What film did you watch last night?

[cougie uk]

Watched The Old Guard and The Old Guard 2 a few days ago (on different evenings).

A bit daft, rather short on story, given premise rather obvious, etc. but also "fun", mindless action adventure without provoking any thought.

Not something I could recommend or not as much down to taste and mood.

Loved the Old Guard 1. The sequel I thought was awful. Killed it off totally for me.

 

[Pblakeney]

Loved the Old Guard 1. The sequel I thought was awful. Killed it off totally for me.

Likewise.

 

[stephec]

Shock Wave (1977)

A low budget horror featuring that horror staple group of baddies - Nazi zombies.

After the war an SS officer ends up on a deserted island with a group of his creations, and as is sometimes the way of low budget films a big name has been signed up to appear, this time it's Peter Cushing as the SS nutcase.

One day a small holiday fishing boat shipwrecks on the island, and you can probably guess the rest.

Unfortunately it looks like most of the budget was used for Peter Cushing, 3/10.

 

[Ianonabike]

Tár. One of those films that should have won a hatful of Oscars (though it did win many other awards), and didn't. Powerhouse performance by Cate Blanchett.

That looks good, I'm queuing it up for tonight.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The Man in the Hat 8/10

A lovely film set in the French countryside with the protagonist, played by Ciaràn Hinds, in his Fiat 500 being followed by five threatening looking men in a Citroen Dyane, after he sees them dumping a body in a harbour.

It’s a quirky film, which might not be everyone’s cup of tea but I enjoyed it. It was about 15 minutes in when I realised I had been smiling the whole time, just soaking it in. Some pretty good music that, for a change, supported rather than interrupted the story.

Also, there’s very little dialogue and what there is, is French. Ciaràn Hinds has, I think, two lines!

I found it a refreshing change from the usual fare, yet it had comedy, drama, suspense, the lot.

I love that film. Had me grinning throughout.

 

[Animo]

The Town. Ben Affleck directs and stars.

A few clichés in the plot but a good cast including Jeremy Renner and a nice cameo from Pete Postlethwaite. Action sequences are well done. Well worth a look.

 

[dicko]

Erin Brockovich staring Julia Robert’s

 

[cougie uk]

Shock Wave (1977)

A low budget horror featuring that horror staple group of baddies - Nazi zombies.

After the war an SS officer ends up on a deserted island with a group of his creations, and as is sometimes the way of low budget films a big name has been signed up to appear, this time it's Peter Cushing as the SS nutcase.

One day a small holiday fishing boat shipwrecks on the island, and you can probably guess the rest.

Unfortunately it looks like most of the budget was used for Peter Cushing, 3/10.

This does sound amazing tbh.

 

[swee'pea99]

Erin Brockovich staring Julia Robert’s

Love that movie!

"I'm really quite tired."

 

[HLaB]

Something on Amazon Prime about a bomb on a plane, according to the App 'The Fast and the Fierce'. The review says enough but I just let Prime auto play after the previous program the London Railway Murders, and it was easy to follow whilst making tea.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt6580394/

 

[Psamathe]

John Wick No 4 (the one where <spoiler removed>)
Sort of OK.
In so many films these days the "fight sequences" look to me more like a well rehearsed dance - which I suppose it what they really are. And I find they get a bit tiresome.

 

[Animo]

Anyone seen One Battle After Another yet? Getting some rave reviews.

 

[Pblakeney]

John Wick No 4 (the one where <spoiler removed>)
Sort of OK.
In so many films these days the "fight sequences" look to me more like a well rehearsed dance - which I suppose it what they really are. And I find they get a bit tiresome.

That was my review on release. They could have cut 1/2 hour out of the film purely from the fight scenes without losing anything. They are that repetitive.

 

[Binky]

28 Years Later.

Certainly different but very good.

 

[Punkawallah]

Anyone seen One Battle After Another yet? Getting some rave reviews.

Yer. Not last night, though - the other day (matinees being a benefit of retirement). Contemporary psychological thriller, actors pretending to be other people (rather than just their image in another role), worth the £8 ticket price.
My ‘take away’ was DiCaprio’s character trying to contact revolutionary HQ, and being put on ‘hold’ to a Communist speech rather than ‘hold music’.