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     Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Okay, so I'll put anything film related, trailer related or general news I think people may be interested in. First off, I'd like some advice on which of these two films to buy today. I have enough money for one. So, Shrooms or Cthulhu (2007)? | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
What about 'Burrowers' a horror western, a sort of serious Tremors? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
The only one of those I liked was The Burrowers, and I liked that a lot (as did many others on here). Oh, hang on, I haven't even seen Cthulhu. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
"Cthulhu" - definitely.  | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Cthulhu, just watched the trailer before I go out and purchase one of the two. Bloody hell, looks fantastic...stunning photography of them coming out the ocean. Looks incredible. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
BUT, the trailer for The Burrowers also looks bloody brilliant. Great cast to match. Dilemma. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
Hmmm, do they do a "two for the price of one" thing where you are, Frank?  | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
No, alas not, Caroline. It's much cheaper for me to buy in England. And Amazon don't deliver to Poland. We do have a Polish equivalent, which is very good, but it doesn't usually have even a quarter of what I like. PS: I bet Zed is ordering Cthulhu online now.  | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
What about Shrooms? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
Shrooms was shite. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Zed - thanks for encapsulating your thoughts so succinctly. Seriously, I thought Shrooms might be a waste of time, but the trailer gave it the appearance of having handsome production values. So, it's now a toss up between Cthulhu and The Burrowers. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
Don't bother with 'Shrooms', not even patriotic fervour could make me say anything good about it. Know nothing about this 'Cthulhu' film - has someone finally done the man justice!?!? And I've heard nothing but good things about 'The Burrowers' and long to see it myself... | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
Right now, I'm off to watch another piece of Italian horror insanity: Lucio Fulci's 'The Beyond' (arguably his masterpiece), for the first time in too many years! | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.152.74.159 |
Frank- my review of Cthulhu is on here somewhere... | ||
| John Forth (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
THE BURROWERS is great. Nice to a see a monster film take a bit of time to establish its characters and their relationships before sending them off into the wilds. The ending is a real kick in the balls, too. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
That's the third time I've watched 'The Beyond' and it always leaves me feeling seriously freaked out. The film makes no logical sense whatsover. I mean, compared to this, 'Phenomena' is a model of clarity! Fulci lit up the early 80s with a trilogy of the most wilfully bizarre and nightmarishly surreal horror films I have ever seen - 'City Of The Living Dead', 'The Beyond' & 'The House By The Cemetery' - but this was by far the weirdest of the bunch. From first scene to last this is nothing more than one long nightmare put on screen - and obeys all the rules of dream logic in a way that is comparable to David Lynch's 'Eraserhead', filtered through one of the darker episodes of the old 'Twilight Zone'. The prominent use of the Book of Eibon could also qualify it as part of the Cthulhu Mythos, taken from one of Lovecraft's worst nightmares... Another one from the golden era of horror cinema that they really don't make em like anymore. | ||
| Seanmcd (Seanmcd) Username: Seanmcd Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 217.39.90.148 |
I have 'The Beyond' at the top of my 'to be watched' pile Stevie. Would you believe I have never seen it yet! That first teenage viewing of 'City of the Living Dead' all those years ago still gives me goosebumps. By the way have you heard of,or seen, a Fulci giallo called, 'Seven notes in Black'? | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
You're in for a treat, Sean, just don't expect a narrative you can actually follow but rather a stream-of-consciousness series of extreme horror set pieces, filmed as stylishly as only the Italians know how. I'm going through another of my regular Italian horror phases. Still so many I've yet to see as well, including quite a few of Argento and Bava! Not familiar with that Fulci title. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.14.80 |
Yes, THE BEYOND makes no real sense whatsoever - a nightmare, I do think you're right, that's what it is, Stevie - just one long nightmare. It even has that one thing dreams/nightmares have, where minor characters suddenly expand into major players - namely, Joe the Plumber and his family. Yes, all the time they were talking about "Joe the Plumber" during the Obama Presidential election here in the States, back in 2008, I was seriously freaking out! Other pure dream movies - is this another thread, Frank? ERASERHEAD, and other Lynch films - MULHOLLAND DRIVE is 3/4's nightmare, according to my interpretation of it (the last 1/4th is the only part that takes place in "real time," imho); INLAND EMPIRE is surely one long nightmare of some kind. LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD? Also the more recent, somewhat underrated STAY. Hmm. What else? | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
