[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by DrunkerThanMoses

Life is Beautiful (1998) - So sad but hilarious, loved it. Cant believe this film went so un-noticed all these years - 5/5

It's an amazing movie and i love Benigni, he's hilarious

[Niamh.]

Paradise Lost - never heard of this case at the time or in the years after but it is truly fascinating/horrific. Strongly recommend this if anyone is having Making a Murderer withdrawals (Docu-film, there's 2 more as well) 8.5/10

[Amy Jade]

A woman on her hen weekend gets bitten by a creature while swimming in a lake, the rest of the movie is her transformatin - think a female version of The Fly.

I tend to steer clear of these types of movies as gore I can deal with but wounds with puss dripping out of them makes me sick, this movie is all about that - the first time her bite ruptures it's pretty gross but watching her try and clean it and prod and poke the open sore had me heaving. Thankfully that stops pretty soon after when she has a breakdown and the insect takes over.

Watching the woman change personality was pretty dull and you can't really root for anyone because her fiancee is a cheat and her best friend is...not nice. Her other friend who tries to help is massively underused and I think the movie should have focused on her reaction after she found her friend feeding dead bodies to her 'babies' but the film is a mess really...These people all live in a giant apartment complex and at one point the land lord comes over to say other tenants are complaining about a smell...yet they haven't complained about the screaming of a woman changing into an insect?

The ending is pretty good but the movies pretty shabby sadly.

3/10

[LeatherTrumpet]

I watched Lost in Translation again. Excellent film and Bill Murray and Scarlett J are mesmerising.

Youtube video

[DaNasty]

The last film I watched was:

Carry On Teacher (1959)
A funny edition of the Carry on film series. The cast gave out a good few laugh out loud moments. The best scene is when Mrs. Allcock's shorts rip. I love the suaveness of Leslie Phillips also (8/10)

[Jason.]

Saw (2004) - 7.5/10

[Northern Monkey]

Eye in the sky.Yawn.Took an hour and eighteen minutes for them to drop one Hellfire on a house full of terrorists.
I mean they do that everyday.No need to take up the whole movie on one missile.Apache's go out with sixteen of them loaded up whenever they go out.
4/10

[Sticks]

You miss the point of the film, it was what happens when politicians decide to go to war, but won't trust the soldiers they send to fight and keep trying to interfere.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Eye in the sky.Yawn.Took an hour and eighteen minutes for them to drop one Hellfire on a house full of terrorists.
I mean they do that everyday.No need to take up the whole movie on one missile.Apache's go out with sixteen of them loaded up whenever they go out.
4/10

I loved that movie and I usually hate war type films

Paradise Lost 2 - Really intriguing case, I know the documentary is pretty biased but a good watch non the less

[Cal.]

Hocus Pocus - 10/10. Iconic film. The best

[Babayaro.]

Blood Diamond - 10/10

No idea why it's took me so long to see this, and also have no idea why Leo didn't win an Oscar for it. One of the best films i've seen in a while tbh

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Babayaro.

Blood Diamond - 10/10

No idea why it's took me so long to see this, and also have no idea why Leo didn't win an Oscar for it. One of the best films i've seen in a while tbh

Leo put in so many great performances over the years, it's a shame he won the Oscar for the Revenant when tbh I thought it was one of his worst roles

[VanessaFeltz.]

Flipped (2010) <33

[Natalie.]

The Visit 7/10

Hush 7/10

[Toy Soldier]

"Buried" starring Ryan Reynolds.

He's the only person in the movie physically, others are only voices on a phone.

In short, it's about a transport vehicle driver in Iraq who has been buried alive for ransom. All he has is a phone and a few other items.

Can't say much about how I felt about the movie itself without spoiling it... I would say it definitely is worth a watch but it's not light viewing . On the "movie critic" side, it has a few messages that it is trying to sell, but it could have done so much more subtly and (therefore) more effectively... there are a few bits and pieces of bad writing that are far too "in your face" (i.e. most viewers will already have got the message, but they find convoluted ways to just outright state it anyway). The entire film pretty much is shot inside the box/coffin... it does make for quite uncomfortable viewing... in that sense, it's very well filmed and the effect they're going for (essentially the feeling that you're buried with him) works. Not one to watch if you're claustrophobic. Reynolds is also surprisingly decent in it, given that he's primarily a comedy actor and it's certainly not a humorous film...

