What Films did You Watch Last Week (02/08 - 08/08) 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

The Bedroom Window (1987, Curtis Hanson)
This is a pretty good thriller with some unusual casting. Whilst a bit contrived it looks good and the players put in good work.
6.5/10

Julie (1956, Andrew L. Stone)
Pretty good thriller from winter/director Stone that strangely has the climax to the story near the eginning of the third act only to build towards another climax that springs up.
6/10

Call Northside 777 (1948, Henry Hathaway)
Jimmy Stewart stars in this crime procedural based on true events. It is well done but the pacing is the main detriment. The semestrões could have been told more effectively in 85 minutes.
6/10

The Suicide Squad (2021, James Gunn)
On the positive side their are some fun characters in the squad who have good interactions. However the main ‘Villains’ are pretty weak and the story everything is hung on is pretty meh.
5.5-6/10

REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING

Stranger than Fiction (2006, Marc Forster)
blu ray
A fun an inventive film with good performances.
7/10

The Big Combo (1955, Joseph H. Lewis)
blu ray
Solid film noir that mightiest to be a bit too tricky for it’s own good. Cornel Wilde is a bit forgettable in the lead role but Richard Conte lights up the screen as the villain.
6-6.5/10

FIRST TIME TV VIEWING

Transformers: War for Cybertron: Kingdom (2021, Season Three)
Netflix
Same quality as the previous season. I enjoyed this series a lot but it is probably more appealing to long time fans of the comic books and cartoons as it goes through the mythology with not too much explanation.
Good TV

WEEKLY FILM AWARDS

BEST FILM: Stranger than Fiction
BEST ACTOR: Jimmy Stewart - Call Northside 777
BEST ACTRESS: Jean Wallace - The Big Combo
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Richard Conte - The Big Combo
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Emma Thompson - Stranger than Fiction
BEST EDITING: Matt Chesse - Stranger than Fiction
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: John Alton - The Big Combo
BEST SCRIPT: Zach Helm - Stranger than Fiction
BEST SCORE: David Raskin - The Big Combo
BEST DIRECTOR: Marc Forster - Stranger than Fiction

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