Lynch is always at his best when avoiding straight narrative and following his instincts imo: 'Eraserhead', 'Lost Highway', 'Mulholland Drive' & his masterpiece 'Inland Empire' are the greatest examples of dream logic surrealism ever put on film. The fact he can also filter straight narrative through the same warped world view - as with 'The Elephant Man', 'Blue Velvet', 'Wild At Heart' & 'The Straight Story' (ha!) - is what makes him such a genius imo. It's also what made him such a bad choice to film an intricately structured epic like Frank Herbert's 'Dune' - apart from a few standout scenes, his instincts had no room to breathe. The grandaddy of all dream logic horror films has to be Carl Theodor Dreyer's 'Vampyr'. I've always been struck by how like Lynch the feel of that movie is. Another disorienting nightmare of a horror film is Ingmar Bergman's 'Hour Of The Wolf', an incredible dark gothic fantasy that surely must have been a big influence on Lynch as well. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210 |
Stevie - I've also noted the influence Bergman must surely have had on Lynch. The opening of Wild Strawberries is the best example of a filmed nightmare I've ever scene. Bergman does in five minutes what Lynch does in ninety. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
Oh yes, that opening sequence is disturbing as hell! 'Wild Strawberries' is one of my fav Bergman films. A real work of art I could never grow tired of watching, it has everything; humour, pathos, profundity and terror. But Bergman was possibly the greatest film director who has ever lived imo. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Here's the link to Mark Kermode giving a very funny, and interesting take on the film 'The Broken', which I've set up a thread for. He also talks about the horror genre (briefly):http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/markkermode/2009/01/review_the_broken_horror_will.htm l | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Has anybody seen a British vampire film called Dead Cert with Craig Fairbrass? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
The words "a British vampire film called Dead Cert with Craig Fairbrass" alone would make me run a mile from that one. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
I tend to trust Mark Kermode's judgement, and that 'Cashback' film sounds fucking terrible, so I think I'll be giving 'The Broken' a miss... There's nothing worse than a flashy young director, with his head up his own arse, thinking he can reinvent a genre he clearly has no natural feel for - M. Night Shyamalan springs to mind. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
I've heard from several people that The Broken isn't too bad. Not great; but not bad either. I'll give it a try when it's on telly. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Linking up with Steve's mention of Tom Shankland, the director of The Children, has anybody seen his other horror film W^Z? The middle letter is meant to be a large triangle. It was released in 2008. Stars Stellan Skarsgard and Melissa George. Miss George has now made four top-notch horror films. Zed - don't you dare tell me this has been mentioned before. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
WAZ was mentioned here ages ago, mate...I put up a review I'd done of the film for Videovista.net. It's not bad - not great either, mind. But Selma Blair is brilliant in a key role. | ||
| John Forth (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
"The words "a British vampire film called Dead Cert with Craig Fairbrass" alone would make me run a mile from that one." If I tell you that Danny Dyer's in it as well, you'll run back that whole mile just to punch the film in the face before fleeing again. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210 |
You're so right...but I'd run away giggling afterwards. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Watched a really interesting documentary last night 'Ban The Sadist Videos' about the history of the 'video nasty.' | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
For those of you who like 'ninja' cinema via Hollywood:http://cinemarv.com/the-warriors-way-trailer/ | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
And the adaptation of graphic novel 'Priest':http://cinemarv.com/priest-trailer/ | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
The new Woody Allen movie with Anthony Hopkins and co:http://cinemarv.com/you-will-meet-a-tall-dark-stranger-trailer/ | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
And Spacey is back with this:http://cinemarv.com/casino-jack-trailer/ I remember reading all about these events, and now lo and behold. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
This one looks classy, great cast, past and present:http://cinemarv.com/the-debt-trailer/ | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
The Next Three Days: Russel Crowe. The director of Crash goes all action.http://cinemarv.com/the-next-three-days-trailer/ | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
And this great looking documentary on Nick Nolte. Now there's an actor from the old school. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
http://cinemarv.com/nick-nolte-no-exit-trailer/ | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
