Film

[CorkonianHunger]

Goodfellas - for the 100th time.
No Country for Old Men - haven't seen it in years, good stuff.

[Emphyrio]

Last of the Mohicans - Haven't seen this since I was a kid. Very engaging, great action, but the in-between action bits could have benefited from a stronger director. Worth a revisit though, if like me you haven't seen it in years.

Must watch that again, if only to hear in what context "I Will Find You" is played.

[StoutAndAle]

Watched a few films over the weekend;

"The Last Thing He Wanted" - Absolute utter, UTTER shite. 2 hours wasted on this when I could have watched something... anything else. It is completely incomprehensible, the sound editing makes long portions of dialogue inaudible or muted. The plot makes little or no sense either and by the time you get to the end you're given a finale that is the cinematic equivalent of a shrug. Muck. Don't bother your hole(s).

EDIT: The trailer gives the impression that this film is based in a true story like "War Dogs", "Kill The Messenger" or something. It's not. Christ. The realisation of this fact has made it worse.

"Kingsman: The Secret Service" - Great craic altogether and I'm glad I watched it after the shite above. Cheered me up no end. Nice to see a film like this that doesn't take itself too seriously. Also great to see an actor with Colin Firth's chops having the time of his fucking life.

"Diamonds Are Forever" - Bondathon is still going forward. Connery is back and I kind of wish Lazenby was in this, back to the same schtick but this is one of the best Connery editions.

Finally - The Spanish Apartment Trilogy - never heard of this series of comedy/drama movies before but it's kind of like a French version of Linklater's "Before..." trilogy.

The films are titled "The Spanish Apartment (aka 'Pot Luck')", "Russian Dolls" and "Chinese Puzzle" respectively. They follow the life of a Parisian lad called Xavier as he goes on an Erasmus year in Barcelona, then navigating his late 20s and the final one sees him at 40. I have to say that all three are very enjoyable, the first two are slightly overlong but still good - the last one is great. All three films are showing on MUBI for the next week or so. Recommended.

[Carnage]

Watched one called Solis on Netflix last night. A lad is stuck in an escape pod after an explosion on the asteroid he was mining. Rescue is in the way but will they reach him before he flies into the sun?

Relatively low budget, fairly predictable but enjoyable all the same. Leaving Netflix tomorrow.

[Emphyrio]

Synchronic - Sci-fi/drama with Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan as paramedics. Strange in a bad way. On one hand it has the drama of one of them being terminally ill. On the other, the two of them are dealing with a pandemic of a new drug that allows the user to time-travel. Bizarre, stupid combination of genres.

[astfgyl]

I have a real soft spot for the oul time travel stuff on paper but it usually doesn't work out as well as I think it could. I'm still nearly intrigued enough to watch it despite the bizarre/stupid assessment. I'll probably be back saying it's shit.

[Emphyrio]

I'm a big sci-fi fan, love time travel stuff but this is daft. The two lads actually have good chemistry and the dramatic stuff isn't bad, it just seems a strange concoction.

[Carnage]

If ye like time travel movies, it's hard to top Primer. Great stuff, and made for tuppence ha'penny.

[astfgyl]

Gonna watch whichever of those 2 is on Netflix. Primer has better reviews so hopefully that one

[Ollkiller]

Gonna watch whichever of those 2 is on Netflix. Primer has better reviews so hopefully that one

Primer is a mind melt of a movie. Defo unlike other sci fi's

[Eoin McLove]

If ye like time travel movies, it's hard to top Primer. Great stuff, and made for tuppence ha'penny.

Hot Tub Time Machine!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Finally - The Spanish Apartment Trilogy - never heard of this series of comedy/drama movies before but it's kind of like a French version of Linklater's "Before..." trilogy.

The films are titled "The Spanish Apartment (aka 'Pot Luck')", "Russian Dolls" and "Chinese Puzzle" respectively. They follow the life of a Parisian lad called Xavier as he goes on an Erasmus year in Barcelona, then navigating his late 20s and the final one sees him at 40. I have to say that all three are very enjoyable, the first two are slightly overlong but still good - the last one is great. All three films are showing on MUBI for the next week or so. Recommended.

The first one is an institution over here, but I think the second two are slightly better, even though I'm not a big fan. You forgot to mention that Vince Vaughn's wife from True Detective is in 'em.

Just watched a good one that was on one of the domestic VOD channels here, Perfect Sense, with Ewan McGregor and the ever sumptuous Eva Green. It's about a pandemic that one by one strips everyone's senses away. Made in 2011...first sense to go is smell!

[StoutAndAle]

The first one is an institution over here, but I think the second two are slightly better, even though I'm not a big fan. You forgot to mention that Vince Vaughn's wife from True Detective is in 'em.

No, I have just chosen to erase that season of True Detective from my mind.

( I have no recollection of her in TD2 at all! Only Vaughn, Tim Riggins and Codden Fadden.)

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Haha, I know what you mean...although, I did rewatch it in the run up to season 3 and got more out of it second time round, clearly since I was no longer expecting something that would match the first season. Vince Vaughn is really the only genuinely awful thing about it, some other bits are just poor, but if it had been a first season of something, it would have been well received. Anyway, sorry, wrong thread. She's also in Calvary.

[StoutAndAle]

Tracy Morgan is to play Louis Armstrong in a self-financed biopic.

There it is, lads. The edge of cinema.