What film did you watch last night?

[cyberknight]

Enemy mine.
Got to be 30 years since i have seen it ? the special effects are very budget but the film is well done .

 

[AndyRM]

The EH footage does exist, the producer has a VHS copy of an early rough cut but I presume its not useable. Apparently for the 'crew orgy' scene they hired actors with missing limbs, and some adult film actors also to make the scenes!

EH is one of my favourite films, I had a film buff friend at college who always seemed to know which films were hidden gems to seek out and this was one of them when it released.

I'd read that about the crew/blood orgy. There's a couple of clips on YouTube which are definitely not usable.

 

[matticus]

South Pacific.
R.I.P Mitzi Gaynor Such a gorgeous lady in her prime. Stole many male hearts in 'South Pacific'.
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Allthough I know some of the songs, I've never seen the movie. Saw Mitzi's obit and thought She looks nice! From google:

After a search that included Doris Day (deemed not spontaneous enough) and Elizabeth Taylor (deemed incapable of singing), Gaynor was chosen. She was the only one of the four leads who did her own singing. In 2024, Gaynor called the movie “the be-all and end-all in my career.”

Imagine beating Liz Taylor to a role!!!

Love this pic from the Obits:

 

[matticus]

The EH footage does exist, the producer has a VHS copy of an early rough cut but I presume its not useable. Apparently for the 'crew orgy' scene they hired actors with missing limbs, and some adult film actors also to make the scenes!

EH is one of my favourite films, I had a film buff friend at college who always seemed to know which films were hidden gems to seek out and this was one of them when it released.

I've never heard of this!!!!! :O
Event Horizon is also one of MY favourite "hidden gems"! Saw it on big screen at first release. Due to tip-off from a colleague who has no taste at all in films, books, music ... etc. 🤷‍♂️ I think I was single and needed an excuse to get out of the house!

 

[AndyRM]

I've never heard of this!!!!! :O
Event Horizon is also one of MY favourite "hidden gems"! Saw it on big screen at first release. Due to tip-off from a colleague who has no taste at all in films, books, music ... etc. 🤷‍♂️ I think I was single and needed an excuse to get out of the house!

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fPKNGCQYYQg

 

[Adam4868]

Woman of the Hour
A serial killer in 70s California who appeared on a dating show.Based on a true story it's Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut,with her taking a leading role also.
Thought it was good...well worth a watch.

 

[Psamathe]

"Lee". well made, good acting covering some interesting and important topics through part of life of Lee Miller. But for some reason it didn't hold my attention. So I don't know if I recommend it or not; I didn't enjoy it but it might click with others.

Ian

 

[Grant Fondo]

Not really a movie - Remembering Gene Wilder, but lots of clips of REALLY funny movies!

 

[stephec]

Wicked Little Letters (2023)

Not normally my kind of film, but as it's got Olivia Colman in it, and I've always had a thing for her since she was the vicar's wife in Rev, I gave it a go.

Apparently based on the true story of a seaside town in the 1920s where abusive letters start being sent, causing a national outrage, and the perp isn't the obvious one in the end.

In the end it wasn't my kind of film, but worth it just to hear Olivia swearing like a trooper then giggling afterwards.

 

[AndyRM]

The Apprentice - 7/10

Nothing I didn't really expect or know about Trump's "rise" from wet behind the ears wannabe to, well, we all know... Still a very well put together biopic which doesn't really pull any punches, and the transformation from the lead actor is subtly terrifying.

The way it's shot in a part documentary, part schlocky 80s/90s drama style fits really well too and the soundtrack is killer.

The timing of its release is a bit of a surprise, as it's existence.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrells. I hadn't watched it since the 2000s so thought I'd watch it again. It's not as good as I remember, looks very dated and there are some very cardboard actors in it. I've never really liked the scripts in Guy Ritchie fillms, or at least the way the lines are delivered. I don't think anyone really talks like that, and very often a long sentence is used when a few words would do. However, it is quite a fun film, but not as good as Snatch

 

[wiggydiggy]

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrells. I hadn't watched it since the 2000s so thought I'd watch it again. It's not as good as I remember, looks very dated and there are some very cardboard actors in it. I've never really liked the scripts in Guy Ritchie fillms, or at least the way the lines are delivered. I don't think anyone really talks like that, and very often a long sentence is used when a few words would do. However, it is quite a fun film, but not as good as Snatch

The card game is a fantastic scene, as is the build up to the robbery/ambush and the decision not to show that as the soundtrack and immediate aftermath show it so much better. And the slow mo Bren Gun attack is one of the best scenes of all time IMO.

Theres two other films from around that time I always recommend - Face (Ray Winstone/Robert Carlyle) and Love, Honour and Obey (too many brits to list!) which are both British gangster films. LHO also has the funniest torture scene I've ever seen 😂

 

[AndyRM]

Folie a Deux - 7/10

Is it as good as Joker? No.

Is it as bad as it's being made out to be? No.

Is it a musical? Not really.

The "musical" sections are the show world which Arthur Fleck escapes to in his mind, so make total sense, as much as they can as a film which is about mental health more than anything else. As you'd expect from Phoenix and Gaga, they're really well done and the staging of them is superb. That said, they are a bit repetitive and the film does drag a bit at times because of them.

I think the problem a lot of people have with films like this is that they don't really drop into an easily definable category. There's a lot going on here for a mainstream film which falls into a comic book universe.

 

[ianrauk]

Venom, The Last Dance.
What a cracking, rollicking, good fun sequel, well part 3 in fact. The right balance between comedy, silly violence and a nonsensical storyline.
Is it the end for Venom and Eddie? Methinks not.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Over the past couple of nights
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