Witness For The Prosecution - The ending felt rushed which took a little bit of the gloss away for me. Still a fine movie if not quite up there with Wilder's best.
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Victor Frankenstein
Boring retreading of the old Frankenstein story. McCavoy goes over the top but was fun. Radcliffe was abysmal. Very forgettable movie 4/10
Boring retreading of the old Frankenstein story. McCavoy goes over the top but was fun. Radcliffe was abysmal. Very forgettable movie 4/10
The Literature Faculty here is showing horror films every wednesday in preparation for Halloween. Movie, popcorn, coffee and beer. All for free. So, I went to watch Grave Encounters last night. It parodies those ghost hunting shows. A ghost hunting crew go into a haunted psychiatric hospital and start manufacturing evidence of ghosts until of course, the actual demons appear. It was pretty fun, although I probably wouldn't have liked it if I watched it at home by myself without the beer.
This was the third movie they showed. Next wednesday is the last one. They'll show It Follows, which I've heard good things about and then they'll take us around the city a bit telling some spooky stories that happened in Porto. Should be fun.
This was the third movie they showed. Next wednesday is the last one. They'll show It Follows, which I've heard good things about and then they'll take us around the city a bit telling some spooky stories that happened in Porto. Should be fun.
It follow is really good for the first half or so.
i really didn't like it once the monster became "physical"
You didn't hang around to watch it. Are you sure you hated the second one so much.I'm looking forward to the day pauldy reviews Salò.
boring night shift.
For all of the arse stuff in Human Centipede, at least that doesn't actually have someone eating a spoonful of shit in it. Salo is an odd one- blast from the past too.Had to search it and just seen a clip of it
I think it breaks the record for longest parental advisory on imdb. Gets 12!/10 for nudity!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073650/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
12!/10
Yeah, never seen that before. It is a pretty full-on film. Saw it 8-9 years ago- a then colleague's father-in-law was heavily into porn and weird films and used to lend him them. Wasn't a great watch from memory.
It's a very difficult film to sit through, but there's a message behind it all.
Don't eat shit.
Don't eat shit.
Damn and I thought the message was exactly the opposite
Guess I need to make new plans for dinner.The allegory of physically eating shit to signify life under a dictatorship is not the most subtle.
I saw it when I was 15 and still remember many scenes vividly
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) - Beautiful. It was kinda hard to follow though and it took a while for me to stop correlating Usher with the man who wrote Confessions part 2.
Shootfighter: Fight to death | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105395/?ref_=nv_sr_1
As my antidote to all the movie buffness I see in this thread lately I decided to rewatch this 90's classic. A great 90's artial marts movie that truly displays Bolo Yeung's shiteness as an actor, but awesomeness as a martial artist. There is no concernable plot here, no deeper meaning and hardly any acting talent at display, just the way I like it. Some great fight scenes and one I fondly remember from my childhood.
6,5/10
As my antidote to all the movie buffness I see in this thread lately I decided to rewatch this 90's classic. A great 90's artial marts movie that truly displays Bolo Yeung's shiteness as an actor, but awesomeness as a martial artist. There is no concernable plot here, no deeper meaning and hardly any acting talent at display, just the way I like it. Some great fight scenes and one I fondly remember from my childhood.
6,5/10
Again with the Toblerone slagging!
Halloween 1978 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/?ref_=nv_sr_2
What a movie. The one that started it all. Such suspense and such excitement. A true master of the genre and my fourth favourite from the semi-god that is Carpenter (The thing, BTILC and They Live! being #1, #2 and #3). Sadly the whole concept has been torn to pieces by the lacklustre sequels made by inferior people in later times, perhaps with the exception of Halloween 2 which was co-written by Carpenter himself. Also extra mentions for the movie-score which as normal with Carpenter is synth perfection. The only movies of his which had greater scores is BTILC and They Live!
8/10
What a movie. The one that started it all. Such suspense and such excitement. A true master of the genre and my fourth favourite from the semi-god that is Carpenter (The thing, BTILC and They Live! being #1, #2 and #3). Sadly the whole concept has been torn to pieces by the lacklustre sequels made by inferior people in later times, perhaps with the exception of Halloween 2 which was co-written by Carpenter himself. Also extra mentions for the movie-score which as normal with Carpenter is synth perfection. The only movies of his which had greater scores is BTILC and They Live!
8/10
It's also been a while since I last saw it and I'm in no rush to watch it again but yeah I think that part is in the movie(Don't really want to risk googling women pissing on each other, for obvious reasons) I'm not his biggest fan but I thought Kermode view of the film - ''It's such an unpleasant watch but an important unpleasant watch'' was a good summary of the movie.
