theboyangel Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 His House on Netflix will be getting a viewing over the weekend as it’s Halloween - anyone seen it yet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted October 30, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, theboyangel said: His House on Netflix will be getting a viewing over the weekend as it’s Halloween - anyone seen it yet? That's tonight's viewing for me. Really, really looking forward to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Great performances turned in by Dafoe and Pattinson in The Lighthouse 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Anyone watched this one? It's only a short film but apparently it's supposed to get the Terry Pratchett Discworld vibe that most other adaptations fail at. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 On 26/10/2020 at 14:53, Chindie said: Meet Joe Black is a guilty pleasure. It's biggest problem is it's laughably long and probably far too sincere and earnest for it's own good, but I've always really, really liked it. Hopkins is great in it. We've discussed this before I think, but I really like it as well. Even if it is a bit too ponderous. Its just a 'nice' film. Plus Claire Forlani is looking fine! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted October 30, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 30, 2020 Finally get to watch 1917, only regret is that I didn't get to watch this on a big screen. Simple story, but powerful nonetheless. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted October 30, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 30, 2020 10 hours ago, theboyangel said: His House on Netflix will be getting a viewing over the weekend as it’s Halloween - anyone seen it yet? Just watched it. Its ok 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 30, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 30, 2020 3 hours ago, sne said: Anyone watched this one? It's only a short film but apparently it's supposed to get the Terry Pratchett Discworld vibe that most other adaptations fail at. It's on the list, obviously. I've purposely kinda avoided everything about it as I really don't want to colour my thoughts of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Troglodyte Posted October 31, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2020 On 29/10/2020 at 20:14, Follyfoot said: Parasite would’ve been better if it was dubbed 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted October 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, sne said: Anyone watched this one? It's only a short film but apparently it's supposed to get the Terry Pratchett Discworld vibe that most other adaptations fail at. I think I'd forgotten this was being made. Thanks for the reminder. Amy ideas how to watch it if you weren't a preproduction supporter? Is it just online via the streaming portal? Edited October 31, 2020 by Rds1983 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2020 As I’ve yet to be asked by the film industry to give my tribute to him, my Top five non Bond Sean Connery roles - The Man Who Would be King The Untouchables Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade The Hunt for Red October The Rock Honourable mentions (due to the more supporting nature) Murder on the Orient Express Time Bandits 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted October 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2020 The Name of the Rose. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Phil Silvers Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 12 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: As I’ve yet to be asked by the film industry to give my tribute to him, my Top five non Bond Sean Connery roles - The Man Who Would be King The Untouchables Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade The Hunt for Red October The Rock Honourable mentions (due to the more supporting nature) Murder on the Orient Express Time Bandits The Man who would be King is a brilliant film, my others would be as above and Highlander, woman of straw and the offence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted October 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Mark Albrighton said: As I’ve yet to be asked by the film industry to give my tribute to him, my Top five non Bond Sean Connery roles - The Man Who Would be King The Untouchables Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade The Hunt for Red October The Rock Honourable mentions (due to the more supporting nature) Murder on the Orient Express Time Bandits 5! There can be only one! Nobody has ever better portrayed an Egyptian. Before I get slaughtered I'm joking, love that film and he's great in that role but the casting for those roles was bizarre. A Scot playing an Egyptian who lives in Spain, a Yank playing a Russian and a French man who doesn't speak English as a Scots. Genuinely sad that he's died as so many great roles, might have to cancel the Halloween movie marathon and go with a Connery one instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Rds1983 said: 5! There can be only one! Nobody has ever better portrayed an Egyptian. Before I get slaughtered I'm joking, love that film and he's great in that role but the casting for those roles was bizarre. A Scot playing an Egyptian who lives in Spain, a Yank playing a Russian and a French man who doesn't speak English as a Scots. Genuinely sad that he's died as so many great roles, might have to cancel the Halloween movie marathon and go with a Connery one instead. Tbh I’ve not seen it all the way through, truth of the matter is outiside of the films I listed, the bond films and “Marnie” years ago, I’ve not seen much else of his. One of my browsing past time quirks (one of which I’m willing to divulge) is looking up what an actor’s final screen role was, to see if it’s a good “full stop” to someone’s career, in particular their last screen appearance. Something that seems fitting. Doesn’t have to be the high point of a career, just a decent last bit of work. Clark Gable/Marilyn Monroe for The Misfits, Peter Finch in Network, Oliver Reed in Gladiator....they’re probably considered to be among the good ones. I can’t think of many great careers that essentially ended in a more dismal way than Connery’s did with “The league of extraordinary gentlemen” (I’m not including his voiceover work). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Started a binge of horror/horror-adjacent flicks for the weekend, two films down so far; Exorcist III (which I absolutely love, studio meddling be damned) and Suspiria which I'd never gotten round to seeing before. Quite liked Suspiria, they absolutely hammer that Goblin soundtrack down your ears though, don't they? Got Last House On The Left and the 90's TV adaptation of Woman In Black up next (which my wife's never seen before, looking forward to her shitting her pants at *the* scene). We are having a tiny breather with Hocus Pocus in between though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Been on a MUBI kick the last few days: Stories We Tell - a documentary made by (former?) Canadian actress Sarah Polley (she was the lead in the Dawn of the Dead remake), which is about the life of her late mother, and the circumstances of her own birth (her parentage is in some dispute at the beginning of the film), told through interviews with family members and reenactments shot on super 8 to look like home movies. Interesting film, quite a wild real-life story, and made quite bittersweet by realising at the end of the film that one more of the key players has passed since it was made. Mustang - a Turkish coming-of-age film about five sisters growing up in a religiously conservative household, from which they will be married into arranged marriages, and their efforts to cope with and rebel against their situation. I remember putting this one on a top-10 of a year on here when it came out, and it's a brilliant film, sad and funny and provocative and all sorts. Great stuff. Sadly the director Deniz Gamse Erguven followed the film with a poorly-reviewed film about the LA riots and has now ended up directing episodes of prestige TV dramas, which feels like a real waste to me. Also watched two J-horror movies for Halloween, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The later one, 'Creepy', had an interesting premise and an excellent performance by Teruyuki Kagawa as the titular 'creep next door', but the ending was perhaps a bit overblown. Still a good film, and worth a watch. I preferred 'Cure' from twenty years earlier, a highly atmospheric horror-cum-policier about a guy who hypnotises people and gets them to murder others when in a semi-hypnotic state. Happy to see that MUBI are keeping the rights to some of these films and having them accessible in a library beyond the 30-day period as well, which definitely makes it better value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 His House was ok with an interesting set of consequences borne out of belief, grief and circumstances. Some creepy parts but overall not pant wettingly scary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted November 1, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, theboyangel said: His House was ok with an interesting set of consequences borne out of belief, grief and circumstances. Some creepy parts but overall not pant wettingly scary Got to be honest I was a little bit underwhelmed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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