment and it's not hard to see why she finally won the Oscar for this role (even her accent was great!). I'm probably in the small minority who enjoyed the first half more actually but the second half really broke my heart with Michael sending her the tapes in prison and her finally learning to read. Her ending really got me too and it made for a great emotional finish to the film.

It also means I've seen the last 11 Best Actress winners and the last 9 Supporting Actress winners so now I guess Walk the Line and Michael Clayton are next on my watch-list tongue.gif

Posted by: blackbitz Mar 3 2017, 06:11 AM

watching this thread yahoo.gif

Posted by: John Thronton Mar 3 2017, 01:23 PM

Can anyone suggest me some great war/thriller movies? I have watched most of them but in case If I have missed any, I would love to watch. The movies should be close to reality and not something like Captain America etc. I am more focused to real story movies and World War ones.

Posted by: DalekTurret32 Mar 3 2017, 06:43 PM

QUOTE(Josh. @ Feb 25 2017, 12:08 PM) *
I watched Network (1976)


Haven't seen it but I have heard of this quote:

"I'm as mad as hell and I can't take this anymore!"

Posted by: Regina Mar 10 2017, 10:31 PM

Dallas Buyers Club

Jen Garner deserved way more praise for her role in this, supprted Matthew and Jared wonderfully.

"You f***ing deaf lady?"
"No, I'm a f***ing Doctor"
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Posted by: UltraGreenLight Mar 11 2017, 11:03 PM

Just watched fight club with friends and omfg it's so bloody good!! <3

Posted by: DalekTurret32 Mar 14 2017, 07:57 PM

QUOTE(UltraGreenLight @ Mar 11 2017, 11:03 PM) *
Just watched fight club with friends and omfg it's so bloody good!! <3



Glad you like it. It's one of my favourite films of all-time! heart.gif

Posted by: Mack Mar 15 2017, 07:42 PM

Little Shop Of Horrors (1986 version) [5.5- Not really a patch on the original.


Posted by: Regina Mar 15 2017, 07:46 PM

The Holiday

Kate wub.gif also the only movie where I can stand Jack Black, he's so adorable in this.

Posted by: Mack Mar 20 2017, 01:30 PM

QUOTE(Regina @ Mar 15 2017, 07:46 PM) *
The Holiday

Kate wub.gif also the only movie where I can stand Jack Black, he's so adorable in this.

A modern Christmas classic this is. Never tire of watching this.

Posted by: UltraGreenLight Mar 23 2017, 12:44 AM

I saw Fury today and thought it was a fantastic film! It was gripping and interesting and despite a quite slow first-third of the film, it completely gripped my attention for the rest of the film, especially that terrific final third! The cast were excellent; in particular Brad Pitt and a standout Logan Lerman (young actors rly killed it in 2014!!). I wish this got more Oscar attention as it really deserved it sad.gif

9.75/10

Posted by: Regina Mar 25 2017, 07:55 PM

Jane Got A Gun

NATALIE *.* JOEL *.* I don't normally like Westerns but this really held my interest.

Posted by: DalekTurret32 Mar 28 2017, 10:37 PM

I went to a film club at my school today and we were watching Inside Out. smile.gif
Haven't finished the film but it was great looking back into it.

Posted by: Regina Apr 5 2017, 05:58 PM

Passengers

Not the shitty one with J-Law, one from 2008 with Anne Hathaway.
I love these kinds of movies, thrillers that are really WTF and end up being panned/flops laugh.gif Added Patrick Wilson is nice too.

Posted by: Mack Apr 17 2017, 07:33 PM

Currently watching Guardians of the Galaxy on the BBC.

Posted by: Regina Apr 20 2017, 07:06 PM

Scream 4. The 2011 awards got me craving this. Not up there with 1 and 2 but better than 3. Gale Weathers is easily my favourite movie character EVER.







Neve Campbell also seemed to simply stop ageing after 2000 too. Amazing.

Posted by: Severin Apr 23 2017, 07:00 PM

Personal Shopper is my favourite film of the year so far.
Kristen Stewart is incredible in it, and I NEVER EVER expected to say that!!


Posted by: UltraRedLight Jun 17 2017, 09:29 PM

just turned on the tv and The Maze Runner is on and just started so I'm gonna watch it again!

(Dylan *.* <3)

Posted by: lordita Jun 24 2017, 09:27 PM

i just watched the XX on Netflix and I am FLOORED, especially by ''The Box'!

