What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[harryd]

Originally Posted by MacBlayne

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the antics of those on the Blu-Ray.com forums.

In any case, the way the Mean Guns forum page falls into lunacy is hysterical.

But, seriously, does anybody know what the story is with 101 Films' BD? If it's 2.35:1 I'll get it. Otherwise, I'll save my money.

I've got it here it's 1.78:1 unfortunately

[MacBlayne]

Originally Posted by harryd

I've got it here it's 1.78:1 unfortunately

Thanks for the clarification.

[Dave Boy]

Lugosi double bill....


THE DEVIL BAT (PRC 1940) INVISIBLE GHOST (MONOGRAM 1941)

More low budget chills, this time featuring good 'ol Bela.
In THE DEVIL BAT, Bela sends a giant bat out into the night to kill those who have wronged him. Bela's trial aftershave sends the bat into a screaming dive on those unfortunate enough to test his new product. Good entertainment.
In INVISIBLE GHOST, Bela is sent into a murderous trance by his mad wife who he thinks is dead. Some good scenes here as Bela walks like clockwork to murder his next victim. Quite why and how Bela should be put into this trance is never explained but the film is entertaining enough.

[Zann]

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Yes the original. Boring. Mystified by the appeal of this film, kept waiting for it to get going but it didn't. There was this recurring goofy theme going on with the Sparkplug character that just cut short any atmosphere the film might have built up. Trombone stabbing was a bit of a novelty though...I'll give it that - but even that just seemed absurd and vaguely funny in a confused sort of way.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Zann

The Town That Dreaded Sundown



Yes the original. Boring. Mystified by the appeal of this film, kept waiting for it to get going but it didn't. There was this recurring goofy theme going on with the Sparkplug character that just cut short any atmosphere the film might have built up. Trombone stabbing was a bit of a novelty though...I'll give it that - but even that just seemed absurd and vaguely funny in a confused sort of way.

I thought it was really slow and not much happened. I'm thinking the new one (a "meta-sequel") will be much better. Really like the way they've approached that.

[Zann]

Originally Posted by Stephen@Cult Labs

I thought it was really slow and not much happened. I'm thinking the new one (a "meta-sequel") will be much better. Really like the way they've approached that.

The remake? Heard that's worse!

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Zann

The remake? Heard that's worse!

May well be, but it's not a remake.

[J Harker]

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Survivor (2015)

A US official is forced to go on the run in London after being framed for crimes she didn't commit.

I won't beat about the bush. Survivor is flawed, quite badly at times but it's also a fun way to spend 90 minutes. The film is fast paced as it should be when it's basically James Bond pursuing Alice from Resident Evil across London and then to New York's Times Square for the finale.

The film boasts a decent cast throwing in Dylan McDermott, Robert Forster, Angela Bassett, Frances De La Tour and Roger Rees in his last film appearance.

A film i definitely enjoyed, but as i say it is flawed, however there is a hell of a lot worse out there.

[JoshuaKaitlyn]

Jurassic World (2015) Great movie! Grinning like a chimp at the showdown