What films have you watched recently?

fretmeister

Concussion.

I liked it a lot. Will Smith gave a very good performance that was far better than his usual fare - he wasn't just being Will Smith this time.

The type of story is common I suppose as big business interests have hidden all manner of shite before, but Concussion dealt with it in a non-Hollywood way.

A solid 8/10 

Handsome_Chris

@fretmeister , is that the one about sports injuries?

fretmeister

Yup - the American Football brain injury discovery and cover up.

fretmeister

Spotlight.

Brilliant!

9/10

EricTheWeary

Watched Limitless and half way through realised I'd seen it before. It's okay  if unmemorable. 
Watched an hour of The Purge. Not my kind of film.
Watched about the same of Sherlock  Game of Shadows ( that right?) which was so confused and confusing. 

I didn't watch any film or TV on holiday and although I've since binged on Man Down and Dragon's Den I'm losing faith in the power of the small screen to bring me joy... 

Snap

The Revenant.

Loved it. The bear attack - cor blimey guv, that was gruesome and tense.

TimmyO

Sicario - really enjoyed it - quite 'ambient' at times so I can imagine some might not like it but I liked it a LOT 

Handsome_Chris

David Brent: Life on the Road

Hilarious and sad. The whole music and band thing was great to watch.

I will say that it could be a bit too close to for some folk on here, but I won't spoil it for you.

bingefeller

Bastille Day - Idris Elba playing an American CIA agent who doesn't always play by the rules, sounds a bit familiar.....  Well worth a watch though.

thomasross20

Lights Out - 8/10!

Gulliver

Nerve.

Good concept, bit preachy towards the end, quite liked the soundtrack (bit electronic-y).

7/10

Handsome_Chris

Gulliver said:

Nerve.

Good concept, bit preachy towards the end, quite liked the soundtrack (bit electronic-y).

7/10

@Gulliver , didn't it just though?  I thought that the ending was too nice, which actually did not work for me as I wanted the female lead to end up with life changing injuries eg quadrospazzed on a life-glug.

fretmeister

Star Trek Beyond.

Very Enjoyable but not up to the best of the franchise. Probably the 2nd best of New Trek though.

Spock's wig was weird though. I wonder if the studio lost the one from the earlier film and got someone new to remake it.

7/10

bloodandtears

The Man who knew Infinity..  excellent!!
Ratchet and Clank... not so..
Doctor Who (The Movie) 1996 .. so, so, bad..
American Graffiti.. slow paced teen angst film
Stand By Me.. the ultimate kids feel good film.. always worthy of a re-watch.

EricTheWeary

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Some of the gang voices aren't quite as I remember them but it is current Kiss doing their own. The story makes no sense even by Scooby standards but, y'know, Kiss songs and Scooby  I recommend it .

Neil

Lambert and Stamp.

A really interesting doc film (2.5 hours) about The Who's management duo.

They took loads of film footage during the '60's which was shown interspersed with comments from Chris Stamp, Daltrey and Townsend and others.

Shown on Sky Arts.

Aidanspaghetti

Best thing I've watched in ages!

sinbaadi

The Nice Guys - Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling.  Very good.  Great 70s setting, Noire-esque mystery, action, and lots of comedy.
Bastille Day - Idris Elba and King in the North.  Not very good.
Angry Birds - Was not as dire as I thought it might be, linked to the game where it worked, didn't force it too much.  Some moments of humor and overall quite charming.

jamiexsilver

My partner has a thing for sharks so she dragged me to watch a film called The Shallows, She pitched it to me as Gravity but with sharks. 

It's up there with one of the worst films I've ever seen, terrible acting, totally cheesy in a awful way, utter garbage.

Clarky

Handsome_Chris said:

Suicide Squad.

It is a good going romp.  I believe that this passes the @Clarky Test ie Lots of action and lots of fun.  I may go and see it again.

I have come to realise that I know nothing about films: I do not dislike the film the critics tell me to. 

saw it and loved it…. top movie..