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…Arkansas…..just another day in the office/or a working from home day for the drug dealers…it wasn’t a bad watch…very brutal and violent and everybody a bad guy but still an absorbing watch and excellent cast…7/10…
…Origin……outstanding journey/story of Isabel Wilkerson…the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer prize for journalism despite all of the personal sadness going on in her life through that time….a perfect cast as well..9/10…
…Dream Scenario……kind of a weird film, even for Nicholas Cage…(…who I love but can do very weird storylines/characters…it was so bad and so good at the same time…a horror/comedy…?…6.5/10…
Niamh.
17-02-2025, 10:55 AM
…Dream Scenario……kind of a weird film, even for Nicholas Cage…(…who I love but can do very weird storylines/characters…it was so bad and so good at the same time…a horror/comedy…?…6.5/10…
Oh I watched this last night too (I have a Prime trial until the start of March :laugh: )
Such a weird movie but I didn't hate it I'll give it a 6
Elevation - Typical Armageddon action type film but they had a new idea at least, it wasn't bad 6.5/10
…Elevation……post apocalyptic giant bug-like creatures who don’t like heights, lots of adrenaline filled moments…a perfect Sunday afternoon movie…6.5/10….
Oh I watched this last night too (I have a Prime trial until the start of March :laugh: )
Such a weird movie but I didn't hate it I'll give it a 6
Elevation - Typical Armageddon action type film but they had a new idea at least, it wasn't bad 6.5/10
…oh I watched Elevation recently as well, I loved the concept and thought that it would make a great series…/we scored the same…:laugh:…
…I think that you’ll like The Gorge as well if you have it available to watch…it’s so different in storyline…I liked it a lot…:love:…
Niamh.
17-02-2025, 11:03 AM
…oh I watched Elevation recently as well, I loved the concept and thought that it would make a great series…/we scored the same…:laugh:…
Great minds :hee:
…I think that you’ll like The Gorge as well if you have it available to watch…it’s so different in storyline…I liked it a lot…:love:…
Is it on Prime as well?
Great minds :hee:
Is it on Prime as well?
…no, it’s a new Apple Plus movie but I don’t know whether you can find any other way of watching…or have a free Apple trial, maybe…
Cherie
17-02-2025, 11:07 AM
How do you guys get time to watch so many movies :laugh:
Niamh.
17-02-2025, 11:19 AM
…no, it’s a new Apple Plus movie but I don’t know whether you can find any other way of watching…or have a free Apple trial, maybe…
I might be able to get it somewhere else
How do you guys get time to watch so many movies :laugh:
I like a movie or two of an evening :hee:
Cherie
17-02-2025, 12:33 PM
I might be able to get it somewhere else
I like a movie or two of an evening :hee:
jeez im hard put to keep my eyes open to watch one :laugh:
Niamh.
17-02-2025, 12:44 PM
jeez im hard put to keep my eyes open to watch one :laugh:
:laugh:
Jessica.
17-02-2025, 03:14 PM
Wicked, it was alright 6.5/10
LaLaLand
17-02-2025, 06:05 PM
I got a couple of Scorsese box sets from eBay for a tenner (five films in each) so I’ve started with one.
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974). I picked this to start because it seemed like it’d be an easy watch (and it was one I’d never heard of tbh). Good movie. Ellen Burstyn is the lead (she won the Oscar for Best Actress for this) as a woman who becomes widowed and moves away with her son to start again. Quirky, sweet sometimes heartbreaking little romantic drama.
jeez im hard put to keep my eyes open to watch one :laugh:
…I think that watching a movie/a series helps to keep my attention in the evening so that I don’t fall asleep…:laugh:…
I might be able to get it somewhere else
I like a movie or two of an evening :hee:
…I don’t know where you watch Severance from but that’s Apple TV as well so you might be able to get the movie from the same thing…
Cherie
17-02-2025, 10:24 PM
…I think that watching a movie/a series helps to keep my attention in the evening so that I don’t fall asleep…:laugh:…
:laugh:
…Kraven the Hunter…t’was ok for an origin story, it dragged a little but Russell Crowe added a bit of Russian pizzazz to raise it up a little bit…although he does look a bit, what the heck am I doing here at times …5/10-ish…
…Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End….…it was a low budget Spanish made movie about a guy and a small group of people trying to get to Tenerife and get off the main island…it was very classic zombie and actually not bad at all…just good ol’ honest to God zombies and the lead character transformed from being a lawyer to being a zombie assassinator very quickly…6.5/10…
Gusto Brunt
22-02-2025, 04:02 PM
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Heretic 2024
May I say I was never a fan of Hugh Grant. He has played the same toff character with the floppy hair for decades.
Now he's old and grey and very wrinkled, he's turned his hand to horror films. This one Heretic gets rave reviews but even from the first few minutes I was bored by it. The dialogue is awful, contrived and the acting by the two girls, particularly the fair haired girl just got on my nerves.
So these two Mormon girls visit a weird old guy at his home in the hope of converting him to their religion. After the first five minutes I was so bored. It doesn't take an Eienstein to see where all this is going. A slow - so slow, very talkative load of codswallop. Not scary one bit. Boring, so boring.
I must say one hour was my limit. I didn't care what happened next. This movie sucked. And I don't know why it gets so many great reviews.
I didn't finish it but one hour was too much, I couldn't take any more. I did whiz through to the end and it turned out to be the usual tedious slasher stuff. Still boring.
1/-10
…Unforgettable……a bit of a typical creepy ex-wife psychopath type storyline with no surprising bits but it still zipped along well and Katherine Heigl plays unhinged very well…5.5/10…
Mystic Mock
23-02-2025, 10:37 AM
Us - I'm a bit late to the party on this one as my Brother watched it first, and my Dad liked the Director's other Film called Nope, so I was behind both of them on watching anything from this Director's Films (I just wish that I could remember his name lol.)
Anyway I really enjoyed the Film, it's very bizarre but in a way that I personally could click with really well.
I did guess the twist at the end though.
Mystic Mock
23-02-2025, 10:42 AM
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Heretic 2024
May I say I was never a fan of Hugh Grant. He has played the same toff character with the floppy hair for decades.
Now he's old and grey and very wrinkled, he's turned his hand to horror films. This one Heretic gets rave reviews but even from the first few minutes I was bored by it. The dialogue is awful, contrived and the acting by the two girls, particularly the fair haired girl just got on my nerves.
So these two Mormon girls visit a weird old guy at his home in the hope of converting him to their religion. After the first five minutes I was so bored. It doesn't take an Eienstein to see where all this is going. A slow - so slow, very talkative load of codswallop. Not scary one bit. Boring, so boring.
I must say one hour was my limit. I didn't care what happened next. This movie sucked. And I don't know why it gets so many great reviews.
I didn't finish it but one hour was too much, I couldn't take any more. I did whiz through to the end and it turned out to be the usual tedious slasher stuff. Still boring.
1/-10
I felt similar with the 2004 Hellboy Film.
I preferred it's rival in Van Helsing personally, even if the terrible Internet connection stopped me from finishing it that night.:joker:
Ithinkiloveyoutoo
23-02-2025, 06:37 PM
Magic Mike the last dance. Salma Hayek has got to be one of the worst actresses of all time. Tatum can move of course but he's also terrible.
Niamh.
23-02-2025, 06:56 PM
…oh I watched Elevation recently as well, I loved the concept and thought that it would make a great series…/we scored the same…[emoji23]…
…I think that you’ll like The Gorge as well if you have it available to watch…it’s so different in storyline…I liked it a lot…:love:…
I watched The Gorge, I did really like it, thanks for the recommendation, very different storyline and I like the 2 lead actors a lot 7/10
The Banshees of Inisherin
'Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN follows lifelong friends Pádraic and Colm, who find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship. A stunned Pádraic, aided by his sister Siobhán and troubled young islander Dominic, endeavours to repair the relationship, refusing to take no for an answer. But Pádraic's repeated efforts only strengthen his former friend’s resolve and when Colm delivers a desperate ultimatum, events swiftly escalate, with shocking consequences'.
I don't know if this has been mentioned before....Colin Farrell is great in this, I loved it. A simple, often funny but rather tragic story. Beautiful scenery too...
Niamh.
23-02-2025, 09:14 PM
They're a great duo Colin and Brendan Gleeson. Loved them in In Bruges too.
Just watched Companion it was a pretty good Sci fi type film 7/10
I watched The Gorge, I did really like it, thanks for the recommendation, very different storyline and I like the 2 lead actors a lot 7/10
….ahhhhhh, that was exactly my thoughts as well, that the storyline was so different and that feels quite rare in the world of movies…and yeah, they’re both so likeable and so engaging…just a jolly good watch…:love:…
Vanessa
24-02-2025, 01:28 PM
They're a great duo Colin and Brendan Gleeson. Loved them in In Bruges too.
Just watched Companion it was a pretty good Sci fi type film 7/10
Yes I've liked Colin Farrell for years.
user104658
24-02-2025, 04:50 PM
"Heretic" - Hugh Grant plays a villain so much better than a bumbling love interest, I swear. He's genuinely chilling :umm2:.
"The Sound of Music" - daughter had never seen it, watched it as nice Sunday afternoon viewing, discovered that this movie in 2025 is fking terrifying and came away with profound existential dread. All a little too close to home right now! I'd only seen it as a kid so didn't understand how much just-pre-WW2 politics was involved. Even more chilling than Hugh Grant honestly.
Sticks
24-02-2025, 06:12 PM
At the weekend re watch "Vengeance Most Fowl" with Wallace and Gromit.
It would be nice if it could win the Oscar, but suspect someone else will get it.
…My Old Ass……just a really, really sweet and lovely ‘coming of age’ type movie/story…great cast/endearing characters ….6.5/10…
…Warrior (2014)……the storyline in itself was quite predictable but that didn’t really matter because the substance of the movie for me was the characters and the casting of those characters…Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy as clashing brothers and Nick Nolte as the father are all brilliant and raise the movie to be far more than the plot…8/10…
Mystic Mock
28-02-2025, 07:15 AM
…My Old Ass……just a really, really sweet and lovely ‘coming of age’ type movie/story…great cast/endearing characters ….6.5/10…
I love the title.:laugh:
I love the title.:laugh:
…oh sorry, that wasn’t the title of the movie…I was just having a moment…
Mystic Mock
28-02-2025, 08:30 AM
…oh sorry, that wasn’t the title of the movie…I was just having a moment…
:joker:
Babygirl.
Watchable but quite disappointing if you go in expecting an erotic drama that pushes the envelope like the trailer suggested. Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson have basically no chemistry whatsoever, neither romantic (which I'll concede may have been part of the point of the story they were trying to tell), but also neither sexual. A lot of the risqué parts of the movie (especially on the part of Harris Dickinson's character) were just cringe and awkward as opposed to being titillating in any way. Antonio Banderas, despite his limited screen time, was the best part of the film imo. His performance was the high point of the movie for me.
…The Outrun……very bleak and very stark and very sobering/literally, as it’s about recovery from addiction and the very troubled family and childhood that contributed to the addiction… Saoirse Ronan is totally spell binding, she just completely mesmerises as Rona…it’s a wonderful talent that can carry a movie and character in the way she does with this and the very reason for a 9/10 score…I was completely drawn into Rona’s life and world…
…I rewatched Runaway Jury….great story/excellent acting…not only from Gene Hackman but from all of the cast…/…a thoroughly good watch…9/10…
I'd definitely recommend. Noomi Rapace is perfect as Lisbet... I really rate her as an actress too.
I finally got around to watching The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. What an egrossing and captivating movie. Once it got going, I honestly didn't want it to stop. Thank goodness there are two movies left to watch.
I'll have to rewatch the Fincher remake somewhere down the line, so I won't say I unquestionably like the OG more, but it definitely made more of a positive first impression on me.
Livia
01-03-2025, 12:08 PM
I finally got around to watching The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. What an egrossing and captivating movie. Once it got going, I honestly didn't want it to stop. Thank goodness there are two movies left to watch.
