What Films did You Watch Last Week (02/01 - 08/01) CLOSED

First Time Viewing

Child's Play (1988; Tom Holland) - Having never seen a Chucky movie before I thought this was surprisingly well-made and mostly fun, even though I found the first half a bit slow, but it does pick up in the second.
6.5/10

Prizzi's Honor (1985; John Huston) - With so much talent involved this Maffia comedy should've really been a lot better. As it is, it's pretty dull. Jack Nicholson felt miscast in a bland role and I never bought into the central romance between his and Kathleen Turner's characters. The movie also takes ages to get to the actual point and uses every Italian-American cliché you can think of.
4.5/10

TV

Jonathan Creek - Satan's Chimney (2001) - An overlong but ingenious Christmas special with one of the best locked-room murder tricks I ever encountered.
7.5/10


Repeat Viewing

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014; Matthew Vaughn) - While it does have its moments I also find this Bond parody to be a bit too juvenile and lacking tension. The great cast saves it, even though Sam Jackson's villain is not threatening and too silly.
6.5/10

Rogue Nation - Second favorite of the series. 7.5/10

Fallout - Favorite of the series. 8/10

Pinocchio - 7/10

The Menu - Glad you liked it too. 9/10

Strange World - 6/10

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - 7/10

Marnie - Glad you liked it, I feel like it's under seen and under appreciated. 8/10

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 FILM VIEWING

Busting (1974, Peter Hyams)
This buddy cop film has some inventive and influential action scenes. One chase scene is paid homage to in Reservoir Dogs.
7/10

Running Scared (1986, Peter Hyams)
Another buddy cop film from Hyams, this one also has humour in it but feels a more conventional comedy and not as hard nosed. Still pretty good though.
6/10

The Star Chamber (1983, Peter Hyams)
Solid enough film about a judge (Michael Douglas) who is sick of having tontura lose criminals on technicalities. It takes far too long to get to the point of the film but the third act brings it all home pretty well.
6/10

The Glass Wall (1953, Maxwell Shane)
Solid film about an immigrant who jumps ship in New York to track down a man who can prove his case to be let in the country. First two acts are fun and interesting but the third act gets a little treacly. 
6/10

The Menu (2022, Mark Mylod)
I found this one interesting enough throughout but never bought anything that was happening or how characters reacted.
6/10

Sirocco (1951, Curtis Bernhardt)
A Humphrey Bogart pic, pretty mid tier.
5.5/10

Onward (2020, Dan Scanlon)
Disney+
Fantasy Pixar film that pays homage to a lot better films. 
5.5/10

Turning Red (2022, Domee Shi)
Disney+
Has its moments but also is kind of annoying at times.
5/10

The Family Secret (1951, Henry Levin)
Okay enough court room drama.
5/10

REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING  

The Driver (1978, Walter Hill)
4K UHD Disc
A corner stone of cool cinema taking a lot of influence from European neo noir, in particular Le Samourai.
9/10

Reservoir Dogs (1992, Quentin Tarantino)
4K UHD Disc
Reservoir Dogs has always had a rough road on home video, dvd and blu ray but this new 4k disc has been done right. It has breathed new life into this classic. Still one of Tarantino’s best.
8.5/10

Angel Heart (1987, Alan Parker)
4K UHD Disc
Probably the best super natural neo noir of all time.
8.5/10

WEEKLY FILM AWARDS

BEST FILM: The Driver
BEST ACTOR: Mickey Rourke - Angel Heart
BEST ACTRESS: Isabelle Adjani - The Driver
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Robert DeNiro - Angel Heart
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Charlotte Rampling - Angel Heart
BEST EDITING: Tina Hirsch - The Driver
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Michael Seresin - Angel Heart
BEST SCORE: Trevor Jones - Angel Heart
BEST SCRIPT: Quentin Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs
BEST DIRECTOR: Walter Hill - The Driver

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

Hey Dark,

Yours:
The Star Chamber (1983, Peter Hyams) 6/10

Onward (2020, Dan Scanlon) 6/10

Reservoir Dogs (1992, Quentin Tarantino) 7/10

Angel Heart (1987, Alan Parker) 5/10

Mine:
1) The Black Dahlia 2006 (4/10)

2) Efter brylluppet (After the Wedding) 2006 (5/10)

3) A History of Violence 2005 (7/10)

4) The Illusionist 2006 (6/10)

5) Indigènes (Days of Glory) 2006 (6/10)

6) Take Your Pills: Xanax 2022 (6/10)

7) The Long Road to War 2018 (6/10)

8) Hunt for U-479 2009 (Not on IMDB)

9) The Man Who Wanted to See It All 2021 (8/10)

10) Sr. 2022 (7/10)



TV Series:

1) Absolutely Fabulous Season 4 2001/2002 (5/10)



Repeat Viewings:

1) Big Bang Theory Season 7

First Time Viewing

Child's Play (1988; Tom Holland) - Having never seen a Chucky movie before I thought this was surprisingly well-made and mostly fun, even though I found the first half a bit slow, but it does pick up in the second.
6.5/10

Prizzi's Honor (1985; John Huston) - With so much talent involved this Maffia comedy should've really been a lot better. As it is, it's pretty dull. Jack Nicholson felt miscast in a bland role and I never bought into the central romance between his and Kathleen Turner's characters. The movie also takes ages to get to the actual point and uses every Italian-American cliché you can think of.
4.5/10

TV

Jonathan Creek - Satan's Chimney (2001) - An overlong but ingenious Christmas special with one of the best locked-room murder tricks I ever encountered.
7.5/10


Repeat Viewing

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014; Matthew Vaughn) - While it does have its moments I also find this Bond parody to be a bit too juvenile and lacking tension. The great cast saves it, even though Sam Jackson's villain is not threatening and too silly.
6.5/10