What Films did You Watch Last Week (30/05 - 05/06) 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

Archive (2020, Gavin Rothery)
Netflix
Set in 2038, George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife. The film has Ex Machina vibes in many ways and has a pretty good set up but loses its way a bit in the second half.
6/10

Panic in the Streets (1950, Elia Kazan)
This Film Noir Starts one night in the New Orleans slums where  vicious hoodlum Blackie (Jack Palance) and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. The next morning, Dr. Clint Reed (Richard Widmark) of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic epidemic, Clint must find and inoculate the killers and their associates. The film looks good and has a good cast but some of the pacing is a bit of a chore. More focus is out on the less interesting parts of the story in my view, still solid though.
6/10

REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING

A Simple Favour (2018, Paul Feig)
Netflix
I watched this again with my partner. This mystery has a strange blend of tones between comedy and a thriller and the two main women were on fire. Enjoyed this one again.
7/10

Cloak & Dagger (1984, Richard Franklin)
Fist time viewing this since the 80’s and was curious as to how it would hold up. Henry Thomas (E.T.) plays 11-year-old Davey, a boy who loses himself in video games–and even has an imaginary friend, a super-resourceful secret agent (Dabney Coleman). When he accidentally comes into possession of a spy group’s secret plans, and winds up on the run from them. It did not totally hold up and has some pacing issues early but it’s still a well enough made family adventure film with a few charming scenes.
5.5-6/10

FIRST TIME TV VIEWING

Norm MacDonald: Nothing Special (2022, Stand-up Special)
Netflix
The legendary comedian, the late Norm MacDonald filmed the material for his upcoming special in hiss lounge by himself before he went into hospital in case things went south and he didn’t get to do the actual special with a live audience. As it turns out with his deteriorating health he never got to. So now posthumously Netflix have released the material which is very interesting but not effective enough without a live audience e to bounce off of. After the special a group of famous comedians discuss the work and share Norm stories and it is quite a beautiful tribute.
Good TV

WEEKLY FILM AWARDS

BEST FILM: A Simple Favor 
BEST ACTOR: Richard Widmark - Panic in the Streets
BEST ACTRESS: Anna Kendrick - A Simple Favor
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jack Palance - Panic in the Streets
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Blake Lively - A Simple Favor
BEST EDITING: Harmon Jones - Panic in the Streets 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Joseph MacDonald - Panic in the Streets
BEST SCORE: Alfred Newman - Panic in the Streets 
BEST SCRIPT: Jessica Sharzer - A Simple Favor
BEST DIRECTOR: Elia Kazan - Panic in the Streets

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