I'll have to rewatch the Fincher remake somewhere down the line, so I won't say I unquestionably like the OG more, but it definitely made more of a positive first impression on me.
Really glad you liked it. Noomi is perfect, isn't she. And I don't think the standard drops over the next two films, not at all.
Watching these films really got me into Nordic Noir. I've watched the TV series The Bridge, which was brilliant and which I gave 10/10, and The Killing which is good... but only a 9/10.
Vanessa
01-03-2025, 03:03 PM
I finally got around to watching The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. What an egrossing and captivating movie. Once it got going, I honestly didn't want it to stop. Thank goodness there are two movies left to watch.
I'll have to rewatch the Fincher remake somewhere down the line, so I won't say I unquestionably like the OG more, but it definitely made more of a positive first impression on me.I've seen that. Great movie.
Gusto Brunt
01-03-2025, 05:13 PM
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The Radleys 2024.
I really enjoyed this film. :D It's not perfect, but the cast is good and it's British made.
The movie is about a middle class family of vampires who have led a life of not drinking blood for many years but they rediscover the taste and things go wrong! :joker:
The acting was pretty good. It's a comedy horror and I usually don't like them but yeah it was a fun movie.
I give it 8/10 because I have not complaints. :p
…Sing Sing……and incredible story/an incredible performance from everyone but Colman Domingo is completely mesmerising…he’s been a favourite for me since early Fear the Walking Dead days/his character is still one of the best things about the series …so powerful and uplifting and intense and really shows the power of art…of dance/of music/of acting etc…just completely absorbing story…9/10….
…Bank of Dave 2/The Loan Ranger….…The Loan Ranger is such an excellent tag for him, isn’t it…I hadn’t realised that he was so key in bringing down and changing legislation in regards to awful, awful payday loans that prayed on the most vulnerable and destroyed lives…well done, Dave…he’s such a salt of the earth guy in every way…always for the people….:lovedup:…excellent cast and I love Chrissy Metz from her This is Us days so lovely to see her part in there as well…7/10…a thoroughly good feel good….(as recommended by Niamh, I should say…:love:…)…
Really glad you liked it. Noomi is perfect, isn't she. And I don't think the standard drops over the next two films, not at all.
Watching these films really got me into Nordic Noir. I've watched the TV series The Bridge, which was brilliant and which I gave 10/10, and The Killing which is good... but only a 9/10.
I'll make a note to try both of them out at some point in the near future. I'm not sure if I've heard of Nordic Noir before, but anything adjacent to TGWTDT has gotta be worth a try. So I'm sure I'll enjoy exploring that wider subgenre. :thumbs:
…Here……it took a little while to get going because it isn’t an action film or a plot film…it’s a home/house film and about the lives of the people who live there, which are all the turbulence’s and calm waters that many people go through in their lives…I didn’t think that I was going to like it but it became quite absorbing to know how the families who lived here, progressed in their lives…it was lovely to see Tom Hanks and Robin Wright together on screen again as well because they were such a great Forrest Gump partnership…6/10…
Gusto Brunt
05-03-2025, 05:32 PM
The Instigators (2024)
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The oher night I was looking around to see if there were any good new movies about. I normally go for horror or sci-fi, but I do like action thrillers too.
I spotted The Instigators and then I saw it was a comedy as well as an action thriller - then I thought from my experience comedy does not always go with a thriller. And I was right. I did decide to watch this movie last night, and boy was it boring. Bad script. Lame acting, storyline, and not remotely funny.
The 'jokes' were forced to a point which was embarrassing. They actors obviously doing this for the money. Not commitment whatsoever other than that.
I watched it up to 55 minutes and I'd had enough. I think there was about 50 minutes to go. I'd rather be in bed! So I did just that. :D
1/10.
…Moon……such an engrossing and mesmerising film …Sam Rockwell is so excellent, I won’t say much about the plot but the director is David Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones and well played Duncan Jones for such a captivating movie…8.5/10…
Gusto Brunt
08-03-2025, 09:59 AM
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Brother - 2024.
Another unfunny comedy thriller which I gave a go but I quit after 20 minutes,
It was the awful acting from Brendan Fraser that did it. So annoying.
Just not good enough. Can't even rate the movie.
Gusto Brunt
08-03-2025, 03:33 PM
Double Blind (2023)
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I watched this last night. I'm only gve it 4/10 because I've seen it all before. It's an Irish film with mostly Irish cast/accents.
Basically it's about a controversial medical centre testing out new drugs on some young people, all of whom are being paid a massive fee, and this is the reason they keep on swallowing tablets, despite suffering bizarre side effects, like DYING.
The film is predicable but interesting - nothing great - but midway through it loses its way and all we see is panic and you know it's not going to end well. I was willing this movie to change its direction, and better still end soon, but it just dragged on. Least I saw it to the end but not great.
Crimson Dynamo
08-03-2025, 04:18 PM
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Ithinkiloveyoutoo
09-03-2025, 01:15 AM
The 355 10/10
Ithinkiloveyoutoo
09-03-2025, 09:24 PM
A thousand and one 8/10
Ithinkiloveyoutoo
11-03-2025, 06:49 PM
Four good days. Very good true story
Four good days. Very good true story
….a great cast as well, isn’t it…?..I watched it a while ago, it was very absorbing…
…Appaloosa….…I’m not generally drawn to Wild West movies but this was a good watch and a good cast with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen and also Renee Zellweger so an impressive cast that raised it to a lot…dodgy gunslingers in a dodgy town with dodgy bad guys, all very watchable…6.5/10…
…Breaking……John Boyega was excellent …🩷… based on a true story is all I’ll say because I don’t want to give the plot away…very riveting watch…6.5/10…
…They Made Us……there was very little to attach to in the movie, I found…but very sad and grey and very real….5/10…
Gusto Brunt
13-03-2025, 07:44 AM
John Wick - Chapter 4 (2023)
An action packed movie that is never boring but it's quite ridiculous. Take your brain out for this one.
It's basically a violent cartoon that includes a blind assassin who has a killing rate of 10 people a minute. Totally absurd. :D
All in all I give it 7/10.
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Mystic Mock
13-03-2025, 10:58 AM
John Wick - Chapter 4 (2023)
An action packed movie that is never boring but it's quite ridiculous. Take your brain out for this one.
It's basically a violent cartoon that includes a blind assassin who has a killing rate of 10 people a minute. Totally absurd. :D
All in all I give it 7/10.
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That's a very fun Film imo.
Especially if (like you've said yourself) you can switch your brain off and don't think about it too much from a realistic perspective.
Niamh.
13-03-2025, 11:14 AM
Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End : A Spanish Zombie movie, it was pretty good but
The ending wasn't very ending but maybe that was the point and what they meant by the subtitle.......or else there will be a Part 2 7/10
…Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End….…it was a low budget Spanish made movie about a guy and a small group of people trying to get to Tenerife and get off the main island…it was very classic zombie and actually not bad at all…just good ol’ honest to God zombies and the lead character transformed from being a lawyer to being a zombie assassinator very quickly…6.5/10…
Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End : A Spanish Zombie movie, it was pretty good but
The ending was very ending but maybe that was the point and what they meant by the subtitle.......or else there will be a Part 2 7/10
…yeah, same-ish when I watched it…
Ithinkiloveyoutoo
13-03-2025, 08:17 PM
….a great cast as well, isn’t it…?..I watched it a while ago, it was very absorbing…
Great film
Watched an interview with the real life woman of the film and it's good to see her doing well
Great film
Watched an interview with the real life woman of the film and it's good to see her doing well
….ahhhhh, I’m so glad that she is…:love:…I’ll try to watch the interview and catch up with her story, I don’t think that I did that after watching the movie…
…Mother and Child……one of those interconnecting stories that could have been very empty but the cast are perfect and fill it with so much heart and soul…Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Samuel L Jackson all excellent in their roles…6/10…
…Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End….…it was a low budget Spanish made movie about a guy and a small group of people trying to get to Tenerife and get off the main island…it was very classic zombie and actually not bad at all…just good ol’ honest to God zombies and the lead character transformed from being a lawyer to being a zombie assassinator very quickly…6.5/10…
Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End : A Spanish Zombie movie, it was pretty good but
The ending wasn't very ending but maybe that was the point and what they meant by the subtitle.......or else there will be a Part 2 7/10
Ugh I ****ing love zombie movies. :laugh: I know what I'm watching tonight.
Ugh I ****ing love zombie movies. :laugh: I know what I'm watching tonight.
…enjoy…:love:…(….if you haven’t already watched it…)…
Gusto Brunt
15-03-2025, 09:56 AM
Last night I watched The Hills Have Eyes (1977).
Seen it and the 2006 remake before. Both are good and not much difference between the two, just different actors. :p
The infamous shooting scene in both movies is very realistic and upsetting.
I give both movies 7/10.
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Ithinkiloveyoutoo
15-03-2025, 04:50 PM
Catch and release. I keep forgetting that I've seen it and when I see it again I'm reminded that's it's a lovely little movie.
Also Don't move.
Crimson Dynamo
15-03-2025, 06:33 PM
The Dark Knight
9.0 IMDB
Really classy film, beautifully shot. Some fantastic performances by the line memorisers and you can tell the Director is one of the very best.
9/10
Livia
15-03-2025, 10:08 PM
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Heretic 2024
May I say I was never a fan of Hugh Grant. He has played the same toff character with the floppy hair for decades.
Now he's old and grey and very wrinkled, he's turned his hand to horror films. This one Heretic gets rave reviews but even from the first few minutes I was bored by it. The dialogue is awful, contrived and the acting by the two girls, particularly the fair haired girl just got on my nerves.
So these two Mormon girls visit a weird old guy at his home in the hope of converting him to their religion. After the first five minutes I was so bored. It doesn't take an Eienstein to see where all this is going. A slow - so slow, very talkative load of codswallop. Not scary one bit. Boring, so boring.
I must say one hour was my limit. I didn't care what happened next. This movie sucked. And I don't know why it gets so many great reviews.
I didn't finish it but one hour was too much, I couldn't take any more. I did whiz through to the end and it turned out to be the usual tedious slasher stuff. Still boring.
1/-10
Have you seen Guy Ritchie film The Gentlemen? Hugh Grant is really good in it and it's a fantastic cast, Matthew McConaughy, Colin Farrell, Michelle Dockery, Eddie Marsan... I'd highly recommend it.
Gusto Brunt
16-03-2025, 01:29 AM
That's a very fun Film imo.
Especially if (like you've said yourself) you can switch your brain off and don't think about it too much from a realistic perspective.
Yes defo not boring.
Gusto Brunt
16-03-2025, 01:30 AM
Have you seen Guy Ritchie film The Gentlemen? Hugh Grant is really good in it and it's a fantastic cast, Matthew McConaughy, Colin Farrell, Michelle Dockery, Eddie Marsan... I'd highly recommend it.
I might try that one but not a Hugh fan.
…Kidnap (2017)….…with Halle Berry …was billed as an action thriller but really a silly thriller…4/10…
…enjoy…:love:…(….if you haven’t already watched it…)…
I did enjoy it a lot. Little light on the actual zombie action, but it was still a very fun watch. I'll be very interested to watch the sequel if and when they ever get around to actually making it.
Also watched Presence yesterday. It's billed as a horror, but it's really more of a supernatural mystery/thriller with a very cool Hitchcockian twist near the end. :laugh: The hook of the movie is seeing a supernatural haunting from the direct POV of the ghost itself. Fairly original depiction of it, too.
Livia
16-03-2025, 11:34 AM
I might try that one but not a Hugh fan.
No, I never was but I like him much more now he's not doing the floppy haired charmer anymore.
Gusto Brunt
16-03-2025, 02:14 PM
No, I never was but I like him much more now he's not doing the floppy haired charmer anymore.
