Ludo*1 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Martyrs Probably my favourite 'shock' film. Has decent themes rather than just going out to shock, which it also does pretty well. A lot better than the likes of A Serbian Film & The Human Centipede and it shouldn't be categorized with them. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkinFighter Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 American Reunion - 10/10 As massive fan of all the original cast films this ticks all the boxes, go see it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_bairn Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Avengers 7/10 This was cool and good fun. 3D was good too. Had the right amount of laughs with some great CGI. The Hulk is awesome. This is how big budget comic book movies should be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Nightmare Concert (A Cat in the Brain) (1990) Lucio Fulci is making a horror film within this film, and a copycat killer is carrying out similar murders in real life at the same time. Normally Fulci's films are pretty bloody, and with dodgy special effects... but they tend to work given they were made in the 70s. This doesn't though, it's a 90s effort that cost $100k... and it looks it! I know it's meant to be a 'self parody', but it doesn't work at all! It was banned for over a decade, but is available now uncut. Don't waste your time with this one. 4/10 - mainly as I like the concept, and the scene where he sticks a woman's head in microwave yet you can see it's just her standing behind a cut off bit of cardboard, and her fully clothed shoulder is visible, made me laugh! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_bairn Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 (edited) Warrior. 7 or 8 out of 10 (finding this hard to mark) This was great and a must see if you like films like Rocky and The Fighter. Basically this is a film based on mma. A broken family forced to confront through the sport. As these types of films go its quite predictable but the story outwith the fight scenes is emotional and that's down to the excellent acting. Highly recommend. Edit: Deserves an 8. Edited May 2, 2012 by young_bairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Badlands It was in this month's Empire's "masterpiece" section, after reading it I couldn't resist getting out the old DVD of Terrence Malick's debut, the story of two lovers on the run. Apparently Malick was really into Arthur Penn at the time, but denied he was trying to copy Bonnie And Clyde... Anyway, it's much more conventional than his later stuff, and there's more killing and stuff, so for those that were too closed-minded to enjoy The Tree Of Life, maybe this is one to take a chance on. It's very cleverly done: the quiet, sedate tone makes it seem more a romance than anything else, and the snowballing mass-murder almost passes you by. There's a lot of poetry in Sissy Spacek's voiceover, and the Malick cinematography is beautiful as ever. Spacek and Martin Sheen shine as the young couple, both perfect for their very different roles. It's a brilliant film and very ambitious for a debut but in the end as a piece doesn't amount to the same as Days Of Heaven or The Thin Red Line- that's what I'll always compare it to. 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Strangers on a Train (1951) Two strangers meet on a train, and one introduces the idea that they should dispose of each other's problem. Not as entertaining as some of Hitchcock's other films, however the concluding scene is well worth the wait. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Just watched Free Willy tonight - I expected shit and I got relatively watchable shit. I count that as a win Was somewhat disappointed that young Jessy wasn't crushed to death by big Boaby the Orca at the end but oh well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans_Husband Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Strangers on a Train (1951) Two strangers meet on a train, and one introduces the idea that they should dispose of each other's problem. Not as entertaining as some of Hitchcock's other films, however the concluding scene is well worth the wait. 8/10 Possibly my favourite Hitchcock film, even though the roundabout scene doesn't work very well. Robert Walker is simply amazing in it. An interesting and tortured actor, he died while making his next film. His son Robert Walker Jnr looks almost identical to him and popped up in loads of TV stuff. I'll need to check out if Jnr ever played Jesus, he would have been good at that - in a sinister way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleyjaggi Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 The Devil inside Up there with the worst films I've ever seen. They couldnt even be arsed giving it an ending. Not even funny bad. Pure pish . 0 / 10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 The Devil inside Up there with the worst films I've ever seen. They couldnt even be arsed giving it an ending. Not even funny bad. Pure pish . 0 / 10 There hasn't been a good exorcism film since The Exorcist in 1973... they should just give up! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 I thought The Last Exorcism was great fun. Plus Exorcist 3 has one of the best jump scares ever, but the movie itself is shite. Worth a mention though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Aye. I lost my shit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewartyMac Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Avengers Assemble, 9/10 For a Marvel afficianado (aye ok, geek) like myself, this was movie heaven. 3d as well! A few of the individual hero films haven't been great, but this was tremendous. The Hulk was a revelation in this, much more like his comic book self, and the best portrayal of the character on the big screen to date. Canny wait for the next one. I want to see The Vision in a future edition... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Canny wait for the next one. I want to see The Vision in a future edition... Let me just throw something at you, Whedon writing Spider-man dialogue. Someone, somewhere needs to fund this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarusQPFC Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Avengers Assemble - 10/10 Just back from seeing this. Big superhero movie fan and this film admittedly has been on the backburner for me as The Dark Knight Rises has nearly all my attention. Well it used to.. From the get go this film is just excellent, storyline is excellently paced and plays out well, the only area they were a little vague on was Thor's return from Asgaard, but its acceptable. The fight scenes are numerous and varied, the action is everything you would want in a Marvel film. Theres several references to prior events from all previous films that helps settle the film in the universe, and you truely feel all those films were leading to this point. All the cast get enough screen time on thier own and as part of the team to keep everyone happy. For me the two standout characters in this film were the villian Loki and not Bruce Banner, but his alter ego, The Hulk. Loki works well as the films villian, he is bold enough and controlling enough during the events of the film, and when he smiles you know something is up. The Hulk steals it for me as he is surprisingly funny in his appearance's, and there is subtle hints that there is more to him than his rage. And when these two characters finally meet, its quite comical. The films finale, in now way feels rushed or disapointing. One of the things that left me unhappy with Thor was that the films ending was far too quick and you didnt get a true battle as you should. That is definetly not the case here, the ending is marvelous. Watching the character's working together is done excellently and will be an absolute delight for all Marvel fans. I generally dont give films a perfect rating, but there was no moment in the film that left me unhappy or puzzled. Thor's arrival is indeed a little vague, but in no way does it ruin anything. Im still convinced The Dark Knight Rises will top this film, but its not gonna be easy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunfellaff Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 (edited) There hasn't been a good exorcism film since The Exorcist in 1973... they should just give up! Repossessed Edit for: Constantine as well........... Edited May 5, 2012 by wunfellaff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 The Good Girl Quite a decent cast with Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Aniston and Zooe Deschanel. Aniston plays a bored store clerk who is fed up with her life until she meets a young writer (played by Gyllenhaal) whom she strats an affair with. Not a bad film but not great either. Jennifer Anniston is excellent though and it's good to see her in something different than her ususal rom com shite. all in all enjoyable but I doubt I'll watch it again. 5.5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 (edited) Switchblade Romance - 7/10 French horror film, not bad for what it was. Have to say though the twist was pretty obvious: It doesn't take a genius to work out that the main bird would be the killer, and that the guy you see doing is just her split personality. First of all she fancies her mate, and the film's called Switchblade Romance. Secondly, when she talked about a dream when she's running away from herself two minutes in, it wasn't hard to work out what her running away from a serial killer would mean. I'm sure it wasn't done on purpose, but the film could be easily mistaken as having an extremely homophobic message: It almost looked like the film was comparing being a closet lesbian to having an imaginery big, fat, ugly murderous man inside you. Hollywood would love that shit. Edit: I was watching the special features and there's a big long interview with the main bird Cecile De France, when she's not all skinny and lesbianish. My word as big Ray Wilkins would say. Edited May 6, 2012 by Guest 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarusQPFC Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Repossessed Edit for: Constantine as well........... I second this 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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