Film

[StoutAndAle]

"Rams" - the 2015 Icelandic version not the new Australian remake with Sam Neill. By turns tragic and darkly funny. The cinematography is incredible. The Icelandic tourist board should steal a few shots from it.

"Galveston" 2018 - directed by Melanie Laurent and starring Ben Foster. Decently-made, indie thriller written by Nic Pizzolatto (creator of "True Detective"). Foster and Elle Fanning are excellent in it.

Both currently on MUBI.

[leatherface]

Rest in peace to Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters 1&2, Twins, Kindergarten Cop)

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Watched Spielberg's Tintin there with the young lad. Better than the 4th Indiana Jones!

[Carnage]

Tintin - no.

Watched A Quiet Place Part II earlier. Meh, it was alright. Utterly predictable from start to finish, the prologue was the only decent part.

[Caomhaoin]

Watched Spielberg's Tintin there with the young lad. Better than the 4th Indiana Jones!

I did the same. I agree but it's still a bit of a stain on the legacy of the classic series

[Kunt 4 Life]

Watched the latest Texas Chainsaw last night on Netflix. Really enjoyed it and had a great run time of under 90 minutes. Can't stand films that drag on.

Had a bit of a dig at the current generation of youngsters which I'm sure some folk will enjoy .

[Cailleach]

"Rams" - the 2015 Icelandic version not the new Australian remake with Sam Neill. By turns tragic and darkly funny. The cinematography is incredible. The Icelandic tourist board should steal a few shots from it.

"Galveston" 2018 - directed by Melanie Laurent and starring Ben Foster. Decently-made, indie thriller written by Nic Pizzolatto (creator of "True Detective"). Foster and Elle Fanning are excellent in it.

Both currently on MUBI.

Both are good movies.
I did enjoy the remake of Rams, but i feel the original is superior to it.

[StoutAndAle]

Both are good movies.
I did enjoy the remake of Rams, but i feel the original is superior to it.

Haven't seen the remake myself.


Went to see "Licorice Pizza" - my first time in a cinema since 2020 - glad that I went.

Paul Thomas Anderson delivers yet again. Excellent storytelling, fantastic photography, solid performances all round from a cast of debutante actors. Sean Penn and Bradley Cooper's (outstanding) quasi-cameos are the closest that you get to big names in this. Cooper Hoffman is destined for great things. Lovely soundtrack too.

[astfgyl]

Anyone seen the remake of Ben Hur? I didn't know it existed until last night, or can't remember hearing a thing about it anyway.

[StoutAndAle]

Anyone seen the remake of Ben Hur? I didn't know it existed until last night, or can't remember hearing a thing about it anyway.

Haven't seen it but I spotted a mention of it Netflix/Amazon somewhere recently.

Also spotted that there's a remake of "Papillon" starring Jax Teller and Freddie Mercury.

[Carnage]

The Papillion remake is terrible, avoid.

Is that Ben-Hur remake a series or fillum?

[astfgyl]

It's a fillum by the look of it. I came across the thumbnail on the dodgybox but I'd never heard a thing of it before then. Morgan Freeman is in it. Be a hard act to follow, the original.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

25/53% versus 86/89% critics/audience score on Rotten Tomatoes between the remake and the original, respectively (if that wasn't obvious).

[astfgyl]

Not a bad audience score there although I'm surprised at the almost rotten critics' rating. I wouldn't expect it to be as good as the original but the wife won't watch that with me. I suppose I'll have to go for it. Hopefully it isn't a poxy CGI fest.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

The original more than stands up to even the most cynical modern eyes, more than others from the same time such as The 10 Commandments (not that this is bad). Tell the wife whatever you have to to make her watch the original, and leave the new one in the bargain bin.