Now he's the wrinkled old evil man. :joker:
…Knox Goes Away…this movie seems to have two titles as it’s billed as A Killer’s Memory…as well…I’d forgotten how great an actor Michael Keaton is because a Michael Keaton movie feels quite rare…I really enjoyed this a lot…about a contract killer who is diagnosed with a very, very aggressive and quick progressing dementia and who tries to help his son…8.5/10…
I did enjoy it a lot. Little light on the actual zombie action, but it was still a very fun watch. I'll be very interested to watch the sequel if and when they ever get around to actually making it.
Also watched Presence yesterday. It's billed as a horror, but it's really more of a supernatural mystery/thriller with a very cool Hitchcockian twist near the end. :laugh: The hook of the movie is seeing a supernatural haunting from the direct POV of the ghost itself. Fairly original depiction of it, too.
…yeah it felt very early on in the zombie apocalypse world, he adapted very well from his pre zombie life I felt…there are rumblings of a part 2 to be released this year so we’ll see if that happens…it was definitely one of the better zombie movies, I thought…
The Godfather Part II
'I know it was you, Fredo!'
Goes without saying that it's a masterpiece, but I'll say it again anyway: it's a masterpiece.
The Godfather Part II
'I know it was you, Fredo!'
Goes without saying that it's a masterpiece, but I'll say it again anyway: it's a masterpiece.
… you’re my kid brother and you take care of me…?…did you ever think about that, huh…?…did you ever ONCE think about that…?….."Send Fredo off to do this; Send Fredo off to do that." "Let Fredo take care of some Mickey Mouse nightclub somewhere." "Send Fredo to pick somebody up at the airport." ….I'm your older brother Mike and I was stepped over….!!!!!!!….
Niamh.
21-03-2025, 08:12 AM
Last Sentinal - Very boring 4/10
Vanessa
21-03-2025, 11:08 AM
The Godfather Part II
'I know it was you, Fredo!'
Goes without saying that it's a masterpiece, but I'll say it again anyway: it's a masterpiece.
One of the rare case where the sequel is actually better than the original.
And the original is fantastic. Thats how good Godfather 2 is.
Both Pacino and De Niro are brilliant in it
Vanessa
21-03-2025, 11:09 AM
… you’re my kid brother and you take care of me…?…did you ever think about that, huh…?…did you ever ONCE think about that…?….."Send Fredo off to do this; Send Fredo off to do that." "Let Fredo take care of some Mickey Mouse nightclub somewhere." "Send Fredo to pick somebody up at the airport." ….I'm your older brother Mike and I was stepped over….!!!!!!!….
John Cazale was such a wonderful actor. Such a shame we lost him so soon.
He was engaged to Meryl Streep.
Vanessa
21-03-2025, 11:10 AM
John Cazale and Al Pacino are both brilliant on Dog Day Afternoon.
Niamh.
21-03-2025, 11:13 AM
One of the rare case where the sequel is actually better than the original.
And the original is fantastic. Thats how good Godfather 2 is.
Both Pacino and De Niro are brilliant in it
Se also Terminator 2 :hee:
Vanessa
21-03-2025, 11:16 AM
Se also Terminator 2 :hee:
Yes i also had that one in mind . The second one is bigger and better. First one was quite low budget, but I loved it.
Niamh.
21-03-2025, 11:18 AM
Yes i also had that one in mind . The second one is bigger and better. First one was quite low budget, but I loved it.
Yeah the first was great as well but T2 was better
… you’re my kid brother and you take care of me…?…did you ever think about that, huh…?…did you ever ONCE think about that…?….."Send Fredo off to do this; Send Fredo off to do that." "Let Fredo take care of some Mickey Mouse nightclub somewhere." "Send Fredo to pick somebody up at the airport." ….I'm your older brother Mike and I was stepped over….!!!!!!!….
John Cazale was such a wonderful actor. Such a shame we lost him so soon.
He was engaged to Meryl Streep.
John Cazale and Al Pacino are both brilliant on Dog Day Afternoon.
Definitely one of the best scenes in the movie. Maybe the heart of the whole film (either that or the dinner flashback at the very end). I love how Fredo looks like a pathetic and weakened version of a young Vito in that moment. As Vanessa says, Cazale was a fantastic actor. Woefully underrated by the awards circuit in his relatively brief time as an actor, but remembered fondly by succeeding generations. They made a whole documentary about him, with the likes of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Sam Rockwell singing his praises. So evidently he made a strong impression on them. A real actor's actor. Much as I love him as Fredo, I think my favourite performance of his is in Dog Day Afternoon. He doesn't have to do much to feel palpably unhinged in that movie.
One of the rare case where the sequel is actually better than the original.
And the original is fantastic. Thats how good Godfather 2 is.
Both Pacino and De Niro are brilliant in it
Yeah the first was great as well but T2 was better
I've always tentatively agreed that The Godfather 2 is better. It's a tough call to make, given the original has Brando giving his most iconic performance. And the original has the Moe Greene scene in it, which might be my favourite scene in either movie. :laugh: In the case of The Terminator though, I have to remain loyal to the original. I'm much more of a horror fan than I am action, and I guess the first movie appeals more to my horror fan sensibilities.
Livia
21-03-2025, 09:33 PM
Two Lane Black Top. It's a cult classic, I was told by my OH who loved it. Me... not so much.
Vanessa
22-03-2025, 05:45 AM
Definitely one of the best scenes in the movie. Maybe the heart of the whole film (either that or the dinner flashback at the very end). I love how Fredo looks like a pathetic and weakened version of a young Vito in that moment. As Vanessa says, Cazale was a fantastic actor. Woefully underrated by the awards circuit in his relatively brief time as an actor, but remembered fondly by succeeding generations. They made a whole documentary about him, with the likes of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Sam Rockwell singing his praises. So evidently he made a strong impression on them. A real actor's actor. Much as I love him as Fredo, I think my favourite performance of his is in Dog Day Afternoon. He doesn't have to do much to feel palpably unhinged in that movie.
I've always tentatively agreed that The Godfather 2 is better. It's a tough call to make, given the original has Brando giving his most iconic performance. And the original has the Moe Greene scene in it, which might be my favourite scene in either movie. :laugh: In the case of The Terminator though, I have to remain loyal to the original. I'm much more of a horror fan than I am action, and I guess the first movie appeals more to my horror fan sensibilities.
He was also in the Deer Hunter, another favorite of mine.
Niamh.
22-03-2025, 07:06 AM
He was also in the Deer Hunter, another favorite of mine.I never got the love for that film, I thought it was really boring [emoji23]
He was also in the Deer Hunter, another favorite of mine.
I haven't actually seen that since I was a kid. I remember at the time I mostly watched it for Christopher Walken, who I was really quite fascinated by. :laugh:
Vanessa
22-03-2025, 01:24 PM
I haven't actually seen that since I was a kid. I remember at the time I mostly watched it for Christopher Walken, who I was really quite fascinated by. :laugh:
He was brilliant in it.
…The Problem With People……just a really sweet and gentle Sunday afternoon movie, which is enough…6.5/10…
The Godfather Part III
Not quite as bad as its reputation suggests, but still obviously nowhere near as good as the first two. My main issue with the movie is Michael passing the torch to Andy Garcia's character, who, though well acted, has absolutely none of the charm of the previous generation of Corleones.
Livia
26-03-2025, 09:48 AM
28 Weeks Later. In preparation for 28 Years Later released in June. Was good...8/10
The Godfather Part III
Not quite as bad as its reputation suggests, but still obviously nowhere near as good as the first two. My main issue with the movie is Michael passing the torch to Andy Garcia's character, who, though well acted, has absolutely none of the charm of the previous generation of Corleones.
…yeah I would say that in its own right and as a stand alone movie, it would definitely be for me one of the top ones….but as part of a trilogy standing alongside the other two…?…it just starts to fall a bit…poor Andy Garcia, walking in the shoes of Vito and Michael…those are hard shoes to step into…
Vanessa
26-03-2025, 02:02 PM
…yeah I would say that in its own right and as a stand alone movie, it would definitely be for me one of the top ones….but as part of a trilogy standing alongside the other two…?…it just starts to fall a bit…poor Andy Garcia, walking in the shoes of Vito and Michael…those are hard shoes to step into…
He's still the best thing in it. Love Andy Garcia
Niamh.
26-03-2025, 02:09 PM
The Founder - very interesting story about the beginning of McDonalds 7/10
Very sad how that cretin Ray stole everything from the actual founding brothers, ruthless
He's still the best thing in it. Love Andy Garcia
…yeah he’s a great actor, I do like him a lot and I do think that Godfather Part 3 was a good movie in its own rights and looked at as a stand alone…?…it was always going to be difficult to follow Vito and Michael…not necessarily because of the actors…(…who are also perfection…)…because of the characters also…but I didn’t mind the third movie and Andy Garcia is a great actor…
…Never Let Go……it was billed as a horror/suspense…it didn’t quite get there for me though…it was just one of those movies/storylines that left too many questions and all the way through, felt as though it was going to fall into place and get going but it didn’t…it did have a bit of a From vibe, though…I didn’t hate it or anything…it just didn’t really leave me with any thoughts that I feel it intended to…5/10…
…The Electric State……it was ok, corny as heck but I didn’t mind it too much as 8 was looking to watch something fairly light and breezy and not having a complicated plot or characters…I was just hoping for a light blast of nonsense and that’s what it gave…5/10…
…Holland……I wasn’t sure at the beginning, it took me a little while to engross in the story but it became very unexpected and really a not too bad watch at all…and Nicole Kidman is as engaging as ever…6/10…
Oliver_W
06-04-2025, 07:04 AM
A Minecraft Movie
7/10
I took Mini Me to see this.
I was expecting to be hoping for a swift and violent cardiac incident, to free me from the horrific pain of the movie ...
... but it was actually pretty good!
I know nada about Minecraft, but you didn't need to. I'm never going to watch this film again. But it was enjoyable!
Jason Mamoa's character was fab.
Livia
07-04-2025, 12:05 PM
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. I forgot what a great film it is and what a brilliant cast. 9/10.
Niamh.
07-04-2025, 12:10 PM
Watched a handful of medicore films over the weekend
Holland - Weird as **** but the weirdness of it made it a bit more viewable 6/10
The Pod generation - Also weird as **** but not in the same way as Holland 5/10
Retreat - It was ok, dragged a bit which was disappointing because it was a good cast 5.5/10
The Zone of Interest. I mainly watched it because the guy who plays the hotel manager in the latest season of The White Lotus is the lead actor in this. It was really engrossing and chilling, the contrast between the mundanity of the lives of the Nazi commandant's family and the industralised mass murder going on just next door that facilitates their good fortunes.
Mystic Mock
09-04-2025, 08:22 AM
I rewatched a British Horror Film from 2006 called Broken.
It basically is a really small budget version of Films like Saw and Hostel.
It's not really anywhere near as good though, and the Internet connection was doing a Van Helsing to it, which wasn't helping.
The lead Actress was really attractive in her own way though, definitely hard to describe it, but she definitely kept me more interested in the Film than I would've been without her.:laugh:
Overall it's probably between a 3 or 4/10 if I am to give an arbitrary score.
Livia
10-04-2025, 06:37 PM
Boondock Saints. Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery. Brothers turn vigilante to get rid of the crims when the justice system won't. It's old, 1999, but good. Really enjoyed it, giving it a solid 8/10.
Boondock Saints. Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly, Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery. Brothers turn vigilante to get rid of the crims when the justice system won't. It's old, 1999, but good. Really enjoyed it, giving it a solid 8/10.
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Livia
10-04-2025, 06:44 PM
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Lol...love Mr Dafoe. Just found out there's a Boondock Saints 2 and 3! 'appy daze...
