tongue_tied_danny Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Contagion I'm in a Covid-19 frame of mind so I stuck this on. It's all a bit "Hollywood" but plausible enough. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Contagion I'm in a Covid-19 frame of mind so I stuck this on. It's all a bit "Hollywood" but plausible enough. 7/10Try Pandemic on Netflix. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Look Who's Back (2015) Pretty hilarious satire based on the book by Timur Vermes. Adolf Hitler is somehow transported to modern day and wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. People see him as a flawless impersonator who refuses to break character. The ranting Hitler goes viral, becomes a YouTube star, gets his own TV show, and people begin to listen. Some really funny scenes, like Hitler trying to raise money by doing sketches in town square and there's a great scene later which parodies the famous Hitler rant in the film Downfall. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, JustOneCornetto said: Look Who's Back (2015) Pretty hilarious satire based on the book by Timur Vermes. Adolf Hitler is somehow transported to modern day and wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. People see him as a flawless impersonator who refuses to break character. The ranting Hitler goes viral, becomes a YouTube star, gets his own TV show, and people begin to listen. Some really funny scenes, like Hitler trying to raise money by doing sketches in town square and there's a great scene later which parodies the famous Hitler rant in the film Downfall. 8/10 I watched that on youtube a few months ago. It was pretty funny. Anyway, I got dragged to see Cats in the cinema through my work. It was quite bad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Would imagine webrips will be available a day or so after digital release ; https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/film/universal-pictures-make-cinema-releases-21704388.amp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Escape From Pretoria 7/10Im a sucker for a prison break type films and enjoyed this despite some dodgy South African accentsBlack And Blue 6/10Rookie policewoman catches her colleagues on her bodycam murdering a group of drug dealers and becomes the hunted in a run down area. Plenty shady cops and not many people she can trustSiege At Jadotsville 7/10Group of Irish soldiers get sent on a UN peacekeeping trip to the Congo. It goes tits up and they end up in a Zulu-type scenario with the numbers against them and no help forthcoming 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Kokoda: 39th Battalion (2006) Movie about a group of reservist/part-time Australian soldiers tasked with defending the Kokoda Trail to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea against the invading Japanese Army. Horrific conditions, malaria, dysentry & tropical jungle combat. Not really a part of WWII that gets a lot of attention on movies, it's worth watching. Next stop for the Japanese could well have been Australia, it's a decent enough true story Oz flag waver. 7.5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Dead Man's Shoes (2005) Seen this a few times now, love it. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassnahalf Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 The Talented Mr Ripley. Matt Damon excels as the psycopathic pianist. 9/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 On 17/03/2020 at 20:56, MixuFixit said: Spenser Confidential Mark Wahlberg cop movie on Netflix. Decent enough film, some fun action sequences, veers a bit too suddenly from humour to drama at times. Alan Arkin is underused. 7/10 7 is probably about right, wouldn't grumble at 6 but any higher or lower is wrong. Decent way to spend a couple of hours but won't watch again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Hobo with a shotgunCould be a documentary soon[emoji38] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 A Dandy in Aspic 1960s cold war spy thriller. Very dated and with a confusing storyline but the visuals were good. Some stunning shots of London and Berlin scenery. 5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worktheshaft Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Withnail and I. A classic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 My family has been having a movie night every night while under self-isolation. Kid #1 is 13, Kid #2 is 11. Movie 1 (Kid #1) -- Rocketman 8/10. Really enjoyed this. Loved the surreal approach. Taron Egerton was a great lead and who'd've thunk that kid out of Press Gang could direct a movie as well as this? Movie 2 (Kid #2) -- Bohemian Rhapsody 2/10. Hated it more at home than I did at the cinema. Movie 3 (Me) -- Happy Death Day 7/10. Cracking PG13 horror movie. Kids loved it, even the one that hates horror movies. Jessica "Something For The Dads" Rothe, who was 29 when she was playing a college student, is a total wid, which doesn't hurt. Movie 4 (Missus) -- Some Like It Hot 8/10. I used to think of this as an easy 10/10 movie. It's not aged all that well. Jack Lemmon is creepy as f**k and Tony Curtis is pretending to be an impotent millionaire so Marilyn Monroe will give him his hole. Still funny. Movie 5 (Kid #1) -- Happy Death Day 2U 7.5/10. A better movie than the original although not a horror movie at all. It's fun. It's funny. It's a clever wee story. Everyone loved it. I've been threatening the family with Evil Dead 2 for my next pick. Does that make me a bad person? I think it might help 11 year old Kid #2 approach horror in a different way. Or scar her forever. Thoughts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 4 hours ago, MixuFixit said: You could argue that evil dead 3 is a safer introduction but then all the jokes about Ash's knows-the-ropes-by-now demeanour won't make sense. The chainsawing his evil hand off scene in evil dead 2 is a wee bit strong for kids that age imo I watched it again last night myself and yeah, I reckon it’s maybe a couple of years yet before I should share. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 The Informer 6/10Convicted felon gets put back in prison to set up a the Polish mob. Decent cast on paper, Joel Kinnaman, Ana De Armas, Rosamund Pike and Clive Owen. The Good Liar 6/10Helen Mirren and Ian Mckellen is what at first appears to be an elderly conman story but turns into something a lot more sinister. The two leads are very good as expected but theres something lacking 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 The Banker, The Invisible Man, The Hunt have all been released on VOD early. First two are good, third is watchable. New Ben Affleck and Vin Diesel movies are also being released on VOD on the 24th. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Goon DVD 8/10 Unexpectedly excellent comedy starring Sean William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill and Liev Schrieber. Surprisingly touching as well. Makes me really want to watch ice hockey and move to Halifax in Canada. Definitely going to see Dundee Stars once they're back. Goon: Last Of The Enforcers Netflix 7/10 Entertaining follow up to Goon. Much of the same humour and warmth is present here as the first. Falls a bit short but still funny and still warm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 13 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Goon DVD 8/10 Unexpectedly excellent comedy starring Sean William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill and Liev Schrieber. Surprisingly touching as well. Makes me really want to watch ice hockey and move to Halifax in Canada. Definitely going to see Dundee Stars once they're back. Goon: Last Of The Enforcers Netflix 7/10 Entertaining follow up to Goon. Much of the same humour and warmth is present here as the first. Falls a bit short but still funny and still warm. They're both decent enough but Slapshot and Youngblood are both much better ice hockey films. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) 41 minutes ago, tongue_tied_danny said: They're both decent enough but Slapshot and Youngblood are both much better ice hockey films. Haven't seen them. Will look them up. But do they have Alison Pill? She looks like a fairly attractive woman but when she smiles her whole face lights up and makes your soul light up. Edited March 21, 2020 by DA Baracus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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