Posted by: No Sleeep Aug 8 2017, 12:29 PM

I finally watched Romeo Must Die last night! Well more like the early hours of this morning when I was waiting for exam results lol. It was good, the action scenes aren't really my thing but I watched it for Aaliyah, I loved her character Trish and her relationship with Han, so cute wub.gif I loved the part where Maurice was like "I'mma find your Aaliyah-looking ass" lol laugh.gif

Posted by: DalekTurret32 Aug 25 2017, 04:09 PM

The Incredibles and Finding Nemo. Both amazing animations.

Posted by: DalekTurret32 Aug 25 2017, 04:11 PM

QUOTE(lordita @ Jun 24 2017, 10:27 PM) *
i just watched the XX on Netflix and I am FLOORED, especially by ''The Box'!


Hey! It's that horror film that St. Vincent worked on.
I also remember seeing I Hate Everything's review on it a few weeks ago

Posted by: Rajag123 Sep 4 2017, 03:48 PM

Hi Guys 500 days of summer is a great movie to watch

Posted by: DalekTurret32 Sep 13 2017, 07:46 PM

QUOTE(Rajag123 @ Sep 4 2017, 04:48 PM) *
Hi Guys 500 days of summer is a great movie to watch


I remember back in Year 10 when one of my classmates cited this as her favourite movie. We were doing a fun thing in registration at the time when we say our favourite movie when we get called on the list.
One kid said The Interview
Another said Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction
I don't know what I said (I either said Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets or Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues)
Another kid said Frozen and some of the classmates LOL'd

Posted by: Lorderella Oct 10 2017, 09:01 AM

Watched Colossal and it was so so good omg. Didn't spot it was Anne Hathaway on the poster at first so it was not on my radar for a while

Posted by: Jonjo Mar 14 2018, 11:15 PM

Just saw Marley & Me for the first time.

Never again.

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Posted by: Jade Mar 14 2018, 11:51 PM

Omg Marley & Me is the first film I ever remember that reduced me to tears! I was about 11 and I watched it with a group of friends at a sleepover and we were all bawling laugh.gif

I'm going to have to dig out 'The Theory Of Everything' over the weekend I think after today's sad news about Stephen. Absolutely loved it first time round!

Posted by: Mack. Apr 1 2018, 12:46 AM

Mrs Doubtfire - I forgot how good this was, and how clever the writing is. And Robin Williams is of course brilliant.

Posted by: Andrew. Apr 1 2018, 02:15 AM

It’s a month or so old but who else has seen Finding Your Feet?? In the cinema it was basically me, my mum and a load of old women lmao but it was incredibly heart warming and funny, definitely was a bit harsh on it on Rotten Tomatoes.

Posted by: Mack. Apr 5 2018, 05:48 PM

The Breakfast Club, a classic from the 80s this.

Posted by: Same Ol' Andrew Apr 17 2018, 08:51 PM

So I went to see the Rock’s new film Rampage and I actually fell asleep 😂 the person I was with woke me up at the end but it was in 4DX so I was violently rocking about whilst asleep the whole time *_*

Posted by: Mack. Apr 23 2018, 11:14 PM

Baywatch.......

Even more embarrassed to say I enjoyed it....... Although its total rubbish..... Just watchable rubbish.

Sun , sea, healthy looking people..... Terrible story/plot but then it always was going to be.

Posted by: Mack. Apr 25 2018, 04:59 PM

Fast & Furious 8

Not as good as number 7, this is an all right film. Still full of action.


Posted by: troublepink Apr 27 2018, 06:30 AM

I watched Disney's Greyfriars Bobby yesterday afternoon. I've got Disney Life now so taking on #DisneyChallenge to watch all movies in the A-Z list laugh.gif

Posted by: TomboOnBroadway May 20 2018, 04:25 PM

I just watched Fantastic Four (2005) and I enjoyed it. I like the things they carried over from the comics

Posted by: Danny89 Aug 3 2018, 05:35 PM

One flew over the cuckoo's nest, Classic movie! Louise Fletcher who plays 'Nurse Ratched' is my favourite ever female performance in a film. Such an underrated forgotten actress who should have gone on to bigger and better things.

Posted by: Mack. Aug 8 2018, 01:25 PM

Closer- 5/10


Posted by: Mack. Aug 16 2018, 11:54 AM

Keith Lemon: The Movie 0/10

Never ever again.

