What film did you watch last night?
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The Possession
A paint by numbers story of a young girl possessed by an evil force that comes out of an old box that she buys at a yard sale.
Parents getting divorced - 👍
Mum's got a new boyfriend - 👍
Youngest daughter turns sinister - 👍
The help of a priest (or a rabbi in this case as the box is of Jewish origin) is sought - 👍
Big dramatic struggle to see off the baddie - 👍
It looks like mum and dad might get back together in the end - 👍
All the standard parts are there but there's not many moments that make you jump.
It's a poor man's version of The Conjuring.
A paint by numbers story of a young girl possessed by an evil force that comes out of an old box that she buys at a yard sale.
Parents getting divorced - 👍
Mum's got a new boyfriend - 👍
Youngest daughter turns sinister - 👍
The help of a priest (or a rabbi in this case as the box is of Jewish origin) is sought - 👍
Big dramatic struggle to see off the baddie - 👍
It looks like mum and dad might get back together in the end - 👍
All the standard parts are there but there's not many moments that make you jump.
It's a poor man's version of The Conjuring.
wiggydiggy
Legendary Member
Darkstar (1974)
John Carpenters directorial debut, it started as a student short then was later re-shot into a longer film and eventually received additional funding for a theatrical release. His co-writer Dan O'Bannon later wrote or was involved with many of my favourite sci-fi's. It follows the story of a long range scout ship looking deep in space for potential threats to human space colonization.
Its really impressive, been on my watch list for a couple of years - it was recommended because of having plot points around AI. I won't say more about the plot as there are some nice surprises if not twists. As for quality, its a 50 year old sci-fi originally made for less than $20,000, the sets and effects are incredibly impressive for what they are and theres a great amount of detail in the dialogue that really builds on what they can't show you.
8/10
John Carpenters directorial debut, it started as a student short then was later re-shot into a longer film and eventually received additional funding for a theatrical release. His co-writer Dan O'Bannon later wrote or was involved with many of my favourite sci-fi's. It follows the story of a long range scout ship looking deep in space for potential threats to human space colonization.
Its really impressive, been on my watch list for a couple of years - it was recommended because of having plot points around AI. I won't say more about the plot as there are some nice surprises if not twists. As for quality, its a 50 year old sci-fi originally made for less than $20,000, the sets and effects are incredibly impressive for what they are and theres a great amount of detail in the dialogue that really builds on what they can't show you.
8/10
Adam4868
Legendary Member
Klokkenluider...
Belgium based whistleblower drama by the actor Neil Maskell,I think Ben Wheatley has something to do with it as well...and it shows !
Just long enough at 1 and a half hours long to keep me interested and intrigued...I enjoyed it anyway.It was on late Sat night so probably on catch up somewhere.
Belgium based whistleblower drama by the actor Neil Maskell,I think Ben Wheatley has something to do with it as well...and it shows !
Just long enough at 1 and a half hours long to keep me interested and intrigued...I enjoyed it anyway.It was on late Sat night so probably on catch up somewhere.
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
Michael Redgrave and Dirk Bogarde in a tale of a downed Hudson bomber crew, who were carrying an important passenger, waiting in a dinghy off the coast of the Netherlands whilst a rescue launch searches for them.
From a time when the British film industry used to knock out stirring tales of giving Jerry a damn good bloody nose.
Stiff upper lips all round old bean.
Michael Redgrave and Dirk Bogarde in a tale of a downed Hudson bomber crew, who were carrying an important passenger, waiting in a dinghy off the coast of the Netherlands whilst a rescue launch searches for them.
From a time when the British film industry used to knock out stirring tales of giving Jerry a damn good bloody nose.
Stiff upper lips all round old bean.
AndyRM
XOXO
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- North Shields
Juror #2 - 9/10
Another excellent piece of direction from Clint Eastwood who I think is better behind the camera than in front of it. It helps that it's very well written and has an incredibly strong cast who all deliver powerful performances.
Another excellent piece of direction from Clint Eastwood who I think is better behind the camera than in front of it. It helps that it's very well written and has an incredibly strong cast who all deliver powerful performances.
wiggydiggy
Legendary Member
In Bruges (2008)
Another of those films I was confident will be good, but had never watched. Was not disapointed. I can imagine how pleased people were when they announced Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell were making another film with Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin) because their first one (this one) is absolute gold. Its a very darkly comic tale of two hitmen sent to Bruges to lay low after a botched hit. The characters they meet and interact with during their time just add to the film, no one seems to be wasted or irrelevent to the plot. Ralph Fiennes plays their suitably unhinged boss who even through voice alone is fantastic.
9/10
Another of those films I was confident will be good, but had never watched. Was not disapointed. I can imagine how pleased people were when they announced Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell were making another film with Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin) because their first one (this one) is absolute gold. Its a very darkly comic tale of two hitmen sent to Bruges to lay low after a botched hit. The characters they meet and interact with during their time just add to the film, no one seems to be wasted or irrelevent to the plot. Ralph Fiennes plays their suitably unhinged boss who even through voice alone is fantastic.
9/10
Evil_Breakfast
Regular
You're an inanimate f*****g object!
Never fails to get a chuckle.
Actually, come to think of it, the movie is full of quotable dialogue. Almost to Withnail & I levels
