What was the last film you watched?

[Ammi]

...Hereditary...such a typically powerfully unhinged performance from Toni Collette, it was her movie really..with a nice little sprinkling of Ann Dowd, as well...I’m not generally a horror person, but as well as the horror/supernatural etc aspect..there was also much psychological of a family broken and a family grieving...and a few jumps as well...hmmmmm, I was thinking 7/10, but Toni Collette, though...so 8/10 because she always gives such a mesmerising performance ...:love:..

[Ammi]

..Mamma Mia 2/Here We Go Again...just warm and snuggly and cosy and sing-along-ish...and Cher as well, what could be more perfect ...:lovedup:...7/10...

[arista]

Black and Blue (2019)

A Rookie Black female Cop
finds herself targeted by Corrupt Cops.

10 Outta 10


On SkyMoviesHD NOW

[user104658]

...Hereditary...such a typically powerfully unhinged performance from Toni Collette, it was her movie really..with a nice little sprinkling of Ann Dowd, as well...I’m not generally a horror person, but as well as the horror/supernatural etc aspect..there was also much psychological of a family broken and a family grieving...and a few jumps as well...hmmmmm, I was thinking 7/10, but Toni Collette, though...so 8/10 because she always gives such a mesmerising performance ...:love:....Mamma Mia 2/Here We Go Again...just warm and snuggly and cosy and sing-along-ish...and Cher as well, what could be more perfect ...:lovedup:...7/10...I wish everyone in Mamma Mia would stick their heads out of moving car windows Ammi.

[Livia]

Hangover, Hangover 2, Hangover 3.

I was surprised how funny I found them. Best character by a country mile: Leslie Chow.
9/10 for all three.

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[Tom4784]

Mulan (2020)
I enjoyed it a lot, actually. It's not really a remake of the animated film, more like Disney's take on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but I enjoyed it for what it was. I still wish they had the songs though.

8/10

The Babysitter
This one was pure brain-off entertainment and I found it quite fun. It's nothing to write home about in the long run but it's entertaining for what it is.

7/10

Ready or Not
I REALLY enjoyed this, it's a great concept, the acting and writing is superb and it reminded me a lot of You're Next which is probably one of the best horror films of recent times. It's just an excellently well crafted film.

9/10

[Niamh.]

Have you watched I'm Thinking of Ending things yet Dezzy?

I really liked Ready or Not as well

[Tom4784]

Have you watched I'm Thinking of Ending things yet Dezzy?

I really liked Ready or Not as well

Not yet, I think I'll watch it tomorrow.

[LaLaLand]

Lady Bird

I liked it, was a very accurate representation of teenage life - but I found it quite skittish? Like it'd move from scene to scene really fast.

7/10.

[Oliver_W]

Riding on the Bus with My Sister

I felt bad for laughing, it was clearly not meant to be comical ... but her performance was the funniest **** I've seen this year :joker:

[Tom4784]

The Babysitter: Killer Queen
It's a very dumb sequel to a very dumb film but unlike the first film, it's not quite as fun. It's still a fun way to whittle away an hour and a half but it goes a bit to over the top with some of it's more stylised sequences that it loses it's way a bit. Samara Weaving's lesser role in this film hurts it a lot, I think since she was the glue that really held the first film together.

6/10

[Ammi]

..I’m Thinking of Ending Things......I watched it because it’s on Netflix atm and because Scott recommended that I watch ...it was totally absorbing, the actors were all perfectly cast..Toni Collette was amazing as always ...:love:..Jessie Buckley, Jesse Plemons and David Thewlis were all pretty wonderful as well...I guess it’s the type of storyline that would define ‘poignant’...because it really was so reflective and filled with sadness/regret....just really wistful...and I think, many tones and shades of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in how thought provoking it is...(..thank you so much for the recommendation, Scott...:love:..)...


...hmmm, I would say 7/10, I think...

[Marsh.]

I'm Thinking of Ending Things was very good until the drive to the high school part, which went on waaaaay too long. :inamood:

[LaLaLand]

...Hereditary...such a typically powerfully unhinged performance from Toni Collette, it was her movie really..with a nice little sprinkling of Ann Dowd, as well...I’m not generally a horror person, but as well as the horror/supernatural etc aspect..there was also much psychological of a family broken and a family grieving...and a few jumps as well...hmmmmm, I was thinking 7/10, but Toni Collette, though...so 8/10 because she always gives such a mesmerising performance ...:love:..

This movie really, really unsettled me... Like for days after I just felt drained from it. Harrowing movie.

Love or hate the movie (it's divided opinion but I thought it was very clever, one of the best "horror movies" for a while) there's no denying that Collette was absolutely robbed of an Oscar nom here. Incredible.

[Ammi]

I'm Thinking of Ending Things was very good until the drive to the high school part, which went on waaaaay too long. :inamood:

...yeah I guess it was quite extended and that was felt a bit by me as well...but when the ending credits did begin...?...it kind of made sense as well..(....to me anyway and probably just my own thoughts...)...because it was all representing a whole lifetime of regret /of loss/of sadness etc...he was obviously quite elderly as the janitor and he’d never had a romantic attachment in his whole life..?...so obviously it was all played out in a fantasy of dance in the end.../..a whole lifetime...also, I always get lost and mesmerised, watching ballet...so it could have gone on much longer for me...:laugh:....oooops

[Ammi]

This movie really, really unsettled me... Like for days after I just felt drained from it. Harrowing movie.

Love or hate the movie (it's divided opinion but I thought it was very clever, one of the best "horror movies" for a while) there's no denying that Collette was absolutely robbed of an Oscar nom here. Incredible.

...have you ever watched Rosemary’s Baby, LaLa...?...it’s quite an older movie but Hereditary had so many vibes of it for me...I’m not sure that Rosemary’s Baby had such a psychological aspect, though...it wasn’t as balanced as Hereditary and definitely leaned more toward horror completely...devil/demon stuff really unsettles me as well.../...probably the Catholic in me...begone you devil etc...

[Niamh.]

..I’m Thinking of Ending Things......I watched it because it’s on Netflix atm and because Scott recommended that I watch ...it was totally absorbing, the actors were all perfectly cast..Toni Collette was amazing as always ...:love:..Jessie Buckley, Jesse Plemons and David Thewlis were all pretty wonderful as well...I guess it’s the type of storyline that would define ‘poignant’...because it really was so reflective and filled with sadness/regret....just really wistful...and I think, many tones and shades of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in how thought provoking it is...(..thank you so much for the recommendation, Scott...:love:..)...


...hmmm, I would say 7/10, I think...

I thought Scott didn't like it?

It was far too long, I wasn't really a fan tbh

[Ammi]

I thought Scott didn't like it?

It was far too long, I wasn't really a fan tbh

...yeah I think he didn’t but then he did because he’d thought about more meanings with certain things, so recommended it...I really liked it tbh but it’s just exactly my type of thing...:laugh:..

[Niamh.]

...yeah I think he didn’t but then he did because he’d thought about more meanings with certain things, so recommended it...I really liked it tbh but it’s just exactly my type of thing...:laugh:..

I get that and I see what they were doing but I think if you're not liking it at the time you're sitting down watching it, where is the enjoyment? It's not, not my thing, i did like Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind a lot, just not crazy about this one

[Crimson Dynamo]

FLIGHT

9/10 brilliant film

Denzil Washington

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[Cherie]

FLIGHT

9/10 brilliant film

Denzil Washington

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Mr C and I watched this last night, I would give it an 8/10

[Tom4784]

I'm Thinking Of Ending Things
I posted my thoughts in it's thread, but in short, it's a horrifically dull piece of ****.
0/10

John Wick 2
I'm no fan of action films but I did like the simplicity and the heart that the first film had a lot. The sequel is a technically rather brilliant film with excellent choreography and cinematography but it didn't have the heart that the first film did. The lore of the Continental and the world of assassins was very interesting but I didn't find the sequel as compelling as the first. It's still far better than 99% of action films though, although that's not difficult.
7/10

[LaLaLand]

Zodiac

Really enjoyed this! Been wanting to watch it for a while and it was on last night. A great cast too (Gyllenhaal, Ruffalo, Downey Jr.)

8/10.

[Nicky91]

will post my review on Deep Blue Sea 3 also here with a score

really enjoyable, acting is good, action scenes very good either, overall quite good job for low budget movies

8.5/10

[Nicky91]

just now Destruction: Los Angeles 2016

starring Craig Sheffer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, also small role from Master P, and As The World Turns/General Hospital actor Roger Howarth also had a role in this


about earthquakes, volcanic eruptions



nice disaster movie, 7.5/10

[Tom4784]

John Wick 3

Another solid action film, but it has the same problems I had with the second one, if I'm honest. It gets too bogged down by it's own lore and this whole High Table stuff is beginning to err on parody with how theatrical it all is. It's still a good film though although I'm hoping the next one mixes things up a bit.

7/10

[arista]

On SkyMoviesHD, this week

Terminator: Dark Fate

6/10

Even More Complex Terminator
you would think this one can win.

[LaLaLand]

So I ordered the classic American Graffiti off eBay (Music Magpie's store on there) and was recommended another movie so got that too, both came to like £4 altogether so was fine... Anyway out of curiosity I played this other movie last night...

