Angel P Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 JANUARY - 32 films watched The Prestige (2006) [UHD] 4.5/5* The Karate Kid (1984) [UHD] 4.5/5* Shoot To Kill (1988) [DVD] 3/5* 2012 (2009) [BD] 2/5* The Towering Inferno (1974) [BD] 4.5/5* The Poseidon Adventure (1972) [BD] 4/5* Juice (1992) [UHD] 3.5/5* The Karate Kid Part II (1986) [UHD] 3.5/5* Love and Monsters (2020) [UHD] 3.5/5* Alien (1979) [UHD] 4/5* Aliens (1986) [BD] 5/5* Insomnia (2002) [BD] 3.5/5* Demolition Man (1993) [BD] 3/5* Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) [BD] 3/5 The Road (2009) [BD] 4/5* Scrooged (1988) [BD] 2.5/5* Predator (1987) [UHD] 4.5/5* On The Waterfront (1954) [BD] 2.5/5* National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) [BD] 3.5/5* The Gentlemen (2019) [UHD] 4.5/5* The Terminator (1984) [BD] 4/5* Anna (2019) [UHD] 4.5/5* Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) [BD] 4.5/5* The Call of the Wild (2020) [UHD] 2.5/5* Moon (2009) [BD] 4/5* Cold Pursuit (2019) [UHD] 3/5* Anna (2019) [UHD] 4.5/5* Hot Fuzz (2007) [BD] 4/5* Midway (2019) [UHD] 3.5/5* The Silence of the Lambs (1991) [UHD] 5/5* Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) [BD] 3.5/5* Dead Space: Downfall (2008) [BD] 1/5* FEBRUARY - 23 films watched The Karate Kid Part III (1989) [UHD] 2.5/5* Groundhog Day (1993) [UHD] 5/5* Furie (2019) [BD] 2/5* Cliffhanger (1993) [UHD] 3/5* Last Night in Soho (2021) [UHD] 4.5/5* The 355 (2022) [AMC] 2.5/5* Tango & Cash (1989) [BD] 1/5* Platoon (1986) [BD] 4/5* The Great Escape (1963) [BD] 2.5/5* Rocky (1976) [BD] 5/5* Red Heat (1988) [UHD] 3.5/5* Lone Survivor (2013) [UHD] 4.5/5* Black Dynamite (2009) [BD] 4/5* Rear Window (1954) [UHD] 4/5* Rapid Fire (1992) [BD] 3.5/5* Body Snatchers (1993) [BD] 3/5* Moonfall (2022) [AMC] 1/5* The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) [BD] .5/5* United 93 (2006) [BD] 4.5/5* Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) [Vudu] 2/5* Uncharted (2022) [AMC] 1.5/5* Rocky II (1979) [BD] 5/5* Hereditary (2018) [UHD] 4.5/5* MARCH - 23 films watched Stand By Me (1986) [UHD] 4.5/5* Last Night in Soho (2021) [UHD] 4.5/5* The Batman (2022) [Alamo] 4.5/5 The Batman (2022) [AMC] 4.5/5* The Batman (2022) (AMC) 4.5/5* Rocky III (1982) [BD] 4/5* Tremors (1990) [UHD] 3.5/5* The Last Stand (2013) [BD] 3/5* Deadly Friend (1986) [BD] 3.5/5* Saving Private Ryan (1998) [UHD] 5/5* Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) [UHD] 5/5* The 6th Day (2000) [BD] 1.5/5* Kindergarten Cop (1990) [BD] 4.5/5* The Killing Time (1987) [BD] 2/5* The Social Network (2010) [BD] 4.5/5* Unforgiven (1992) [UHD] 3.5/5* Office Space (1999) [BD] 3.5/5* L.A. Confidential (1997) [BD] 3.5/5* Rocky IV (1985) [BD] 3/5* Possessor (2020) [UHD] 4/5* Se7en (1995) [BD] 4.5/5* The Greatest Showman (2017) [UHD] 5/5* Field of Dreams (1989) [UHD] 5/5* APRIL - 14 films watched Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995) [BD] 4.5/5* The Batman (2022) [Alamo] 4.5/5* Dirty Dancing (1987) [iTunes 4K] 3.5/5* Rocky V (1990) [BD] 2/5* After Yang (2021) [Amazon Prime ] 3.5/5* Scream 2 (1997) [BD] 3/5* Kimi (2022) [HBOMAX] 3.5/5* Rocky Balboa (2006) [BD] 4/5* The Natural (1984) [UHD] 4.5/5*' Metropolis (1927) [DVD] 1/5* Some Like It Hot (1959) [UHD] 2.5/5* Aliens (1996) [BD] 5/5* Prince of Darkness (1987) [UHD] 4/5* Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) [Alamo] 3/5* MAY - 23 films watched Creed (2015) [UHD] 4/5* Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) [BD] 5/5* Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) [BD] 3/5* The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) [Alamo] 3.5/5* Fighting With My Family (2019) [BD] 4/5* Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) [Alamo] 3.5/5* Forgotten (2017) [Netflix] 4/5* Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) [Alamo] 3.5/5* Turning Red (2022) [UHD] 4/5* Little Big League (1994) [BD] 4/5* Shattered (1991) [BD] 3.5/5* Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) [UHD] 5/5* The Batman (2022) [HBOMAX] 4.5/5* Nightmare Alley (2021) [HBOMAX] 3/5* U-571 (2000) [BD] 3/5* Creed II (2018) [UHD] 3.5/5* Injustice (2021) [HBOMAX] 1.5/5* Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) [Alamo] 4/5* Speed (1994) [UHD] 4.5/5* Top Gun (1986) [UHD] 4/5* Top Gun: Maverick (2022) [Alamo] 4.5/5* Top Gun (1986) [UHD] 4/5* Val (2021) [Amazon Prime] 3.5/5* JUNE - 0 films watched JoeyN, Magness, Whooter and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Ghostbusters Afterlife - Excellent. Really, really excellent. Dimness, Angel P, JoeyN and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 The Last Duel was very well done. Great cast, enjoyed the three different point of view format, but the entire thing is centered around a tough subject manner. Maybe that’s why the film had a tough time at the box office Ridley Scott. This isn’t Gladiator. Camp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 5 hours ago, JoeyN said: The Last Duel was very well done. Great