The Possession Experiment.
The first 5 mins begins with a strong opening scene of an exorcism. I really thought I was in luck in finding a decent unknown possession film.
The premise of a student doing a school project and attempting to possess himself was interesting enough to me.
The students start the experiment, with a paying audience then they start to play the possession handbook, starting with the Ouija board, why does there always have to be a Ouija board, they see nothing much happened, couple of days later thing do start to happen.
The film is very average.
You have to wait till after the end credits to finish to see the totally predictable ending !
3.5/10
Krampus 2 The Devil Returns.
Five years after the murder of his wife and disappearance of his daughter, former police officer Jeremy Duffin is brought back to help in the hunt for a yuletide monster that punishes children that have been "naughty."
lasted 15 mins and had to turn it off !!
0/10
Helix
A recently promoted cop's lavish new lifestyle is jeopardized when the central computer system that governs his futuristic city pins him for a murder he didn't commit. Now he must return to the ruins he once called home in order to prove his innocence.
Another fecking awful film.
2/10
The first 5 mins begins with a strong opening scene of an exorcism. I really thought I was in luck in finding a decent unknown possession film.
The premise of a student doing a school project and attempting to possess himself was interesting enough to me.
The students start the experiment, with a paying audience then they start to play the possession handbook, starting with the Ouija board, why does there always have to be a Ouija board, they see nothing much happened, couple of days later thing do start to happen.
The film is very average.
You have to wait till after the end credits to finish to see the totally predictable ending !
3.5/10
Krampus 2 The Devil Returns.
Five years after the murder of his wife and disappearance of his daughter, former police officer Jeremy Duffin is brought back to help in the hunt for a yuletide monster that punishes children that have been "naughty."
lasted 15 mins and had to turn it off !!
0/10
Helix
A recently promoted cop's lavish new lifestyle is jeopardized when the central computer system that governs his futuristic city pins him for a murder he didn't commit. Now he must return to the ruins he once called home in order to prove his innocence.
Another fecking awful film.
2/10
There is a bonus, I am in work and getting paidKeep up the stellar work
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This thread has gone to shit
Doctor Strange - hogwash.
There is a bonus, I am in work and getting paid
I'm disappointed to simultaneously learn that there's a sequel to Krampus (which I quite enjoyed) and that it's shit.
Vangle's gone, get over it.pauldyson1uk said:
The Piano - Very good and all, made me wanna check out more of Campion's stuff (the fact that it isn't Champion slightly annoys me for some reason, it's the same with Bill Nigh(b)y). Holly Hunter >>>>>> Meryl Streep.
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She made a good TV show in the last few years too, Top Of The Lake.
I remember reading about it on here at the time.
An Angel at My Table is supposed to be good as well.
I saw Bright Star a few years ago which was alright.
Another six hours well invested.Doctor Strange (2016)
Seen this in 2D at the Odeon this afternoon. Not your conventional super-hero movie but decent fun nonetheless. You even get a brief explanation as to how they have different priorities to the Avengers gang who are referenced a couple of times during the movie. This would probably have been good in 3D but the films seldom justify the extra ticket price outlay, so I didn't bother. This is one of the rare super-hero movies that although chock full of extravagant special effects still manages to tell a story without leaving you somewhat unfulfilled though the characters will probably get more development in future sequels. This is more like an Inception film on steroids with some bits of humour thrown in. Nice teaser at the end which obviously I won't spoil for anyone. Yeah I quite enjoyed this. Be interested to see where this goes in the sequel.
I'm giving this a 7.5/10.
Sorry for posting in the Horror Films thread.
Seen this in 2D at the Odeon this afternoon. Not your conventional super-hero movie but decent fun nonetheless. You even get a brief explanation as to how they have different priorities to the Avengers gang who are referenced a couple of times during the movie. This would probably have been good in 3D but the films seldom justify the extra ticket price outlay, so I didn't bother. This is one of the rare super-hero movies that although chock full of extravagant special effects still manages to tell a story without leaving you somewhat unfulfilled though the characters will probably get more development in future sequels. This is more like an Inception film on steroids with some bits of humour thrown in. Nice teaser at the end which obviously I won't spoil for anyone. Yeah I quite enjoyed this. Be interested to see where this goes in the sequel.
I'm giving this a 7.5/10.
Sorry for posting in the Horror Films thread.
The Music Room - Stunning. Crumbling decadent aristocracy in the face of modernity. I actually put it on again after it had finished, which I never do. There's a song/dance scene towards the end that left me gobsmacked, I actually started welling up...such intensity.
and paid for