What film did you watch last night?

[AndyRM]

Cabin Fever (2016) courtesy of Netflix.

Oh dear....

I'd forgotten about that crappy remake. The original (which was only 15 years old FFS) is really good. There are some properly gruesome bits that still make me feel a bit ill.

 

[Drago]

A Good Year.

A Rom com drama that's so treacly nice and goody goody that even Mrs D nearly puked, and she liked Mama Mia! Dreadful, awful, horrible film with nomredeeming features whatsoever...except that Russell Crowe's character drives a Smart Car, which means this film earns a 10.5/10.

 

[keithmac]

Watched Knight Rider 2000 last week, absolute classic!.

Watched Sully last night, very good film and even better being based on a true story.

District 9's on in 10 minutes, would be rude not to give it another watch..

 

[stephec]

Gorky Park.

'Ah good,' thinks I after the first few minutes, 'at least it's not going to be American and British actors putting on silly Soviet accents.'

Then I'm greeted by Alexi Sayle and Michael Elphick, what a hoot.

All in it's not a bad film, 6/10.

 

[Profpointy]

Just started watching the Zatoichi series of samurai films, the title character being a blind master swordsman living a more mundane life but being dragged back into violence and righting wrongs. Wow, they're good. Started with Zatoichi's Cane Sword, was enthralled: superb acting, prefectly paced (slow) build up of characters and motivation, interspesed with sudden violent sword fights. In this one a key element is the local blacksmith noticing that Zatoichi's sword having a hidden crack and being likely to break - leading up to the final shwodown with the baddie
And people say sequels are ropey - this is the 15th movie apparently !
Now started watching them from the first movie - all on youtube.

I had quite wrongly categorised Zatoichi as B-movie fare compared to (say) Kurosawa's masterpieces, but these really are quality movies, at least going by the 3 I've so far watched

 

[Tin Pot]

The Beyond, Netflix.

Good sci fi, story clearly outstrips the budget, but possibly the only recent cheap sci fi I’d recommend.

8/10

 

[Threevok]

Rampage

If (like me) you love totally unbelievable, rubber monster, action movies - then this is for you

7/10

 

[gbb]

The Beyond, Netflix.

Good sci fi, story clearly outstrips the budget, but possibly the only recent cheap sci fi I’d recommend.

8/10

Watched it too.
I came away thinking the idea / storyline was quite different and good although it lacked much pace...almost an amble through the story as it was recounted by the players.

 

[AndyRM]

American Assassin - 3/10

Predictable gung ho America f*ck yeah terrorist gubbins featuring some truly crap CGI but a good cast let down by a terrible script and totally implausible developments.

 

[AndyRM]

#Horror - 4/10

Generic horror story of bratty kids left alone in a "haunted" house. The acting and dialogue is mostly dire, and the weird social media effects don't particularly reflect how it actually looks which is very jarring. That said, it's really well shot and Subkoff clearly has an eye for what works in a horror film.

 

[Stephenite]

The Death Of Stalin. - Dark humour. Good film.

 

[Stephenite]

The Beyond, Netflix.

Good sci fi, story clearly outstrips the budget, but possibly the only recent cheap sci fi I’d recommend.

8/10

The Beyond, (not on norwegian) Netflix.

- "something to look forward to, then."

 

[Tin Pot]

Watched it too.
I came away thinking the idea / storyline was quite different and good although it lacked much pace...almost an amble through the story as it was recounted by the players.

Agreed. Documentary style seems a bit overused these days too, but neverthelesss...

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

The Jurassic Games.
Cheap n cheerful Running Man meets the Jurassic Park.
Cheap effects, predictable outcome, nondescript characters.
0.5632/10

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Jumanji - Welcome to the jungle.
Quite well handled, and even survives a couple of willy gags.
5/10