The movie is called Van Nuys Blvd (1979) and is basically about a guy from small-town America who travels to Van Nuys to experience the cruise nights on the Boulevard, back in the 70's when that's what teens and young adults did in many parts of America.

The movie is WOEFUL. It's your typical 70's teen B-movie with the drinking, sex, cars, music but it just doesn't seem to gel for whatever reason. I thought it was going to be ALL ABOUT "the boulevard nights" but it ends up with the characters at a theme park, in jail, other random places. It's great to look at in the parts I expected (the cars, shots of the city/boulevard etc) but yeah, I won't rush to watch it again in a hurry...

4.5/10. Dazed and Confused with not even half the charm, basically.

[arista]

Body Cam (2019)
on SkyMoviesHD now

Good Police Thriller
with a hint of horror.


8/10

[Tom4784]

Enola Holmes

For a film that's barely two hours long, it felt a bit long. That being said, I did enjoy it. Millie Bobbie Brown's a compelling lead, Henry Cavill makes for a decent Sherlock and most of the cast impresses although some of the more legendary cast members are woefully underused, which is a shame as the film has quite a strong cast and the fact that some of them are basically extended cameos hurts the plot a little as we don't get enough time to truly iron out some character motivations.

Overall, it's a very light, easy and enjoyable film.

7/10

[Jessica.]

Finally watched Coco a couple of nights ago! 9/10

It was beautiful and the story was quite good, I enjoyed the ending.

[Ammi]

Finally watched Coco a couple of nights ago! 9/10

It was beautiful and the story was quite good, I enjoyed the ending.

...such a beautiful story../..movie...so thought provoking and moving, Jess...:lovedup:...a perfect birthday choice, Jess...

[Ammi]

...Enola Holmes...it was just a sweet and lovely Sunday evening, chilled movie ...and Millie Bobby Brown is just sweet and lovely...so a perfectly cast character to the actor...:lovedup:..


...7/10, I would say...

[Ammi]

Enola Holmes

For a film that's barely two hours long, it felt a bit long. That being said, I did enjoy it. Millie Bobbie Brown's a compelling lead, Henry Cavill makes for a decent Sherlock and most of the cast impresses although some of the more legendary cast members are woefully underused, which is a shame as the film has quite a strong cast and the fact that some of them are basically extended cameos hurts the plot a little as we don't get enough time to truly iron out some character motivations.

Overall, it's a very light, easy and enjoyable film.

7/10


...oh.../...should read threads...

[Ammi]

..Puzzle...it’s one of those movies that portrays characters ‘in the ordinary’, while the screen unfolds something quite delightfully extraordinary...it’s such a beautiful ‘people’ movie, a study of characters that’s just so incredibly touching...a carer in life, someone whose only thought is to care for others and their needs, finding so much in a gifted jigsaw puzzle...a life changing puzzle, giving a much needed sense of self...


...Agnes and Robert are perfectly and gorgeously portrayed by Kelly Macdonald and Irrfan Khan...just an incredibly touching people movie...:lovedup:...



...8/10 or maybe a bit more, I would say....:love:...

[Swan]

Alison's Birthday

Aussie horror from, i wanna say, the early 80's. For what it was, i really enjoyed it actually. 7.5/10

I wonder if anyone has heard/seen it?

Don't go in the House

Another early 80's horror. It was ok, easy enough to watch. 6/10

[user104658]

1922

The acting is great as it the cinematography so it kept me until the end, however it is a slow, quiet movie and really bleak and doesn't let up... Like really, really bleak :joker:. I also found that the character motivations didn't necessarily make a lot of sense in the context given, especially the son, but I haven't read the source material so I don't know if that's carried over from there or if there's more information in the written story that was left out of the film, that fleshes out the motivations and relationships.

7/10, very watchable (so long as you're not looking for a feel-good romp lol) with some flaws in the plot.

[Ammi]

...The Boys in the Band...I can’t really say too much about this because of giving any spoilers...it’s almost entirely shot within one place with no ‘locations’ at all other than the internal space it’s set in...so it relies totally on great acting/great cast.etc..on raw emotion and on great writing/script...all I can say really is that it’s set in the 60’s and a time when homophobia from society wasn’t the only ‘enemy’, self loathing because of sexuality was an equal enemy...maybe even more destructive...


...maybe one of the most emotional movies I‘ve ever seen and the cast/characters are superb...:lovedup:...

...10/10...

[bots]

Level 16 on Amazon prime ... 8/10

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[arista]

Just Mercy on SkyMoviesHD now

Jamie Foxx Stars.
Great start to the Film.

History Making Battle for Justice

Starts Late 1980's

10 Outta 10

[Niamh.]

Level 16 on Amazon prime ... 8/10

qgtN95CJaDg

Oh I enjoyed that one too

[Smithy]

Onward - just come out on Disney+ it was ok... but there seemed to me to be a glaringly obvious plot hole 6/10

[Nicky91]

The Descent Part 2 7.5

nice sequel, very much Alien vibes but then in a cave

this one had Once Upon a Time, Manifest actor Josh Dallas in it too


and Gavan O'Herlihy ''chuck cunningham'' from happy days

[Ammi]

...Rocks......’real Queens fix each other’s crowns’....heartbreaking but also quite gorgeous../...the harshness/unfairness of life and the power of female friendships...:love:..

...a lovely 9/10......:lovedup:...

[Ammi]

...The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants......again. A really lovely story of sisterhood and the travelling journey from teen to adult...four very different ‘sisters’ with a ‘magical’ one size fits all of them, pair of jeans...


...8/10 and such a sweet and touching watch ...

[Niamh.]

Enola Holmes - I enjoyed it 6.5/10

[Tom4784]

Onward

I enjoyed it. I was expecting, from the premise, for it to be a typical Pixar tearjerker but it's not really. It's cute, inventive but perhaps a bit too slight. It's good that it's not Pixar holding your tearducts to ransom buuuuut it lacked the emotional payoff I wanted. Good but not without flaws.

7/10

[Ammi]

..Dick Johnson is Dead......I know that this wouldn’t be everyone’s thing but it’s the most gorgeous/most beautiful tribute from a daughter to her beloved father, who has dementia../Alzheimer’s and the family has already lost their mother/Dick Johnson’s wife to the disease...I don’t think that I’ve ever watched anything that would be so deserving of 10/10....

[Tom4784]

Weathering With You

I love Makoto Shinkai but this is one of his weaker efforts, which, by normal standards still makes it pretty damn good. It's a gorgeous film to watch but it's story and emotional beats just don't connect as well as they did in Your Name, Garden of Words, 5CM per second, etc.

It's a stunning piece of artistry and a great film by anyone else's standards but by Makoto Shinkai standards, it feels like he dialled it in.

8/10

[Ammi]

...Elsewhere/Netflix.......it was sweet/sad/touching but it was quite difficult to connect with the characters completely and felt a little bit hollow...a nice watch, though...Ken Jeong is delightful...:love:...

...7/10...

[Nicky91]

Prom Night

nice little slasher movie, with Brittany Snow, Idris Elba, also a role of Jessalyn Gilsig

8.0

[Gusto Brunt]

An old horror sci fi film from 1988 called Deep Space.

Watched it yesterday afternoon on YouTube cast from my phone to my TV.

Meh, it was okay. :p

[Denver]

Hellfest was a decent horror movie

[Ammi]

..The Rest of Us......I really liked it...a lovely cast...:love:..which added to an interesting story and all very likeable characters...7/10, I think...


..Now You See Me 2...5/10, I would say...

[Ammi]

...I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore....../..such a quirky movie and other than Elijah Wood, not a cast that I was familiar with at all..Melanie Lynskey is delightful though and so well cast as Ruth...I liked it a lot..7/10...

[Zizu]

Me and the missus watched the LIVE action Beauty and the Beast last night .

Both gave it 10/10 .

Marvellous film ..



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[Niamh.]

Inheritance (Netflix) - Not great really, the story line was so flaky and far fetched and plot holey like -

For starters why on Earth would the dad leave it to Lauren to solve the issue rather than William, who would have just shot the guy in the head and burned the bunker in the first 5 minutes rather than leaving it to the non corrupt and moral lauren?

Anyway 4/10

[Nicky91]

Bad Boys for Life

9.0

very much up there with other bad boys movies, still same amount of good humour too

[Ammi]

...The Trial of the Chicago 7: They Fought the Law...and the law wasn’t right or just, the law was corrupt as...even back in the day, the law could stand for the very opposite of the badge it wore...this wasn’t a story I had known but I would totally recommend...riveting...8/10.../hear their voice...

[Niamh.]

Just watched that as well Ammi, it was really good, I hadn't heard of the case either

[Ammi]

...such a powerful story and really so much corruption in a system that’s meant to work for the people...I’m going to read up a bit on the story today, I love movies like that, that lead you on a journey....


...Nappily Ever After../..Netflix...it was just a light romantic drama../...girlie, type movie...but very, very cute and watchable, the cast is lovely ... Sanaa Lathan...:lovedup:...and a fabulous soundtrack..7/10 cute, easy watch...

