What Films did You Watch Last Week (19/04 - 25/04) CLOSED

First Time Viewings:

How the West Was Won (1962, Henry Hathaway, John Ford, & George Marshall)
This western boasts an impressive cast and tells a story spanning decades. It's fairly long, but held my attention and the performances are good. It's also beautifully shot.
7/10
5.5/10

Crossfire (1947, Edward Dmytryk)
This one has an engaging story and good performances. Robert Ryan is especially good.
7/10
7.5/10

The Caine Mutiny (1954, Edward Dmytryk)
Liked this one from the start, but felt it got better as it went along, with the last act being the highlight. It's well made and well written and has strong performances and some great moments throughout.
8/10

Obsession (1949, Edward Dmytryk)
I liked the story of this one and thought it was well executed. Good performances too.
7.5/10

Murder, My Sweet (1944, Edward Dmytryk)
Good noir with a twisty story and some nice dialogue exchanges. Good performances too.
7.5/10
8/10

One False Move (1992, Carl Franklin)
Good neo noir with strong performances and some very good moments throughout. It builds tension nicely too.
7.5/10
7/10


Repeat Viewings:

Friends with Benefits (2011, Will Gluck)
Fairly entertaining romantic comedy, but it's held back by a predictable story. 
6.5/10
5.5/10

Peter Pan (1953, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, & Hamilton Luske)
Enjoyable animated film from Disney.
7/10

Being There (1979, Hal Ashby)
This one has a solid story and strong performances. Peter Sellers is wonderful here.
7/10


TV Viewings:

South Park: Season 12 (2008)
9/10
8/10

Movie Awards:

BEST FILM: The Postman Always Rings Twice Murder, My Sweet
BEST ACTOR: Peter Sellers (Being There)
BEST ACTRESS: Lana Turner (The Postman Always Rings Twice) I watched half of this movie last night. I like it so far.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Robert Ryan (Crossfire) Humphrey Bogart (The Caine Mutiny)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Shirley MacLaine (Being There)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: How the West Was Won
BEST SCORE: Ennio Morricone (The "Human" Factor) I don't remember the scores for any of the movies you watched.
BEST SCRIPT: Harry Ruskin & Niven Busch (The Postman Always Rings Twice) Murder, My Sweet
BEST DIRECTOR: Tay Garnett (The Postman Always Rings Twice) Murder, My Sweet

FILM 

Fight Club (1999)
9/10

I'm Your Woman (2020)
5/10

War of the Worlds (2005)
7/10

The Box  (2009)
5/10

Masterminds (2016)
6/10

Se7en (1995)
7/10

Splinter (2008)
4/10




WEEKLY FILM AWARDS

BEST FILM: Fight Club
BEST ACTOR: Edward Norton - Fight Club
BEST ACTRESS: Rachel Brosnahan - I'm Your Woman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Brad Pitt - Fight Club
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Dakota Fanning - War of the Worlds
BEST EDITING: James Haygood - Fight Club
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Janusz Kamiński - War of the Worlds
BEST SCRIPT: Jim Uhls - Fight Club
BEST SCORE: John Williams - War of the Worlds
BEST DIRECTOR: David Fincher - Fight Club

Welcome back to another week of the BEST & WORST edition of 'what movies did you see last week?' thread. For those who haven't been part of it before, basically your host (me) posts my weekly movies and you can comment on those and list your movie for the same time frame. I will get back to you on yours and you can talk to other users here about their films. It's a great place to talk about film.

FIRST TIME MOVIE VIEWING

Panique (1946, Julien Duvivier)
blu ray
This French Noir  involves a murder that degenerates the local village folk into a suspicious mob. It is very well made, quite gorgeous to look at indeed. The actors are good but it is a little dialogue heavy for what it is.
7.5/10

The Heartbreak Kid (1972, Elaine May)
In this quirky comedy, Charles Grodin (Midnight Run) stars as a newlywed man on his honeymoon who has second thoughts about his marriage and falls for a different woman (Cybill Shepherd). This is much more subtle and effective than the Ben Stiller remake and held my attention throughout.
6.5/10

REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING

Mystic River (2003, Clint Eastwood)
Netflix
This sombre crime drama follows the lives of three men who were childhood friends who are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy. The film has a great mood with a good cast and is one of the directors best films.
7.5/10

Rising Sun (1993, Philip Kaufman)
blu ray
Based on the Michael Chrichton novel we have a thriller that involves a murder of an escort, politics and big business. Combine all that with great dialogue and social commentary on racism, differing cultures and capitalism you have  an engrossing film. Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes lead the cast and are great together.
7.5/10

