Arch Stanton Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Never understand how Duel isn't mentioned more often when people talk about Spielberg's best films. It is fucking ace. It's classed as a TV Movie, wrongly IMO because, although that's how it's perceived in the USA, for its theatrical release it was extended to 90-ish minutes which made it a 'feature film'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Assassins Documentary about the two girls duped by the North Koreans into murdering Kim Jong-nam at KL airport in 2017........8/10. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I watched Groundhog Day. I forgot how good Bill Murray is in it. Listening to Sonny and Cher and having to meet Ned Ryerson everyday would drive me insane. A very good film, and quite possibly Egon Spengler's best work as a director. 8/10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 6 minutes ago, Loki said: I watched Groundhog Day. I forgot how good Bill Murray is in it. Listening to Sonny and Cher and having to meet Ned Ryerson everyday would drive me insane. A very good film, and quite possibly Egon Spengler's best work as a director. 8/10 Big fan of your work 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I watched Groundhog Day. I forgot how good Bill Murray is in it. Listening to Sonny and Cher and having to meet Ned Ryerson everyday would drive me insane. A very good film, and quite possibly Egon Spengler's best work as a director. 8/10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConcernedReferee Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Apocalypse Now - owned the DVD for years but never sat down to give it a watch, it really struck me how much it looked like the middle of a warzone, real gruesome movie, crazy to think its from the 1970's, still really enjoyable though and I've been hearing the making of documentary 'Heart of Darkness' is a good watch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 6 minutes ago, ConcernedReferee said: Apocalypse Now -crazy to think its from the 1970's, still really enjoyable though The 70s is the best decade for films! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConcernedReferee Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Just now, Detournement said: The 70s is the best decade for films! Certainly can't argue against that but I mean more Apocalypse Now doesn't *look* like a 70's film, although I suppose it was 1979 so a bit on the edge there lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I watched Groundhog Day. I forgot how good Bill Murray is in it. Listening to Sonny and Cher and having to meet Ned Ryerson everyday would drive me insane. A very good film, and quite possibly Egon Spengler's best work as a director. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) Watched Kenneth Branagh's 1989 adaptation of Shakespeare's play Henry V last night. Dunno how many P&Bers who take enjoyment from Shakespeare or his plays' adaptations, but this was certainly one of the best imo. Equal parts very dramatic and yet realistic to the time period, easy to follow, fantastic acting (a surprisingly great cast, including kid Christian Bale), and a brilliant score. Had seen Olivier's 1945 version a few years ago, and though the set pieces are cool and he's a great actor, it still feels like a slog and overly patriotic having been made during WW2. Branagh's film meanwhile is full of the post-Vietnam and post-Falklands distaste for war and highlighting the miserable truth of it along with the dramatic Shakespearean style, and for a lad of 27 Branagh does a cracking job as star and director. Easy 8/10 for me, could be 9 after a rewatch. Edited February 2, 2021 by RossBFaeDundee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 16 hours ago, Detournement said: The 70s is the best decade for films! It's not even a competition 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 The first two Godfathers already give it a million point head start. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: It's not even a competition 2 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: The first two Godfathers already give it a million point head start. To back up my point I watched The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie directed by John Cassavettes last night. Ben Gazarra plays a nightclub owner who gets into gambling debts which leads towards the Chinese bookie. Gazzara's performance is brilliant and he has the smoothest voice, the hoods are genuinely nasty guys and the girls that work in the club have some of the best tits in cinema history. The final action sequences really ramp up the tension but it ends in an interesting original way. These days it would have to be a Ryan Gosling type but old scummy looking actors are the best. I immediately recognised the guy in the middle as the sniper rifle guy from Kubrick's The Killing. Googled him and he is Timothy Carey and apparently a bit of a lunatic in real life which comes across vividly on screen. Edited February 3, 2021 by Detournement 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Jazz Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 5 hours ago, Detournement said: To back up my point I watched The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie directed by John Cassavettes last night. Ben Gazarra plays a nightclub owner who gets into gambling debts which leads towards the Chinese bookie. Gazzara's performance is brilliant and he has the smoothest voice, the hoods are genuinely nasty guys and the girls that work in the club have some of the best tits in cinema history. The final action sequences really ramp up the tension but it ends in an interesting original way. These days it would have to be a Ryan Gosling type but old scummy looking actors are the best. I immediately recognised the guy in the middle as the sniper rifle guy from Kubrick's The Killing. Googled him and he is Timothy Carey and apparently a bit of a lunatic in real life which comes across vividly on screen. The brilliant Seymour Cassel as one of the hoods as well. Great film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Saint Maud.........Didn't get this at all...terrible...3/10. Palmer..........mentioned by someone here last week. Justin Timberlake comes out of jail and ends up befriending a young boy whose mother is a waste of space. Great performances from both....8/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Chinese Bookie's a great film. Looked for other Cassavettes films but didn't like the look of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Wilkos Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 The Girl With All The Gifts (2016) Not your usual infected/zombie dystopian movie, this was excellent. From the opening scenes you are hooked in. Recommended 9/10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 The End of Evangelion (1997). Apocalyptic Anime Sci Fi. Visually incredible. Makes you work a bit to work out what's going on or has been going on, but not too hard. A bit avant garde in the structure. Only criticism is that the jism in the opening scene could have been better drawn. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Escaflowne: The Movie Lovely animation, OST is fantastic, as expected from Yoko Kanno, but the run time rips the guts of the tv show's story. Still passable, but not the same. 6/10 Edited February 4, 2021 by Comrie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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