[Sticks]

Judge Dredd (1995) 6/10

I used to read 2000AD magazine comic for Judge Dredd and at the time there was endless speculation about a Judge Dredd Movie. Then one night on Film 94 or Film 95 with the late Barry Norman he revealed that Silvester Stallone was going to star in it. I then wrote to 2000AD complaining that this information, out of courtesy should have been given to the readership before Barry Norman let the cat out of the bag.

My letter was published and they cited legal issues or something like that, and I sent a 2000AD baseball cap, which I still have. When it came out I maid a point of seeing it at the cinema, the old Odeon on Pilgrim Street in Newcastle, where the Stack is today, I believe.

The problem was Stallone, as he removed the helmet, the Judge Dredd in the comic never did that! But Stallone could never have his fizog covered for the entire movie.

One of the errors of the movie is that they had a disgraced judge and then a framed Dredd being sent to a penal colony on Earth along with other criminals. The other criminals were incarcerated in Iso-Cubes within Mega City One. Criminal judges are sent away from Earth to Titan.

They even had Judge Hershy kissing Dredd at the end, that would have got her dismissed, if not sent to Titan!!!

So yesterday I watched the recording I made off of the Sony Move Channel which aired on Friday night. (It may be repeated this month)

Note: A subsequent "animated" Judge Dredd film was made which was better and closer to the comics but am not sure when that was made.

[Ammi]

...I finally watched The Greatest Showman and all of the songs are now in context...7/10, a lovely Sunday evening...:love:..

[LaLaLand]

I watched La La Land (ironic eh?) tonight after finding my copy of the DVD here. Haven't seen it for a while...

Fell in love with it all over again. As musicals go (contemporary musicals anyway), this has got to be up there with the best surely?

I love the fact that it's your regular "sickly sweet" musical but only to a certain point. There's the hard slap of "real life" in abundance in this, as the ending proves and those classic traits you'd expect in a "musical" are manipulated around these "real" events (failure, breakups, heartbreak etc).

The story, colours, songs, nods to classic musicals, the use of the city of Los Angeles as basically a third main character - or even perhaps the main character?.. Brilliant.

My desire to visit LA, as always after watching this movie, has just trebled. Can't wait for the world to feel a bit more normal so I can get out there and see those sights with my own two eyes.

9/10 (from someone who, as a rule, hates musicals!) :joker:

[Vanessa]

Saint Maud, a really creepy psychological thriller.
A slow burner, I enjoyed it very much.
7/10

[Ammi]

...Game Night../Netflix......just a really cute cast and hugely fun movie...it made it feel like forever since I had a game night so, nostalgia...:love:...


...a very lovely 8/10...

[user104658]

Hubie Halloween

I don't know what to say. Objectively it is absolutely awful and extremely offensive about both learning disabilities and mental health. The plot is also really stupid and most of the acting is terrible, and Sandler spends the entire film derping around pretending to be intellectually disabled. Just really, really awful and outdated stuff.


AND YET...


I was oddly entertained throughout. It crosses that boundary into being SO ****ing dumb that you can't stop watching.

??derp/10

[Niamh.]

^^^ I love his movies sorry/not sorry :laugh:

I See You - Really good twists in this one, didn't see the end coming at all

8/10

[Ammi]

...I’ve been toying with the notion of that movie for days...:laugh:..but could never quite find myself clicking okay on it...Game Night is excellent for a fun movie, though..I think that I’m going to have to watch Hubie...

[Niamh.]

Yeah Game Night is really good Ammi, better than Hubie but Hubie is good for some mindless entertainment

[Tom4784]

I hate Adam Sandler, his career should have subsided decades ago, it's honestly sad how he just keeps ****ting out these lifeless Netflix films for the sake of it.

[LaLaLand]

ED WOOD (1994)

Tim Burton's criminally underrated gem that never gets enough praise from what I can see, based on the true events of hapless aspiring director Edward D. Wood Jr [Ed Wood]'s ambitious and enthusiastic attempts at becoming "THE" horror director in Hollywood and the lead up to and making of his now infamous B-movie "Plan 9 from Outer Space".

Amazing cast (Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Bill Murray and more), cinematography, score and "feel"... Ugh. Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi is phenomenal, no surprise why he won the Oscar that year. It's a hilarious look into the more wacky side of the Hollywood of days gone by.

Awesome film and perfect for Halloween, a nice change from the usual "horror movies" - how about a movie about horror movies, and the classic ones at that.

9/10.

[Jordan.]

The new Borat movie. Sacha Baron Cohen never misses, especially when it comes to roasting America.

[user104658]

The new Borat movie. Sacha Baron Cohen never misses, especially when it comes to roasting America.Also a surprisingly touching father/daughter story :joker:

[Ammi]

...Over the Moon../..Netflix......I liked it quite a lot...it didn’t quite have the same heart and soul as Disney or Pixar and probably took a little longer to fully engage with the characters...but I don’t know, it only slightly missed at being as great and Disney etc have such a head start anyway, it was always going to lag behind a little...visually it’s beautiful...:lovedup:...the songs are all cute and engaging, as is Fei Fei../..her character...it very much has a feeling of CoCo, probably because of the celebration of a festival...and it isn’t CoCo, but that would be an impossible reach anyway...it really would be like trying to reach the moon...anyways, charming and lovely and visually gorgeous with likeable characters and songs etc...7.5/10...:lovedup:...

[Vanessa]

I hate Adam Sandler, his career should have subsided decades ago, it's honestly sad how he just keeps ****ting out these lifeless Netflix films for the sake of it.

The only movie he's done that I like is The wedding singer.

[Ammi]

...I loved WaterBoy actually...and 50 First Dates was very watchable...oh, Big Daddy as well...and Little Nicky and Happy Gilmore...:laugh:...his movies were okay for what they were ...but because they didn’t become anything different, anything more..?..they stopped being as okay, I guess...just same-ish and not funny anymore...like if you compared Adam Sandler to Jim Carrey for instance...?...Jim Carrey grew and matured and Adam Sandler didn’t so much so he had an expiry on his shelf life more than Jim...

[user104658]

...I loved WaterBoy actually...and 50 First Dates was very watchable...oh, Big Daddy as well...and Little Nicky and Happy Gilmore...[emoji23]...his movies were okay for what they were ...but because they didn’t become anything different, anything more..?..they stopped being as okay, I guess...just same-ish and not funny anymore...like if you compared Adam Sandler to Jim Carrey for instance...?...Jim Carrey grew and matured and Adam Sandler didn’t so much so he had an expiry on his shelf life more than Jim...Yeah - Hubie Halloween could easily have been made in the 90's :joker:. That might be what makes it watchable though? It has a sort of borderline-offensive simplicity about it, it doesn't try to be anything that it isn't. Most films these days try a little too hard to be uniqur/quirky/clever. This just embraces being really dumb. Really, really dumb.

[Ammi]

...you know that you’ve made it so that I’m going to HAVE to watch Hubie, don’t you...

[Niamh.]

...I loved WaterBoy actually...and 50 First Dates was very watchable...oh, Big Daddy as well...and Little Nicky and Happy Gilmore...[emoji23]...his movies were okay for what they were ...but because they didn’t become anything different, anything more..?..they stopped being as okay, I guess...just same-ish and not funny anymore...like if you compared Adam Sandler to Jim Carrey for instance...?...Jim Carrey grew and matured and Adam Sandler didn’t so much so he had an expiry on his shelf life more than Jim...Mr Deeds, Click, Grown Ups 1 & 2, Billy Madison, The Longest Yard, The Wedding Singer, I now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry.......

[Nicky91]

The Babysitter 2017

very enjoyable movie, very funny death scenes

almost a ''horror take on home alone''

8.5

[Crimson Dynamo]

The Greatest SHowman

0/10

after 5 mins i left the TL to it and started reading my Book on the Nazis and did not stop till this utter guff had ended

pish

[Ammi]

...Disappearance at Clifton Hill......I’m not sure if it was classed as a ‘horror’ or mystery thriller, I didn’t get any thriller from it but lots of mystery..it was a complete unknown cast to me and felt quite ‘low budget’ but that just added to it and to the depth of the story...it gave just the right ominous feel throughout, I thought..it really did give that fairground feel of ‘smoke and mirrors’...7/10...

[Ammi]

...Ready Player One......This was a second watch but a lovely palate cleanser after Clifton Hill...just great family fun etc...7/10...

[Mystic Mock]

Your Name - Not really my favourite type of Film but this Film is a lot better than I was expecting considering the west's versions of this type of story are things like Twilight. Unlike the west's efforts at this type of story Your Name actually has a plot that is a big component of the Film that also brings the Romance component into the main story and not invading what should be the main story of the Film (like what happens in things like The Hunger Games imo) the characters are likeable and interesting.

Overall it's quite a well made Film, the only thing that I'd knock personally is the ending but I won't spoil that for anyone that's interested in watching the Film. 8/10

[Nicky91]

Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)

great sequel, also luv the sugarhill gang song ''jump on it'' in this too

overall very enjoyable 8.5

[Niamh.]

