Len Cnut Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie A bit shit I'm sad to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Dog Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 11 minutes ago, Len Cnut said: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie A bit shit I'm sad to say. I actually like the tv show. That's the one with the ladies drinking wine and smoking cigarettes right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I watched he 1995 Judge Dredd this morning. It was honestly not as bad as I expected, even if Sylvester Stallone and Rob Schneider were horribly miscast. But otherwise pretty fun - I like that it actually had a bigger scope than the 2012 Dredd. I love the new one, but it sort of has this bottle episode feel - you don't get the full scale of the 2000 AD universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 6 hours ago, J Dog said: I actually like the tv show. That's the one with the ladies drinking wine and smoking cigarettes right. Exactly yeah. The film was alright too really, shit was a bit of a harsh assessment, I guess cuz of the quality of the show i expected more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) I thought it was a difficult sell stateside because 2000AD is British. How much are Yanks away of Megacity? 2000AD was something I bought growing up. I've never actually seen it (the film) since the year it was released, in the cinema; I recalled it being alright but it was so long ago. I remember that wanky Pam Anderson film being released at around the same time, Barb Wire. Before my cinema got turned into a weatherspoons! Edited November 16, 2016 by DieselDaisy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: I thought it was a difficult sell stateside because 2000AD is British. How much are Yanks away of Megacity? 2000AD was something I bought growing up. I've never actually seen it (the film) since the year it was released, in the cinema; I recalled it being alright but it was so long ago. I remember that wanky Pam Anderson film being released at around the same time, Barb Wire. Before my cinema got turned into a weatherspoons! Thats the first film i ever saw in the cinema, Judge Dredd. My local got turned into a mosque. Cinema I mean. Well, thats not exactly accurate, it was derelict for the first 15 years. The film is far removed from 2000 AD. Edited November 16, 2016 by Len Cnut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Requiem for the American Dream Soaked in Bleach Keep watching these movies like they are connected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Dog Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 The Duel I give it credit for trying something different with a western. Little too slow though. Woody Harrelson is great as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 On 11/15/2016 at 8:15 PM, J Dog said: I actually like the tv show. That's the one with the ladies drinking wine and smoking cigarettes right. yes it is...and they are so funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Family Plot (1976) Hitchcock's final film and from the same writer of North By Northwest so it definitely had some standards to live up to. I think it suffers from revisionist praise in that people are afraid to bash it since it ended up being his last film. The cast is good and the plot is enough to keep you entertained, but it's kind of "meh." You're curious enough to see how it unfolds but there's zero suspense. The more macabre elements of dark humour are pure Hitchcock but it borders on a little too silly at times. It's like watching a Roger Moore Bond flick. Entertaining in its own right, but not necessarily my preferred type of Hitchcock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 2 hours ago, James Bond said: Family Plot (1976) Hitchcock's final film and from the same writer of North By Northwest so it definitely had some standards to live up to. I think it suffers from revisionist praise in that people are afraid to bash it since it ended up being his last film. The cast is good and the plot is enough to keep you entertained, but it's kind of "meh." You're curious enough to see how it unfolds but there's zero suspense. The more macabre elements of dark humour are pure Hitchcock but it borders on a little too silly at times. It's like watching a Roger Moore Bond flick. Entertaining in its own right, but not necessarily my preferred type of Hitchcock. It has the mother from Freaky Friday in it. Of the later films, Frenzy is the greatest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 18 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: It has the mother from Freaky Friday in it. Of the later films, Frenzy is the greatest. I'll have to check it out! I find that even his lesser films are better than some A-list films of today. He was truly magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 On 20/11/2016 at 3:39 PM, James Bond said: I'll have to check it out! I find that even his lesser films are better than some A-list films of today. He was truly magic. Frenzy is a masterpiece. He returns to his English roots, and the film feels a lot more gritty and 'exploitation' than what we generally regard with Hitchcock's films, reflecting the trends in cinema at that time and the