TheCelt67 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Outstanding film. Brendan Gleeson is superb in it. Brendan Gleeson is just superb in just about everything he is in. Always felt he was an underrated actor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 As Above So Below -1/10 Just fucking dreadful. Like abysmaly bad. Awful. Ah, pants. The wife wants to see this for some reason, and I was hoping it might be quite good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Ah, pants. The wife wants to see this for some reason, and I was hoping it might be quite good. It was my missus turn to choose the movie. I fancied The Guest she fancied As Above So Below. To be fair the trailer made it look like it was a decent watch. It was not. It was fucking dreadful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 As Above, So Below seems to be splitting opinion, so who knows? I'll be giving it a go when it comes online, but not risking the cinema for it. There's stuff I want to see more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Watched part 2 of Mesrine last night - true-ish story of French "public enemy number one" in the 1960s and 1970s. I love French films and this one was pretty good. Outrageous facial hair, stunning chicks with (funnily enough) sexy French voices, and enough shoot em up stuff to keep the interest going, plus it's a great story. So funny to see cops and robbers haring about in the chase scenes in pishy wee French cars. Better than the first episode. I'll give it 7/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotlandGer Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Brendan Gleeson is just superb in just about everything he is in. Always felt he was an underrated actor. Watched Calvary the other night. I thought Gleeson was brilliant again. He's one of only a handful of actors who can influence me to check out a movie they're in regardless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCelt67 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Watched Calvary the other night. I thought Gleeson was brilliant again. He's one of only a handful of actors who can influence me to check out a movie they're in regardless. That's the one in which he plays a Priest isn't it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotlandGer Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 That's the one in which he plays a Priest isn't it? Aye, that's the one. It has got one of the most memorable opening dialogues in a long time. Highly recommend it. Melancholic, rather than funny, but also quite dark all the way through. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCelt67 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Aye, that's the one. It has got one of the most memorable opening dialogues in a long time. Highly recommend it. Melancholic, rather than funny, but also quite dark all the way through. I've seen a couple of clips for it, seems pretty good, been meaning to get a hold of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Anyone know where I can find Black Narcissus (1947) online? Been through a few streaming sites but can only find ones with Martin Scorsese talking over it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 (edited) Worth buying. And the commentary by Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese is worth listening to! Edited September 18, 2014 by Albino Rover 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Albino Rover, on 16 Sept 2014 - 23:11, said: Worth buying. And the commentary by Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese is worth listening to! I need to be getting rid of DVDs, not collating more! Anyways, I found it. Here's a link if anyone is interested: Link. Will definitely check-out the commentary, thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) The Signal (2014 not 2007!) - 7.5/10 Erm. Incredibly hard to say anything about this without giving anything away. Starts with three college kids on a road trip across the USA, two of the kids being hacker types involved in some shenanigans against some other rival hacker. And really, I can't say any more about the plot other than shiit gets freaky and surreal. Gorgeous cinematography throughout (some epic slowmos too) allied with somehow disconcerting sets and strange characters and situations make this a discomforting but very enjoyable watch. If you fancy it don't read anything more about it, just get a hold of it and watch. Edited September 17, 2014 by banana 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Dark Circles ( 2013 ) Reasonable effort at a horror, using tiredness and lack of sleep as a way to crank up the tension along with the usual horror aspect of things. The two things combined certainly worked in it's own way and there are some pretty effective moments in here. It's not spectacular or anything, but it's a good effort. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) Dark Touch ( 2013 ) Horror movie 2 of 3 before I call it a day, and this one is a touch better than the last one, and definitely ups the stakes in the "fucking hell" category, as a girl has telekinetic powers and the movie basically takes us through how she copes with this, and her past. The movie definitely takes some unexpected turns and had me hook, line and sinker with the way it ended up going. Good stuff. 8/10 Edited September 18, 2014 by NewDomDom 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Enders game: Terrible. Succinct and accurate. I had to endure this in the cinema - the sole bright spot was that there's a scene where Harrison Ford has a bit of food at the corner of his mouth that keeps appearing and disappearing. His character isn't eating at the time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Succinct and accurate. I had to endure this in the cinema - the sole bright spot was that there's a scene where Harrison Ford has a bit of food at the corner of his mouth that keeps appearing and disappearing. His character isn't eating at the time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Win A Date With Tad Hamilton A good-natured young woman from small-town America gets the chance to spend a night with a young, sexy movie star whom she perceives to be the man of her dreams, just like the thoughtful, sensitive men he plays in the movies. He’s actually all over the LA tabloids as a Hollywood bad boy- that’s why he agrees to the titular publicity stunt. Her name is Rosalee: she works in a supermarket with her two best friends, Cathy and Pete. Of course, Pete is our hero- he’s longed for Rosalee since they were children but always lost his battle with bashfulness. He uses his influence as a trusted friend to advise her to be careful on her celebrity date, but when she turns Tad down for sex her unattainability only makes her ten times more attractive to him. Another thing that happens on the date is that Rosie assumes, out loud, that Tad is too mature to prioritise things like fame and money. By saying this she seems to be the first person to make him consider the morality of his playboy lifestyle, and when he pursues her we’re not too sure whether he wants her body or was genuinely moved by her statement. Whatever the case, his two agents, both named Richard Levy, make sure Hollywood keeps a hold on him. One thing that I thought might be left for the viewer to contemplate was the irony that it was Pete’s advice not to put out that made Rosalee so attractive to Tad in the first place; that he’s a prisoner of his own jealousy, but surely enough that was forced down my throat for the entire middle act. It's a film that insults the viewer's intelligence by doing all the thinking for us, nothing is left to the imagination, but it's not all trash- in the first of the inevitable “I love you” scenes, Tad has already BS’d his way to Rosalee’s heart, but to win her complete trust he does something heart-wrenching, which raises the stakes completely. Maybe by this point the situation has given him genuine feelings for Rosie, and maybe all’s fair in love and war, but the character can’t think for himself, and he can’t bring himself to admit he deserves her less than someone who's not a movie star. Even though I could see it coming it managed to bring out a real emotional reaction in me, it was a moment of brilliance. A lot of the goofy comedy pays off too, but those great touches are weighed down by scene after scene of lame acting, tedious cliché and some really shameless product placement. I’m not sure whether the first act was more interested in introducing me to the characters or trying to sell me Pringles. It doesn’t take itself as seriously as some rom-coms, but that’s not an excuse, and like so many of them, my biggest problem with this film is that everything is needlessly force-fed. It lacks ambition and originality just as much as it lacks depth or unspoken subtext. The only profound irony is that at the beginning of the film Pete, in the cinema with Rosie and Cathy, criticises predictable romantic comedies, and for the next 90 minutes he’s in one. 4/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Bad neighbours - 4/10 Her choice. Had a few laughs during it but I can stand Seth rogan. I'm shocked there could be a more one dimensional actor than arnie! There's a common theme here, women can't pick decent films!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Bloody Mary - a group of psychiatric nurses invoke a murderous spirit by chanting her name into a mirror in the hospital basement. Silly and nonsensical tosh that looks like a student movie. Difficult to sit through. Not even a fair smattering of tits (they have to be naked when chanting, don'tchaknow) could improve the interest levels. Seems like Amazon Instant Video contains nothing but this type of cack these days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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