What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Good set that. Does it have the lenticular cover?

No sadly not

[James Morton]

ILSA - HAREM KEEPER OF THE OIL SHEIKS
not as good as the first in the series but still a fun film

[DaveJ.W]

Originally Posted by Prince_Vajda

That's a highly entertaining and trashy action movie with a fantastic Bronson performance!

--> **** out of ****



Greetings!

I prefer 4 if I had to choose between them.

Originally Posted by nordicdusk

Im a sucker for all the Death Wish films to me there are no bad ones in the series but thats just my opinion.

The first is great, the second is good and the other three I can watch as passable entertainment. I don't think 5 is as bad as it's made out to be. Michael Parks is a top villain, the rest of his gang aren't as effective but they are all funny with their kooky character traits and there are some creative kills.

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[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

I watched The Devils earlier on and, with the British X-rated version from 1971 and restored picture and sound, it is an incredible viewing experience and one I'll repeat many times.

[Baseball Fury]

Contraband - 3/5

Pretty enjoyable, Diego Luna was top notch, but felt a bit rushed at the end.

Inside Job 6/5

Oscar-winning documentary about the financial collapse of the US banks. Incredibly well done film, doesn't flinch from the complex details or dumb them down, but is easily understood due to perfect presentation. Great v.o work from Matt Damon too.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Gojirosan

Here's where MTDS calls the men in white coats on me...

Chanbara Striptease - a very low budget tits and swords spoof from Japan. This is a shoddy bit of work, with porn-quality acting and really amateurish action scenes. However, it's very likeable and actually quite funny at times. It does a nice job of cocking a snook at the pomposity of action films and whenever you think it is going to try and be serious, it saves itself with some absurdity.

It feels a lot longer than the 65 minute running time suggests, which is a testament to the tiresomeness of its amateurism at times, but it is fun and puts a smile on your face. Worth seeing if you liked Big Tits Zombie or Russ Meyer type humour.

I just phoned them.

[sawyer6]

Originally Posted by sawyer6

Well my voluntary work at my city's documentary festival is over and so is the festival too! I watched 23 interesting dokumentaries,too many to review right now

Well here goes:1)LOVE ADDICT(7/10),a collection of interviews of people obsessed with others,some funny and some very scary!,2)THE GUANTANAMO TRAP(7/10),the story of 3 people whose lives changed forever in different ways after their ''involvement'' with the guantanamo prison,3)INTERVIEWS BEFORE EXECUTION:A CHINESE TALKSHOW(8/10), a shocking documentary regarding a chinese tv show where deathrow inmates interviewed for one last time before execution,4)NO BONE NO SKIN: A ROCK BAND AT SEA(7/10),the story of a group of fishermen from Iceland who found an interesting way to deal with life at sea,by forming a rock band!5)THIS IS NOT A FILM(8/10)this is for the fans of Iranian director Jafar Panahi and depicts his attempt to continue express himself though a camera lens,6)HEART OF SKY,HEART OF EARTH(8/10),a beautiful film about the present-day mayan and how the modern civilation destroys their land, just before their calendar ends in 21/12/2012, 7)IN A STRANGER'S SKIN(7/10),about a young who, after the death of his mother, dropped out of his studies and taken refuge in food to fill the void and his attempt to lose it after a stomach reduction operation,8)LAST DAYS OF THE ARCTIC(8/10) about photographer Ragnar Axelsson and his famous photo book Faces of the North,and chronicles his experience with the people and the harsh environment of the north ,9)GIVE UP TOMORROW(8/10),about a double murder case in the Philippines and the corruption of the court who accused innocent people,10)THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY(8/10)about a plastic surgeon who joins a hospital ship and helps deformed people in Africa for free ,11)PLANET OF SNAIL(8/10),the touching story of deaf blind Young-Chan and his wife Soon-Ho who happens to be a dwarf and their everyday struggle,12)I LOVE YOU ALL(8/10),a collection of videos from surveillance cameras positioned by Stazi ,monitoring eveyone and everything and the diary of an ex Stazi who believed too much to his cause,13)THE BENGALI DETECTIVE(8/10),the story of a detective agency in India and their attempt to solve crimes and to compete to a dance competition!Part drama part comedy,look staged but according to the director ,it's not,recommended.For more info go here TDF14 - Home Page

[keirarts]

THE DEVIL INSIDE.

Some decent posession scenes aside its just another shakey-cam found footage potboiler with a rubbish script. Wait for it on dvd/blu and even then dont pay too much for it.

[Frankie Teardrop]

STUCK - Stuart Gordon film (with Stephen Rea!) Actually very good, with Rea as an epically downtrodden guy who ends up halfway through the windscreen of a bedruggled care home worker... latter party shows there's more to her than compassion and self-sacrifice and soon reveals an increasingly psychopathic side when she realises car-knackered Rea presents an obstacle to her future career progression (may ring a bell for anyone who works for the NHS, as I do). Way less 'B' than any Gordon I've seen, and evidence that he can cut it in straight society - but whilst this is mainstream cinema, it's also wickedly twisted and in places almost agonising. Fave moment has to be Care Home Bitch screaming at a broken, bloodied Rea - "Why are you doing this to me? Why?"
THE STONE TAPE - Absolute classic of ominous, pulsating dread. Yes, there's a certain early 70s Brit TV play stiffness - I actually think this works in its favour, especially in conjunction with the electronic eeriness of the soundtrack. Plays on ghost story / sci-fi thematics at first, then lets in something far more disturbing - an evocation of primal horror. For me, there simply aren't that many films which are genuinely fear-inducing on any level beyond the physiological jump-startle... but this is one of them, and, outside of the atmospherics evoked by its locations and incidental effects, it manages this almost solely on a conceptual level. A bad trip. This should be way more available than it is - I had the good fortune to come across a friend's crusty VHS recording of a 90s TV airing, but hey BFI! - if you're going to be kind enough to give us 'The Devils', then how about a re-release of this one? You've done it before.

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by keirarts

TERMINAL INVASION.

Directed by Sean s cunningham and starring Bruce campbell. Think Sci-fi channel and your at the right level. Bruce stars as a death row convict who must work with a group of people at a remote private air strip stranded due to bad weather fight off a bech head of an alien invasion. Going for movies like the thing Cunningham makes the most of what he's got using the old humans disguised as aliens ploy to keep the fx budget low. The films ok for what it is and only runs around 80 minutes so not overlong either. No classic but i've seen much worse. It also stars chase masterson, (anime fans will know who I mean!)

Its a hoot. Id also recommend Alien Apocalypse then