Apple Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Not a film alas but Money Hiest on Netflix (in Spanish but you can add subtitles) is by far and away the best series I have watched since The West Wing. Superb acting, totally believable. Edge of the seat stuff, all of the time. Plot changes will dazzle you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Butchers and Shepherds on Netflix. Law case about hanging in Both Africa. Hard to watch in places but Coogan is excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 The Midnight Sky, on Netflix. Sc-fi, directed by and starring George Clooney. I liked it, slightly dark and depressing but a good film nevertheless. Clooney's character is convincing as the dying, hopeless scientist slowly failing in a bleak, sparse landscape. SFX and sets are not overdone. I'll give it 7/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 22 hours ago, quilp said: The Midnight Sky, on Netflix. Sc-fi, directed by and starring George Clooney. I liked it, slightly dark and depressing but a good film nevertheless. Clooney's character is convincing as the dying, hopeless scientist slowly failing in a bleak, sparse landscape. SFX and sets are not overdone. I'll give it 7/10. watched it the other night. Opening scenes of mother searching and the realisation at the end were well done. Oil give it an eight... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Tenet on Amazon. Ace! The plot is so confusing it recursively only makes sense once you've watched the film backward on slowmo, but who cares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfish and Coffee Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Videodrome (1983) from director David Cronenberg starring James Woods and Deborah Harry. Ahead of its time dealing with what was essentially proto-virtual reality. and the ending was a complete surprise the first time I saw it. Would definitely recommend though as with most of Cronenberg's material it's heavy on gore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy kettlefish Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 The last I watched was, Went the day well, a 1942 film good British War film a bit cheesy but a OK watch on a Sunday afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfish and Coffee Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Being Join Malkovich (1999), batshit crazy yet brilliant, even if the protagonists are certified bellends. The Arrow Films release for it's 20th anniversary is good value too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opusManx Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) I didn't know where else to put this link for you all, but I found an old movie that I couldn't seem to find anywhere else. Apart from various other media, it has a bunch of old movies for free (a lot are "B movies" and various stuff of questionable merit, but I found some Criterion Collection stuff as well). I used it to watch Seven Samurai and Les Demoiselles de Rochefort. Seven Samurai was the last film I've seen. Incredible, esp. given how long ago it was made. https://archive.org/details/moviesandfilms Edited December 11, 2021 by opusManx correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Don't look up. A pretty good satire. Enjoyed it with the family tonight. What is in many ways terrifying is that the plot and ethos of the movie are actually relatable in our current political environment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opusManx Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) . Edited January 13, 2022 by opusManx added film's release date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 8 hours ago, opusManx said: I felt the same way after a recent viewing of the old film, The Grapes of Wrath (1940). It's basic theme is forced migration due to climate induced poverty, only in this case, the journey and it's tribulations are all within the United States. But it improved my perspective on our current global migration crises. But the dust bowl wasn’t a climate event, directly. The areas it happened had low rainfall, and, from time to time, drought. But on the whole they were grassed and stable. What caused the dust bowl and the associated poverty was human intervention, deep ploughing that removed the roots and moisture that kept the topsoil from blowing away. But, yes, Steinbeck writes a powerful narrative about poverty, disruption, migration, and fear/adverse reaction, enabling modern parallels to be drawn.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opusManx Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 I recently watched all of Wong Kar-Wai's films other than the one that was set in America (I forget why I skipped that one, but it was based on something I read about it). Word of warning: if you don't do subtitles (and don't speak whichever dialect of Chinese they are speaking😮), probably not for you. I think his cinematographer (on most of his films), Christopher Doyle deserves almost as much credit. Very painterly and stylistically unique cinematography. Recurrent themes focus on romantic/sexual relationships and that their evolution is often at the mercy of coincidence and the simple march of time. Colours, clothes and the actors themselves are a feast for the eyes. Certainly not traditional narrative fair in the style of Hollywood (he is Hong Kong based), so not for everyone. Wikipedia gives plenty of useful background info on the director, films and the actors (he tends to use several of the actors recurrently, esp. in a loosely linked trilogy). A good one to start with is "Chungking Express". Much lighter in mood than his other films. This one got him noticed by Western audiences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chungking_Express https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 12/26/2021 at 12:25 AM, Chinahand said: Don't look up. A pretty good satire. Enjoyed it with the family tonight. What is in many ways terrifying is that the plot and ethos of the movie are actually relatable in our current political environment. Unfortunately all too recognisable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 I think Brian Cox makes some good points about the issues Don't Look Up deals with in this conversation: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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