What Films did You Watch Last Week (24/05 - 30/05) CLOSED

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

A Quiet Place Part II (2021, John Krasinski)
Cinema
A respectable continuation of the 2017 hit film that feels like it is set in the same world. Where it lacks some of the over arching family themes of the original and is not quite as good at sustaining tension, it is still a fine time passer.
6/10

Someone to Watch over me (1987, Ridley Scott)
A stylish crime drama that is good but lacks the set pieces that maybe a Brian De Palma might have brought to it.
6/10

Between Midnight and Dawn (1950, Gordon Douglas)
A solid second or third tier Film Noir with the always reliable Edmond Obrien.
6/10

Trial by Fire (2018, Edward Zwick)
Netflix
The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed. Well acted but quite depressing.
6/10

World for Ransom (1954, Robert Aldrich)
A surprisingly underwhelming noir from director Robert Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly) and actor Dan Duryea (The Woman in the Window).
5/10

REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING

Bullets over Broadway (1994, Woody Allen)
blu ray
A fun period piece set around a playwrights new play that is financed by a gangster. Great script, great cast and moves along quickly,
7/10

Romy & Michele's High School Reunion (1997, David Mirkin)
Disney+
A fun and very 90's comedy with a lot of classic moments and a great lead turn from Mia Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite).
7/10

The Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton)
I decided to give this one a second chance and whilst I enjoyed it more than I did the first time, I still got the feeling of old Disney tv movies while watching it albeit with far superior and simply gorgeous cinematography.
6/10

Everyone Says I Love You (1996, Woody Allen)
blu ray
Woody Allen does a musical here but I felt that the best parts were the non musical parts as the songs really killed the momentum. Superb cast and a fun enough script but overall not a favourite.
6/10

Bruce Almighty (2003, Tom Shadyac)
Disney+
An entertaining enough high concept comedy starring Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston. It starts to wear out its welcome near the end somewhat but still a good enough time waster.
5/10

WEEKLY FILM AWARDS

BEST FILM: Bullets over Broadway
BEST ACTOR: Jack O'Connell - Trial by Fire
BEST ACTRESS: Mia Sorvino - Romy & Michele's
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Chazz Palminteri - Bullets over Broadway
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Diane Weist - Bullets over Broadway
BEST EDITING: Michael P. Shawver - A Quiet Place II
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Stanley Cortez - The Night of the Hunter
BEST SCRIPT: Woody Allen & Douglas McGrath - Bullets over Broadway
BEST SCORE: Marco Beltrami - A Quiet Place Part II
BEST DIRECTOR: Woody Allen - Bullets over Broadway

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