And a good looking indie-horror called Death and Cremation with Brad Dourif:http://cinemarv.com/death-and-cremation-trailer/ | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Animal Kingdom: This film was recently voted the greatest Australian movie ever made. Hard to believe considering it's practically brand new. But I have it from a friend in Australia that its impact on Australian film-makers and movie fans is equal to that of Pulp Fiction when it came out. The fantastic Guy Pearce is in it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNszOl14AWg | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
And this lovely looking little feast of serious sci-fi:http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/zenith/ | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
Personally, I'd watch Guy Pearce cross the street - he's brilliant. And this does look rather good. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
I also would watch Guy Pearce in just about everything. The man's a wonder. New film with Liam Neeson. You can pretty much work out what's going to happen from the trailer. Especially with the last few scenes and a one-liner straight out of an Arnie 80's action fest. Mind you, it might turn out to be better than it looks. Man has accident in Berlin. Wakes up from coma to find out his identity has been taken by another man and that his wife also doesn't remember him:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uakoUpfoWfA | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Stupid title, taken from the much lauded comic book, directed by Jon Favreau of Iron Man fame (brilliant actor, too), and starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. This looks quite stunning in a silly kind of way and just might be the best popcorn adventure since Sherlock Holmes.http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured/posts/watch-harrison-ford-daniel-cra ig-and-some-e-t-tech-in-cowboys-and-aliens-trailer | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
This looks great in an old fashioned way. Brutal, moodily lit and with the hint of a good script. Can I tell all that from a trailer. No. Just guesswork. Red Hill, an Australian western set in modern times...with cops.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vafKLgdg94 | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
And just to get people seething with fury, check out this thread on the trailer for Red Riding Hood directed by the director of Twilight! They've basically gone for the same look and style, replete with actors, only substituting the vampires for wolfs.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NfwUkXQrHE | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.23.82.196 |
Hurrah! He's getting the hang of it now. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Oh, dearie me. No wonder comic book fans are currently bemoaning the fate of the Green Lantern movie before it's been released: http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/features/exclusive/ | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
William Monahan, writer of The Departed, directs this adaptation of (the novel is by the brilliant Irish crime writer Ken Bruen) 'London Boulevard'. Can't wait to see this. Colin Farrell, Keria Knightley, Ray Winstone, David Thewlis and Anna Friel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6eVMP456UY | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Duncan Jones (director of Moon) has a new movie coming out. It looks fun and great escapist nonsense, reminding me of many genre films. Great cast though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKtr9ZAooc8 It's called The Source Code. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
I'm sure somebody mentioned this already, and knowing my talent for recommending movies everybody else watched ages ago, it's probably old news, but check out the trailer for this Weird Tales/EC inspired (quite literally) horror film called Altitude. It looks bloody marvellous. Makes me wish I was a kid again. I think Lord P and Kate mentioned it somewhere:http://www.metacafe.com/watch/5133981/altitude_movie_trailer/ | ||
| Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts) Username: Tom_alaerts Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.78.35.175 |
The concept of Altitude reminds a lot of that classic Arthir Conan Doyle story "The terror of the heights". Regarding the movie, I only read mediocre reviews about it though... | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
It seems that somebody went and made a full-length movie of the original TZ story 'STEEL' with Lee Marvin being replaced by Hugh Jackman. Can't say I will be running to the cinema to see it. Looks more like a Disney film.http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=19977&count=0 Title: Real Steel | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
I read two previews for this adaptation and they said it was the best adaptation yet. They were glowing in their praise and said it was a triumph in every department. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/janeeyre/ | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/janeeyre/ | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
A writer takes a legal drug which allows him to access the entire use of his brain:http://www.totalfilm.com/news/limitless-trailer-debuts | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Terence Malik is back with a drama with tinges of sci-fi, Tree Of Life. Starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, as father and son respectively :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLPe0fHuZsc | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
That looks brilliant. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