His House - 8/10

I was expecting a horror which it kind of was but I think the witch and the ghosts weren't really real and it was a manifestation of the couples PTSD and guilt and trying to let go of that or learn to live with it and try to get on with their lives. I thought it was a very hard hitting and interesting way to approach the subject of refugees, what they dealt with in the past and the new challenges they face in a "safe" country. I also thought how they dealt with English people and how they interacted was probably quite accurate and captured the uncomfortable-ness very well

[Ammi]

...His House, also....I won’t say much about it, there were quite a few jumps....and it was very, very thought provoking ...I’ll say 9/10...not a film that I would say I enjoyed as such but one that was totally worth the watch...

[Niamh.]

I was thinking you would like it Ammi

[LaLaLand]

I watched the double bill of Halloween I & II last night (the originals).

Always a treat, especially the first one. Still remains a horror classic. One of my faves!

8/10 for the pair. I is far, far better than II though - I feel like in II they focused too much on violence and “shock” whereas there was something more intriguing and somewhat “innocent” about the first.

[Vanessa]

I watched the double bill of Halloween I & II last night (the originals).

Always a treat, especially the first one. Still remains a horror classic. One of my faves!

8/10 for the pair. I is far, far better than II though - I feel like in II they focused too much on violence and “shock” whereas there was something more intriguing about the first.
I love Halloween. My favourite horror movie.

[LaLaLand]

I love Halloween. My favourite horror movie.

It's great, isn't it?

Have you seen the new sequel from a couple of years ago? Also called "Halloween" - the beginning of a new, "ending" trilogy with Jamie Lee Curtis. It was very good.

The second instalment "Halloween Kills" should have been out this year but got pushed back due to the pandemic, so will be out next October.

The third and final movie will be called "Halloween Ends", out October 2022.

[Vanessa]

It's great, isn't it?

Have you seen the new sequel from a couple of years ago? Also called "Halloween" - the beginning of a new, "ending" trilogy with Jamie Lee Curtis. It was very good.

The second instalment "Halloween Kills" should have been out this year but got pushed back due to the pandemic, so will be out next October.

The third and final movie will be called "Halloween Ends", out October 2022.
I like them all, but the first own is my favourite. Because the atmosphere is amazing. Watch it alone in the dark and its terrifying.

[Ammi]

...Justine...Netflix really do have some wonderful gem movies and this is definitely one...it’s incredibly sad but incredibly touching as well../...the relationship between Justine and her carer, Lisa...and how they’re isolated within themselves for very different reasons but how they connect to breathe life into each other...Stephanie Turner and Daisy Prescott are perfectly cast as Lisa and Justine ....as is Glynn Turman as Papa Don...:love:...

....a really beautiful and touching 8.5/10...

[Ammi]

His House - 8/10

I was expecting a horror which it kind of was but I think the witch and the ghosts weren't really real and it was a manifestation of the couples PTSD and guilt and trying to let go of that or learn to live with it and try to get on with their lives. I thought it was a very hard hitting and interesting way to approach the subject of refugees, what they dealt with in the past and the new challenges they face in a "safe" country. I also thought how they dealt with English people and how they interacted was probably quite accurate and captured the uncomfortable-ness very well

...I had to think more in reflection as well before giving my thoughts.../...because it is such a complexity of layers, I think...

...yeah I do think PTSD as well and guilt but I do think the spirits/ghosts seemed to be a cultural belief as well...’the spirits/ghosts follow us everywhere../...something similar, he said...and maybe those spirits/ghosts wouldn’t have been ‘threatening’, had there have been no guilt of it not being their daughter ...of that pretence to save themselves...And I just think that, that shows the complexities of ‘human’ as well...of how it can be complicated to define as ‘good and bad’ or good and evil, type thing...they obviously chose life over death because they knew they would have been killed and they were terrified...and obviously with asylum seekers, we think about that so much.../...things we could never imagine and the risks taken with their own lives, with the lives of others ...they were ‘the good ones’...that was being said because they were, they were good people ...but the spirits/ghosts were haunting them with a ‘bad’ that was obviously tearing them up...and we talk about that so much as well...’how could ‘good parents’ take these risks’, does that not make them ‘bad‘ in some way...I don’t think so because good and bad/good and evil, type thing can’t always apply in such a simplifies way as our own lifestyles would understand...it obviously had elements of horror as well with the jumps...probably one of the most layered stories I’ve seen...and something that’s difficult to shake off from thoughts...

[Niamh.]

...I had to think more in reflection as well before giving my thoughts.../...because it is such a complexity of layers, I think...

...yeah I do think PTSD as well and guilt but I do think the spirits/ghosts seemed to be a cultural belief as well...’the spirits/ghosts follow us everywhere../...something similar, he said...and maybe those spirits/ghosts wouldn’t have been ‘threatening’, had there have been no guilt of it not being their daughter ...of that pretence to save themselves...And I just think that, that shows the complexities of ‘human’ as well...of how it can be complicated to define as ‘good and bad’ or good and evil, type thing...they obviously chose life over death because they knew they would have been killed and they were terrified...and obviously with asylum seekers, we think about that so much.../...things we could never imagine and the risks taken with their own lives, with the lives of others ...they were ‘the good ones’...that was being said because they were, they were good people ...but the spirits/ghosts were haunting them with a ‘bad’ that was obviously tearing them up...and we talk about that so much as well...’how could ‘good parents’ take these risks’, does that not make them ‘bad‘ in some way...I don’t think so because good and bad/good and evil, type thing can’t always apply in such a simplifies way as our own lifestyles would understand...it obviously had elements of horror as well with the jumps...probably one of the most layered stories I’ve seen...and something that’s difficult to shake off from thoughts...

Above all else what I liked about this film is how it humanised a topic that often seems very dehumanised. I hope a lot of people will watch it

[Ammi]

...Elvis And Anabelle....I guess, an alternate Sleeping Beauty that felt a little dark and even a little whimsical in places...the two lead actors lifted it into something quite lovely and such a touching watch...7.5/10....:love:...

[arista]

The Lighthouse (2020)
Robert Pattinson & Willen Dafoe

Filmed last year in B/W

Grim Movie
Won awards.

On SkyMoviesHD this week.

[Vanessa]

Summer of 85.
Omg, it was so beautiful and tragic.
A tale of young love :love:

[Ammi]

...Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.......oh my Lord, it was so bad, so cringe and so awful...:laugh:...I was totally hooked though and loved the journey that it took us on and their relationship...:love:...7/10....

[Ammi]

...Knives Out...quite slick and really ticked along with a lovely cast...Toni Collette is a perfect election mess distraction...:love:...7/10 I would say, if all votes count...

[LaLaLand]

I watched Woody Allen's "Manhattan" earlier.

Think I actually preferred it to the classic that is "Annie Hall". Great cast and great cinematography of NYC with the usual Allen dialogue style you come to expect from his older movies.

Beautifully shot too, full black and white. Look at that intro!:

7mwZYGcbQCo

8/10.

[Ammi]

...I just can’t bring myself to watch anything Woody Allen related...

[Niamh.]

...I just can’t bring myself to watch anything Woody Allen related...Me neither

[Kazanne]

Went to cinema Wednesday to see Saint Maud, really was not worth the money,one of the worst Ive seen,awul.

[Nicky91]

47 Meters Down Uncaged (2019)

with Corinne Foxx, Nia Long, John Corbett


nice little low budget shark movie, some very cool scenes too 8.0


also a daughter of Sylvester Stallone in this too, Sistin Stallone

[Crimson Dynamo]

we watch Heredity last night. was pretty chilling and also a bit wtf but i would not like to watch that in a house on my own

Toni Collette was good

[Ammi]

...21 Bridges...it was quite heartbreaking to watch Chadwick Boseman again...:sad:..he really was a terrific actor and had such an onscreen presence...he and JK Simmons were this movie, but especially Chadwick...:love:...it had a Gotham City meets Grand Theft Auto../..type feel to it, I thought/...a bit of a video game storyline vibe...the story
also became a bit predictable but it didn’t matter because it was just so slick and cool and so well paced...just a really perfectly put together movie that ticked along so well...8/10...

[LaLaLand]

we watch Heredity last night. was pretty chilling and also a bit wtf but i would not like to watch that in a house on my own

Toni Collette was good

I'm still pissed she didn't get an Oscar nom or any other "big awards" noms for that movie. I know they tend to overlook the Horror genre as a rule but man, she was insanely good. Robbed.

[Nicky91]

Force of Nature (2020)

bit of a ''die hard but then in a apartment complex'' with a bunch of high profile thieves, amid a hurricane of category 5

starring Emile Hirsch, Kate Bosworth, Mel Gibson


quite enjoyable action movie 8

[Smithy]

Cam on Netflix

It was good but a little disturbing in parts, bit open ended too which I wasn’t overly keen on, but worth a watch 7/10

[Ammi]

...The Half of It.../Netflix...a really sweet coming of age...:love:..a little bit
Cyrano de Bergerac, a little bit Roxanne, a little bit Clueless...and quite a bit lovely.../...Leah Lewis is completely adorable...:lovedup:...7/10...

[Mystic Mock]

I'm still pissed she didn't get an Oscar nom or any other "big awards" noms for that movie. I know they tend to overlook the Horror genre as a rule but man, she was insanely good. Robbed.