Posted by: Mack. Aug 27 2018, 10:06 PM

Dad's Army 3/10

Very inferior compared to the TV series.

Posted by: Mack. Sep 11 2018, 01:39 PM

Trouble In Store 4/10 (1953)


Posted by: Mack. Sep 19 2018, 02:41 PM

Carry On Constable- 6/10

One of the earlier Carry On films, quite funny still to watch now.


Posted by: HeadlessJockey Oct 2 2018, 03:01 PM

The Dreamers (2003)- 5/10

A strange film to watch.

Posted by: ¡Michael Myers! Oct 6 2018, 01:31 AM

Fell asleep durin a horror movie, Malevolence, on Netflix, woke up at a loud part of t movie, and am now creeped oot

Recommend it as a Halloween flick!!

Posted by: Mack. Nov 28 2018, 11:03 PM

London Has Fallen- 2/10

Posted by: CaptainMackmas Dec 22 2018, 09:07 PM

Uncle Buck (1989)- 5/10

Posted by: Popchartfreak Dec 29 2018, 10:36 AM

The new Marvel universe Spiderman animation is fab, 8 or 9 out of 10, much better than Aquaman. For anyone that loves comic books it's pure delight, the style and pacing and visuals are pure comic book brought to life, great cast of famous names, great characterisation, interesting multiverse plot, amusing, touching, well-written, one of the best films of 2018.

Just fab!

Posted by: Mack. Feb 20 2019, 12:09 AM

Carry On Abroad - 5/10

Posted by: Whoody4Paramore Feb 24 2019, 09:49 AM

The 2016 classic Monster Trucks is on Channel 4 today at 14:20


Posted by: Emna Sophia Mar 19 2019, 11:36 AM

now a days i am watching one Indian series which is amazon film after that i have plan to watch inside edge awesome series

Posted by: jakewild Apr 13 2019, 11:56 AM

highly recommend 'the invisible guest' on netflix. been a while since i've been a-gasp at an ending!

Posted by: candys May 5 2019, 10:43 AM

Rampant - South Korean zombie flick in ancient Korea
Great production values. Story was ok. Enjoyed the action immensely though.
7/10

Posted by: Popchartfreak Sep 3 2019, 06:52 PM

Finally just finished watching the Harry Potter films. I avoided them at first, as I'm not a huge fan of child acting, and the posh school for Wizards thing put me off a bit. I finally got round to watching the last 4 as they came out, then rewatched them recently in the right order (have the blu rays) and finally got the first 4 and watched them in the right order.

While it was kind of fun trying to work out who was who and what their back story was in the later films, it makes more sense to watch them in order laugh.gif I will watch them again, and in the right order next time smile.gif

Posted by: Polly Planturret Sep 4 2019, 10:37 AM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Sep 3 2019, 07:52 PM) *
While it was kind of fun trying to work out who was who and what their back story was in the later films, it makes more sense to watch them in order


You have a really good point!
Some sequels apply continuity from their predecessors, so I find it better to watch the predecessor before the sequel. The MCU Avengers Movies are better to watch when watching them in order.
Same thing goes for some arc-driven TV shows. I remember watching all the Capaldi episodes of Doctor Who as they came out, but when I watched all of Nu Who Series 1-10 last year, I understood the show more and more.

Posted by: Harve Sep 15 2019, 02:46 AM

Just watched 'Berlin Syndrome', SUCH a refreshing, realistic take on the kidnapped-by-psychopath trope.

https://letterboxd.com/harve/film/berlin-syndrome/

Posted by: roman Nov 9 2019, 08:45 PM

I m watching joker movie and I will recommend you also to watch..

Posted by: Liam James Nov 21 2019, 10:11 PM

last night I'm watching for The hard way that's is great movie

Posted by: Lissa Martin Dec 11 2019, 04:39 AM

Really @Juranamo? What you saw??

Posted by: Mack. Feb 16 2020, 01:05 PM

Basic Instinct - 9/10.


Posted by: Mack. Feb 20 2020, 12:38 AM

Geostorm- 4/10.


Posted by: Mack. Mar 24 2020, 12:30 AM

Jurassic Park III- 5/10.