You can't not like Dafoe. :thumbs: I think there's a lil bit of that Nic Cage energy in Dafoe that's become even more noticeable in the last decade or two, what with him taking on more genre work that allows him to push the envelope and go far more 'out there'. :laugh:
Nicky91
17-04-2025, 08:09 AM
The Flash (2023)
very enjoyable
also very nice seeing 3 Batman actors in one movie: Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton and George Clooney
also as for the ending
with George Clooney as Bruce Wayne/Batman, makes sense they went for this, ahead of the new superman film, considering the superman actor with Ben Affleck's Batman, was Henry Cavill of course, and considering they now have David Corenswet as the new superman
also nice we already had the film canon version of Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, or at least a version of her considering that timeline is now no longer the main timeline
Nicky91
17-04-2025, 08:11 AM
You can't not like Dafoe. :thumbs: I think there's a lil bit of that Nic Cage energy in Dafoe that's become even more noticeable in the last decade or two, what with him taking on more genre work that allows him to push the envelope and go far more 'out there'. :laugh:
yes recent years, are him in his best acting form honestly
especially in Poor Things, but also Kinds of Kindness he delivered impressive acting performances
also i love seeing him off set, attending the 6 nations rugby games :love:
Niamh.
17-04-2025, 09:22 AM
Don't Worry Darling : I went into it blind, I knew the actors who were in it but I didn't realise it was (not sure if this is a spoiler or not but just in case) A remake of Stepford wives? Or was it just similar? I don't know I thought it was very good though anyway 7.5/10
Gusto Brunt
17-04-2025, 11:15 AM
The Deadly Bees (1966)
British horror film, with a small cast. There isn't much in it but what there is there is watchable. I enjoyed it.
5.5/10.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - An old favourite. Gritty, stark, visceral horror that makes you feel like you need a shower after you've watched it.
Ithinkiloveyoutoo
20-04-2025, 02:49 PM
Lost girls. Oh my word so sad. And what happened after in real life makes this even more tragic :(
LaLaLand
22-04-2025, 04:44 AM
The Graduate on BBC Player. Solid 9/10.
Seen it many times but not for a while, probably one of my favourite movies ever. I love the setting and the design and of course that Simon & Garfunkel soundtrack. It's beautifully filmed, really stylish.
Wish I could jump through the screen into that whole era of late 60's/early 70's LA.
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Tizmee
22-04-2025, 08:53 AM
We watched 2 this weekend …
‘Saving Private Ryan’ Heartbreaking film with Tom Hank’s showing the horrors of war. 10/10
‘Pretty Woman’ A classic! 8/10
Cherie
22-04-2025, 09:04 AM
The Penguin Lesson which is in the cinema now, just a lovely story with some dark undertones of life in Argentina in the 70s
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Vanessa
22-04-2025, 10:21 AM
The Graduate on BBC Player. Solid 9/10.
Seen it many times but not for a while, probably one of my favourite movies ever. I love the setting and the design and of course that Simon & Garfunkel soundtrack. It's beautifully filmed, really stylish.
Wish I could jump through the screen into that whole era of late 60's/early 70's LA.
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Love him. One of my favorite actors.
Love him. One of my favorite actors.
I loved him in The Rainman
Livia
25-04-2025, 06:00 PM
The Irishman. Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Harvey Keitel, Joe Pesci, Stephen Graham. What a cast... 9/10
LaLaLand
25-04-2025, 06:14 PM
9 To 5 was on last night.
Such a funny movie. So very 80’s. Love it.
Vicky.
25-04-2025, 06:15 PM
Minecraft movie.. surprisingly good for a kids thing
Livia
26-04-2025, 11:47 AM
Havoc. Tom Hardy. He's a cop, drug deal gone wrong, seemingly inexhaustible ammo, endless shooting without one reload. Good fun if you can suspend your disbelief. 7/10. Although 10/10 for Tommo as always.
…Vivarium….…this was billed as a Sci Fi/Horror …it was…weird……how a young couple get trapped in a house and can’t escape it, even burning it to the ground it just rebuilds itself…and they’re forced to parent a creepy as heck ‘pod/alien child’…….I don’t know what my thoughts are, it really conveyed the repetitiveness of their existence…but I guess that was the point…I’m sure I might be underscoring it when I think more about it…(…because it is a movie that makes you think…)…but 5/10 for now is what I’ll say…
Is about reptiles ?
I have dozens of vivariums for my snakes
jones89
28-04-2025, 09:30 AM
…Vivarium….…this was billed as a Sci Fi/Horror …it was…weird……how a young couple get trapped in a house and can’t escape it, even burning it to the ground it just rebuilds itself…and they’re forced to parent a creepy as heck ‘pod/alien child’…….I don’t know what my thoughts are, it really conveyed the repetitiveness of their existence…but I guess that was the point…I’m sure I might be underscoring it when I think more about it…(…because it is a movie that makes you think…)…but 5/10 for now is what I’ll say…
I literally added that to my list yesterday :joker:
I literally added that to my list yesterday :joker:
…it’s a bit of a weird one, I don’t know that I didn’t like it as such …it was definitely thought provoking, I’ll be really interested to see what you think when you watch…:laugh:..
jones89
28-04-2025, 01:21 PM
…it’s a bit of a weird one, I don’t know that I didn’t like it as such …it was definitely thought provoking, I’ll be really interested to see what you think when you watch…:laugh:..
Yeah i’ll give it a watch.. it’s been out for quite a while so i’m surprised i haven’t seen it yet
Niamh.
28-04-2025, 01:38 PM
…it’s a bit of a weird one, I don’t know that I didn’t like it as such …it was definitely thought provoking, I’ll be really interested to see what you think when you watch…:laugh:..
I thought it was pretty boring and weird in a bad way
I thought it was pretty boring and weird in a bad way
…yep, I totally get that…
…Asteroid City……it seems to be a time for me watching weird movies atm…I read that this got a six minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, surely that could have only been when it was over and the audience could be released from their seats…visually, it’s stunning/perfect…and the cast is as wow as a movie cast could ever be…Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johnson, Margot Robbie, Edward Norton, Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, Willem Defoe, Matt Dillon, Geoff Goldblum, Tilda Swinton…I mean, it just goes on and on and on endlessly…it’s star studded and then some…so for the cast and how visually stunning it was I’ll say 4/10…
Livia
29-04-2025, 10:14 AM
El Camino. Breaking Bad follow up. Tied lots of elements of the show up with a bow. Really enjoyed it 9.5/10. Thanks once again to Niamh for the recommendation.
The Foreigner. Jackie Chan (in a serious role) Pierce Brosnan. Breakaway IRA faction causes havoc, Jackie Chan out for revenge. A decent romp. 8/10
Niamh.
29-04-2025, 10:20 AM
El Camino. Breaking Bad follow up. Tied lots of elements of the show up with a bow. Really enjoyed it 9.5/10. Thanks once again to Niamh for the recommendation.
The Foreigner. Jackie Chan (in a serious role) Pierce Brosnan. Breakaway IRA faction causes havoc, Jackie Chan out for revenge. A decent romp. 8/10
So what did you think about the ending of BB?
I thought they ended it the best way they could, Jesse saved but traumatised. There really was no coming back for Walt so he got the best redemption he could hope for, in that he saved Jesse and he took responsibility for what he'd done to Skylar and stopped making excuses for himself.
There's no way to forgive him after he killed Mike anyway
Livia
29-04-2025, 10:30 AM
So what did you think about the ending of BB?
I thought they ended it the best way they could, Jesse saved but traumatised. There really was no coming back for Walt so he got the best redemption he could hope for, in that he saved Jesse and he took responsibility for what he'd done to Skylar and stopped making excuses for himself.
There's no way to forgive him after he killed Mike anyway
Yeah, totally agree with all of that.
So shocking when he killed Mike, he was such a great character and it was kind of out of the blue, he could have just let him leave. Also, totally gutted when Hank was shot, he was one of my favourite characters I see now why you recommended I didn't google El Camino, it would have given so much away.
Thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing and so happy Jesse got to start again.
Better Call Saul next. I like Bob Odenkirk. If you haven't seen 'Nobody' I'd highly recommend it.
Niamh.
29-04-2025, 10:50 AM
Yeah, totally agree with all of that.
So shocking when he killed Mike, he was such a great character and it was kind of out of the blue, he could have just let him leave. Also, totally gutted when Hank was shot, he was one of my favourite characters I see now why you recommended I didn't google El Camino, it would have given so much away.
Thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing and so happy Jesse got to start again.
Better Call Saul next. I like Bob Odenkirk. If you haven't seen 'Nobody' I'd highly recommend it.
I've seen Nobody, enjoyed that too, him, Mike and jesse were my favourites I think
I loved Hank too, shame he died but again another reason why there was no coming back for Walt
Livia
29-04-2025, 10:56 AM
I've seen Nobody, enjoyed that too, him, Mike and jesse were my favourites I think
I loved Hank too, shame he died but again another reason why there was no coming back for Walt
Nobody 2 is out soon.
I thought the woman who played Marie, Hank's wife, was great, totally believable.
When I told you I was watching it and you said you wish you were watching it for the first time... I totally get that now.
Niamh.
29-04-2025, 10:59 AM
Nobody 2 is out soon.
I thought the woman who played Marie, Hank's wife, was great, totally believable.
When I told you I was watching it and you said you wish you were watching it for the first time... I totally get that now.
Oh good, I'll definitely watch that
She was great, I think you grow to love her over the whole series, she's annoying at first but she's actually a great character and pretty like able. There was so many really well written and fleshed out characters in it. It's just brilliant writing all round
Livia
29-04-2025, 11:23 AM
Oh good, I'll definitely watch that
She was great, I think you grow to love her over the whole series, she's annoying at first but she's actually a great character and pretty like able. There was so many really well written and fleshed out characters in it. It's just brilliant writing all round
Yeah, she was SO annoying but I loved her in the end. Brilliant writing, best series I've watched. Thanks again for the recommendation, much appreciated.
Livia
01-05-2025, 01:13 PM
The Highwaymen. Stars Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson as Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, the ex-Texas Rangers who went after Bonnie and Clyde. Nice to see a film that concentrates on the good guys and not the murderers. Really enjoyed it 9/10.
The Limey featuring Terence Stamp
I watch it every 5 years or so
Can’t explain why I am drawn to it
…Another Simple Favor……I hadn’t realised that there was a follow up to the original…I loved the first movie, it was a strong storyline and the twists and deceitfulness worked …but I felt this was quite weak in both of those things…Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively were lovely, how could they not be…but their chemistry together wasn’t enough to lift the plot into anything more than it was…it wasn’t the worst movie, but it’s a shame that it was just ok when the original was so much more than that…5/10…
user104658
09-05-2025, 08:48 AM
Thunderbolts at the cinema - first MCU movie I've bothered to see on the big screen for years (the last was Spiderman No Way Home).
Very glad that I did, it was actually fantastic and easily the best Marvel movie for years... In fact I'd go as far as to say the beat since Avengers Infinity Wat/Endgame.
Hit the tone just right IMO.
Mystic Mock
09-05-2025, 09:21 AM
The Bad Guys - It's been awhile since I've watched a Dreamworks or Pixar type of Film tbh.
And I remembered why.
I'll say that the Animation is really good, and that Richard Ayoade does a decent performance in the Film, but that's where my compliments kind of start to end.
Because these were my issues with the Film.
- Unfunny jokes
- Cheesy dialogue in general
- Predictable outcomes to every storyline (I know it's a Kids Film, but on top of the Films other admittedly much bigger flaws, I feel like I can add a nitpick.)
- The Fox character in the Film is heavily favoured by the writers in comparison to the other characters imo. The ending of the Film cements it imo, but it's quite apparent who the creators liked the most in the Film.
- Clunky political messaging about climate change, it lacked any subtlety imo.
I feel like I might be forgetting something else that I wanted to say, but for the life of me I can't think of it right now.
But this Film has honestly made me question if I would even like the older Kids Movies from DreamWorks that I grew up with, if I were to do a rewatch of any of them.