I've not seen the Film, but Movie critics don't judge on quality sadly, if you're not in some sort of Dramatic piece then you're not good enough in the Oscars eyes for anything more than Special Effect noms.

[Ammi]

...RBG...Docu/film....The Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsberg...I only really knew a silhouette of her life and the changes she made in equality for women through her court battles....and the huge love and support that she felt with her partner....an incredible lady/...an inspiring watch...9/10...:love:...

[Niamh.]

Was that on Netflix or Prime Ammi?

[Ammi]

...(...I have to keep checking ...:laugh:..)...it’s Netflix...she really is a remarkable person, I would so recommend...I think that without women such as Ruth, the female world would look quite different... “But I ask no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is, that they will take their feet from off our necks, and permit us to stand upright …”....

[Niamh.]

Definitely put on my List, thanks Ammi

[Ammi]

...Brittney Runs a Marathon...the title says it, really...it touches on so many things..on personal growth and life responsibilities and avoidances...and how the same person can be perceived so differently if their body shape becomes changed ...the ending is one of the most emotional ones of all time for me and Jillian Bell is wonderful and perfectly cast...:lovedup:...8/10...

[arista]

The Hunt (2019)

Staring Hilary Swank

10 Outta 10.


On SkyMoviesHD now

[user104658]

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989). Continuing my eldest's 80's/90's movie education, we watched this on Saturday night. It's still great TBH and I think highlighted, for me, one of the major issues with the new Bill & Ted film. The protagonists in the new one are "dumb & dumber" style dumb, whereas in the original you sort of get the impression that they are NOT dumb at all underneath the "teenage metalhead" exterior, it's all a lot more "knowingly dumb" and thus cleverer. I really enjoyed the rewatch. A classic. Napoleon at "Waterloo" (and at the icecream place getting his Piggy badge pinned alongside his military medals :joker: ) and Billy The Kid + Socrates' bromance are highlights :laugh:.

I've not seen it since I was a teenager and I think I got a lot more out of it as an adult, actually (because you actually understand the historical references).

Easy 8/10


Any good ol' suggestions that I can make her watch? We've done Ghostbusters, the Jurassic Park series, Edward Scissor Hands and Beetlejuice etc. and probably others I'm not remembering but those are examples of "the sort of thing" I'm getting her to watch :hehe:

[Ammi]

..Gremlins, Goonies, Princess Bride, Back to the Future...?...

[Ammi]

...Die Hard is Christmassy...:laugh:...

[Niamh.]

Dirty Dancing, The Lost Boys, Big, Ferris Buellers Day off, Weekend at Bernies, The Neverending Story

[Niamh.]

Rainman

[Ammi]

...Stand by Me...Uncle Buck...

[Niamh.]

oohh My Girl :'(

[Ammi]

...oh yeah, definitely My Girl is a must see..:love:...I want to come to these movie nights...

[Niamh.]

...oh yeah, definitely My Girl is a must see..:love:...I want to come to these movie nights...

:laugh: me too

[Ammi]

:laugh: me too

...can we arrange to stream it onto TiBB please...watching movies with the boys and their friends were the best times ever...:flutter:..

[Niamh.]

...can we arrange to stream it onto TiBB please...watching movies with the boys and their friends were the best times ever...:flutter:..

:laugh: I'm just waiting for next week so I can start watching Christmas movies every night :amazed:

[user104658]

..Gremlins, Goonies, Princess Bride, Back to the Future...?...

Done all of those :laugh:

Dirty Dancing, The Lost Boys, Big, Ferris Buellers Day off, Weekend at Bernies, The Neverending Story

I think she may have watched Dirty Dancing with her mum :think:. Neverending Story is a good call!

...Stand by Me...Uncle Buck...

Stand By Me is a good suggestion too. I was never a fan of Uncle Buck :umm2: ... ...

oohh My Girl :'(

She watched My Girl when she was 7, was traumatised by Thomas J's death, forgot she had seen it, watched it again last year, was devastated for a second time :joker:.

[arista]

Infamous

Bella Thorne plays Arielle

2019/2020

Young Lady posts her crime on her Instagram


Starts of slow
but then gets much better.

You view it from the criminal side

Good Ending


8/10



SkyMoviesHD now

[Ammi]

...All the Money in the World...... based on the kidnapping of one of J. Paul Getty’s grandsons...I read that Kevin Spacey was cast as the part originally and then obviously changed...Christopher Plummer was excellent, though ...he really did ‘become Getty’...and the pace kept the suspense all the way through...(...even though the outcome was obviously known...)...an enjoyable 7/10...

[Niamh.]

...All the Money in the World...... based on the kidnapping of one of J. Paul Getty’s grandsons...I read that Kevin Spacey was cast as the part originally and then obviously changed...Christopher Plummer was excellent, though ...he really did ‘become Getty’...and the pace kept the suspense all the way through...(...even though the outcome was obviously known...)...an enjoyable 7/10...

Oh the one who was kidnapped was Balthazar Getty's dad, I use to have a big crush on him as a teenager :laugh:

[Ammi]

Oh the one who was kidnapped was Balthazar Getty's dad, I use to have a big crush on him as a teenager :laugh:

...they’ve always seemed like another family that have felt quite ‘cursed’... one of the grandsons died not long ago, I’m sure that I read...and another, a few years before that....

[Ammi]

...Boy Erased.......I hadn’t realised that it was a true story about ‘conversion therapy’...Nicole Kidman, as always was stunning..:love:. a recommended watch...7/10....

[Tom4784]

His House

I really liked this, I've never seen the plight of asylum seekers form the basis of a horror film before and it worked really well. I liked that the setting was miles away from the typical horror film set up and the threat was very interesting and quite unique.

A good little horror film. 8/10

[Ammi]

....such a powerful movie in humanising asylum seekers as well, Dezzy...and quite a few scary jumps...


....Hillbilly Elegy...Amy Adams and Glenn Close are two of my favourite actresses....:love:...and it was very watchable with some great scenes from both of them...but somehow I didn’t quite connect with the characters in the way that I would have like to...6.5/10..

[Tom4784]

Jungle Book (Remake)

I never cared for the original animation but I liked this a lot, the story was stronger and more interesting and it's a stunning film to boot. It's far superior to the original, I thought.

9/10

[Nicky91]

Christmas Chronicles 2 2020

even better than the first one, also Kurt Russell/Goldie Hawn really make the best Santa and Mrs Clause :clap1: :clap1: such genuine emotional movie, makes it genuine because Kurt & Goldie are a real life couple as well :love: :love:


score: 9.0/10

also had Malcolm McDowell as one of the elves :flutter:

[Marsh.]

Tenet.


I have no idea.

[arista]

2019 Thriller "The Rhythm Section"

Blake Lively and Jude Law.


Once it gets going
Great new Film.
Rated 18


9/10


SkyMoviesHD Late Night

[LaLaLand]

I’m gonna watch Mank later tonight/tomorrow and see what I make of it.

Seems to be already the Oscar 2021 front runner.

[Ammi]

..Private Life......such a well made movie but just so painful to watch as well...the whole lives of a couple being completely devoted to fertility treatments to get pregnant...very emotional and heartfelt and just agonising because so many couples will sadly live so many aspects of what we see in the movie and the strain on a relationship of two people who are so filled with love to give but are unable to give it...great performances from the two leads...8/10...

[Ammi]

...Paddleton...just such a heart wrenching emotional/friendship journey...8/10...

[Ammi]

...Flawless...it was an older 1999 film that I found on Netflix...with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robert De Niro...I liked it a lot ..:love:...8/10...

[Beastie]

Ready or not. Far fetched funny thriller and the lead character looking so much like Margot Robbie but isn't Margot Robbie. But is still an aussie actress nonetheless. 8/10

[Captain.Remy]

Watching Lost in Translation on TV right now. I'm amazed every time, and this is probably my 5th time watching it.

[Ammi]

...22 July...I went to watch a light Christmas movie but was somehow drawn to this one...although it shows the actual events at the beginning of the film...it’s mainly the aftermath of the Anders Behring Breivik killings in Norway ...the rebuilding of families and centred on one family/one particular victim who survived ...but how very changed his life was, physically and emotionally...incredibly harrowing, all of those lives so brutally prevented from being lived and children taken from their families en masse...it’s obviously a slaying that tore our hearts out and can’t in any way be described as an amazing movie because of the content...but it’s a very worthwhile watch...10/10...

[Dogeatdog]

The Green Mile (1999)

I’ve never seen this film before but I actually really enjoyed the story, I found it very consuming and the ending is really sad and there was one scene in particular as well that I did struggle to watch.

I was surprised to see a supernatural element to this film. It was something I just wasn’t expecting (I never bothered to read the premise before I watched it) but the acting was amazing, Michael Clark Duncan did an awesome job.

9/10

[MTVN]

Bad Santa - 10/10

Always 10/10

[Alf]

The Green Mile (1999)

I’ve never seen this film before but I actually really enjoyed the story, I found it very consuming and the ending is really sad and there was one scene in particular as well that I did struggle to watch.