cast, enjoyed the three different point of view format, but the entire thing is centered around a tough subject manner. Maybe that’s why the film had a tough time at the box office Ridley Scott. This isn’t Gladiator. It's on Disney+ over here and I caught it before Christmas and also thought it was very good. It may perhaps falter with pacing here and there, but the performances are consistently strong. Beautifully shot too. What I found amazing though, particularly given the scale of the film, was that it was shot during the pandemic. It's surreal looking at behind the scenes images and video and seeing people masked up, but if any director can expertly command a production through such challenges it's Scott (and of course he went and made two films back to back during all this chaos). JoeyN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Blood and Black Lace - old 60s Italian horror by Mario Brava that somehow I've never heard of/seen before. Wow. Total stunner of a horror movie, with a gorgeous look to the sets + spectacle, themed around a fashion studio + modelling. Really enjoyed this. Rope - the classic stagey Hitchcock film with James Stewart, still as stagey and as good as ever. Good to see this again after a long, long break. Dawn of the Dead (1978 version) - was playing a zombie boardgame + felt like this was a good mood setter in the background. Definitely one of the classic zombie flicks by Romero, hugely influential, and still campy & as cheap looking as ever. See comment on Rope - been ages since I watched this, thoroughly enjoyed it. Angel P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel P Posted January 9 Author Report Share Posted January 9 6 hours ago, dogbert said: Blood and Black Lace - old 60s Italian horror by Mario Brava that somehow I've never heard of/seen before. Wow. Total stunner of a horror movie, with a gorgeous look to the sets + spectacle, themed around a fashion studio + modelling. Really enjoyed this. How did you see this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 17 minutes ago, Angel P said: How did you see this? Criterion Channel Angel P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dimness Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Encanto - I'm just not enamored with this one like a lot of people. I thought it was meh. Apple Dumpling Gang - I was expecting more Tim Conway and Don Knotts. Jingle All The Way - This wasn't that bad to be honest, and I liked Sinbad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel P Posted January 15 Author Report Share Posted January 15 2 hours ago, Dimness said: Encanto - I'm just not enamored with this one like a lot of people. I thought it was meh. I felt the same. I loved Raya and Luca but this one just didn't do it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magness Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 Matrix Resurrections - Thought this was good, interesting, different, weird and lots of other things. I think I already need a rewatch to help solidify my different feelings about this but overall I liked it. I wasn’t thrilled with the main villain as I didn’t think they were a threat but the other villain/character was great. Romier S 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 18 minutes ago, Magness said: Matrix Resurrections - Thought this was good, interesting, different, weird and lots of other things. I think I already need a rewatch to help solidify my different feelings about this but overall I liked it. I wasn’t thrilled with the main villain as I didn’t think they were a threat but the other villain/character was great. We’re in lonely company my friend. Magness 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 The Tragedy of Macbeth - Remarkably good. Wonderful performances, and every frame, infused with the influence of German expressionism, is breathtaking. It's a stark throwback to cinema techniques of old, and the extraordinary set design and art direction is a wonderful reminder of the largely forgotten value of fabricating every last physical detail on screen to serve a story. It's by far my favourite performance and depiction of the witches in any screen adaptation too (Kathryn Hunter is amazing). Camp and Magness 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimness Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 Oliver & Company - I haven't seen this since it released in theaters, and I wanted to give it a go. Was trying to figure out why this never became a Disney classic. Now I know why. JoeyN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 Kimi - An acquaintance mentioned this in passing as a sort of modern update of Rear Window, Blow Up & Home Alone with a healthy dose of Covid... And he was right. I hadn't heard of it until then. Steven Soderbergh. HBO Max. Zoe Kravitz is excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed this - 90 minutes, little padding, some twists + turns. Worth a watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 8 hours ago, dogbert said: with a healthy dose of Covid... I see what you did there… dogbert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Hellbender - I thoroughly enjoyed this. Put it on in the background while I made dinner, but it completely pulled me in. Very small budget "folk horror" from a family that likes to make horror movies. It uses its low budget extremely well. Extremely well directed, paced, written, acted. Teenage girl, stuck in the woods with her mother, finds small quiet ways to rebel, ultimately discovering the witchy-ness of her family. It's a small, low key film with a plot it tells well. On Shudder/AMC+ - I got told their other film is worth watching, so it's on the playlist. The New Daughter - 2000 something Kevin Costner led film that I'd never heard of, but my girlfriend loves. It's a weird Kevin Costner ghost/horror/folk tales movie where his daughter ends up possessed by something in their new home... Mainstream movie production values, but a definitely oddball plot + characterization around becoming a teenager. I enjoyed this a bunch more than I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 Death on the Nile (2022) - Branagh's next Poirot film is definitely a little formulaic, not bringing much new to the table outside of an attempt to give him a backstory, but still thoroughly over the top in its portrayal of glamour/excess + enjoyable. Completely inessential in the grand scheme of things, but I enjoyed it. No Exit - Hulu exclusive that's tight in its focus + storytelling, focusing on a woman stuck in a near deserted park visitor centre because of a snowstorm, who finds something troubling in a parked van + needs to figure out who is responsible. This put my daughter's stomach in knots, which was awesome Thoroughly enjoyed this. It's short, sharp, and has some nice twists. The Adam Project - you've seen it all before, definitely formulaic, but it plays up its central idea of Adam as a kid vs Adam as a grownup super soldier really well with lots of funny moments + lines. Not "the new ET" or "The new Back to the Future" but fun. Romier S 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 I watched the trailer for “No Exit” and wanted to check it out. Glad to hear it’s pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Windfall - really good usage of the rear channels and music to drive tension. Guessed the ending pretty quickly but still it was enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 Various stressors meant movie watching was low key this weekend. Sign o' the Times - Wow. It's been decades since I watched any of this concert/concept piece from Prince.... Wow. When it gels around the right songs, it's an amazing capture of a performer + his supporting artists. There's a few songs that don't work for me, but the big hits + numbers? So good. Even Sheena Easton, the wee girl from Bellshill, works well. Jimi Plays Monterey - small, tightly focused performance capture by D.A.Pennebaker that's amazing. Yes, this is the one where he sets his guitar on fire. Great set of covers + performance by an artist at his prime. The Witch of Kings Cross - documentary about an Australian artist (that I hadn't heard of) whose work was filled with sexuality, spirituality, occult, in the 40s + 50s, and who was eventually charged with sodomy because she so didn't fit in to the times. Her art's incredible, she clearly lived a life of passion, and her story was interesting to follow. This is a far from essential or revolutionary doc, but it kept my attention. Magness 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 It finally happened, I walked out of a movie. Mobius is bad beyond words. Magness and Angry the Clown 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dienekes96 Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 Everything Everywhere All At Once Script, direction, performances…all pulling in the same direction. I liked it okay until the last twenty minutes, and then I sort of fell in love with it. Highly recommended for the more adventurous. Magness and dogbert 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 10 hours ago, dienekes96 said: Everything Everywhere All At Once Script, direction, performances…all pulling in the same direction. I liked it okay until the last twenty minutes, and then I sort of fell in love with it. Highly recommended for the more adventurous. Looking forward to it getting a wider release hopefully - only at one Alamo right now and consistently selling out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 11 hours ago, dienekes96 said: Everything Everywhere All At Once Script, direction, performances…all pulling in the same direction. I liked it okay until the last twenty minutes, and then I sort of fell in love with it. Highly recommended for the more adventurous. Very much looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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