Mystic Mock
09-05-2025, 09:27 AM
…Asteroid City……it seems to be a time for me watching weird movies atm…I read that this got a six minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, surely that could have only been when it was over and the audience could be released from their seats…visually, it’s stunning/perfect…and the cast is as wow as a movie cast could ever be…Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johnson, Margot Robbie, Edward Norton, Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, Willem Defoe, Matt Dillon, Geoff Goldblum, Tilda Swinton…I mean, it just goes on and on and on endlessly…it’s star studded and then some…so for the cast and how visually stunning it was I’ll say 4/10…
Sign me up.:dance::joker:
Niamh.
09-05-2025, 09:28 AM
…Another Simple Favor……I hadn’t realised that there was a follow up to the original…I loved the first movie, it was a strong storyline and the twists and deceitfulness worked …but I felt this was quite weak in both of those things…Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively were lovely, how could they not be…but their chemistry together wasn’t enough to lift the plot into anything more than it was…it wasn’t the worst movie, but it’s a shame that it was just ok when the original was so much more than that…5/10…
Oh I wanted to watch that last night but i was searching for A Simple favour 2 :laugh: maybe the universe was intervening, apparently those 2 couldn't stand each other so maybe that's why the chemistry wasn't there. Blake Lively is getting hammered atm publicity wise, so is Ryan Reynolds
I watched The Fallout instead which was about a high school shooting, well mostly the aftermath of one, it's not graphic or anything. It was pretty good 6/10
Oh I wanted to watch that last night but i was searching for A Simple favour 2 :laugh: maybe the universe was intervening, apparently those 2 couldn't stand each other so maybe that's why the chemistry wasn't there. Blake Lively is getting hammered atm publicity wise, so is Ryan Reynolds
I watched The Fallout instead which was about a high school shooting, well mostly the aftermath of one, it's not graphic or anything. It was pretty good 6/10
…..why is that, then…?…I’m always on catch up with celebrity stuff, I know that or I think that Blake had made allegations against an actor’s behaviour on set…is it connected with that, that has lost her/both of them favour…?….I think that I’ve said before that honestly, I find Ryan Reynolds one of the most irritating actors to watch…:laugh:…I try, I promise I do and maybe he’s had a few roles that have been less irritating…I’ll have to go and check and see what they would be though…but Blake always seems delightful enough as an actress and very watchable…
…Another Dimple Favor wasn’t an awful movie or even a bad one…it was just not what the first one was, which sequels often aren’t…I had no expectations with the first so it held that lovely surprise/type thing…I had expectations for the follow up and those disappointed…such is the way at times…
Forced myself to watch the Batman Trilogy as soon as many rave about them … and they leave Netflix next week
Not impressed at all tbh
Niamh.
10-05-2025, 09:18 AM
…..why is that, then…?…I’m always on catch up with celebrity stuff, I know that or I think that Blake had made allegations against an actor’s behaviour on set…is it connected with that, that has lost her/both of them favour…?….I think that I’ve said before that honestly, I find Ryan Reynolds one of the most irritating actors to watch…:laugh:…I try, I promise I do and maybe he’s had a few roles that have been less irritating…I’ll have to go and check and see what they would be though…but Blake always seems delightful enough as an actress and very watchable…
…Another Dimple Favor wasn’t an awful movie or even a bad one…it was just not what the first one was, which sequels often aren’t…I had no expectations with the first so it held that lovely surprise/type thing…I had expectations for the follow up and those disappointed…such is the way at times…
Yeah it started with her issues with Justin Baldoni her Co star and director from It Ends with Us. She made allegations against him of sexual harassment, then loads of videos came out of her being horrible in interviews and apparently in Deadpool Vs Wolverine one of the multiverse Deadpools Ryan played was mocking Justin so he's taking both Ryan and Blake to court for defamation or something. I don't know too much of the ends and outs or which of them is in the wrong but Blake and Ryan seems to be looking worse
Yeah it started with her issues with Justin Baldoni her Co star and director from It Ends with Us. She made allegations against him of sexual harassment, then loads of videos came out of her being horrible in interviews and apparently in Deadpool Vs Wolverine one of the multiverse Deadpools Ryan played was mocking Justin so he's taking both Ryan and Blake to court for defamation or something. I don't know too much of the ends and outs or which of them is in the wrong but Blake and Ryan seems to be looking worse
…I’m only vaguely aware of the story/allegations and haven’t read anything in depth but it’s interesting that such a ‘golden couple’ and very influential in Hollywood, I would think….are looking not so great with it all…
Niamh.
10-05-2025, 09:30 AM
…I’m only vaguely aware of the story/allegations and haven’t read anything in depth but it’s interesting that such a ‘golden couple’ and very influential in Hollywood, I would think….are looking not so great with it all…
Yeah, people are saying they're both kind of bullies and Justin is saying that Blake did what she did to try and get creative control over the movie. Something Ryan has been accused of as well (not accusing people of sexual harassment but of trying to take over movies he's in
Yeah, people are saying they're both kind of bullies and Justin is saying that Blake did what she did to try and get creative control over the movie. Something Ryan has been accused of as well (not accusing people of sexual harassment but of trying to take over movies he's in
…the power couple from hell, hmmmmmm…?…possibly/allegedly…we’ll see how it all unfolds then, I might start to take more of an interest …:laugh:…
Ryan Reynolds equates to Deadpool
That’s enough for me …
Niamh.
10-05-2025, 09:38 AM
…the power couple from hell, hmmmmmm…?…possibly/allegedly…we’ll see how it all unfolds then, I might start to take more of an interest …:laugh:…
Yeah, I don't know, I don't know anything about Justin at all, only heard of him because of all this stuff. I did like Ryan and Blake but some of the things and interviews that have come out lately have been a bit of a turn off of them
Niamh.
10-05-2025, 09:39 AM
Ryan Reynolds equates to Deadpool
Nuff said
Did you watch Deadpool Vs Wolverine? If so "Nicepool" was apparently him mocking Justin Baldoni
Did you watch Deadpool Vs Wolverine? If so "Nicepool" was apparently him mocking Justin Baldoni
Interesting
…I just googled Justin Baldoni…im not sure that I’ve seen him in anything actually, I’m not familiar with him at all …although his face does look familiar so that’s odd…but also interesting that the two more famous and previously ‘adored’ celebrities seem to be getting the negative stuff…I mean, Blake’s a ‘Hollywood Darling’, isn’t she…and Ryan Reynolds has been hugely popular…
Niamh.
10-05-2025, 09:47 AM
…I just googled Justin Baldoni…im not sure that I’ve seen him in anything actually, I’m not familiar with him at all …although his face does look familiar so that’s odd…but also interesting that the two more famous and previously ‘adored’ celebrities seem to be getting the negative stuff…I mean, Blake’s a ‘Hollywood Darling’, isn’t she…and Ryan Reynolds has been hugely popular…
Apparently he had a reputation for being a really nice guy before this day, who knows 🤷
Apparently he had a reputation for being a really nice guy before this day, who knows 🤷
…oh another thing that I found irritating, I’ve just remembered…:fist:…didn’t they often used to make Tik Tok or vids or something about practical jokes they constantly played on each other or some such thing…?…I mean, it’s just so irritating, go and play games with each other, we don’t need to know…!!!….
Niamh.
10-05-2025, 09:54 AM
…oh another thing that I found irritating, I’ve just remembered…:fist:…didn’t they often used to make Tik Tok or vids or something about practical jokes they constantly played on each other or some such thing…?…I mean, it’s just so irritating, go and play games with each other, we don’t need to know…!!!….
Yeah :laugh:
…Nonnas….…just a gorgeous feel good movie which is based on a gorgeous feel good true story…and a great cast…7/10, loved it…:love:…
I am half an hour into The Batman with the Twilight guy I like as Batman.
It’s settled down now after a very strange opening section
Vanessa
11-05-2025, 08:47 AM
I am half an hour into The Batman with the Twilight guy I like as Batman.
It’s settled down now after a very strange opening section
I loved it it reminded me a bit of Christian Bale Batman who I adored.
Niamh.
11-05-2025, 02:00 PM
A Deadly American Marriage - its a documentary film, not sure how much coverage this case would have gotten in the UK but it was huge here in Ireland as it involved a man from Jessica's hometown of Limerick. Well worth a watch. I think Ammi and bots would like it
A Deadly American Marriage - its a documentary film, not sure how much coverage this case would have gotten in the UK but it was huge here in Ireland as it involved a man from Jessica's hometown of Limerick. Well worth a watch. I think Ammi and bots would like it
…ahhhhh, I did watch this…(…I did find that I couldn’t understand most that was said in the original police interviews is the only thing…)….
…I still don’t know what to think tbh and I’d be interested in your thoughts initially because you’re probably more familiar with the story than me…although Molly and Tom did convicted for a second time, it was still all very complex because the children had then been surrounded by ‘a different perspective’ from their time with their aunt and uncle…whereas when the killing took place…?…their influence was Molly…one of the things that I kept going back to though was the term that Jack used …that his father had ‘physically and verbally hurt his mom…’….that really stood out as being an adult phrase, didn’t it and something that had been related to him, rather than something he witnessed and was disclosing…. and some of the things that Molly had previously said did make her behaviour seem a bit ‘fantasist-like’….ironic that Jack and Sarah’s father didn’t want ever for them to feel the pain of losing a mom for a second time and they ended in losing three parents in their very young lives…I’m so glad that they have what seems like a wonderful family now and are surrounded with love and support…
Niamh.
11-05-2025, 07:45 PM
…ahhhhh, I did watch this…(…I did find that I couldn’t understand most that was said in the original police interviews is the only thing…)….
…I still don’t know what to think tbh and I’d be interested in your thoughts initially because you’re probably more familiar with the story than me…although Molly and Tom did convicted for a second time, it was still all very complex because the children had then been surrounded by ‘a different perspective’ from their time with their aunt and uncle…whereas when the killing took place…?…their influence was Molly…one of the things that I kept going back to though was the term that Jack used …that his father had ‘physically and verbally hurt his mom…’….that really stood out as being an adult phrase, didn’t it and something that had been related to him, rather than something he witnessed and was disclosing…. and some of the things that Molly had previously said did make her behaviour seem a bit ‘fantasist-like’….ironic that Jack and Sarah’s father didn’t want ever for them to feel the pain of losing a mom for a second time and they ended in losing three parents in their very young lives…I’m so glad that they have what seems like a wonderful family now and are surrounded with love and support…Maybe I have biases because he's Irish but I think Molly and her dad are guilty as sin. I was thinking the same about the phrasing Jack used when he 10. Also the fact that they said that Jason was drunk but toxicology reports proved otherwise, the fact they found Mollys medication in his system, suggesting imo that she drugged him. Also her own Bridesmad telling the story about how Molly lied about being childhood friends with Jason's first wife (how weird) and also,I thought it was despicable that they lied about his first wife's dad telling them he killed her, how disgusting
Niamh.
11-05-2025, 07:57 PM
Oh and I couldn't understand a lot of what was being said in the Police interviews either oh and one think that really bothered me to waz
The way the Martens solicitor referred to Mags dad as uneducated with a thick accent. I thought it was very patronising and ignorant
Oh and I couldn't understand a lot of what was being said in the Police interviews either oh and one think that really bothered me to waz
The way the Martens solicitor referred to Mags dad as uneducated with a thick accent. I thought it was very patronising and ignorant
…yeah, the police interviews which were obviously a huge part of forming the story obviously, were annoying because I felt that they should have had the text at the bottom of the screen …they often do that but for some reason with this they didn’t so I had no idea what was being said in response to questioning etc….anyways….