Terrence Malik can do no wrong imho. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Agreed, mate. Just wish he wouldn't keep making films every decade. For one of the most revered, and respected directors, he's made very few films. Still, that's no reason why he shouldn't be admired as he is. The Thin Red Line, don't get me started...a frigging masterpiece. The scene where they run into the Japanese camp to find all the Japanese soldiers screaming in fear. My grandfather fought in India (the Forgotten army) and his recollections of the war the film uncannily reflected. Or not, given the amount, and scope of the research. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
'The Tree Of Life' is only his fifth film since 1973, but, as the previous four were all stone cold masterpieces, this is very exciting news. I'm a great believer in the "less is more" rule - it worked for Dreyer, Tati, Bresson & Kubrick! | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
His last film was a bit dull, I thought - the one with Colin Farrell? I couldn't make it all the way through... Badlands and The Thin Red Line are superb, though. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126 |
I've watched 'The New World' twice, Zed, and it's one hell of a grower. Set to become one of those undervalued masterpieces that garners universal acclaim in years to come... it has the power and beauty of 'Barry Lyndon' imo. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
I'll give it another go, Stevie - I love Barry Lyndon, btw. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
I hated the fact that The Thin Red Line kept being compared to Saving Private Ryan, as if it were the lesser film. Nothing against Saving Private Ryan, and I don't buy into William Goldman's rantings about it, but I thought comparing them was like trying to compare Picasso with Alan Moore, pointless, and without merit. But Badlands will always remain my favourite Malik film. A pitch perfect film. Chilling, beautifully constructed, flawlessly acted, important, melancholic - whenever I think of of it I think of Truman Capote. Strange bastard that I am. This new Malik film made me think of The Fountain. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
The timing for the release of The Thin Red Line was unfortunate - made Malik look like a bandwagon-jumper when he's anything but. Same thing happened with Kubrick when Full Metal Jacket came out so close to Platoon, Hamburger Hill, etc... Ryan and Line are utterly contrasting films on the subject of war. Both are excellent, but they take almost opposite approaches and are thematically very different. And, yes, I agree about Badlands: pitch perfect in every way. An astonishing piece of cinema. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
This new Malik film made me think of The Fountain. Ditto. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
I actually consider the whole of Platoon a better movie than the second half of FMJ. I'll explain such odd comparisons. If FMJ had maintained the excellence of the first half, then it would, in my opinion, be a much better movie than Platoon. The second half, or perhaps the last quarter, though horrifying, seems to stumble. But I do think Platoon has kind of been forgotten. I think it's an overlooked masterpiece. One of my favourite war movies is Tigerland. When Schumacher gets it wrong he's terrible, but when he gets it right he produces some quality stuff. Falling Down being my favourite. Performance of a lifetime for Douglas. Though I like Douglas in almost anything, even when it's bollocks. The much under-appreciated 'The Star Chamber' is one of my favourites. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
The Star Chamber...a gem. Falling Down...a neglected masterpiece. Tigerland is pretty good, yes. I think Full Metal Jacket is bloody amazing, though. Don't think it stumbles at all. Near-flawless. Platoon does seem to have been forgotten, doesn't it? While not as good as Stone's masterpiece, Salvador, or his 'Nam follow-up Born on the Fourth of July, it's still a brilliant piece of work. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.103.153 |
FALLING DOWN's ok, but very much let down by that "oh well, he was off his rocker anyway" ending. I really wanted him to be a balanced individual driven off the rails, rather than someone already part way there. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
But, Mick, he was part way there because that's where we join him in the story - i've seen the film many times, and the impression I always get is that the accumulation of pressures in modern life pushed him right over the edge. I certainly didn't feel it was a cop-out ending. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Never understood the appeal of this character, and now even less so. In fact I was reminded of a very expensive Flash Gordon (: Behold, I give you THOR:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOddp-nlNvQ&feature=fvst | ||
| Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts) Username: Tom_alaerts Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.176.69.145 |