Unstoppable (2010, Tony Scott)
blu ray
Tony Scott's last film fittingly stars his long time actor, Denzel Washington. Washington and Chris Pine  lead this film which is based on a true story of a train carrying chemicals is unmanned and out of control. Although dramatised, the stpory holds pretty close to what actually happened and is very well made and a tense ride.
7.5/10

Something Wild (1986, Jonathan Demme)
blu ray
This quirky road movie sees Melanie Griffith (Body Double) stars as a free-spirited woman who "kidnaps" a yuppie (Jeff Daniels) for a weekend of adventure. It is a fun ride, perhaps 20 minutes too long but it never drags. Also you can enjoy an early career appearance of Ray Liotta (Goodfellas).
7/10

Gilda (1946, Charles Vidor)
blu ray
Set in Argentina this semi film noir was Rita Hayworth’s coming out party opposite Glenn Ford. The films plot is somewhat confusing and it is overlong but it’s the bi-sexual subtext that is the most interest upset of the film. Hayworth sizzles as Gilda and is a magnetizing onscreen image that won’t be forgotten easily.
6.5/10

The Paradine Case (1947, Alfred Hitchcock)
A lesser Hitchcock from his early American run with David O'Selznick. It is more of a courtroom drama than a thriller and although well made it never really gets out of first gear and has a pretty forgettable ending.
5.5/10

REPEAT DOCUMENTARY VIEWING

The Art of Subtitling (2018, Bruce Goldstein)
blu ray
A short documentary covering the history of Subtitling and the best way of achieving good results.
Good Documentary

FIRST TIME TV VIEWING

Murder Among the Mormons (2021, Season One)
Netflix
This documentary series looks at the bombings that happened around Mormon document dealers in the 80's.
Good Viewing

WEEKLY FILM AWARDS

BEST FILM: Mystic River
BEST ACTOR: Jeff Daniels - Something Wild
BEST ACTRESS: Rita Hayworth - Gilda
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ray Liotta - Something Wild
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Marcia Gay Harden - Mystic River
BEST EDITING: Robert Duffy, Chris Lebenzon - Unstoppable
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Nicolas Hayer - Panique
BEST SCRIPT: Brian Helgeland - Mystic River
BEST SCORE: Laurie Anderson, John Cale - Mystic River
BEST DIRECTOR: Julien Duvivier - Panique


10/10 - Perfection (or as close to it as possible)
09/10 - An Excellent film
08/10 - A VERY Good film
07/10 - A Good film
06/10 - A Solid film
05/10 - An Average film
04/10 - Below Average film
03/10 - A mostly bad film
02/10 - A mostly terrible film
01/10 - Awful through and through
00/10 - Not only awful but offensive too

Hey Billy

doctor sleep - I like it, way better than I would’ve imagined 7-7.5

rampage - I don’t actually remember this but according to IMDb I gave it 5/10

first blood - a genuinely good film 8/10

Hi, Dark.

Here I am.


Yours:

The Heartbreak Kid (1972) 9/109

I thought this was really great. Loved the cast, Charles Grodin is fantastic. I haven't seen the remake. 

Mystic River 9/10

Yeah, it's great. I actually think it's kind of underrated (even considering all the Oscar nominations). Loved Sean Penn.

Rising Sun 8/10

Yeah, I thought it was pretty good. Maybe Harvey Keitel was a bit wasted.

Unstoppable 7/10

I thought it was O.K. I preferred Denzel Washington to Chris Pine.

Something Wild 9/10

Love it, I thought it was really great. Loved Melanie Griffith. Ray Liotta too, he was really kind of scary.

Gilda 8/10

I liked it, I thought it was maybe a bit overrated. Rita Hayworth was really great though. 


Mine:

Doctor Sleep 7/10

Finally caught up with it. I thought it was O.K., some parts were good, it felt too long though, IMO. Also I didn't care much for all the Overstreet hotel stuff. I liked Rebecca Ferguson though.

Rampage 7.5/10

It's a William Friedkin movie, wiht Michael Biehn, about a D.A., very religious, who has to ask the death penalty for a serial killer, even if he would be against it. I heard Friedkin doesn't like it, I did though, maybe it's not of his best, but still...I also heard it was criticized a lot because it was a considered a pro-death pelnalty movie, which is very weird, because it isn't really...

First Blood 8.5/10

The first Rambo movie. I hadn't seen it in ages, it really holds up, loved it. Sly is actually great. Brian Dennehy and Richard Crenna too.

Ricochet 7.5/10

It's a movie with Denzel Washington and John Litghgow, about a psycho who's out to frame and destroy the life of a new D.A. who caught him as a cop. It's fun, Denzel and John Lithgow are good.