I was surprised to see a supernatural element to this film. It was something I just wasn’t expecting (I never bothered to read the premise before I watched it) but the acting was amazing, Michael Clark Duncan did an awesome job.

9/10A classic. One of the two great prison movies of the 1990s directed by Frank Darabont. The other being "Shawshank Redemption"

[Niamh.]

A classic. One of the two great prison movies of the 1990s directed by Frank Darabont. The other being "Shawshank Redemption"And both written by Stephen King

[Alf]

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989). Continuing my eldest's 80's/90's movie education, we watched this on Saturday night. It's still great TBH and I think highlighted, for me, one of the major issues with the new Bill & Ted film. The protagonists in the new one are "dumb & dumber" style dumb, whereas in the original you sort of get the impression that they are NOT dumb at all underneath the "teenage metalhead" exterior, it's all a lot more "knowingly dumb" and thus cleverer. I really enjoyed the rewatch. A classic. Napoleon at "Waterloo" (and at the icecream place getting his Piggy badge pinned alongside his military medals :joker: ) and Billy The Kid + Socrates' bromance are highlights :laugh:.

I've not seen it since I was a teenager and I think I got a lot more out of it as an adult, actually (because you actually understand the historical references).

Easy 8/10


Any good ol' suggestions that I can make her watch? We've done Ghostbusters, the Jurassic Park series, Edward Scissor Hands and Beetlejuice etc. and probably others I'm not remembering but those are examples of "the sort of thing" I'm getting her to watch :hehe:The Princess Bride
The Outsiders
Point Break
Dead Poets Society
Awakenings
Groundhog Day
My Cousin Vinny
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Miller's Crossing
Rain Man
Father of the Bride
Cable Guy
Wayne's World
My Left Foot
Drop dead Fred
Adventures in Babysitting
The Catholic boys (also known as "Heaven help us")

[Tony Montana]

Knives Out (2019)

I've been meaning to watch this film for a long time, finally watched it last night and it didn't disappoint. What a film! Everything about it was incredible! The cast were all amazing, everyone played their part well, but it was Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and especially Daniel Craig who were the standouts. Craig was hilarious. For an actor who rarely does comedy films, he was brilliant as the private eye on the case. The twist was brilliantly executed.

Easily one of the best films from last year.

9/10.

[Ammi]

...I loved that movie also, Tony...:love:...


...Wild Rose......some people are born to the wrong body but Rose-Lynn was born to the wrong place...a Nashville girl in her soul or a Glasgow girl in her heart...?...Jessie Buckley is just stunning and Julie Walters is pretty amazing as well...quite a gritty story but so uplifting also...a wonderful 9/10...

[Ammi]

...The Upside...... The Intouchables is probably in my top 10 of favourite movies of all time, so I thought The Upside might be a good call and Brian Cranston is a lovely actor...but for me, it didn’t have the heart and soul of the original French version...I just didn’t feel the connection in the same way and it’s a story where connection is totally everything, that is the whole soul of it...

..it’s still a beautiful true life story, but for anyone who wanted to just watch one version, the Intouchables is the one, absolutely...:lovedup:..

...The Upside...6.5/10...

[Zizu]

Oliver !

Still fabulous !!!


10 / 10


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[arista]

The Rifleman 2019 Film

1st World War, Latvia a 16 year old lad is forced into the War
after Germans kill his mother.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_of_Souls_(film)


Film with Subtitles
well made
8/10.


On SkyMoviesHD

[Ammi]

...Uncle Frank...an absorbing but quite a difficult/painful watch of 70’s LGBT and of small town family life and relationships...two actors that I wasn’t familiar with...Sophia Lillis and Peter Macdussi, wonderfully cast ...:lovedup:...

...7/10, I think...

[Oliver_W]

Antebellum - 4/10

Boring af with a stupid twist. It's like the worst M Night Shyamalan film ever made, but it just happened to be made by someone else, who probably watched The Village and thought "I can make this film even worse!"

[Cherie]

John Wick 3, complete nonsense just like the other 2 but an easy watch

6.5/10

[Vanessa]

Starred up, a movie on All4.
It was really good.

[Tony Montana]

Joy Ride (2001)

A great and entertaining thriller/slasher flick.

[Cherie]

Die Hard..not watched it for years 8/10

21 Bridges 9/10

[Nicky91]

yesterday i watched Dinosaur Island, very nicely filmed with all the pitcher plants, dinosaurs, decent acting for a bunch of b-stars, australian movie yeah very enjoyable 7.0


just now Gremlins 2 New Batch, equally enjoyable as first one, also great roles from Robert Picardo :clap1: Christopher Lee, John Glover too 8.5

[rusticgal]

Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightly....10/10...loved it.

[aaronneely2017]

Lord of The Rings: Fellowship of the ring

9/10
Great film

[Alf]

Lord of The Rings: Fellowship of the ring

9/10
Great filmAnd you've stopped there? You should be putting a day aside to watch the trilogy, one after the other.

[James]

I watched Sonic the Hedgehog. It was alright. My main issue was trying to work out why the small-town cop would go on the run from the government with Sonic. It wasn't that plausible.

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989). Continuing my eldest's 80's/90's movie education, we watched this on Saturday night. It's still great TBH and I think highlighted, for me, one of the major issues with the new Bill & Ted film. The protagonists in the new one are "dumb & dumber" style dumb, whereas in the original you sort of get the impression that they are NOT dumb at all underneath the "teenage metalhead" exterior, it's all a lot more "knowingly dumb" and thus cleverer. I really enjoyed the rewatch. A classic. Napoleon at "Waterloo" (and at the icecream place getting his Piggy badge pinned alongside his military medals :joker: ) and Billy The Kid + Socrates' bromance are highlights :laugh:.

I've not seen it since I was a teenager and I think I got a lot more out of it as an adult, actually (because you actually understand the historical references).

Easy 8/10


Any good ol' suggestions that I can make her watch? We've done Ghostbusters, the Jurassic Park series, Edward Scissor Hands and Beetlejuice etc. and probably others I'm not remembering but those are examples of "the sort of thing" I'm getting her to watch :hehe:

Back to the Future, The Karate Kid.

[Nicky91]

The Old Guard (2020)

quite enjoyed this

good cast too of Charlize Theron, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Harry Melling (whom might be more known as Dudley from Harry Potter) also some good new talent like Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli


yes very nice and refreshing new take on superhero movies 8.5

[Vanessa]

Grease.
One of my favourite movies. It's electrifying! :dance:

[user104658]

Back to the Future, The Karate Kid.

Back To The Future was of course one of the first on the list :joker:. We also watched Karate Kid a few weeks ago - I've not seen it for well over a decade and what really struck me about it this time round, is how much of a smarmy little arsehole Daniel San is! Just a really obnoxious little ****.

[Niamh.]

Back To The Future was of course one of the first on the list :joker:. We also watched Karate Kid a few weeks ago - I've not seen it for well over a decade and what really struck me about it this time round, is how much of a smarmy little arsehole Daniel San is! Just a really obnoxious little ****.I watched it yesterday and thought the same [emoji28]

[Zizu]

Donnie Brasco
Goodfellas
Both fabulous





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[James]

Back To The Future was of course one of the first on the list :joker:. We also watched Karate Kid a few weeks ago - I've not seen it for well over a decade and what really struck me about it this time round, is how much of a smarmy little arsehole Daniel San is! Just a really obnoxious little ****.

I watched it yesterday and thought the same [emoji28]

He worse in Karate Kid 3 - eg. using his money to open a bonsai shop for Mr Miyagi. I've been watching / re-watching the original films before Cobra Kai season 3 starts...

First one is still great. Second one I remember watching years ago and thought it's a bit boring, but didn't remember anything about it apart from it being set in Japan. When I saw it again I thought again... this is a bit dull.

Third one is alright until the end when the villains turn cartoonish, and the tournament really kills it - Daniel can't seem to fight at all.

I haven't watch Next Karate Kid yet but I've heard it is quite bad.

[Tom4784]

Soul

I thought it was okay, it was charming enough but I thought it was rooted far too much in typical Pixar tropes that undersold and underpackaged the rather brilliant concept. If you've watched a few Pixar films in the past then you'll know what to expect. An unlikely partnership, a race against time, a musical montage meant to make you cry, etc.

It's still a good film in it's own right but Pixar is showing some fatal flaws at this point. They have these great concepts and they keep reducing them to the same story formats and it's lazy, it's soulless (hahahaha), and worse of all, between this and Onward, it's getting kind of boring.

Since the film itself is fine, I'll give it a 6/10 but I'm starting to really lose patience with Pixar now.

[Ammi]

..The Midnight Sky......it was obviously a very melancholy vibe because of the storyline and I’m not sure that I connected with the characters as much as I’d have liked to and needed to, to fully feel it../...the emotional aspects etc...but very absorbing anyway, 6.5/10, I think...


...I really wanted to know what ‘the event’ was that led to earth’s apocalypse...because then it might have been possible to imagine any possible survivors or not...

[Ammi]

...Escape Room...

...obviously not an original, type plot ......very Final Destination-ish, I thought...but the cast were cute and it ticked along ...5.5/10, I think...