…the Martens’ solicitor in general …?…for me he just wasn’t believable that he actually believed the case that he was putting forward and just more a career move that was high profile if he could win a verdict…it wasn’t just inferring that Mag’s father was uneducated, it was so many officials in Ireland when Mags tragically died…the medical staff/the police/the coroner etc…?…they’d all got it wrong and incorrectly recognised a fatal asthma attack…?…I mean, not once through their marriage had anyone who knew them cast any doubts or questioning over Jason’s relationship and behaviour etc with Mags and her sister was present that night and saw nothing other than what was said to be the cause of death and the American lawyer was trying to have the courts believe that everyone involved was wrong, was incorrect and no one saw anything to be concerned about…?…from the start, I really disliked him, it really did feel as though he’d just found an ‘angle’ of possibility that he could put forward and that might cast enough doubt but didn’t even consider any of it to be true, himself…
….anyways, going right back to the beginning but moving on from Jason and Mags…?…right from the beginning it showed that Jason wasn’t sure about moving too quickly with Molly and it was she who pushed it to move at the pace it did…his reluctance was obviously that he was considering the children and that they had suffered the loss of one mom…what if the relationship/marriage didn’t work out…?…that’s not the behaviour and mindset of a ‘controller/abuser’, is it…?…and then he was the one with the children who isolated himself from his friends and family and went to the other side of the world to be with Molly…he left everyone who was his support and comfort, while Molly still had her family…?…does an abuser path not generally take the opposite path and isolate their victim …?…none of that fits or makes any sense at all….
…(..I feel as though…)…Molly’s interest was never really in Jason but in his children …well, as Jack said…he was constantly trying for her affection but the interest seemed to be in Sarah…oh, also…Molly’s mother was strange in that she heard nothing and through all of this horrific audio, which it would have been…she was able to close down and ignore…was she part of something and compliant or was she drugged…?…that was so strange…I did feel a spark of…oh, there is an audio evidence of domestic abuse when the taping/recording was mentioned by the solicitor…?….but that was completely nothing and that one little nothing ‘scene’ was an easily manipulated one into attempting a negative light but actually quite failed….
…I’m sure there’s more to say, I just can’t think atm… .
…oh, sorry for all of that…that was a big offload…:laugh:..
Niamh.
12-05-2025, 09:52 AM
…yeah, the police interviews which were obviously a huge part of forming the story obviously, were annoying because I felt that they should have had the text at the bottom of the screen …they often do that but for some reason with this they didn’t so I had no idea what was being said in response to questioning etc….anyways….
…the Martens’ solicitor in general …?…for me he just wasn’t believable that he actually believed the case that he was putting forward and just more a career move that was high profile if he could win a verdict…it wasn’t just inferring that Mag’s father was uneducated, it was so many officials in Ireland when Mags tragically died…the medical staff/the police/the coroner etc…?…they’d all got it wrong and incorrectly recognised a fatal asthma attack…?…I mean, not once through their marriage had anyone who knew them cast any doubts or questioning over Jason’s relationship and behaviour etc with Mags and her sister was present that night and saw nothing other than what was said to be the cause of death and the American lawyer was trying to have the courts believe that everyone involved was wrong, was incorrect and no one saw anything to be concerned about…?…from the start, I really disliked him, it really did feel as though he’d just found an ‘angle’ of possibility that he could put forward and that might cast enough doubt but didn’t even consider any of it to be true, himself…
….anyways, going right back to the beginning but moving on from Jason and Mags…?…right from the beginning it showed that Jason wasn’t sure about moving too quickly with Molly and it was she who pushed it to move at the pace it did…his reluctance was obviously that he was considering the children and that they had suffered the loss of one mom…what if the relationship/marriage didn’t work out…?…that’s not the behaviour and mindset of a ‘controller/abuser’, is it…?…and then he was the one with the children who isolated himself from his friends and family and went to the other side of the world to be with Molly…he left everyone who was his support and comfort, while Molly still had her family…?…does an abuser path not generally take the opposite path and isolate their victim …?…none of that fits or makes any sense at all….
…(..I feel as though…)…Molly’s interest was never really in Jason but in his children …well, as Jack said…he was constantly trying for her affection but the interest seemed to be in Sarah…oh, also…Molly’s mother was strange in that she heard nothing and through all of this horrific audio, which it would have been…she was able to close down and ignore…was she part of something and compliant or was she drugged…?…that was so strange…I did feel a spark of…oh, there is an audio evidence of domestic abuse when the taping/recording was mentioned by the solicitor…?….but that was completely nothing and that one little nothing ‘scene’ was an easily manipulated one into attempting a negative light but actually quite failed….
…I’m sure there’s more to say, I just can’t think atm… .
I just feel so bad for the 2 kids, not only did Molly take away their father but her solicitor then tries to blacken his name even more and tarnish their parents relationship by saying that he murdered their mother, just revolting. I guess he thought he could say whatever he liked about that as it all happened in a different country. The whole thing is just so sad. At least it seems like they have a very good and united family with Jasons sister and her husband. Must be so hard for them though knowing that Molly and her dad are walking around free having taken so much from them
user104658
12-05-2025, 09:57 AM
Yeah it started with her issues with Justin Baldoni her Co star and director from It Ends with Us. She made allegations against him of sexual harassment, then loads of videos came out of her being horrible in interviews and apparently in Deadpool Vs Wolverine one of the multiverse Deadpools Ryan played was mocking Justin so he's taking both Ryan and Blake to court for defamation or something. I don't know too much of the ends and outs or which of them is in the wrong but Blake and Ryan seems to be looking worse
I have a very different read on this because I think Justin Baldoni is full of sh1t :joker:. Though I don't think it's as simple as the other side would make it out to be either. I think there were CLEAR issues on the set of the movie and some inappropriateness, my honest read is that 1) they potentially got a little too close and blurred the professional relationship but ALSO having gotten the "wrong signal" he was further unprofessional and inappropriate. Feedback from other crew on that movie is pretty divided on "who is right" so it's definitely not clear cut. I suspect Ryan Reynolds has been drawn into it because... well... it's a mess - and it's snowballed.
The Internet has gone in heavily on Blake Lively because that's what they do, the Mens Rights types are (of course) on the Baldoni side and using it as an excuse to go on a tirade, and a lot of women are because of the dumb-old-trope that he can't possibly have been inappropriate because they think he's hot. Her "nasty interviews" read as social anxiety (both Lively and Reynolds have pre-documented anxiety issues also).
The "Nicepool" stuff is fairly dubious/ridiculous because that film would have been fully filmed before any of the drama started, so the accusation has to be that it was made to mock him BEFORE any of this, when Lively and Baldoni were supposedly still friends. The only feasible explanation for that I can see is that Reynolds personally didn't like the guy (or maybe didn't like their friendship) and so put references in Deadpool... but honestly the comparisons/reasoning that it's intended to mock him are paper thin and verging on conspiracy theory, like "one of the shops in the background is a flower shop, and Baldoni used to bring flowers!!!"
tl;dr I think the whole thing is basically a messy and nuanced interpersonal situation that's become very, very public and the internet has used it as mostly an excuse to attack the only female involved as much as possible. Which is just standard stuff really. Again not saying there isn't some mess on all sides but I personally think Baldoni (and maybe partly Ryan Reynolds/the green eyed monster) are a big part of the equation.
Niamh.
12-05-2025, 10:04 AM
I have a very different read on this because I think Justin Baldoni is full of sh1t :joker:. Though I don't think it's as simple as the other side would make it out to be either. I think there were CLEAR issues on the set of the movie and some inappropriateness, my honest read is that 1) they potentially got a little too close and blurred the professional relationship but ALSO having gotten the "wrong signal" he was further unprofessional and inappropriate. Feedback from other crew on that movie is pretty divided on "who is right" so it's definitely not clear cut. I suspect Ryan Reynolds has been drawn into it because... well... it's a mess - and it's snowballed.
The Internet has gone in heavily on Blake Lively because that's what they do, the Mens Rights types are (of course) on the Baldoni side and using it as an excuse to go on a tirade, and a lot of women are because of the dumb-old-trope that he can't possibly have been inappropriate because they think he's hot. Her "nasty interviews" read as social anxiety (both Lively and Reynolds have pre-documented anxiety issues also).
The "Nicepool" stuff is fairly dubious/ridiculous because that film would have been fully filmed before any of the drama started, so the accusation has to be that it was made to mock him BEFORE any of this, when Lively and Baldoni were supposedly still friends. The only feasible explanation for that I can see is that Reynolds personally didn't like the guy (or maybe didn't like their friendship) and so put references in Deadpool... but honestly the comparisons/reasoning that it's intended to mock him are paper thin and verging on conspiracy theory, like "one of the shops in the background is a flower shop, and Baldoni used to bring flowers!!!"
tl;dr I think the whole thing is basically a messy and nuanced interpersonal situation that's become very, very public and the internet has used it as mostly an excuse to attack the only female involved as much as possible. Which is just standard stuff really. Again not saying there isn't some mess on all sides but I personally think Baldoni (and maybe partly Ryan Reynolds/the green eyed monster) are a big part of the equation.
Yeah look like I said I have no idea really, I looked up bits and pieces but still have no idea, honestly I couldn't care less about the whole thing either, none of them come across like victims to me at all. It all seems more like power plays
user104658
12-05-2025, 10:13 AM
Yeah look like I said I have no idea really, I looked up bits and pieces but still have no idea, honestly I couldn't care less about the whole thing either, none of them come across like victims to me at all. It all seems more like power plays
Yeah I went into a lot of needless detail but in general it mostly feels like a fairly common "messy relationships" issue that's blown up way out of proportion because it's playing out on a big public platform.
I do love a bit of celebrity gossip though, for my sins.
Cleaner (2025)
Pretty rubbish
arista
12-05-2025, 01:19 PM
Cleaner (2025)
Pretty rubbish
Yes
On SkyMoviesHD this week.
A Fit young Lady
Window Cleaner left outside the building.
Terrorists enter
Yeah I went into a lot of needless detail but in general it mostly feels like a fairly common "messy relationships" issue that's blown up way out of proportion because it's playing out on a big public platform.
I do love a bit of celebrity gossip though, for my sins.
…:laugh:…I don’t mind a bit of celebrity gossip either, I’m just not very up on knowing any, though…
Cleaner (2025)
Pretty rubbish
The trailer was a good sample then…
I still don’t know why they call a supposed blockbuster movie … Cleaner
user104658
12-05-2025, 02:15 PM
I still don’t know why they call a supposed blockbuster movie … Cleaner
For unfortunate film titles for me I don't think anything will beat
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-RkAAOSwfQdmnU75/s-l400.jpg
Light Cardigan, starring Anakin Skywalker.
For unfortunate film titles for me I don't think anything will beat
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-RkAAOSwfQdmnU75/s-l400.jpg
Light Cardigan, starring Anakin Skywalker.
Fair point !!
My pet annoyance is stupidly named pop/rock groups
Top of my hate list
Elbow !!! Agghhhhh !
Mystic Mock
13-05-2025, 08:27 AM
Cleaner (2025)
Pretty rubbish
I saw it last night.
I agree with you.
It did oddly make me laugh a lot though, unintentionally.:joker:
Mystic Mock
13-05-2025, 08:29 AM
Fair point !!
My pet annoyance is stupidly named pop/rock groups
Top of my hate list
Elbow !!! Agghhhhh !
Anime titles for me.
Things like I Became A Girl's Tampon In Another World just doesn't float my boat when I hear those kinds of names.
Niamh.
13-05-2025, 11:10 AM
…oh, sorry for all of that…that was a big offload…:laugh:..
