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Post by TheSowIsMine on Dec 1, 2018 14:11:58 GMT
Halloween (2018)
I didn't like it.
Watching it felt like listening to some stupid medley song.
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Dec 1, 2018 15:07:36 GMT
Re-watched Get Out last night and enjoyed it even more than when I saw it in theaters. My only issue is with the ending/overdone comedic relief, but I guess in the era of Trump, such levity is needed.
But all politics aside, this is just a well-crafted, hard-driving film. Peele studied the greats (Kubrick, Carpenter, etc.) and it shows.
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Post by forca84 on Dec 1, 2018 22:12:17 GMT
"Faces in the crowd" I had forgotten about it and remember the trailer looking generic. The main character (Milla Jovovich) having facial blindness (unable to remember faces) was an interesting twist. It was entertaining enough.
"Madhouse" (1981) An alright psychological slasher with a few twists.
*spoilers I guess?* Did not enjoy seeing a screaming Cat get strung up and hanged tho. Plus an (albeit) vicious Dog getting a power Drill used on him graphically. No bueno.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2018 0:40:51 GMT
I'm watching the original Halloween right now, with the Red Letter Media commentary.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Dec 2, 2018 21:47:31 GMT
Ronny Yu’s debut HK film The Trail (1983). Fun film with Yu’s trademark atmospheric flashes, and the fitting chemistry, and timing between the cast meant the humour was more hit than miss in this horror-comedy of a group of opium smugglers who run afoul of a vengeful corpse.  |
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Post by mszanadu on Dec 3, 2018 18:46:37 GMT
I'm watching right now on the channel HBO
a movie I haven't seen in awhile
and it definitely still is just as intense as before
( but it's still a good one though )   .
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Post by forca84 on Dec 3, 2018 22:11:10 GMT
"Assasin's Creed"
"King Arthur: Legend of the Sword"
"Dunkirk"
"The Accountant"
"13 hours: the secret Soldiers of Benghazzi"
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Dec 4, 2018 0:07:36 GMT
"Death Machine" (1994)
Sometimes quirky, offbeat futuristic sci-fi / horror that makes up for in pace and intensity what it lacks in overall originality. Ely Pouget is a tough and appealing heroine, Brad Dourif is fun as always in one of his flamboyant psycho roles, and the design of the Warbeast is pretty damn cool. In-jokes consist of character names: John Carpenter, Sam Raimi, "Scott Ridley", Weyland, Yutani. Hmm a Stephen Norrington film I haven't heard of.
I wonder what happened to him? Seems like he got blacklisted for pissing off Sean Connery into early retirement. The only IMDB credit he had after League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was as a prop sculptor some years later.
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Dec 4, 2018 3:44:16 GMT
I'm watching right now on the channel HBO
a movie I haven't seen in awhile
and it definitely still is just as intense as before
( but it's still a good one though ) .
That is indeed a good one, mszanadu. Ellen Page was simply amazing. And as a man, certain scenes really made me cringe. |
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Post by mszanadu on Dec 4, 2018 4:26:17 GMT
I'm watching right now on the channel HBO
a movie I haven't seen in awhile
and it definitely still is just as intense as before
( but it's still a good one though ) .
That is indeed a good one, mszanadu. Ellen Page was simply amazing. And as a man, certain scenes really made me cringe.
I totally agree with you Dramatic Look Gopher  and know what certain scenes you mean here too   .
I may not be a man
but those particular scenes
most definitely qualified as cringe worthy    .
My hands and feet actually go numb
when those scenes are on
sometimes have to leave the room and walk it off
until it's over (  - silly me here I know ) .
IMPO - I would say this movie is
about the modern day vigilante equivalent
of course with a few differences in characters
and their vengeful methods of
dealing with potential criminals too  .
was outstanding in this one especially playing a 14 year old honor student
( and the actress was really 18 years old at that time ) .
Just recently saw her in a movie that
which she was really good in as well .