fact he was not tied to the American censors. It is certainly his greatest film since Psycho. Of the other 'late' films, Torn Curtain and Topaz are espionage (cold war) thrillers. He used B-Movie and European actors on Topaz; he used unknown British theatre actors for Frenzy. I think he got sick of using 'stars'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 1 hour ago, Oldest Goat said: Sounds good to me. Gonna watch it for the first time right now Didn't he say something like "actors are just like furniture. I put them where they need to be. They only add to the film what I can get them to do." etc etc (I'm paraphrasing) so I think you're probably right about him being tired of hollywood stars or maybe even actors in general Well yes but he also liked pairing a big star name alongside a starlet, Grant-Bergman, Jimmy Stewart-Grace Kelly, etc. The last film in which he used major stars was Torn Curtain, in which he conflicted with Paul Newman's method acting. I think he thought bugger it, I can make this films easier with b-movie, European and theatre actors. He was rather burnt from the experience of star power as Cary Grant had retired rather young and Grace Kelly had of course become Princesses Grace of Monaco. Then you have the whole Tip Hedren thing following that, Birds, Marnie. I think there was an element of Hitchcock reacting to the times also. Old studio-controlled Hollywood was dead by the late '60s (Hollywood itself was suffering a financial crisis); movie brats; method actors; French New Wave (style) was prevalent - ironically you could cite Psycho as a film that instigated some of these trends, at least in Anglo-American cinema. So Hitchcock made this exploitation gritty British thriller. He was rather reacting to the trends of the time. Frenzy was an old master inspired by the ideas of the young, but recalling in someways his youth (it recalls The Lodger,!). He fashioned a superb film indeed. Family Plot was a safe film. I think he was just a bit old and wanted a safe comic piece. I like the film but it is a safe film. I'd like to believe that had he had a few more years he would have put out more pieces like Frenzy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 10 hours ago, Oldest Goat said: That's a real shame. Haven't seen it yet though so maybe I'll still try it out. What's your favourite Hitchcock film? I saw North By Northwest a while ago for the first time and, no homo, Cary Grant is charming as fuck. He is one of the main reasons that movie is so pleasant and entertaining and just totally exudes charm. If you've seen North By Northwest then you've already seen my favourite Hitchcock film (and quite possibly my favourite film of all time). It's so wonderfully written, filmed, and executed, and Cary Grant is just amazing in it. An added bonus for a huge Bond fan like myself is that it satisfyingly answers one of those big movie "what if?" scenarios - what Cary Grant would have been like as James Bond. Bond even stole the entire plane dodge sequence for From Russia With Love! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Pieces of April...an actual Thanksgiving movie! with Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson and Oliver Platt. i watch it every year, tradition 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Dog Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Thanksgiving Day John Wayne marathon. Caught bits and pieces of...The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance....Big Jake....and The Shootist. All classics. Liberty Valance is one of my all time favorite westerns. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 El Rey has a kung fu marathon. The Five Deadly Venoms The Return of the Five Deadly Venoms Love these movies! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Steptoe and Son Steptoe and Son Ride Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 21 hours ago, dontdamnmeuyi2015 said: El Rey has a kung fu marathon. The Five Deadly Venoms The Return of the Five Deadly Venoms Love these movies! but..but...The Quiet Man! the fight scene was paid tribute in two Eastwood movies; Every Which Way But Loose and Anyway Which Way You Can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Not a movie per se, but the South Park Black Friday trilogy makes for a good watch around this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice The Black Cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 22 hours ago, dontdamnmeuyi2015 said: Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice The Black Cat The Black Cat...good film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetchild88 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Binged some movies this past weekend: The Automatic Hate - 7/10 Glengarry Glen Ross - 9/10 I Am Love - 5/10 Infamous - 7/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 2 hours ago, AxlsFavoriteRose said: The Black Cat...good film Well, there seem to be a lot of movies called the black cat. This one was about an old woman who had tons of cats and someone murdered her for her money. I love those old B/W movies. It seemed like simpler times. Plus I love the fashion for the women. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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