MSU Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Movie 24 (Missus) -- Clue 6.5/10. Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn (wid) and Christopher Lloyd chew their way through the scenery for an hour and a half in this 1985 caper. Decent enough fun with a few laughs and I haven't seen it in about 20 years so I couldn't remember a couple of the three endings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Detoured from my prequels rewatch to watch Solo: A Star War's Story which I've never seen before. It was fine. 6/10. Probably right in the middle of the Star Wars movies, not reaching the heights of the series or plunging the depths of the prequels and Rise of Skywalker. Some of the music in it is genuinely great as well with it sounding like it was inspired by Nier Automata, the Japanese hack and slash RPG. Donald Glover is also always welcome in anything I see him in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) The Titfield Thunderbolt , this afternoon BBC2 2:45 pm . Ealing classic with plenty familiar faces Edited April 8, 2020 by stanton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeArab Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 The Bourne ultimatum. The 3rd Bourne film and not at all boring. If you love action films you’ll enjoy these. They’ve done well to make 3 good films, usually the 2nd or 3rd is just pish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 4 hours ago, FifeArab said: The Bourne ultimatum. What about it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Downhill...3/10. Remake of French film Force Majeure with Will Ferrell who takes his pain in the ass wife and 2 miserable sons to the Alps for a skiing holiday. Something happens which turns the wife against him and it does go downhill after this point. Meant to be a comedy but no laughs and nothing to like about any characters. I won't bother seeking out the original film either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunfermline Don Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Just watched Contagion, a bit far fetched! I can’t imagine anything like that would ever happen!I mean where was the panic buying of toilet roll!The bit at the end though where they show how it started and a bat was involved was rather prophetic considering what is going on right now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Blinded by the LightAs a massive Springsteen fan, I somehow missed this in the cinema but caught it yesterday on Prime. Classic tale of the strict South Asian father who wants to control his son before seeing the error of his ways at the end. Except this time, with the Boss providing the soundtrack!In all seriousness, a well acted, uplifting film with just enough emphasis placed on the songs to avoid becoming a cringe-inducing musical. Good stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on Tuesday, The Girl in the Spiders Web tonight . Daniel Craig version of the Dragon Tattoo is ok but is nowhere near as good as the original Swedish made trilogy of films and not as good as the books . It's a pity they missed out on the follow up books when they decided to make the sequel seems a bit strange but I'm not sure if there was a rights issue on the books , I know a sequel was planned but it got cancelled , before someone else decided to make the spiders web film . Both ar very watchable but not for those of a squeamish disposition or those who're not keen on violence, Lisbeth is not someone I'd want to get on the wrong side of . For those who enjoy Ealing comedies Whisky Galore is on tomorrow afternoon on BBC2 at 3:25 pm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 54 minutes ago, stanton said: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on Tuesday, The Girl in the Spiders Web tonight . Daniel Craig version of the Dragon Tattoo is ok but is nowhere near as good as the original Swedish made trilogy of films and not as good as the books . You're being kind. I thought the original trilogy was terrific as books and films and that the Daniel Craig version was a bit embarrassing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 The Platform New Spanish film on Netflix. I really enjoyed it. If you want a horror to be gross, have some gore but also make you think deeply about society, then this is your film. The missus doesn't like watching subtitled films so I changed it to the English dub which takes some of the impact away IMO. Brilliant wee film. And the old guy puts in a cracking performance. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Movie 25 (Kid #1) -- Hobbs & Shaw 5.5/10. Mindless pass-the-time stuff, I suppose, and I'll have forgotten 90% of what I just watched by the end of this paragraph. Way too long, too stupid, too many corny lines honking their way out of The Rock and Jason Statham, way too may close ups of Statham's feet as he changes gear or slams on the brakes, way too much Kevin Hart (who's in it for maybe three minutes). Another one that was good for catching up on Words with Friends and I completed the 2020 Census. Yay me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Scan Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 On 07/04/2020 at 20:53, Trackdaybob said: Rise Of The Footsoldier 4. Cockney overload. They all say c**t a lot. Plenty gratuitous violence for you if that's your thing. Some tits too. 3/10 and only 3 because Emily Wyatt is seriously fit else it's a 2. This just in............, they leave it open for a ROTF5 Jings! I thought it was a lot funnier than the others I give it a 5 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 The Wave (2008) German movie set in a High School, an idealistic social sciences teacher has to teach pupils a week-long project, on Autocracy. Some kids are hooked, one or two others rebel. Things start to spiral out of control rapidly. It's a very good movie which is seemingly based on an experiment carried out in a US high school in the 1960's. Recommended 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeArab Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Zombieland. 2009.It’s 2 sisters and 2 randoms going across USA during a zombie outbreak like the name suggests.It’s your usual horror comedy and If you like Superbad, Knocked Up and all that you’ll enjoy this. Decent laughs but wouldn’t watch again 6/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Splinter Horrendous horror that uses the stereotypical hole yourself up in a shop whilst unknown predators show up. In this case, a basic parasite that takes over the human body. Really, really bad sound quality. One of those that uses music to create an ambience but you can't hear what the characters are saying due to them mumbling. Jill Wagner stars in it so plus points for that as she resembles the hottie from Lost: Other than that, complete pish! More plot holes than an episode of Scooby Doo. 1/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Movie 26 (Kid #2) -- Instant Family 6/10. Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne adopt kids that don't want to be adopted until they absolutely want to be adopted. It was nice enough. Given I was watching with kids that are my step-kids and I got away fairly scot free ... yeah, let's say 6. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 The Snowman , more Scandig Noir . Have read some of Joe Nesbo's Harry Hole books ( currently reading The Redbreast ) Michael Fassbender wasn't quite how I'd imagined the main character. It's not the best film I've seen over the last two weeks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 (edited) Les Valseuses Gerard Depardieu and his mate are pair of creepy weirdos who travel around France harassing women and committing petty crime. Quite possibly the most misogynistic film ever made but amusing and very entertaining all the same. 9/10 There's now an American remake called The Jesus Rolls starting John Turturro. His character, Jesus, is the same character that he plays in The Big Lebowski. I shudder to think about how shite it will be. Edited April 10, 2020 by tongue_tied_danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 (edited) The Towering Inferno on TCM now . Typical 70's disaster movie with an all star cast , that used always get shown at Christmas or on Bank Holidays . Looks a wee bit dated nowadays , no CGI or green screen back then Edited April 10, 2020 by stanton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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