Hedgecutter Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Sleeping With the Enemy 6/10 Norrie McCathie played the psycho husband rather well, it must be said. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Sleeping With the Enemy 6/10 Norrie McCathie played the psycho husband rather well, it must be said. I'm guessing Jimmy Black or Peter Hetherston were somehow playing the hero? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 One of the greatest movie comedies ever is on BBC1 right now. It started about 20 minutes ago but you can watch it from the start on iplayer. The Producers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Watched Luca tonight on Disney +. Hardly groundbreaking or one of Pixar's best but still good family fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 On 20/06/2021 at 12:23, BFTD said: The Exterminator 2 (Blu-Ray) - sequel to one of the more memorable sadistic revenge films of the 70's/80's. The Vietnam vet from the first film continues murdering street thugs, before they discover who he is and take their revenge on him, leading him to seek vengeance against them...you get the picture. I vaguely remember finding the first film entertaining in that grim, prurient, exploitation fashion that makes you feel dirty afterwards - I think that's the film where a bad guy gets fed alive into a mincing machine feet first - but this is a pretty dull follow-up from those experts in wringing out pennies at the expense of quality, Cannon Films. It's as Eighties as an Eighties movie can get, with random (and poor) Flashdance sequences and breakdancing, to the kind of post-apocalyptic "street punks" that only existed in the fevered imaginations of wealthy movie producers. Mario Van Peebles hams it up as the gang leader who has a very ill-defined plan to sell lots of drugs to take over the city, and it's also some kind of cult? Very odd, and the set-pieces are generally pretty dire, especially the final showdown which consists of ten minutes of wandering around an abandoned factory for no good reason. Probably best avoided. Only one extra on the Blu-Ray, but it's a revealing one, as it's a brief interview with Cannon's "fixer", a guy they employed to salvage films that had been mishandled by the (often rookie) directors. This film was one of those - he would basically try to take the existing footage and turn it into a more interesting film, which explains the disjointed feel. He wasn't able to obtain the services of the leading actor, who'd already moved on to another film, so he just had a stuntman wear a welder's mask for half the film I'd already seen the Cannon documentary, but the interview really gives even more of an glimpse into what a fly-by-night amateur organisation they were. Edit: forgot to mention that the score sounds remarkably like the MIDI soundtrack to a late-Eighties Sierra Online game performed on a Roland MT-32. Once I realised why it sounded familiar, any shreds of credibility disappeared oot the windae. I love Cannon films. They always remind me of trips to the video rental shop in the 80s. American Ninja and Delta Force are a couple to leap to mind. I think Cobra was Cannon too. Cannon films really should be watched on an old tube TV and a VHS toploader. The original Exterminator film is a classic. Years since I saw it but I do recall a pretty sadistic scene where he exacts horrific vengeance on a perverted politician who had been abusing prostitutes. I've never seen the sequel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 The Day Will Come A Chris Morris movie about the FBI framing vulnerable people up as terrorists. A good watch but it's difficult to call it satire because the reality is as ridiculous and disgusting as the events in the movie. It's not on the same level as Four Lions but it's wort a watch. The end credits are devastating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) Hollywood Vice Squad The recent discussion on this thread about Cannon films reminded me of this 1986 movie. My local video rental store had a copy but my mum thought that I was too young to watch it. I googled it yesterday and found it in full on youtube. It's a typically trashy 80s straight to video feature starring Carrie Fisher and Joey Travolta as unorthodox cops investigating porn and prostitution. There's a fair mix of violence and slapstick. It's like it can't decide if it wants to be serious or a comedy. There's all the usual 80s L.A. cliches, like street punks, hookers, pimps and drag queens. Shite, but entertaining shite. 6/10 Edited June 28, 2021 by Paul Kersey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Office Space 0/10.Son said to watch it saying it was a really funny film.I have to say it's the must boring piece of shit I have ever seen. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorongil Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 19 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: Office Space 0/10. Son said to watch it saying it was a really funny film. I have to say it's the must boring piece of shit I have ever seen. Can’t agree. It’s a classic. It inspire The Office. Ricky even gives Pete Gibbons a mention. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Can’t agree. It’s a classic. It inspire The Office. Ricky even gives Pete Gibbons a mention.I hated The Office as well which explains a lot. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Just turned off King Kong v Godzilla or whatever it is called. I liked the first Godzilla and thought the last one was ok. This had no redeeming features and was boring the shit out of me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 I didn't like the last two so if the new one is worse I probably won't bother! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: Office Space 0/10. Son said to watch it saying it was a really funny film. I have to say it's the must boring piece of shit I have ever seen. Gonna have to go right ahead and disagree with you there. Office Space is a great film - so much so that even Jennifer Aniston comes over well. Did ya get that memo? I'll make sure to send you another copy. Edited June 27, 2021 by paranoid android 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 At Eternity's Gate. 2018. Willem Defoe in a biography about the final years of Vincent van Gogh's life. Good if a little depressing. Dafoe’s best career performance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmen Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Saw Cruella tonight at the cinema.. all of 10 folk in there.9/10 amazing film. I was expecting a kids mushy look at how cruella grew up but it turned out a good look at how cruella came to be. Emma stone was great and Emma Thompson was excellent. All pulls together well into the original Disney story.Dogtainian tomorrow… I hope it’s as good as the original 30 years ago! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmen Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 10/10 for dogtainian. Nostalgia to the max.It took a year of my childhood to get through the same story the film did in 90 mins. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Die Hard with a Vengeance is just starting on itv4. This was actually the first Die Hard movie I saw and I love it. I like the puzzle in the park and I’d plough the German bird. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Clash of the Titans on BBC1. The "special" effects have not aged well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: Clash of the Titans on BBC1. The "special" effects have not aged well. I watched that too. TBH I thought that the ropey effects add to the charm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 On 01/07/2021 at 16:18, steelmen said: 10/10 for dogtainian. Nostalgia to the max. It took a year of my childhood to get through the same story the film did in 90 mins. I loved Dogtanian as a kid. It was high drama at the age of 7. It was also very anti Vatican which was formative. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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