I saw two interesting asian movies recently: Yesterday I saw the recent South Korean thriller "The Man from Nowhere". A minor sensation on festivals, it seems, and indeed it does demonstrate once again that South Korea produces some of the best modern thrillers. In this case the story is a bit slow at first, but when it kicks into gear you're in for a treat. It's not a wildly original movie, but it's very good nevertheless. Two impressive scenes: one is only a camera movement: the hero jumps through glass unto the street a floor below and pursues a car. The cameraman follows him with a similar jump. It's probably doe with a crane yet seamless. And then there is also a very, very scary knife-fight. In true Korean thriller style, this film does not take prisoners. The other movie was Takeshi Kitano's Outrage. Kitano is back at what he does best: yakuza movies. It's not as good as my fave of his: Sonatine, but it's still very good indeed. Very dry with sudden bursts of violence, yet sometimes implicitely funny. Strongly recommended ! | ||
| Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts) Username: Tom_alaerts Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.176.69.145 |
Trailers for the movies I just mentioned: The Man from Nowhere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7SSETgPRn4 Unfortunately not subtitled, but you get the idea. The knife fight is elsewhere on youtube, but I rather recommend to see it as part of the whole film. Outrage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS88HfXGSGA subtitled | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Brilliant, Tom, Excellent. | ||
| Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts) Username: Tom_alaerts Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.176.69.145 |
Two more Korean movies I hope to see soon are both revenge movies, a usually simplistic genre I normally don't care for but Korean cinema had already demonstrated with Oldboy and Sympathy for Mr Vengeance that excellent thrillers can be made on the topic. these are: - I Saw the Devil (with the main actor of Oldboy as a serial killer): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCFVoPdfL30 - Bedevilled http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YZQnY6FABI Both movies will offer an experience that's far from Hollywood and usually get very good reviews. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210 |
I Saw the Devil is meant to be very good indeed. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.137.29 |
I've finally got my films for Christmas. The Men Who Stare at Goats. Four Lions. The Road. | ||
| John Forth (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
BEDEVILLED is pretty good too, if somewhat lethargically paced. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.166.117.210 |
Can I take this opportunity to once again recommend the Korean thriller The Chaser. It's bloody excellent, and available for a fiver on Play.com. See the origina before the planned Hollywood remake comes out... | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Ally - all three of those films are great choices. The Men Who Stare at Goats has a great script and great performances. Four Lions is one of the films of the year, and extremely moving. Brilliantly written with absolute knock-out performances from everyone. And The Road is bleak, beautiful and will in time be considered a great adaptation. Check out the director's previous films, 'The Proposition' with Guy Pearce, Jack Huston and Ray Winstone giving one of his best performances. One of my favourite films. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.137.29 |
I'll check that last one out, Frank. I'm really going to have to look up Play.com. I'm way behind all of you in my film watching. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
You might not believe this, but Kevin Smith has made a horror film called Red State, and from just the trailer it appears to be quite interesting. Of course everybody here will be able to work out the narrative, plot and possibly an ending due to a lifetime spent watching horror films, but I think it might actually be quite a good film. I have a love hate thing with Smith:http://horror.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=horror&cdn=entertainment&tm=3 &f=22&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.3.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=0&zu=http%3A//coopersdell.co m/ | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
http://horror.about.com/od/releaseschedules/ss/2011-Horror-Movie-Preview_5.htm Five pages of new upcoming horror films. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
http://movies.uk.msn.com/photos/action-and-adventure/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=1 55462322&page=26 The director of Let The Right One In is remaking Tinker Tailor Solider Spy with an incredible British cast. | ||
| John Forth (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
Five pages of new upcoming horror films. Not too much to get excited about there, although I saw the trailer for SEASON OF THE WITCH the other night and it looked like entertaining bunkum. Piranha 3DD should be good, dumb fun if it's anything like the first one. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.142.151 |
Finally picked a copy of AGORA, directed by Alejandro Amenabar, up today. One of my favourite films of last year. | ||
| Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts) Username: Tom_alaerts Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.176.209.194 |
Just saw a real gem: "Golden Slumber", a Japanese conspiracy thriller -who doesn't love conspiracies- that in a touching way cares more about the relations between the people involved than about the conspiracy details. It's from the director who made the excellent "Fish Story", and this one is just as interestingly plotted, and has plenty of charm. Trailer gives an idea about the story and the peculiar atmosphere. The year is very young and yet this will be one of the best ones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwNVJHETGvI Otherwise, between the upcoming movies, Priest looks like good big dumb fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4TXn4dDloU | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.142.147.0 |