Just reading some threads on Reddit about it and someone posted this in reply to why Jason and Molly emailed each other so much, it's no wonder
Jason sounded so frustrated in that recording they shared :
This is explained in Sarah’s book. Essentially Molly was the children’s swim coach and primary career, because she didn’t work and in the months leading up to Jason’s death she would stop telling him when the children had events on like training, competitions or doctors appointments. Sarah was unwell and Molly refused to divulge the results of her blood tests with Jason or tell him when or where the doctors appointments where. She also intentionally give him the wrong time so he would show up late and then she would complain that he was a useless father that didn’t care for his kids. This was part of setting up her image as their true parent and him as abusive. There’s an email from Jason to Molly where he requests that everything that relates to his children must be corresponded through email because he cannot trust her to relay information verbally anymore
Just reading some threads on Reddit about it and someone posted this in reply to why Jason and Molly emailed each other so much, it's no wonder
Jason sounded so frustrated in that recording they shared :
This is explained in Sarah’s book. Essentially Molly was the children’s swim coach and primary career, because she didn’t work and in the months leading up to Jason’s death she would stop telling him when the children had events on like training, competitions or doctors appointments. Sarah was unwell and Molly refused to divulge the results of her blood tests with Jason or tell him when or where the doctors appointments where. She also intentionally give him the wrong time so he would show up late and then she would complain that he was a useless father that didn’t care for his kids. This was part of setting up her image as their true parent and him as abusive. There’s an email from Jason to Molly where he requests that everything that relates to his children must be corresponded through email because he cannot trust her to relay information verbally anymore
…it’s like a movie plot, isn’t it…?…I mean, I’ve seen that manipulative plot so many times only this is obviously real and Jason was brutally murdered and there was no ending of any justice for his life…that all really explains though his comment on the phone/recording when he said for Molly not to send his children away because that wasn’t her place…and actually how controlled he was with how much he was being manipulated…
Niamh.
13-05-2025, 12:45 PM
…it’s like a movie plot, isn’t it…?…I mean, I’ve seen that manipulative plot so many times only this is obviously real and Jason was brutally murdered and there was no ending of any justice for his life…that all really explains though his comment on the phone/recording when he said for Molly not to send his children away because that wasn’t her place…and actually how controlled he was with how much he was being manipulated…
Yeah, if she was doing all that to him, imo he sounded really restrained.
I also read about her ex boyfriend who 3 years before the murder happened had actually written a book about his relationship with Molly and the abuse and mental health issues she had. He says they were still a couple when Moly went to Ireland initially
https://extra.ie/2023/11/11/news/irish-news/molly-martens-ex-fiance-keith
Yeah, if she was doing all that to him, imo he sounded really restrained.
I also read about her ex boyfriend who 3 years before the murder happened had actually written a book about his relationship with Molly and the abuse and mental health issues she had. He says they were still a couple when Moly went to Ireland initially
https://extra.ie/2023/11/11/news/irish-news/molly-martens-ex-fiance-keith
…I’ve skimmed that link but I’m going to have a proper read of it now…I wonder if Tom, Molly’s father…his whole involvement was a spontaneous protection of her when the events were happening but it somehow feels when he told his wife to go back to sleep…?…that he was already compliant with some of it before then and what she was doing or who she was…?….I’m so glad of the extended family that Jack and Sarah have, though…:love:…but if Jason considered Molly to be the mother that she says she was …?…then why didn’t he have it changed so that if anything happened to him, she would parent the children for their lives…?….he never did that, though….
Niamh.
13-05-2025, 01:08 PM
…I’ve skimmed that link but I’m going to have a proper read of it now…I wonder if Tom, Molly’s father…his whole involvement was a spontaneous protection of her when the events were happening but it somehow feels when he told his wife to go back to sleep…?…that he was already compliant with some of it before then and what she was doing or who she was…?….I’m so glad of the extended family that Jack and Sarah have, though…:love:…but if Jason considered Molly to be the mother that she says she was …?…then why didn’t he have it changed so that if anything happened to him, she would parent the children for their lives…?….he never did that, though….
The part about the mother hearing her daughter screaming upstairs and then she just rolled over and went back to sleep while Tom went upstairs to see what was going on was pretty bizarre as well, I mean really? you hear your daughter scream and you just go back to sleep?
And yeah, he was clearly on the verge of leaving her and taking them back to Ireland, I think she probably got wind of that and thought if she killed him she'd get to keep the kids
The part about the mother hearing her daughter screaming upstairs and then she just rolled over and went back to sleep while Tom went upstairs to see what was going on was pretty bizarre as well, I mean really? you hear your daughter scream and you just go back to sleep?
And yeah, he was clearly on the verge of leaving her and taking them back to Ireland, I think she probably got wind of that and thought if she killed him she'd get to keep the kids
…it’s just not believable…I mean, apparently Molly was suffering such domestic abuse that she was advised to take recordings of Jason’s anger ….and then in the night she heard her daughter screaming and she knew that her grandchildren were in the house but she took heed of her husband’s advise and went back to sleep…?…I mean, no…that just didn’t happen….the only way that would have happened is if she had also been drugged as was suspected with Jason…
….I found this just now, you might have already seen it as you’re obviously familiar with the case for a while now…but this lady does crime podcasts and this looks quite interesting…
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Niamh.
13-05-2025, 01:19 PM
I haven't seen it but I'll watch it, thanks Ammi
I haven't seen it but I'll watch it, thanks Ammi
…I meant to say also…
…Jack and Sarah were still so young at the time and even younger when Molly ‘became their mother’ so the only mother they had ever known, really…so for them at the time, they wouldn’t know what an unhealthy controlling type of love/a toxic love would look like…I think that then going to Jason’s family and the whole loving and supportive wrap around environment outside of that as well…?…it would only be then that they began to realise the unhealthy ‘mother’, Molly had been…but they would have had to experience something entirely different to realise that…which they did with Jason’s sister and her family….
Niamh.
13-05-2025, 03:48 PM
…I meant to say also…
…Jack and Sarah were still so young at the time and even younger when Molly ‘became their mother’ so the only mother they had ever known, really…so for them at the time, they wouldn’t know what an unhealthy controlling type of love/a toxic love would look like…I think that then going to Jason’s family and the whole loving and supportive wrap around environment outside of that as well…?…it would only be then that they began to realise the unhealthy ‘mother’, Molly had been…but they would have had to experience something entirely different to realise that…which they did with Jason’s sister and her family….
Yeah I was thinking about that earlier too, imagine how different they'd be now as adults had the courts given custody to Molly
Yeah I was thinking about that earlier too, imagine how different they'd be now as adults had the courts given custody to Molly
…I think that they would still have felt she was their world and feel her toxicity and control was ‘normal’….maybe not in another decade or so but for now I think they would have…
Niamh.
13-05-2025, 03:54 PM
…I think that they would still have felt she was their world and feel her toxicity and control was ‘normal’….maybe not in another decade or so but for now I think they would have…
Yeah and they probably would have had a very hard time having healthy relationships with her as their example and teacher. Jasons sisters family seem like such a stable and well adjusted family, I would say they did wonders for helping two very traumatised children and showing them what real love and healthy relationships look like
Yeah and they probably would have had a very hard time having healthy relationships with her as their example and teacher. Jasons sisters family seem like such a stable and well adjusted family, I would say they did wonders for helping two very traumatised children and showing them what real love and healthy relationships look like
…I started to watch the Crimeworld vid yesterday, I haven’t watched much yet but one of the things that really stands out as well is how it is in the American justice system that ‘plea bargains’ happen a lot for reduced prison sentences etc and to save in court time…Tom, being ex FBI or whatever he was would really know how to manipulate the system as well…
Niamh.
14-05-2025, 09:28 AM
…I started to watch the Crimeworld vid yesterday, I haven’t watched much yet but one of the things that really stands out as well is how it is in the American justice system that ‘plea bargains’ happen a lot for reduced prison sentences etc and to save in court time…Tom, being ex FBI or whatever he was would really know how to manipulate the system as well…
Yeah, I watched that yesterday, it was a good listen. I think actually I may go back and watch the Police interviews again actually because one of the people speaking on that Crime world video was saying some stuff Tom had said in the interviews which I couldn't hear but apparently he started off his Police interview by saying that Jasons first wife had died in "mysterious circumstances" and was really leaning into Irish stereotypes and saying Jasons family had ties to the IRA and basically he was a drunk.
Luke had it on yesterday and he turned subtitles on on Netflix (D'uh) so i will rewatch that portion later
Vanessa
14-05-2025, 09:36 AM
Planning to see the new mission impossible soon.
Yeah, I watched that yesterday, it was a good listen. I think actually I may go back and watch the Police interviews again actually because one of the people speaking on that Crime world video was saying some stuff Tom had said in the interviews which I couldn't hear but apparently he started off his Police interview by saying that Jasons first wife had died in "mysterious circumstances" and was really leaning into Irish stereotypes and saying Jasons family had ties to the IRA and basically he was a drunk.
Luke had it on yesterday and he turned subtitles on on Netflix (D'uh) so i will rewatch that portion later
…this is quite interesting, it is just an analysis from a criminal psychologist …but there are a few things that stand out that I’m not sure were covered in the documentary movie…
…I hadn’t realised the time delay of calling 911…that it had been as much as a few hours and how that gave them not only the time to set their own stories straight…but possibly plan the involvement in what the children would be ‘coached’ in saying…
…the psychologist used the word ‘warned’ when he said that the police had noticed Molly rubbing her neck …they had warned her to stop…it felt as though she was trying to create what looked like a throat attack…?…
…and the mention that she had said that apparently Jason liked to or sometimes strangled her during sex…
…anyways, it’s an interesting watch if you have time…I’m also going to try to find the interviews again that might be clear because that was the annoying thing from the start, that I couldn’t hear what was being said…
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Niamh.
14-05-2025, 10:26 AM
If you put the Doc on on Netflix again Ammi you can turn the subtitle on through that, do you still have Netflix?
Niamh.
14-05-2025, 10:26 AM
I'll watch that video at lunchtime, thanks
….Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning - Part 1…….it was ridiculously far fetched and unbelievable and silly…I loved it, bring on Part 2….7.5/10…
Livia
15-05-2025, 09:37 AM
Polar. Starring Mads Mikkelsel and strangely, Matt Lucas. Jaded ex assassin trying to retire, some people have other plans for him. Taken from a graphic novel, I think this film had ambitions to be a bit like Sin City, but it failed. Matt Lucas as the evil crime boss? No, it didn't work for me. 2/10 and that's just because I love Mads Mikkelsen.
Vanessa
15-05-2025, 12:04 PM
….Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning - Part 1…….it was ridiculously far fetched and unbelievable and silly…I loved it, bring on Part 2….7.5/10…
Love all the mission impossible movies
Livia
15-05-2025, 12:10 PM
Love all the mission impossible movies
Me too... I'm saving this one so I can watch it right before pt. 2 comes out next week.
Vanessa
15-05-2025, 12:11 PM
Me too... I'm saving this one so I can watch it right before pt. 2 comes out next week.
I'm planning it watch the new one next Tuesday :dance:
…The Working Man……Jason Statham movie and doing what Jason Statham does and dealing with those human traffickers all in a construction site day…he does what he does well so 7/10….the action doesn’t relent as the bad guy bodies pile up…
Niamh.
16-05-2025, 09:19 AM
Nonnas - Lovely true story :love: How amazing does Susan Sarandon look as well, can't believe she's 78! 7.5/10
…Nonnas….…just a gorgeous feel good movie which is based on a gorgeous feel good true story…and a great cast…7/10, loved it…:love:…
Nonnas - Lovely true story :love: How amazing does Susan Sarandon look as well, can't believe she's 78! 7.5/10
…:laugh:…wasn’t it gorgeous…:love:…and just lovely that it’s true and still thriving, our nonna’s recipes are always the best…
…and yes, Susan Sarandon…I love that all of the ladies/nonna’s were so vocal in commenting on her, hmm…assets…?..I mean, mama Mia they’re pretty magnificent for an any year old, let alone a 78yr old…
Niamh.
16-05-2025, 09:28 AM
…:laugh:…wasn’t it gorgeous…:love:…and just lovely that it’s true and still thriving, our nonna’s recipes are always the best…
…and yes, Susan Sarandon…I love that all of the ladies/nonna’s were so vocal in commenting on her, hmm…assets…?..I mean, mama Mia they’re pretty magnificent for an any year old, let alone a 78yr old…
Made me want to have a re-watch of Thelma & Louise :laugh:
My only criticism of the film was I was craving an Italian meal all the way through :laugh:
Made me want to have a re-watch of Thelma & Louise :laugh:
My only criticism of the film was I was craving an Italian meal all the way through :laugh:
…oh that would be a great re-watch…I made a fennel pasta sauce this week so my cravings were ok and met…I did want to try one of the dessert cakes though that Susan’s character made and I’m not even prone to a sweet tooth…
Niamh.
