Last Film You Saw

I checked out Last Night in Soho after seeing the positive reviews on here. Awesome movie even if some bits were no surprise.
 
Halloween Kills, since Jordan Peele came on the scene I feel like there have been more and more films like this; extreme violence married with goofy dialogue and character actions. Why do these people in horror have to be such utter morons, creates a weird tone where you don't know if you should be scared for them or laughing at them.

Laurie Strode reduced to the role of the Colonel in the Rambo films who was there to reiterate what a badarse John Rambo is every time he's on screen. Except instead of Rambo it's "Michael is pure evil", just in case you missed all his character development in the other dozen Halloween films. A segment in the middle feels like cheap TV movie stuff, purely there to pad time. I like how they never attempt to explain everyone forgetting about their phones in these modern ones. I was never really enamoured with this series or any of the famous slashers but at least the originals had atmosphere and could build tension.
 
News of the World

Easily one of the very most enjoyable films I've seen this past year.

If you're reluctant to watch News of the World because it's a "western" - then reconsider.

News of the World is about the bond that develops between a middle aged man who has lost his wife and a young girl who has twice lost both her parents - and of the perilous journey the man undertakes to unite the young girl with her remaining kin, traveling across the treacherous countryside that is post American civil war Texas.

Tom Hanks stars - and as usual - delivers a riveting performance; as does Helena Zengel, portraying the 8-to-10 year old girl child who lost both her parents very early in life to an indian attack and who was subsequently raised by these same indians, only to lose her adopted indian parents some very few years later.
 
Just watched Ghostbusters Afterlife.

Don't go off what the reviews are saying, it's not half bad. Corny in places and lots of references to the original but a good film.
 
A stone cold 70's dystopian classic on the Horror Channel (UK) tonight.

18:45 - Silent Running (1972)

A botanist in charge of sustaining Earth's remaining plant life in space rebels when ordered to destroy the vegetation.
 
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shemnel said:
The French Dispatch. 7/10.

I think if you're not used to Wes Anderson films, this one might be a bit too much to swallow. I think Anderson may have out Anderson'd himself a bit, over egged the dead-pan pudding so to speak, at times having almost cliche-like qualities to it. It's got all the Wes Anderson signatures; beautiful colours, great sets and weird camera shots, dollhouse like buildings, dead pan characters, endless famous faces, snappy lingo and that strange lack of emotional depth (which i think some people really dislike without realising it's happening).

Anyway, my main gripe is the story which while clearly being set up as an anthology is a bit hollow. It's a series of shorts basically, hung around the concept of going through a fictional newspaper supplement so there' some padding in between the main 3 shorts. I dunno, I really appreciate the fact that not all films have to be shot in the same familiar style, so this is a welcome diversion from the norm, plus it's a nice idea for a structure but i think it doesnt quite come off. Some commentary on the creation of art is quite interesting but overall this is not Anderson at his best.
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I know what you mean. I think it's a wider issue of modern cinema in some regards.
All those 'indie' film makers tropes have been copied by everyone (including TV commercials).
Noticed that when I watched Jim Jarmusch's The Dead Don't Die. Wasn't wacky, original or weird...just a facsimile of this and I used to enjoy his films way back when.
I suspect even David Lynch can''t do David Lynch anymore? Or maybe that's just me.
Still, wouldn't mind watching that ^^
Boo or Boo-urns said:
Another rarely shown Clint Eastwood film on BBC4 HD tonight.

21:00 - Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

Fact-based story set in America's former maximum security prison. from which escaping is supposed to be impossible.
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Just happened to be channel hopping when I saw this.
Always loved this. Siegel and Eastwood's last film together I believe.
Almost every scene took place during the original escape (in which they were never able to prove or disprove is was successful or not).

Once visited Alcatraz when in SF - def worth a trip.
 
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