We've just seen The Bat People and no-one else ever should | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.209.217 |
That good, Lord P? | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
http://www.slashfilm.com/ Check out the trailer for Joe Wright's (he of Pride and Prejudice and Atonement adaptations) new movie Hanna. Imagine Leon extended. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOWtgLneeNE The Last Lovercraft, a cheap, hokum fun filled little movie that just might brighten somebody's day. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Interesting:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiwIK_CtTIM | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Seige movie, also looks interesting to look at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeTEaPbuuxU&feature=related | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
New trailer for Brad Anderson's new film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgS9iDYdd_o | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
I had posted an older trailer for Anderson's new movie before, so you might not want to watch it as it gives quite a lot away. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTi-frLJL8k&feature=related Director of Frontiers. | ||
| John Forth (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
Trailer for Robin Hardy's spiritual sequel to The Wicker Man, THE WICKER TREE, has appeared. I assume they changed the original title, COWBOYS FOR CHRIST, for marketing reasons. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgy37d_the-wicker-tree-trailer_shortfilms#from= embed Looks pleasingly lurid to me. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.153.144.35 |
Even more yabbadabbadoo! http://thewickertreemovie.com/webroot/v2/wp-content/themes/sandbox/trailer.php | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Forget Hatchet, Planet Terror, and Death Proof, check out Rutger Hauer in Hobo With A Shotgun:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzmpTG1CZzI | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
A full trailer for Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark:http://www.horror.com/php/article-3643-1.html | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 61.216.207.31 |
That doesn't look bad. I watched the '70s original last night and thought it was pretty good - no masterpiece, but a straightforward, creepy, atmospheric little horror film. | ||
| John Forth (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
I'll report back on the remake of DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK some time next week - it's one of the films on at this year's FrightFest. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
Huw - I watched the original last week. First time ever. Very overrated. Like you, I thought it was...okay. The remake actually - Shock! Horror! - looks better. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
Well, I watched most of it - kept falling asleep because I watched it on my laptop in bed.  | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 220.138.161.192 |
***possible spoilers*** Zed - I liked the atmosphere, but it was too dark and gloomy to make out what was happening a lot of the time! I liked the appearances of the 'little people' though. I was falling asleep when I watched it, but It didn't really make much sense to me, to be honest. Why did they need the woman? When they'd already been set free, why did they need to wait again for someone to set them free all over again? Hmmm... | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
Huw, I had exactly the same questions! It was all a bit daft, wasn't it? Btw, I finally watched "Antarctic Journal"...two thirds of the film was superb, but it all came crashing down with a weak, unfocused, badly conceived ending. i was gutted; the rest was almost pitch perfect. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 61.216.46.178 |
I felt the same way about Antarctic Journal - I loved the ominous build-up of the first half, especially the discovery of the journal itself. But it really fell apart at the end, unfortunately. Have you seen Hansel and Gretel? If not, it's definitely worth a watch. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wLUiQuT6rA Check out this little heard of film with Corey Feldman of all people. The more I hear, the more I have to say I'm intrigued. | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Eastwood's latest film. J Edgar Hoover. De Caprio.http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blog/article/258765/jedgarexclusive-first-ever-traile r.html | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
http://horror.about.com/od/2011theatricalreviews/fr/Red-State-Movie-Review.htm | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
Either I mentioned this before purely as a wish, or I'm hallucinating. The top three actors in the same film together. Giamatti, Hoffman and Gosling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV-50ay79mk | ||
| Frank (Frank) Username: Frank Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 85.222.86.21 |
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/video/trailers-1730502/the-woman-in-black-trailer-2-2 7000018.html | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.1.6 |
Hmm - that trailer suggests the film may be a triumph of "boo!" moments over subtlety and atmosphere. It'll be a shame if that is the case. |