What films have you watched recently?

ThePrettyDamned

I've seen rec, which was excellent, and Dog Soldiers, which was absolutely fantastic. Not scary in the slightest, but funny, witty and gritty and not dull at any point. It's worth watching the whole thing for the... Well, I'll not spoil. Suffice to say, I was crying with laughter.

Tomorrow, I'm seeing the rite (Hopkins) and the wolf of wall Street.

mike_l

Currently, for the 1,387th time Topgun  It's on E4 now

Col_Decker

RED2 at the weekend.

 

All Friday night film requirement boxes were ticked.

9/10 for a Friday

6/10 at all other times

randomhandclaps

mike_l said:

Currently, for the 1,387th time Topgun  It's on E4 now

No spoilers.

ThePrettyDamned

Wolf of Wall Street.

As is the fashion at the moment, it was about 45 minutes longer than it needed to be, but there were several brilliantly funny scenes with really dark undertones, and at least one stand out scene that is head an shoulders above what most films manage in 90 minutes.  

So, recommended.  

HAL9000

Saw American Hustle the other night. Don't believe all the hype and award nominations - it really wasn't very good.

Lixarto

"Rush" is currently on, but I'm not really watching it.

It's a well-made, well-acted film about the dullest sport in history.

boogieman

I liked Rush. The guy playing James Hunt is excellent.

IanSavage

Watched the original 'Pulse' the other night - also quite a good little horror, wish I hadn't seen the Hollywood remake first though because I kind of had an idea of what was going to happen in different setpieces.

Have a few Far Eastern horrors to watch over the next few weeks...

Danny1969

Blue Jasmine : nice film from Woody Allen and Blanchett is superb 

The Wolf of Wall Street : Loved it, best film I've seen for quite a while

Dallas Buyers Club : highly recommenced, touching semi autobiographical film about a guy sneaking aids meds  across the border and building a buyers club to help others

HAL9000

Danny19

The Wolf of Wall Street : Loved it, best film I've seen for quite a while

Saw this last night - absolutely brilliant!

Grunfeld

Zizek!

well, that was different.

Good though.

thumpingrug

I've been looking at further releases over the next few months and it seems a bit crap.  Some years there are a couple of films per months I want to go see.  This year and Im struggling to find anything.  

HAL9000

HAL9000 said:

Danny19

The Wolf of Wall Street : Loved it, best film I've seen for quite a while

Saw this last night - absolutely brilliant!

Forgot to mention the superb soundtrack to this film. Pieces I recognised included...

Dust My Broom - Elmore James
Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf
Bang Bang - Joe Cuba
Tear It Down - Clyde McCoy
Road Runner - Bo Diddley

Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker

Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury
Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
Double Dutch - Malcolm McLaren
 C'est Si Bon - Eartha Kitt

Pretty Thing - Bo Diddley
Boom Boom Boom - The Outhere Brothers

Of course being a Martin Scorsese film there was plenty of other music too - I've just listed what I could remember.

EricTheWeary

Part way through Midnight Express, going for round two tonight. I had thought I had watched this film but none of it is at all familiar. So, at some point I watched a different film I thought was Midnight Express. I wonder what that was.
:-?

randomhandclaps

Midnight Run maybe?

EricTheWeary

randomhandclaps said:

Midnight Run maybe?

had to google that  but probably not. Nor Midnight Cowboy! Which I remember pretty clearly.

I suspect I will never know.

Col_Decker

R.I.P.D

 

A film about a cop who gets killed on a bust and gets put into Heavans' Police Dept searching for escaped souls for judgement. Good fun. 6/10.

JAYJO

The Heat, Sandra Bullock some quite funny parts .

Phil_aka_Pip

Zulu (from the Michael Caine box set I was given for christmas). A nice opportunity to relax with some whiskey after a pile of paperwork, with the cat sitting on me.