Crewton Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 53 minutes ago, Wolfie said: Men (Prime Video) A young woman (Jessie Buckley) goes on a solo holiday to the English countryside following the death of her husband. There, she meets a strange assortment of men - all played by Rory Kinnear. Good grief. Seriously weird. If you like David Cronenberg style body horror, then the second half of this one will be right up your street.....also if you've ever wondered what Rory Kinnear's willy looks like. So glad I didn't save this for the weekend's viewing with Mrs Wolfie - 6/10 Jesse Buckley seems to be going for some seriously weird stuff at the moment - I watched "I'm Thinking Of Ending It" about a year ago, which had David Lynch levels of strangeness to it. Not a film you'd watch for its entertainment value, for sure. Wolfie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Up to and including episode 3 of The Last of Us. Decent so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 hour ago, TimRam said: Up to and including episode 3 of The Last of Us. Decent so far. Wrong thread ? TimRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 22 hours ago, Crewton said: Jesse Buckley seems to be going for some seriously weird stuff at the moment - I watched "I'm Thinking Of Ending It" about a year ago, which had David Lynch levels of strangeness to it. Not a film you'd watch for its entertainment value, for sure. Yeah I was trying to think what I'd seen her in & then remembered "The Lost Daughter", which was a bit weird as well. Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 10 minutes ago, Wolfie said: Yeah I was trying to think what I'd seen her in & then remembered "The Lost Daughter", which was a bit weird as well. Terrific as the murderous nurse in Fargo (also a bit weird) She is super-talented as both actress and singer. Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 43 minutes ago, Anag Ram said: Terrific as the murderous nurse in Fargo (also a bit weird) She is super-talented as both actress and singer. Yes, her album with Bernard Butler has really grown on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Just ove rhalf way through Operation Mincemeat and I'm very happy I waited and didn't pay to see it. I'll see it through tonight but it's a bit of a yawn as of now. Having said that, when I think about it, it must be a tough book to make exciting. Especially when you have to strip 80% of it out and you lose a lot of the really interesting detail. The book had me in awe whereas the film had me in bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Dead Man's Shoes. Watched it a lot of times and it's still one of the most intense and haunting films. Paddy Considine is magic 10/10. Comrade 86, Crewton and Ram-Alf 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 13:11, Bob The Badger said: Just ove rhalf way through Operation Mincemeat and I'm very happy I waited and didn't pay to see it. I'll see it through tonight but it's a bit of a yawn as of now. Having said that, when I think about it, it must be a tough book to make exciting. Especially when you have to strip 80% of it out and you lose a lot of the really interesting detail. The book had me in awe whereas the film had me in bed. Try The Man who Never Was - Clifton Webb with a whole host of familiar actors of British film of the 50s and 60s. Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Alpha said: Dead Man's Shoes. Watched it a lot of times and it's still one of the most intense and haunting films. Paddy Considine is magic 10/10. Don't know how you can watch it many times, despite the fact that it really is excellent. Harrowing from start to finish with almost no respite. For a mild-mannered chap in real life, Considine is bloody terrifying! Alph and Chester40 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 44 inch chest...the language in this is truly shocking ? Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 1 hour ago, The Last Post said: 44 inch chest...the language in this is truly shocking ? Written by the same team as Sexy Beast, so was always going to be somewhat 'fruity'! ? Ram-Alf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 1 hour ago, 86 Hair Islands said: Written by the same team as Sexy Beast, so was always going to be somewhat 'fruity'! ? There's a sequel / Prequel / TV series (not sure which) coming soon. They were filming round the corner from work the other day, complete with London double decker bus and black cab. Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 40 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said: There's a sequel / Prequel / TV series (not sure which) coming soon. They were filming round the corner from work the other day, complete with London double decker bus and black cab. I'll be watching that then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) The Conjuring 3(?) : .The Devil Made Me Do It Incredibly formulaic, spooky, jump/scare by numbers horror-lite. I actually still enjoyed it though. A bit like the Final Destination franchise where you know exactly what to expect and either you just go with it or it's not for you. 7/10 Edited February 18, 2023 by Chester40 Wolfie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Boss Level. Great stuff. Action 'time loop' genre. 8.5/10. Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 1 hour ago, TimRam said: Boss Level. Great stuff. Action 'time loop' genre. 8.5/10. It's daft, but it's good fun. TimRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 The second half of Operation Mincemeat was probably better and it staggered to about a 6.5/10 Sharper on Apple TV . With Julianne Moore (who I had such a crush on...ok, I still do), John Lithgow and some others who I didn't recognise. Nihal Arthanayak almost wet his pants talking about this and refused to discuss the plot when he interviewed the director because there were so many twists and turns that any such banter would surely add spoilers. He's such a pretentious t@*^ The story is told through the eyes of all the protagonists who may or may not all be con artists - and that really isn't spoiling anything. I *think* this would have been groundbreaking 40+ years ago, but, it's just been done so much that it felt cliched and obvious. Mrs Badger loved it, but it frustrated me because it felt like so many similar films of the 80s and 90s. In fact, you can go back even further to The Sting and even The Thomas Crown Affair if you love a good plot twist. Having said that, would anybody not guess the ending of a film like The Sting now? I honestly don't know, but I suspect not. It's tricky to pull the wool over the audience's eyes when we have been exposed to almost every cinematic trick. Stop here if you don't want a minor spoiler. Well acted (Lithgow was his usual excellent self) and had a fairly tight script, but left me feeling like it could have been so much more. I'll begrudgingly give it 7. Stop here if you want to know absolutely nothing more. I'm not going to share a spoiler per see, but you may prefer to not read on as I'm going to kinda discuss the end without telling you what it is. The end felt utterly predictable. Not that there wasn't a twist, but that the twist was more like a slight curve that you could see coming about halfway through the movie. I think a better ending could have had this scoring an 8.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Bob The Badger said: The second half of Operation Mincemeat was probably better and it staggered to about a 6.5/10 Sharper on Apple TV . With Julianne Moore (who I had such a crush on...ok, I still do), John Lithgow and some others who I didn't recognise. Nihal Arthanayak almost wet his pants talking about this and refused to discuss the plot when he interviewed the director because there were so many twists and turns that any such banter would surely add spoilers. He's such a pretentious t@*^ The story is told through the eyes of all the protagonists who may or may not all be con artists - and that really isn't spoiling anything. I *think* this would have been groundbreaking 40+ years ago, but, it's just been done so much that it felt cliched and obvious. Mrs Badger loved it, but it frustrated me because it felt like so many similar films of the 80s and 90s. In fact, you can go back even further to The Sting and even The Thomas Crown Affair if you love a good plot twist. Having said that, would anybody not guess the ending of a film like The Sting now? I honestly don't know, but I suspect not. It's tricky to pull the wool over the audience's eyes when we have been exposed to almost every cinematic trick. Stop here if you don't want a minor spoiler. Well acted (Lithgow was his usual excellent self) and had a fairly tight script, but left me feeling like it could have been so much more. I'll begrudgingly give it 7. Stop here if you want to know absolutely nothing more. I'm not going to share a spoiler per see, but you may prefer to not read on as I'm going to kinda discuss the end without telling you what it is. The end felt utterly predictable. Not that there wasn't a twist, but that the twist was more like a slight curve that you could see coming about halfway through the movie. I think a better ending could have had this scoring an 8.5. Poor man's House of Cards. Felt contrived from start to end. I liked Operation Mincemeat though. Edited February 19, 2023 by 86 Hair Islands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 22 minutes ago, 86 Hair Islands said: Poor man's House of Cards. Felt contrived from start to end. I liked Operation Mincemeat though. *House of Games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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