Blootoon87 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Words can't describe how good It's A Wonderful Life is. Anytime it gets brought up I end up getting ridiculously preachy and telling anyone who inexplicably hasn't seen it to get it watched instantly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 It's a tremendous movie. Anyways... Come and Find Me Basically, Aaron Paul's wife goes missing. He goes and tries to find her and ends up finding out she's not who she seems. A pleasant hidden gem here. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Arthur Christmas:Watched it last night with the family. It's probably my favourite Christmas movie (albeit probably not the best). The characters are all written very well, the voice-acting is great, it's funny, clever and tugs on the heartstrings. I really don't have a bad word to say about it. If you have young children or younger brothers and sisters (and even if you don't), it's an absolute must this team of year. 10/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 The Wailing Korean movie, in which strange murders are taking place, and a bumbling police officer is on the case. To say anymore than that is to give away too much I reckon. It's a horror movie, and at times, it's a genuinely tense and scary one. The most tense scenes are probably bordering on difficult to watch, and the lead character is superbly built through the movie. On top of that, the ending is about as good a movie ending as I've seen. I can't really find the words to describe just how good this movie is. Wish I'd done my top 10 of the year later, as I get the feeling that when I go back and think about it later, this would easily hit the top spot. 10/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Rogue One 4/10 A sarky big robot sidekick had plenty of funny lines (though nobody else in the cinema seemed to be laughing) but otherwise I found it pretty dull. I don't really 'get' Gareth Edwards and find his work too slow and lacking enough too keep me awake. The clunky 70s style close ups and cheesy lines of the fighter pilots really didn't work (for me). I've never been a big Star Wars fan but I enjoyed Phantom Menace and was disappointed in how dull this was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Some amusing moments but not a patch on the first two Vacation movies. 5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 4 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Some amusing moments but not a patch on the first two Vacation movies. 5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Yeah, a definate wid! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 The Wind of Change. 9/10. Watching it just now on Talking Pictures channel. Old film from 1961 that is set against the old Notting Hill race troubles. Starring Johnny Briggs who was later to be Mike Baldwin in Corrie. Donald Pleasance plays his old man. Powerful stuff with very strong rascist tone. Great little twist with the very last sentence of the script. I love all these old British films that are on that channel 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Under The Skin 9/10 Wow. Incredible, elemental and haunting. One of the most singular and effective films I've seen in years. Impressively otherworldly and deeply moving -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? 9/10 Scorching tale of resentment and abuse featuring two performances that sear off the screen. Incredible -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Death Of A Gentleman 4/10 Deeply average documentary about cricket corruption -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 David Brent: Life On The Road 3/10 Ouch! This is really piss poor and I only watched it because it was free. Really melancholic and we GET the pathos thing now, yes we do, yes we're meant to feel sorry for him, thanks for hammering that in. It's so FLAT, it's so increasingly obvious that Merchant was the only good thing to happen to Gervais -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 A Bigger Splash 7/10 Ralph Fiennes gives an over the top performance which borders on shit and Dakota Johnson is supposed to be 17 even though she's about ten years older (didn't know her parents were Melanie Griffiths and Don Johnson!) but apart from that nae bad -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Dangal 7.5/10 None of you will watch this Indian film about amateur wrestling starring Aamir Khan but you should -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 On 29/12/2016 at 17:12, Christophe said: Under The Skin 9/10 Wow. Incredible, elemental and haunting. One of the most singular and effective films I've seen in years. Impressively otherworldly and deeply moving And you get to see Scarlett Johansson in the nack. TBH I think she looked better than usual in that film with her dark hair and cheapo Primark jeans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Catching a bit of Pulp Fiction on Channel 5 at the moment. Must watch it start to finish again. Haven't done that for 20 years and this is a classic movie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 On 29/12/2016 at 17:12, Christophe said: Under The Skin 9/10 Wow. Incredible, elemental and haunting. One of the most singular and effective films I've seen in years. Impressively otherworldly and deeply moving It's a stunning piece of work. Such a bold way to adapt a book - chuck out all the exposition and let the viewer mull it over. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 A Monster Calls 9/10 (though tempted to say 10/10) My film of 2017 so far Not cried so much since wee El Bak signed for Dundee. Cinemas will need to mop the place after showings. I'd feared it was going to be a bit earnest (going by the trailer) but it was so good. Does that Pan's Labyrinth thing of blending fantasy and reality and focussing on a kid having to deal with some brutal truths about the adult world. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Seen Passengers yesterday, not half bad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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