[Vanessa]

The Sound of music.
I just love it, always sing along to it :joker:

[Alf]

Holiday On The Buses

[Mystic Mock]

Soul

I thought it was okay, it was charming enough but I thought it was rooted far too much in typical Pixar tropes that undersold and underpackaged the rather brilliant concept. If you've watched a few Pixar films in the past then you'll know what to expect. An unlikely partnership, a race against time, a musical montage meant to make you cry, etc.

It's still a good film in it's own right but Pixar is showing some fatal flaws at this point. They have these great concepts and they keep reducing them to the same story formats and it's lazy, it's soulless (hahahaha), and worse of all, between this and Onward, it's getting kind of boring.

Since the film itself is fine, I'll give it a 6/10 but I'm starting to really lose patience with Pixar now.

I haven't watched Soul or Onward yet in their defence, but I do miss the fun adventures of Movies like Cars, The Incredibles, and Monster's Inc, or the really creative Wall-E.

Now it all feels grounded in normal reality based Emo Drama that even the CW would reject imo.

[Lee.]

Watched “Judy” last night.

Renee Zellweger was phenomenal in it! :love:

[Zizu]

Casino .... brilliant !


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[Black Dagger]

Soul

10/10

Sobbage, visually stunning. One of Pixars finest x

[Ammi]

....Tenet...lots of action and tense bits, I liked the casting of the main characters...Kenneth Branagh as Sator was so sinister and threatening...I didn’t love it as much as Inception but it was a very good watch, I think...although, when it was gone, it was gone...it didn’t really leave the thoughts provoked for very long and maybe it should have...7/10, I was gripped and Teneted for an evening...

[arista]

Tailgate
2019

A Netherlands made Thriller.


8/10

Well made
watch out for the Van driver.



SkyMoviesHD on this week.

[Alf]

Steptoe and Son ride again

10/10

[Cherie]

American Gangster 8/10

[Vanessa]

Point Break.
Keanu Reeves at his hottest :lovedup:

[Tony Montana]

Remember the Titans (2000)

8/10.

[Zizu]

The ‘cult’ live-action movie of Popeye with Robin Williams ...a very odd movie but actually rather watchable ...

Fascinating to learn that they converted a little harbour village into Popeye’s harbour and the locals haven’t changed the ‘set’ or buildings much at all since ... they’ve apparently just added some colour to the drab buildings in the movie ..

The locals also recreate or re-enact songs and scenes from the movie using lookalikes.. as part of the tourist attraction

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[arista]

....Tenet...lots of action and tense bits, I liked the casting of the main characters...Kenneth Branagh as Sator was so sinister and threatening...I didn’t love it as much as Inception but it was a very good watch, I think...although, when it was gone, it was gone...it didn’t really leave the thoughts provoked for very long and maybe it should have...7/10, I was gripped and Teneted for an evening...


I watched it on a 4k BluRay Disc
I would give it 8/10
Amazing film, going backwards is a good concept.
Long film.
I can see why Tom Cruise enjoyed it, in the Cinema.

[Kazanne]

Dances with Wolves,my fave film ever.

[Smithy]

Soul, it was cute but I was expecting a lot more - 7/10

[Zizu]

I watched it on a 4k BluRay Disc

I would give it 8/10

Amazing film, going backwards is a good concept.

Long film.

I can see why Tom Cruise enjoyed it, in the Cinema.



Memento also ‘kinda’ went backwards as I recall


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[Cherie]

Drive 7/10

[MTVN]

Safety Not Guaranteed - 8/10

A lot better and funnier than I expected. Nice to have a film which packs a lot into less than 90 minutes and puts a different twist on standard romcoms/dramas

[Ammi]

..Safety Not Included...because it’s on Netflix atm and because it was produced by the same people who produced Little Miss Sunshine, one of my all time favourite movies...:love:.. it’s listed as a comedy but it also has mystery and Sci Fi and romance elements as well...and the characters have so much depth and are so gorgeously likeable...I won’t say any of the plot but it’s based on something in an actual news story and I would say..8.5/10....just delightful..:love:...

Safety Not Guaranteed - 8/10

A lot better and funnier than I expected. Nice to have a film which packs a lot into less than 90 minutes and puts a different twist on standard romcoms/dramas

...I watched that a little while ago and gave it a similar high rating, it was a lovely movie...there are some gems on Netflix atm...It was the same Producers as Little Miss Sunshine, which I don’t know if you’ve ever seen...but also an excellent movie, one of my all time favourites...

[MTVN]

...I watched that a little while ago and gave it a similar high rating, it was a lovely movie...there are some gems on Netflix atm...It was the same Producers as Little Miss Sunshine, which I don’t know if you’ve ever seen...but also an excellent movie, one of my all time favourites...

Ah wasn't sure if anyone else would have seen it as I'd never heard of it before stumbling across it on Netflix yesterday. Agree with all you said, there is so much depth to it and I find it really impressive how they achieved that with quite an ambitious story and apparently on a really small budget

I've not heard of Little Miss Sunshine but looks like another really clever film with a lot of heart, will have to see if I can find it available to watch

[Kizzy]

Sponge bob 2

[Ammi]

Ah wasn't sure if anyone else would have seen it as I'd never heard of it before stumbling across it on Netflix yesterday. Agree with all you said, there is so much depth to it and I find it really impressive how they achieved that with quite an ambitious story and apparently on a really small budget

I've not heard of Little Miss Sunshine but looks like another really clever film with a lot of heart, will have to see if I can find it available to watch

...google is saying that Little Miss Sunshine is on Netflix atm, but I haven’t checked if that’s current...I would really so strongly recommend that you watch if you get time...

[user104658]

We watched Pixar's "Soul" the other day. Wonderful little movie, I actually rate it even above Inside Out.

Bizarrely... it feels aimed at adults? Like I know most Pixar films are aimed at being enjoyable for everyone and have stuff in them, but the whole story arc and theme of this one seemed aimed at the 30 - 50 demographic :umm2:. My daughter enjoyed it as general entertainment but obviously the message was totally lost on her at 11.

[MTVN]

Wolf of Wall Street - 7/10

Never seen it before because I was put off by its length but tbf it doesn't actually drag at all and is very enjoyable. I just didn't care that much for it though or for any of the characters and it's not a film I spent any time thinking about after it finished

Midnight in Paris - 7.5/10

I liked the premise a lot and I love Hemingway so the depiction of him and 20s Paris was pretty cool. Not amazingly funny or gripping but it was good light viewing

[Ammi]

...Tag...apparently it’s a true story or based on a true story, I didn’t realise until after I’d watched it and it’s a very sweet true story...to continue a childhood game of Tag into adulthood as a way of keeping touch with friendships...:love:..I’m not sure that it all transferred to the movie though as it would have intended to...it felt very flat to me and I didn’t completely feel the connection with the group ...there were some fun highlights though and Isla Fisher’s character...:love:...5/10...

[Vanessa]

The Godfather, the best movie of all time :love:

[Beso]

Never ending story again.

[Vanessa]

Never ending story again.

I love that movie.

[Beso]

I love that movie.

You talking to me?

[Ammi]

...Pieces of a Woman......incredibly powerful and incredibly agonising in showing the pain of losing a child and the depth of grief...Vanessa Kirby and Ellen Burstyn were perfectly cast, they’re performances were immense ...:love:...the only thing for me was Shia LaBeouf and his casting ...I found one scene in particular, difficult to watch in view of his relationship with FKA Twigs and his character in the movie was just so unattractive with complete lack of any depth or any sensitivity, it was hard to see how the marriage was ever a thing in the first place...how anyone would find any attractiveness in the personality his character had...it’s still an 8/10 movie for me though, but I really didn’t like his casting in it at all...

[Vanessa]

Minority Report.
In my opinion Tom Cruise at his best.
And a great performance from Colin Farrell.

[Ammi]

Minority Report.
In my opinion Tom Cruise at his best.
And a great performance from Colin Farrell.

...from what I recall, Vanessa...that’s similar to Deja Vu with Denzel, I don’t know if you’ve seen that as well...

[Vanessa]

...from what I recall, Vanessa...that’s similar to Deja Vu with Denzel, I don’t know if you’ve seen that as well...

I haven't seen that one.
But Spielberg is my favourite director. He's just amazing :flutter:

[Niamh.]

Goosebumps 2 - It wasn't the best film I ever watched but I still enjoyed it, a nice Sunday afternoon lazy watch. I would have liked more Jack Black in it :laugh: 6/10

[Ammi]

...Instant Family...there have been some really nice movies on Netflix over the last few months and this is one of them...it’s just a sweet, touching, uplifting movie that ticks along nicely and with a good cast...7/10...

[Ammi]

...Green Book......such a wonderful connection with Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen, which was obviously the focus of the story and more conveyed in a light way with huge prejudice/inequalities etc of the time in the South....


...7/10...

[hijaxers]

Just watched 'Parasite' Brilliant

and watched The Dressmaker again . which i loved 1st time i saw it, love dark humour !

