What Films did You Watch Last Week (17/01 - 23/01) 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

Red Rocket (2021, Sean Baker)
Writer/Director Sean Baker returns with a film set in a familiar type of setting but with a slightly lighter more comedy skewed tone. I enjoyed it enough and it has a great central performance but it’s the kind of overly yelly film I wouldn’t watch twice.
6/10

Scream (2022, Matt Olpin, Tyler Gillette)
Cinema
This late sequel (requel) is solid enough along the same lines as the other sequels of the series. It moves quickly enough ( maybe too quick at times) but the writing is a little but up it’s own ass.
5.5/10

Matrix Resurrections (2021, Lana Wachowski)
This late sequel (requel) has some interesting attempts to examine its own need to be made but the execution is poor. They should have shot on film like the original trilogy. This just looks gaudy and cheap. It could have been titled Exposition: The Movie. There were less boring Kung fu fights than the original series but when they did have them they were poorly done. 
4/10

REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING

Underworld U.S.A. (1961, Samuel Fuller)
blu ray
This is one gritty bad ass neo-noir crime film from legendary writer/Director Samuel Fuller. Hard hitting, well made and feels quite epic.
7.5-8/10

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998, Guy Ritchie)
blu ray
This first film from Guy Ritchie used to be my favourite of his work and whilst it is still good, after watching it so close to Snatch I can see how amateurish this is at times (as to be expected). Still these low budget and amateurish moments have their charms as well but this film could have been tightened up a little too. Still an amazing debut.
7.5/10

Whispers in the Dark (1992, Christopher Crowe)
blu ray
Solid 90’s erotic thriller that has some wild moments. Alan Alda is fun as always.
6.5/10

FIRST TIME TV VIEWING

Cobra Kai (2022, Season Four)
Netflix
Another great season with the return of a great legacy character. Look forward to Season Five.
Great TV

The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman (2022, Mini-series)
Netflix
A documentary series about the chase of a conman who has ruined many families over a few decades.
Good TV

Dexter: New Blood (2021, mini series)
Dexter returns in a 10 episode series set a few years after the original 8 season series finale. The story starts off slow but really hits its stride half way through and was very good up until the disappointing finale.. sound familiar? Well it’s not as bad as the original finale but they did shout the bed in the last 15 minutes once more.
Worth a Look

WEEKLY FILM AWARDS

BEST FILM: Underworld U.S.A.
BEST ACTOR: Simon Rex - Red Rocket
BEST ACTRESS: Annabella Sciorra - Whispers in the Dark
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Alan Alda - Whispers in the Dark
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Deborah Kara Unger - Whispers in the Dark
BEST EDITING: Ray Hubley - Whispers in the Dark
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Hal Mohr - Underworld USA
BEST SCORE: Harry Sukman - Underworld USA 
BEST SCRIPT: Samuel Fuller - Underworld USA
BEST DIRECTOR: Samuel Fuller - Underworld USA 

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