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Post by gspdude on Dec 4, 2018 15:12:39 GMT
Into the Forest (2015) Realistic Post Apocalypse/Survivalist movie in which 2 sisters, Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood, attempt to survive in an isolated home after The US (and maybe the world??) loses electricity. Not a lot of action, but a fair amount of suspense. Well made and well acted. It's on Kanopy.com
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Post by mszanadu on Dec 4, 2018 19:59:40 GMT
Into the Forest (2015) Realistic Post Apocalypse/Survivalist movie in which 2 sisters, Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood, attempt to survive in an isolated home after The US (and maybe the world??) loses electricity. Not a lot of action, but a fair amount of suspense. Well made and well acted. It's on Kanopy.com
Oh Cool another Ellen Page movie surprisingly I haven't seen or heard of this one either !!
Thanks so much gspdude
for this movie recommendation here too . |
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Post by jamesbamesy on Dec 5, 2018 22:15:55 GMT
Jack Frost (1997) - 6/10
Objectively this is a bad film, and I mean bad. But I have to say it’s pretty damn fun. It’s a guilty pleasure movie about a killer snowman. What else were you expecting? I wonder how parents would react if they thought this was the Michael Keaton film in '98. 🤔
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Post by lostinlimbo on Dec 6, 2018 9:32:30 GMT
 Michael Mann’s 1983 cult-horror The Keep (adapted from F. Paul Wilson’s excellent novel of the same name) is a moody, yet confounded film that grows on me each time I watch it. While not perfect (because of a rough production that saw the film edited to bits, and some visual effects not fully completed due to the death of their head SFX guy), still Mann’s stylistic visuals, and use of sound kept me invested along with Tangerine Dream’s electronic score which takes you on trip. There’s a fairytale-like vibe, and touches of Lovecraft to this muddled story of good and evil. And do like the performances of Jurgen Prochnow and Gabriel Byrne as the feuding German officers caught up in all this supernatural commotion. |
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Post by lostinlimbo on Dec 7, 2018 10:32:52 GMT
 Producer Dario Argento’s European cut (Zombi) of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978) shaves about 10 mins off the original film. Removing the library music, and “several” of the comical scenes, but extending a few scenes and additional music from Goblin. The focus here, front and centre is mainly on the action, and the tight editing doesn’t let the pacing lull, but I actually preferred the offbeat touches of Romero’s theatrical cut. And of course the head decapitation by helicopter propeller is sorely missed. Still need to check out the extended cut. |
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Post by lostinlimbo on Dec 7, 2018 23:23:20 GMT
 Quite a lot hype surrounding this film, and I came away mostly enjoying it. Surprised me, as I wasn’t taken by the director’s debut film. I do think there are certain sequences that can meander on for too long, but the cosmic mood was thick and the primal pay-off is ridiculously satisfying. Nicely potent visual aesthetics (drenched in neon) and psychedelic music score too. I just wish there were more moments from those fearsome looking cenibote-bikers. A brooding, leisured set-up makes way for a raging hell of a ride.  |
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Post by lostinlimbo on Dec 10, 2018 9:31:54 GMT
 I don’t find Troll 2 to be all that appealing, but my friend lent me a copy of Best Worst Movie. And what I got was a charming, and enthusiastic documentary on the cult sensation that is Troll 2 brought to you by Michael Paul Stephenson (the young son who pisses on hospitality ). Whenever George Hardy (the father) is on screen, it’s hard not to smile by his infectious energy, and bewilderment of its fanbase. While Italian director Claudio Fragasso’s po-faced reactions, and intense interactions provide some of the highlights too. |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Dec 10, 2018 12:53:50 GMT
Open Water 3: Cage Dive (2017) was a little lacking in shark action, it was going more for the atmosphere of fear created by the situation (a.k.a. budget restrictions) but I still enjoyed it. A bit like a mash-up of the first Open Water (2003) and The Blair Witch Project (1999). 
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Dec 13, 2018 9:39:18 GMT
Halloween (2018) I didn't like it. Watching it felt like listening to some stupid medley song. Exactly!
it didn't really deliver what it promised and why it was such a smash hit is beyond me.
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Dec 13, 2018 16:58:46 GMT
Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975)
The film that really put Australian director Peter Weir on the map, about college girls who vanish without a trace during a picnic outing in 1900 Australia.
This is one of those movies I didn't really like much the first time I saw it, finding it rather boring. But having seen it again last night I can honestly say I was completely enthralled by it. Beautiful cinematograghy, fine period detail, and the sense of ambiguity making it very mysterious. It's up to the viewer to decide exactly what happened. The scene in which the girls walk through the rock opening like they're in a trance is quite eerie.
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