[Cherie]

Gangs of New York

7.5/10

[Nicky91]

Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020)

again very enjoyable like all other Tremors movies, this one gave me bit Jurassic Park vibes on a island

some good acting too, Michael Gross's Burt Gummer such an iconic character, also nice it had Richard Brake (GoT Night King season 5, 6) in it as a big game hunter

9.0

[Ammi]

...Lucy......this isn’t a movie that I’d heard of but I found it on Netflix...it’s described as a French Sci Fi action movie and it really was a reasonable watch...it wasn’t amazing, it felt a bit disjointed at times and just didn’t have the flow that it could have had...and I only partly attached to the character, Lucy...she somehow felt a bit distant, rather than someone I could emotionally connect to...Scarlett Johansson was as lovely as ever, though...:love:...6/10, I would say...

[Vanessa]

A movie about Rudolf Nureyev on bbc1.
It was fascinating. I love Nureyev!

[Sticks]

Frozen II 9/10

One of the best examples of the craft of computer animation.

It loses a point because...
In the film Olaf comes up with "Water has memory" and that trope is used throughout the film, right up to the end when Olaf is brought back to life.

The problem with it, is its connection to Homoeopathy. I suspect that only those aware of the claims of Homoeopathy will have heard this one. Those proponents claim that water has a memory of substances that were in it, even when they have been diluted out of existence.

Admittedly in the film they do not make reference to homoeopathic treatments whatsoever. However, because of the line "Water has memory" I suspect someone on the writing team must have had an acquaintance with homoeopathy and its claims, and was surreptitiously trying to promote it by bringing out this line of dialogue. I wonder how many people spending money on this "alternative" medicine also made the connection I did.

[Ammi]

...Dark Waters......Mark Ruffalo is one of my favourite actors anyway and he’s just so riveting and excellent as the lawyer who takes on a huge corporation who are knowingly polluting water sources and endangering lives.../causing cancers to many and deformities to unborn children...

...it’s a true story and absolutely horrifying and terrifying but something that I hadn’t been aware of at all...because it’s such a must watch, I’ll say 9/10...

[arista]

Volition

2019,


SciFi Thriller,
man who can see the future.

SkyMoviesHD.

8/10.

[LaLaLand]

Booksmart (2019)

I couldn't sleep so stuck this on as it was recommended by Netflix.

Oh my God I thought it was brilliant, a really great and modern take on the classic "coming of age"/graduation movie. Genuinely laughed out loud at various points.

9/10.

[Niamh.]

The vanished - OK, definitely didn't see the plot twist coming which was good but over all it wasn't great. Very far fetched, the characters were bland and very 2 dimensional but I like a good ending so it gets points for that 6/10

[user104658]

We watched Cliffhanger because my wife was showing my eldest "the scene" from the beginning (my wife has a lifelong trauma from this scene :laugh: ) and daughter decided she wanted to see the whole film.

The entire premise of the film is utterly ludicrous. Thus, an early 90's family classic :joker: 7/10

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[GoldHeart]

Recently Re watched 2 90s movies I haven't seen for yearsss
Life
Eddie Murphy & Martin Lawrence duo wrongly accused of murder in the 1930s in the deep south , it actually had a mixture of friendship, sadness and comedy .

Clueless
This was nostalgic and a funny movie , full of typical highschool trends and pop culture and fashion from the time and not to be taken seriously. And had the luxury scenery of Beverly hills .

[Ammi]

...You Were Never Really Here......I honestly don’t know what my thoughts are with this movie...so I guess that it didn’t provoke any thoughts, it more hmmm...just happened...I watched it, it felt empty and then it was over and that’s that of that...maybe a bit harsh because the plot line etc was all fine and okay...anyways, I don’t want to give any of the plot away so I’ll just rate it...maybe 5/10ish....

[Niamh.]

Yeah, I didn't want to say I didn't like very much in case you would :laugh:

[Ammi]

Yeah, I didn't want to say I didn't like very much in case you would :laugh:

...:laugh:...

...I really hated the ending as well and...the whole movie seemed to have no direction and felt so confused as to where it wanted to be and which genre it was looking for...but for the Love of God, get that poor young girl away from the care of Joaquin’s character...

[Ammi]

...Hotel Artemis......it was a good cast and really, not a bad futuristic action thriller...not outstanding in any way with the storyline but just zipped along very entertainingly and a nice time filler in these lockdown days and nights....but also a little forgettable...7/10, I would say...

[Ammi]

...Penguin Bloom......an inspirational true life story, I won’t say the plot but I think Naomi Watts gave just the right amount of sentimentality/determination of character etc and was beautifully cast ..7/10...

[Tony Montana]

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. (2007)

I first watched this film aged 13 at secondary school in drama class. It was amazing then and still is amazing now. I love everything about it. The cinematography is gorgeous, the music was on point, the script was solid and the acting was top notch. The ending always makes me sad when Todd realises the beggar woman he killed was his wife.

9/10. In my top 5 Burton films.

[Tom4784]

Ride Your Wave

It's a really cute film although it lost me a bit in the middle since it felt a little too absurd, but I was back on board by the end. It's not the best film ever, but it's just a lovely little film that gave me the feels and sometimes, that's all I need.

7/10

[Tom4784]

Promising Young Woman

It's one of the best films I've seen in a long while, it's haunting, hard-hitting and irreverent at the same time. The less said about the story the better but it's one that hasn't left my mind since I watched it. Carrie Mulligan deserves an oscar for her performance.

It's difficult to talk about further without going into detail about it but it's such an excellent film, I can't recommend it enough.

10/10

[Crimson Dynamo]

Deadpool

7/10

ok as a 4th wall comedy

Robocop

8/10

Classic 80s near future shoot-em up

[Niamh.]

Palmer - Justin Timberlake is pretty good in it, a nice feel good film 7/10

[LaLaLand]

Superbad - 8.5/10 - Howled from start to finish. Such an accurate representation of dorky teenage lads, bit cliche but very good. Hilarious.

[Ammi]

...The Gentlemen......really typical Guy Ritchie doing Guy Ritchie turf wars thing...it just zipped along nicely from scene to scene keeping our attention because if we lost that attention for a moment, we lost the plot thread as Guy Ritchie is a fast moving type guy...a great cast as also to be expected...I was so impressed with Hugh Grant particularly, he was barely recognisable at points...Colin Farrell is always a great watch as is Matthew McConaughey...I also loved Michelle Dockery, who couldn’t have been more different in her character from Lady Mary in Downton Abbey, I think it’s the first time that I’d seen her in a non period role and she was excellent...:lovedup:....a Ritchie rich character filled 6/10...:love:...

[Niamh.]

Colin stole the show in that one imo Ammi

[Ammi]

...what I loved about Colin and Hugh in particular...(...because I hadn’t read any synopsis or cast or anything beforehand, actually hadn’t known even that it was Guy Ritchie ...)...is that I didn’t immediately recognise them from appearance, it was their voices...and that was pretty cool...

[Ammi]

...when I started watching, it was like...hang on, this is Guy Ritchie...


...when I hear both of their voices it was the same...hang on, that’s Hugh/Colin etc...:laugh:...

[Ammi]

...Late Night...just a really light and airy and watchable movie that doesn’t really take you anywhere but it’s a lovely ride anyway...Emma Thompson, lovely always...:love:...and Mindy Kalinin, who I wasn’t familiar with but just such a delight in her character....an enjoyable 6/10...

[Ammi]

...The Big Sick......I watched a movie once called While You Were Sleeping with Sandra Bullock and that has a very similar vibe to this...I guess it was mainly just a romance or rom com, as they say...but it was a really lovely and charming one and quite different...:love:..other than Holly Hunter, I wasn’t familiar with any of the cast but they were all perfect and easy to fall in love with...a thoroughly excellent 7/10...:love:...

[LaLaLand]

Just got finished watching mid90s (2019).

I really liked it a lot. As a 90's kid myself the nostalgia factor was awesome, recognised so much of my own childhood in this.

It's a very dark and distressing movie at times but a very niche, "brutally honest" spin on the usual coming of age movies. Only fault would be it's a bit jarring, goes from one thing to the other with no "real" resolves or outcomes. Enjoyed it very much though. Can see people disliking this if it's not "of their era" though, as I say it's very niche.

I didn't realise until it finished that it was both written and directed by Jonah Hill! :omgno:

7.5/10.

[Tony Montana]

Snakes on a Plane (2006)

15 years later and this still a great film.

9/10.

[Marsh.]

...Late Night...just a really light and airy and watchable movie that doesn’t really take you anywhere but it’s a lovely ride anyway...Emma Thompson, lovely always...:love:...and Mindy Kalinin, who I wasn’t familiar with but just such a delight in her character....an enjoyable 6/10...

Mindy Kalinin :love:

[Ammi]

...I didn’t know her, Marsh...she’s a really gorgeous actress...:lovedup:...even with Emma Thompson’s presence, which was wonderful...it was Mindy who lifted the movie into the lovely experience it was...

[Ammi]

...Red Dot......it’s a Swedish film that’s on Netflix atm...the synopsis drew me in and it did take a while to get into it and feel as though it had anything different to offer and I can’t give anything away but....yeah, it didn’t have any Hollywood jazz ma tazz etc and frilly bits but the plot line is good....that’s all I should say and I’ll rate it as 7/10 and worth a watch for sure...