Watched Heretic and Nope yesterday. Neither of them amazing in anyway but Heretic was cool. Hugh Grant was great in it. Dunno if I've ever seen a movie with him in it before given the genre they're generally in.

Watched Heretic last night myself. The first hour was very good. Got the tension nailed. Ending was a bit predictable but overall I really enjoyed it.

Have Heretic lined up myself, I gather Grant is properly creepy. Nope was alright, had its moments but was very silly overaĺl. The sister was a fucking dose.

Found the brother annoying as well.

Quote from: Carnage on January 26, 2025, 02:10:13 PMHave Heretic lined up myself, I gather Grant is properly creepy.

I actually have time for him the last few years. He's chosen much more interesting roles. He is very good in this. Getting banged up for banging whores, his best career move.

Nope had a lot going for it, it's shot extremely well, the VFX is great and the idea is great but let down by the characters and dialogue.
But I'm all for Michael "smoking fags and drinking bourbon gives you the best voice ever"Wincott turning up movies!

Quote from: Emphyrio on January 26, 2025, 03:33:13 PM
Quote from: Carnage on January 26, 2025, 02:10:13 PMHave Heretic lined up myself, I gather Grant is properly creepy.

I actually have time for him the last few years. He's chosen much more interesting roles. He is very good in this. Getting banged up for banging whores, his best career move.

Agreed, I watched him and Kidman in The Undoing recently and was surprised how much I enjoyed his turn.
Wearing jeans and leather, not crackerjack clothes

Finally watched Longlegs as it landed on Prime recently. Not bad, very reminiscent of Silence of the Lambs.

Also watched Den of Thieves which is reminiscent of too many fucking movies to mention. Gerard Butler channels Jeff Bridges, Riggs from Lethal Weapon, and Al Pacino's character from Heat. It's a mess of a movie, but entertaining enough.

Nosferatu - can't explain why I didn't love it. It did everything I wanted and expected. Too long maybe, but it was missing a bit of magic or something. Solid performances all round, looked great. Ya, can't explain it.

Family watching this weekend:

Around the World in 80 Days (2004, Steve Coogan and Jackie Chan version... went down an absolute treat with the young fella)

The Wild Robot (new animated feature from DreamWorks... good, but no Flow)

Death Wish 3. The most ridiculous of the Death Wish series, which also makes it the best. I wonder how a film about vigilantism would go over now. Or an exploitation film.

Harry Brown. Forgot how vicious this is in parts. The whole drug dealer's den scene is so grimy and tense. Sean Harris is fucking amazing in that scene. Makes me want to see a whole film about just that character.

just going back to David Lynch real quick. a heads up that both the Triskel in Cork and the Lighthouse in Dublin are doing Lynch seasons over the next few months, juyst saw the Lighthouse's announcement there. Hoping to get to some of the screenings in Dublin, particularly Blue Velvet. Aleays a treat to see his stuff in the cinema

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Well, watched Drunken Master II. I think foolishly I was expecting the actual film part of it to be slightly better, but there's certainly no arguing with those combat scenes, especially not the final sequences where it shifts into full-on Tekken mode. Added bonus points for sprinkled insulting of the Brits too!


Been on an exploitation kick lately:

Siege (1983): Tries to tap into the same vein as Assault on Precinct 13 but doesn't have the same atmosphere. Decent watch.

The Warriors (1980): A classic of the genre that gets better with each rewatch.

Bloody Moon (1981): Not one of Franco's finest films, but a solid slasher.

Late Night Trains (1975): Last House on the Left set on a train. In certain ways, it's nastier and much more insidious than Last House..., but is let down by pacing issues and lacklustre camera work

Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on February 02, 2025, 11:48:43 AMWell, watched Drunken Master II. I think foolishly I was expecting the actual film part of it to be slightly better, but there's certainly no arguing with those combat scenes, especially not the final sequences where it shifts into full-on Tekken mode. Added bonus points for sprinkled insulting of the Brits too!



Classic Jackie is always a good time.
The scrap against John Lo(?) at the end of DM2 has some absolutely vicious bumps, it'll go goofy as hell and but they'll show all the hits that connected a bit too much.

No concussion protocols in Honk Kong Cinema🤣