What film did you watch last night?

[Mo1959]

Just watched Rescued by Ruby on Netflix. Just a feel good film about a guy in the Canadian police who takes on a rescue dog and gets into the K-9 unit. Says it was based on a true story. I do like a slightly soppy dog film. 🐶

 

[Hitchington]

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I love View Attachment, and as sequels go View Attachment 2 and 3 were not too bad. But they really should have stopped making them after 100 or 200.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Dead of Night

1945 horror anthology. Well, "horror" is overstating things a little. Man meets people from his recurring dream, each one tells a spooky tale. And there is a twist at the end.

One of the tales features Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne, a duo who crop up in a number of films, including The Lady Vanishes.

The last spooky tale is the only really powerful one, where Michael Redgrave has problems with Hugo, his ventriloquists dummy.

 

[dicko]

The Yangtze Incident starring Richard Todd.

 

[cougie uk]

Titane on All 4. Absolutely barking french film. Nothing about titanium frames but I think the title comes from the titanium plate surgically implanted in the head or our heroine.

You'll not forget it in a hurry.

 

[Profpointy]

The Yangtze Incident starring Richard Todd.

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Relatively recently I heard one of our physics teachers served on the Amethyst during the "incident". We never knew back in the day.

 

[Profpointy]

On BBC we just watched "The man who never was", which was recently remade as "mincemeat". I enjoyed the recent remake which we saw in the pictures, but the 1955 original is very very good indeed. I'd seen it as a kid, but as the cinema sophisticate like wot I now am, I appreciate it far more as an exceptionally well crafted film. The cinematography is really outstanding, and the pace, storytelling, and acting is all first rate too. As I say, I enjoyed "mincemeat" but the original is much much better. The highlight for me is the scene with the lab boffin. The way he handles the test tubes, and opens the stopper on a reagent bottle with the little finger of the hand holding the test-tube is exactly what you are taught in a chem lab. Either a real chemist has advised or the actor himself has done at least A level ("higher" as it would have been back then). I almost gasped out loud at the attention to detail.

Anyhow, and enthralling and exceptionally good bit of filmaking and storytelling

 

[Chislenko]

I watched this and I will never get those two hours back.

To make matters worse it was supposed to be set in North Wales but most of the actors were speaking South Walian.

https://ffilmcymruwales.com/our-work/gwledd-feast

 

[cougie uk]

On BBC we just watched "The man who never was", which was recently remade as "mincemeat". I enjoyed the recent remake which we saw in the pictures, but the 1955 original is very very good indeed. I'd seen it as a kid, but as the cinema sophisticate like wot I now am, I appreciate it far more as an exceptionally well crafted film. The cinematography is really outstanding, and the pace, storytelling, and acting is all first rate too. As I say, I enjoyed "mincemeat" but the original is much much better. The highlight for me is the scene with the lab boffin. The way he handles the test tubes, and opens the stopper on a reagent bottle with the little finger of the hand holding the test-tube is exactly what you are taught in a chem lab. Either a real chemist has advised or the actor himself has done at least A level ("higher" as it would have been back then). I almost gasped out loud at the attention to detail.

Anyhow, and enthralling and exceptionally good bit of filmaking and storytelling

They've made a musical out of it now - sounds incredibly unlikely but it's getting rave reviews in the West End.

 

[Adam4868]

In The Earth ....Folk Horror/Horror from Ben Wheatley.
Wanted to see if for a while as I do like his other films,loved A Field in England.What can I say about it ? Trippy and gory.... dystopian horror which was beautifully filmed.Bit of a wilderness survival sort of film.Definately worth a watch though.

 

[AndyRM]

In The Earth ....Folk Horror/Horror from Ben Wheatley.
Wanted to see if for a while as I do like his other films,loved A Field in England.What can I say about it ? Trippy and gory.... dystopian horror which was beautifully filmed.Bit of a wilderness survival sort of film.Definately worth a watch though.

I had totally missed he was doing a new film, thank you! Field took me a couple of goes to understand.

 

[Adam4868]

I had totally missed he was doing a new film, thank you! Field took me a couple of goes to understand.

Mate this will make you feel like you've dropped a couple of tabs then ! Only thing that was slightly off-putting for me was the gore...I'm a watching through fingers at the slightest sign of blood usually 😁
It's on Netflix if you have it.

 

[AndyRM]

Mate this will make you feel like you've dropped a couple of tabs then ! Only thing that was slightly off-putting for me was the gore...I'm a watching through fingers at the slightest sign of blood usually 😁
It's on Netflix if you have it.

I'm a gore whore and a psychotropic enthusiast. This could be a match made in what passes for heaven.

 

[cougie uk]

Operation Fortune - Ruse de Guerre - a Guy Ritchey and Hugh Grant film.
Loved The Gentlemen so was hoping for similar.
Sub Bond film - clearly hoping for a franchise of it but I can't see that working out for him.
And using his son's artwork as a plot point in the film - I'm surprised he didn't try flogging us a Madonna CD half way through too.
I'm frankly annoyed at myself for choosing it.

 

[Hitchington]

Old - M. Night Shyamalan silliness (on Netflix). I often think his films would work better as 20min Twilight Zone episodes.
I shouted at the TV a bit during the midpoint of the film (because of the ridiculousness of the characters), but the ending and twist (which you could see coming miles off) was oddly satisfying.