What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Buboven]

Gonna watch Girl with All The Gifts tonight, heard good things and I haven't seen a good zombie type film for a while.

Anyone else seen it yet?

[Cinematic Shocks]

I.D. (1995)

**** out of *****

[Deadite]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Striking Distance (1993)

Bruce Willis stars as a Pittsburgh cop demoted to river patrol after an internal affairs investigation into police brutality in which he denounced his partner. Blah, blah, blah. Basically it's Bruce hunting a serial killer on the Pittsburgh rivers.

A film i'd seen once previously on vhs and didn't think much of it as i recall. However last night i really enjoyed it. Featuring a good cast of character actors - Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore, John Mahoney, Tom Atkins and Brion James - as well as the oft maligned Sarah Jessica Parker (whom i thought looked really pretty here) who all complement Willis well especially Parker as his river cop partner.

At 95 minutes it's quite short and the action flows well following a pacy script as it twists and turns with the river. Despite it being a story of murder and police corruption it never gets bogged down or convoluted with either and the action scenes ensure it all remains lively.

As far as Bruce Willis' action thrillers go Striking Distance is no Die Hard, nor Die Hard 2 but it's a far superior vehicle to A Good Day to Die Hard.
Recommended.

Yeah, decent movie mate. Saw it on telly a few years back and as you say SJP looks mighty fine!

[keirarts]

Magnificent seven

Ok, I have to admit I like this. In fairness as the 'original' was a remake of seven samurai its somewhat difficult to argue about this getting another makeover. It could have been a turd but Antoine Fuqua knows how to deliver an action scene, I actually gave a shit wether the characters lived or died and it throws in some nice ideas like the villain being a southern robber baron in order to take a few sideswipes at modern capitalistic greed and giving the 'coward' PTSD from the civil war, therebye strengthening his character arc and ultimate redemption. Its far better than it has a right to be. My only gripe is the score can never (and isn't) be better than the first films.

[Cinematic Shocks]

The Brood (1979)

***1/2 out of *****

Body Double (1984)

**** out of *****

[keirarts]

The girl with all the gifts

Don't want to say too much about this but the basic outline is the remenants of the an Army base must escort a child that may contain the cure for the Zombie plague that has decimated mankind.
Its actually a lot more original than it sounds and feels like classic, hi concept sci-fi/horror that Britain used to make in the 70's. The zombies are well realised and the make-up reminds me of Fuci. The film itself is genuinely interesting and well realised and about mid-way heads off in a direction you might not expect. Check it out!

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

The girl with all the gifts

Don't want to say too much about this but the basic outline is the remenants of the an Army base must escort a child that may contain the cure for the Zombie plague that has decimated mankind.
Its actually a lot more original than it sounds and feels like classic, hi concept sci-fi/horror that Britain used to make in the 70's. The zombies are well realised and the make-up reminds me of Fuci. The film itself is genuinely interesting and well realised and about mid-way heads off in a direction you might not expect. Check it out!

It sounds really good, k. I'll definitely endeavour to seek it out.

[Justin101]

The Girl With All the Gifts (2016)




A great cast of Paddy Considine, Glenn Close and the lovely Gemma Arteton plus fantastic direction by BBC veteran (Sherlock, Doctor Who, Peaky Blinders) Colm McCarthy in a post apocalyptic zombie(?) drama slash horror.

Basic premise is that humans are infected by a fungal virus which turns them feral and flesh eating, yes, we've heard this part before. However there are a bunch of children who were born to infected mothers that have some sort of tolerance to the infection and can on the whole function as normal, as long as they're strapped down and can't smell uninfected flesh that is...

On the surface it doesn't seem like an original film at all, we have zombies, we have a military lock down, we have epic herd-like invasions of infected, we have deserted overgrown city landscapes. However it feels like a breath of fresh air.

I'm not going to say much about it, I hate reading spoiler reviews. There are a lot of worse things you can do than go and see this on the big screen and soak in the atmosphere and the the incredible score/sound design that's presented in this film. Give it a go!

[Buboven]

Originally Posted by Justin101

The Girl With All the Gifts (2016)




A great cast of Paddy Considine, Glenn Close and the lovely Gemma Arteton plus fantastic direction by BBC veteran (Sherlock, Doctor Who, Peaky Blinders) Colm McCarthy in a post apocalyptic zombie(?) drama slash horror.

Basic premise is that humans are infected by a fungal virus which turns them feral and flesh eating, yes, we've heard this part before. However there are a bunch of children who were born to infected mothers that have some sort of tolerance to the infection and can on the whole function as normal, as long as they're strapped down and can't smell uninfected flesh that is...

On the surface it doesn't seem like an original film at all, we have zombies, we have a military lock down, we have epic herd-like invasions of infected, we have deserted overgrown city landscapes. However it feels like a breath of fresh air.

I'm not going to say much about it, I hate reading spoiler reviews. There are a lot of worse things you can do than go and see this on the big screen and soak in the atmosphere and the the incredible score/sound design that's presented in this film. Give it a go!

Saw this for my Birthday yesterday, really good birthday treat. Thought it was a fresh breath of air aswell with great performances, a fantastic soundtrack as you mention, some cool cinematography and some effective bits of humour. A vey solid 9/10c for me.

Did the zombie make-up also remind you of the zombies in Zombie Flesh Eaters?

I would also definitely recommend this.

[MacBlayne]

Thanks to a friend of a friend, I got a chance to see this.

It was wonderful. It makes you wish De Palma would do commentaries. It's a simple enough documentary as it just has De Palma talk about his films in chronological order. But, as you already know, De Palma has one of the most fascinating filmographies out there.

De Palma is likable host, honest enough to admit his failings but able to identify his strengths without sounding arrogant. He doesn't blame others for his mistakes either like other filmmakers would try and do (as in the case of Bonfire of the Vanities he admits that he tried to make it more mainstream friendly after the poor reaction to Casualties of War, rather than the studio pressuring him). He understands he has his critics but he doesn't seem too bothered by it nor he seem dismissive of them either. He has a wonderful dry sense of humour too. His feelings towards the Carrie remake is hysterical.

Overall, it's a highly entertaining document about an extremely talented filmmaker and I hope the DVD / BD will come with extended interviews with him.