7/10 - defs worth watching but don't spoiler it for yourself first. Would have rated it 8/10 if it wasn't for the occasional poorly written dialogue - I'd say there are only four or five "incidents" of it in the whole film but they do stand out / grate.

[Niamh.]

Oh I saw that TS, it was so uncomfortable watching it. . . Which I suppose was the aim

[BigSister]

Bridget Jones Baby. Was looking forward to seeing it and wasn't disappointed but think only fans of the film will like it Ill give it 8 out of 10 though

[Northern Monkey]

Deliverance(1972)

7/10

Some continuity issues

[Ammi]

..Devil's Knot (2013)...maybe I enjoyed this more because I had been looking into the murders and seen the documentaries..but really absorbing..(not the type of movie that you could describe as very good because of the content..)...good performances though from Reece Witherspoon and Colin Firth...8/10...

[y.winter]

"Hunt for the Wilderpeople" (New Zealand 2016) - Such a charming, cute and light comedrama film.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by y.winter

"Hunt for the Wilderpeople" (New Zealand 2016) - Such a charming, cute and light comedrama film.

...I loved that movie so much, y.winter...the charm of the characters....and that welfare officer lady was just so funny because she obviously didn't like children at all....it was one of those movies that really touches you but also has you laughing out loud as well../probably one of my favourite movies of all time now......

[y.winter]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...I loved that movie so much, y.winter...the charm of the characters....and that welfare officer lady was just so funny because she obviously didn't like children at all....it was one of those movies that really touches you but also has you laughing out loud as well../probably one of my favourite movies of all time now......

Yes, I totally agree glad to hear you liked it too.

[Niamh.]

West of Memphis - Yet another docu-film on the West Memphis 3

[Braden]

Went to watch Bridget Jones's Baby at the cinema with some people from my course.

I enjoyed. There was quite a bit of hype because my Mum said it was one of the best films she has watched (that shocked me), and so many people said it was good. I never expected it to live up to the other two, but the plot is really strong and a perfect arc to the 'Bridget Jones story'. Lots of funny moments too. Though I wish her friends from the first two films appeared more often throughout.

Spoiler:

I kinda wish Jack was the parent to the baby. Because it would've fit nicely with what Bridget said about being open to all kinds of families, and having him as the father and Bridget with Mr. Darcy would've been a good ending. They could've went on to have another child, and they would've all still been happy with Jack still involved.

[Jake.]

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension - 2/10

I was a big fan of the Paranormal franchise. The first film brought back the genre after years of lazy remakes and gore. Whilst its sequel didn't quite live up to the first, it still provided chills and jumps. The third film bettered the second by changing the time frame and up-ing the scares.

The fourth film was a let down with nowhere new to go (although the ending was still decent), whilst The Marked Ones changed the setting which made for a more interesting installment in the franchise. I never really had high hopes for The Ghost Dimension, mainly because of the 3D camera gimmick and general loss of steam in previous sequels. Tonight I decided to give it a watch, and my fears were confirmed. Lazy, silly and filled to the brim woth shoddy effects, you'd be forgiven for thinking this had nothing to do with the first film released back in 2010. The "old camera which can pick up weird stuff" element was completely wasted with laughable CGI, whilst the acting was pretty lame at best. The whole point was not knowing what was haunting the families; doors opening on their own, noises in the night and unexplainable occurances are what made the first few films stand out. Instead, we've now got a camera from the 80s which can apparently pick up this entity, except it makes the demon out to look like some form of black, thick tar. The producers claimed to tie up loose ends, but what happened to Katie? Where did Hunter go? Why is every film aside from the third pretty much forgotten about? It gains a couple of points for the few jumps; the santa costume scene was pretty unnerving and there was the odd bang here and there. Aside from that, nothing.

It was sad to watch a series I once held in such high regard sink to new lows. Ah well, at least they aren't making any more.