Posted by: WhoOdyssey Apr 29 2020, 01:44 PM

I finally got around to Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa the other day (it's on the BBC iPlayer for 25 more days) and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I've loved all of Alan's series but was always hesitant to watch the film as a lot of British TV shows haven't translated that well to the big screen. I actually think it'll become one of my favourite films with a couple more watches. laugh.gif

I also started Love & Mercy last night (got about half way through), about Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys (on the iPlayer for 26 more days!) and I'm really enjoying that as well. I was expecting to not enjoy the 80s scenes as much, but that hasn't been the case and I was properly gripped until I remembered I had to be up early. laugh.gif

Next up I'll likely watch Claude Barras' My Life as a Courgette as that's on All4!

Posted by: Mack. May 18 2020, 09:55 PM

The Wolverine (2013)- 7/10

Loved it as much as I did when I saw it at the cinema.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Jun 3 2020, 12:52 PM

Some good films I've watched in the last couple of weeks:

Gorillaz: Reject False Icons (2019) - 7/10
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961) - 9/10
Onward (2020) - 7.5/10
Action Point (2018) - 8/10
The Incredible Hulk (2008) - 9/10

I've finally got around to watching all of the MCU laugh.gif up to Thor next!

Posted by: Mack. Jun 30 2020, 11:39 PM

Wild Things (1998)- 4/10
Twister (1996)- 6/10
Basic Instinct (1992)- 9/10

Posted by: saman rad Aug 10 2020, 01:18 PM

Finished Knives Out this movie will gives you the next level suspense on the murder mystery or suicidal, and movie will start with a very interesting rhythm but as it gradually advances. highly recommended.

Posted by: Popchartfreak Aug 10 2020, 04:13 PM

Will Ferrell's Eurovision was great fun.

On DVD, to be honest you can't go wrong with any animated DC movies, always quality. Better than most DC live action films - though the closer they stick to the original animated movie (like the first Wonder Woman) the better they turn out.

I'm looking forward to the Snyder cut Justice League film broken up into 6 installments. Should help me get some sleep, judging by his usual angst-ridden extended-yawnsome-battlescenes snoozefests.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Jan 17 2021, 03:58 PM

Some I've seen since recently (finally getting through the MCU laugh.gif)

Soul (2020) - 10/10. Absolutely loved this, definitely need to give it a rewatch soon. I can certainly see it being up there with my fave Pixar films over time
Ant-Man (2015) - 10/10. Bit of an underrated MCU film I feel? But definitely my favourite so far, excited to watch Ant-Man & the Wasp soon!
Pulp Fiction (1994) - 7/10. Watched this in film studies before Christmas, definitely feels like one I need to watch another time to properly "get". Very interesting to analyse so far though, and I certainly wasn't bored during it.
The SpongBob Movie: Sponge On the Run (2020) - 5/10. Really disappointed by this, I adore the two previous SpongeBob films. The plot for this just didn't seem to be grand enough for a movie, I did enjoy the live-action sequences though and the animation is gorgeous.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) - 10/10. A very fitting end to the series, with an ending I frankly didn't expect which made me quite sad! laugh.gif
The Grinch (2018) - 6/10. Distinctly average really, animation was fun but I can't see myself choosing to watch this over the 70s TV special or Jim Carrey movie.
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) - 8/10. I was very pleasantly surprised by this laugh.gif Nothing groundbreaking but a lot of fun, and has a lot of laughs. Definitely one to check out in December!

Posted by: olvs Mar 25 2021, 03:49 PM

Deadpool 2

By times, crude, juvenile, irreverent, and really clever, Deadpool 2 is perhaps not as good as the first one, but has plenty of laugh-out-loud moments and fun action none-the-less.
Worth a watch 8/10

Posted by: nicjonson Mar 31 2021, 09:17 AM

Hi, I am watching The Queen's Gambit and I am totally recommend it if you like chess.

Posted by: Quarantilas May 3 2021, 08:23 PM

Tonight I watched „Barb and Star go to Vista del Mar” and 10/10 highly recommend. It’s ridiculous camp fun.

Posted by: spiceboy Sep 10 2021, 07:38 PM

I'm watching the Amazon Cinderella after my husband begged me to... and it's terrible lol even he is regretting watching it.

Posted by: Emma Megan Oct 14 2021, 09:58 AM

I watching "Sorry we missed you". This movie is based on a British family's financial struggle.

Posted by: daniel chris Nov 16 2021, 12:51 PM

I am watching - After we fell

Posted by: Mark. Feb 3 2022, 01:24 AM

2 i picked up this week

Ghostbusters Afterlife
Enjoyed it, good how they included the originals.