16-05-2025, 09:33 AM
…oh that would be a great re-watch…I made a fennel pasta sauce this week so my cravings were ok and met…I did want to try one of the dessert cakes though that Susan’s character made and I’m not even prone to a sweet tooth…
Yeah they looked so good. We're off to Italy in July so that's wetted my appetite literally :laugh:
Yeah they looked so good. We're off to Italy in July so that's wetted my appetite literally :laugh:
….ahhhh, such a beautiful country and Italian food is probably my favourite of all food…enjoy..!!!!!!!!…
Niamh.
16-05-2025, 09:39 AM
….ahhhh, such a beautiful country and Italian food is probably my favourite of all food…enjoy..!!!!!!!!…
I certainly will :love:
…Last Knights……a good old fashioned medieval revenge story…it was very good and very watchable…Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman, excellent…7/10…
…Small Thing Like These……it was such a powerful movie and such a different perspective of the Magdalene Laundries from the outside of the town community looking in…and the power was all in Cillian Murphy’s acting, he’s such a fine actor and his portrayal of the character was an incredible force in the film……it just showed brilliantly the fear of anyone exposing what was happening because of the power which the nuns had on the community and the communities children etc…I loved also how Cillian’s character’s story mirrored so much what could have been his mother’s life and how his life could have been so different, had he been taken from her and adopted because his own father had never been named…the Christmas story of the jigsaw and how he didn’t get that one small thing…?…but actually got so much in opportunity because of his own circumstances and being looked out for by his father’s family was so incredibly profound… …8.5/10…
…also a by the by ….
….Eileen Walsh who plays Bill Furlong’s wife in the movie…?…also played one of the ‘Magdalene Sisters’, Crispina…which was kind of a neat little movie casting move….
Livia
19-05-2025, 01:19 PM
Bright, starring Will Smith. Beverley Hills Cop meets Lord of the Rings. Senseless, disjointed and a bit silly. 1/10
Niamh.
19-05-2025, 01:21 PM
…Small Thing Like These……it was such a powerful movie and such a different perspective of the Magdalene Laundries from the outside of the town community looking in…and the power was all in Cillian Murphy’s acting, he’s such a fine actor and his portrayal of the character was an incredible force in the film……it just showed brilliantly the fear of anyone exposing what was happening because of the power which the nuns had on the community and the communities children etc…I loved also how Cillian’s character’s story mirrored so much what could have been his mother’s life and how his life could have been so different, had he been taken from her and adopted because his own father had never been named…the Christmas story of the jigsaw and how he didn’t get that one small thing…?…but actually got so much in opportunity because of his own circumstances and being looked out for by his father’s family was so incredibly profound… …8.5/10…
…also a by the by ….
….Eileen Walsh who plays Bill Furlong’s wife in the movie…?…also played one of the ‘Magdalene Sisters’, Crispina…which was kind of a neat little movie casting move….
Really good film, he's such a fantastic actor
Vanessa
19-05-2025, 01:28 PM
Love Cillian Murphy and I can't wait for the Peaky Blinders movie.
Really good film, he's such a fantastic actor
…loved it and loved him/his character of Bill Furlong….such a quiet and understated portrayal but totally dominating and powerful also…
…I watched Inside Man: Most Wanted……it’s very difficult to do a sequel or follow movie to such a great and riveting plot and for it to work…and it just didn’t…the first one offered the original storyline, the more well thought out cast for the parts…more tension…more everything, really…and this let it down in every which way…even with the addition of the lovely Rhea Seehorn….it was a movie that was difficult to care very much about the plot…3/10 or similar…
Niamh.
20-05-2025, 07:31 AM
I watched it the other day too Ammi, I found the lead NYPD detective really annoying as well
I watched it the other too Ammi, I found the lead NYPD detective really annoying as well
…yeah, he was very, very unbelievable to the point of it almost feeling like a spoof…?..for some strange reason I thought Denzil was going to be in it again as well but he was obviously just mentioned somewhere in the synopsis and I’d misread that…the movie even made Rhea Seehorn seem bland and that’s not an easy task…
Niamh.
20-05-2025, 07:42 AM
…yeah, he was very, very unbelievable to the point of it almost feeling like a spoof…?..for some strange reason I thought Denzil was going to be in it again as well but he was obviously just mentioned somewhere in the synopsis and I’d misread that…the movie even made Rhea Seehorn seem bland and that’s not an easy task…Yeah he was like a Temu Will Smith from Bad Boys [emoji23]
The storyline was just not believable or clever like the first one
Yeah he was like a Temu Will Smith from Bad Boys [emoji23]
The storyline was just not believable or clever like the first one
…I mean, not that it would have made any overall difference to its watchability…
…but the whispering scene with the two main female characters and revealing some key things and also why she was doing it to try to save her brother…?..was something that the audience needed to be in on also, I felt…and I think that they should have had a parallel story of her brother being held and was there ever a chance or reality of him being released etc…
…just going back to Small Things Like These and Cillian Murphy’s character….…I recall in my childhood how sometimes an adult in the community who was a friend or acquaintance or neighbour or whatever of my parents…would sometimes push some change into my hand and just say something like…‘put that in your pocket…’…it wasn’t a regular thing or anything but it is something that I did experience on occasions and in watching the scene in the movie, it was a real nostalgia jerk….and it was very innocent and just a generosity thing…but in today’s world, that might be seen as something entirely different……
I love Cillian in Peaky Blinders soooo much that I don’t watch anything else he’s in
Niamh.
20-05-2025, 12:06 PM
I love Cillian in Peaky Blinders soooo much that I don’t watch anything else he’s in
You're missing out on a lot of good films and performances
Niamh.
20-05-2025, 12:08 PM
Forced myself to watch the Batman Trilogy as soon as many rave about them … and they leave Netflix next week
Not impressed at all tbh
Cillian Murphy is in these :hee:
Cillian Murphy is in these :hee:
It just wouldn’t be the same .. I can’t think of him playing anyone else but Tommy ..
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Niamh.
20-05-2025, 12:57 PM
It just wouldn’t be the same .. I can’t think of him playing anyone else but Tommy ..
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You just watched those movies though didn't you? and he's in all of 3 of them is what I mean.
You just watched those movies though didn't you? and he's in all of 3 of them is what I mean.
Suppose
Didn’t really enjoy them though .. kept waiting for them to kick in and start getting brilliant as per the reviews
I also saw him in Dunkirk
Niamh.
20-05-2025, 02:38 PM
Suppose
Didn’t really enjoy them though .. kept waiting for them to kick in and start getting brilliant as per the reviews
I also saw him in Dunkirk
Cillian did play a good Scarecrow though. He actually originally went for the part of batman did you know?
Have seen Inception? I love that film, also The Wind that Shakes the Barley & 28 Days Later are very good
Suppose
Didn’t really enjoy them though .. kept waiting for them to kick in and start getting brilliant as per the reviews
I also saw him in Dunkirk
…did you enjoy him in Dunkirk…?…I can’t actually recall him in that tbh…
Niamh.
20-05-2025, 02:57 PM
…did you enjoy him in Dunkirk…?…I can’t actually recall him in that tbh…
He was the guy rescued from the sea by the fisherman iirc
He was the guy rescued from the sea by the fisherman iirc
…yeah I just looked at the cast/ character list and it lists him as ‘shivering soldier’….I do recall that but I hadn’t recalled it as being him though…I liked him in Red Eye…
Niamh.
20-05-2025, 03:01 PM
…yeah I just looked at the cast/ character list and it lists him as ‘shivering soldier’….I do recall that but I hadn’t recalled it as being him though…I liked him in Red Eye…
Yeah Red Eye was a tense film
…I wouldn’t say that I can only think of actors as one character or watch them as one specific character but Russell Crowe is Maximus though…
…I wouldn’t say that I can only think of actors as one character or watch them as one specific character but Russell Crowe is Maximus though…
Some characters / actor linkups are just so amazing that the actors will never get anything near as good
Tommy Shelby
Maximus
Ragnar Lothbrok ( The Vikings )
Omar ( The Wire )
Tony Soprano
Niamh.
20-05-2025, 03:08 PM
…I wouldn’t say that I can only think of actors as one character or watch them as one specific character but Russell Crowe is Maximus though…
:laugh:
Also Cillian Murphy is so unlike Thomas Shelby when you see him in real life, in interviews etc
Niamh.
20-05-2025, 03:09 PM
Some characters / actor linkups are just so amazing that the actors will never get anything near as good
Tommy Shelby
Maximus
Ragnar Lothbrok ( The Vikings )
Omar ( The Wire )
Deadpool
He did win an Oscar for how good he played Oppenheimer
Also, Deadpool is basically just Ryan Reynolds on speed and every other role he plays is just normal Ryan Reynolds :laugh:
Some characters / actor linkups are just so amazing that the actors will never get anything near as good
Tommy Shelby
Maximus
Ragnar Lothbrok ( The Vikings )
Omar ( The Wire )
Tony Soprano
:laugh:
Also Cillian Murphy is so unlike Thomas Shelby when you see him in real life, in interviews etc
…I’ve never actually watched Peaky Blinders or even seen a clip with Cillian as the character…I know that it’s a hugely popular series but I don’t feel that it’s something that I want to watch…there are some types of violence that I’m ok with and some not so much…and I have a feeling that there are some quite violent scenes…
…did you enjoy him in Dunkirk…?…I can’t actually recall him in that tbh…
Same
…I’ve never actually watched Peaky Blinders or even seen a clip with Cillian as the character…I know that it’s a hugely popular series but I don’t feel that it’s something that I want to watch…there are some types of violence that I’m ok with and some not so much…and I have a feeling that there are some quite violent scenes…
No more than any gangster/ crime series I’d say … maybe even less than most ..
Niamh.
20-05-2025, 03:16 PM
…I’ve never actually watched Peaky Blinders or even seen a clip with Cillian as the character…I know that it’s a hugely popular series but I don’t feel that it’s something that I want to watch…there are some types of violence that I’m ok with and some not so much…and I have a feeling that there are some quite violent scenes…
It's a really good show, I don't remember thinking it was overly violent, like it's probably as violent as The Last of Us? but tbf it's been a while since I watched it now though :think:
No more than any gangster/ crime series I’d say … maybe even less than most ..
It's a really good show, I don't remember thinking it was overly violent, like it's probably as violent as The Last of Us? but tbf it's been a while since I watched it now though :think:
…I think that maybe it’s the title that I have a block with…isn’t that phrase because razor blades were placed in the hat peaks to harm the face/eyes…?…
Niamh.
20-05-2025, 03:20 PM
…I think that maybe it’s the title that I have a block with…isn’t that phrase because razor blades were placed in the hat peaks to harm the face/eyes…?…
Yeah that's right
…there is apparently a zombie scene btw in 28 Years Later…/a particular zombie that is being speculated…is that Cillian Murphy’s character from the previous movie…:laugh:…(…I think that it’s just internet chatting and no foundation to it…)…
Niamh.
20-05-2025, 03:26 PM
…there is apparently a zombie scene btw in 28 Years Later…/a particular zombie that is being speculated…is that Cillian Murphy’s character from the previous movie…:laugh:…(…I think that it’s just internet chatting and no foundation to it…)…
Actually, when I was looking up his films a while ago I saw 28 Years later on that list, I was hoping he was properly in it though so that's disappointing :laugh:
Vanessa
20-05-2025, 04:31 PM
Probably going to see the new mission impossible tomorrow. So excited! Love Tome Cruise :hee:
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