Wombling Free (1977)
The film that introduced the world to Bonnie Langford and first used the phrase "To Me To You"
so it seems the Chuckle Brothers nicked it from The Wombles lol
2 of the voices of the Wombles in the film were David Jason and Jon Pertwee.
This film hasn't been shown on mainstream TV for decades a quick look at Twitter told me
it was shown on London Live (London area only) in 2019.
Very enjoyable film.
The DVD also contains archive interviews with Bonnie Langford, Lionel Jeffries and David Tomlinson.

Posted by: Mark. Feb 10 2022, 11:26 PM

Just watched Eternals

Posted by: Mark. Feb 17 2022, 09:36 PM

Just a heads up Saturday 9.05pm on Talking Pictures TV
an absolute classic! Kes

https://twitter.com/TalkingPicsTV/status/1494333692612734977

Posted by: Mark. Feb 17 2022, 09:39 PM

Heads up! Carry On Columbus is on @TalkingPicsTV Monday at 9pm

Posted by: Mack. Feb 27 2022, 12:12 PM

QUOTE(Mark. @ Feb 17 2022, 10:39 PM) *
Heads up! Carry On Columbus is on @TalkingPicsTV Monday at 9pm

Missed it, sad.gif Never seen it.

Currently watching Godzilla vs Kong.

Posted by: Mack. Mar 5 2022, 11:20 PM

At the moment, Final Destination 5.

Posted by: olvs Sep 12 2022, 10:05 AM

The Revenant - Really good dont know why I put it off for so long when I knew it was gonna be good also looked great on Oled smile.gif

Posted by: olvs Sep 13 2022, 10:37 AM

The sadness - 9/10

great twist on a pandemic, very original, but warning you now guys..it is quite gory, quite intense! (Love it biggrin.gif).

Posted by: olvs Sep 14 2022, 09:11 AM

Days of thunder, really enjoyed this one, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, great soundtrack and driving scenes, 7/10 nice cast !!

Posted by: olvs Sep 15 2022, 11:16 AM

Just started watching the latest Simon Reeves travel series. South America. 5 episodes all now on Iplayer. Always a good watch.

Posted by: Harve Oct 3 2022, 09:25 AM

Triangle of Sadness is maybe my favourite film of the year. A satire of the rich that's really not subtle at all - I recommend going in blind as I did!

Posted by: A Roba's Tale Dec 26 2022, 01:04 AM

An unusual choice especially for Christmas Day but Some Like It Hot. Actually found it very funny for an very ancient film with Marilyn Monroe in it. No wonder it's held in such regard.

Posted by: Merry Yetmas!!!! Dec 26 2022, 01:50 AM

Got to be Mandy!!! Hilarious!

Posted by: A Roba's Tale Dec 27 2022, 02:38 PM

Never Ending Story 1984 today. Not seen it before but a good film.

Posted by: Merry Yetmas!!!! Dec 27 2022, 02:49 PM

Ewwww worst movie ever!!

Posted by: One_For_Sorrow Jan 28 2023, 06:25 AM

I've recorded all 8 Harry Potter movies and going through watching them all for the first time.

I've watched the first 2 so far and they're really good. Can't believe I didn't give these the time of day until now.

Posted by: Yobnedor Mar 26 2023, 11:20 AM

Just watched “Fall.”

Waste of my life to be honest.

Posted by: JackTheeStallion Mar 26 2023, 06:15 PM

Really?!? I loved Fall, such a fun thrilling film!

Posted by: olvs Jul 8 2023, 09:33 AM

Ronin (1998) - Its been a while since I've watched this and I loved the car chases and seeing the cool 90s cars again. I found this movie on https://ww3.soap2day-online.com/ it is my favorite site with movies and tv shows online. There are movies and tv shows in all genres that are available 24/7 without any restrictions. I like that the collections of movies are structured, and I can use any filter to sort movies by genre, year of release, actor etc.

Posted by: Mark. Aug 6 2023, 09:27 PM

Just watched the Nicholas Cage film Drive Angry
Very good i thought plenty of action

Posted by: Mark. Jan 27 2024, 10:44 PM

Watched No Hard Feelings starring Jennifer Lawrence
Great film very funny

Then watched a Timothy Spall film from 2010 called Reuniting The Rubins.

Now watching Kate and Leopold from 2001 starring Hugh Jackman and Meg Ryan

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