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    John Wick.

    What an absolute shoot em up action film this was. Reeve's was explosive as this character and look forward to watching part 2 soon.
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    Atomic Blonde - what an decent and fun spy movie with an interesting and great soundtrack, the fights with Theron were dare I say pretty intense and believable. I would not mind a sequel.
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    Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror. The first of the Universal Rathbone / Bruce movies. Which proves that putting Holmes in modern times is not as recent as it would appear, given Sherlock and Elementary. A good little movie. Too bad I got only the french dub instead of the original version, even if it was promised on the DVD sleeve. Still, nice little gag with the hat.
  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
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    Watched the original The Fast and the Furious for the first time. Pretty fun flick.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited February 2019 Posts: 23,105
    Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions both in 4K, its even more obvious on this upgrade where the money was spent and where not much money was spent during scenes. When it's good the films look fantastic. though some scenes in the third film really do look quite poor as some of the green screen is blatant.
  • edited February 2019 Posts: 17,241
    Watched two films last night; Billon Dollar Brain (1967) and Johnny English Strikes Again (2018).

    Billon Dollar Brain is an entertaining entry in the Harry Palmer series, but it's not on the same level as The Ipcress File and Funeral in Berlin. It's a rather odd film – much probably coming down to the outlandish plot (in comparison with the first two films), some of the sets, the score, and the direction.

    There's some experimental camera usage in this one, as some sequences features handheld cameras:



    Well worth a watch if you like The Ipcress File and Funeral in Berlin.

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    Finally got the chance to watch Johnny English Strikes Again, as well. Although not as funny as the first two films, it's quite entertaining. Rowan Atkinson is funny the way only he can, Ben Miller returns as English' usual sidekick Bough, and Olga Kurylenko ( :x ) portrays a Russian spy, which English must team up with, taking down the villain.

    The villain – Jason Volta (portrayed by Jake Lacy) isn't on the same level of John Malkovich's Pascal Sauvage or Dominic West's Simon Ambrose, but this didn't bother me too much. It's all about Rowan Atkinson doing spy stuff, which keeps me entertained throughout.

    As a controversial opinion:
    I prefer Johnny English Strikes Again to SP…
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    Highlander endgame

    You know if you think Comic book timelines are confusing watch highlander films each one is its own universe hell the tv shows don’t match it so let’s talk about Endgame....

    Honestly I am torn on this film I have seen work print cuts that have more action and far better editing especially the end fight which (god the end fight is edited poorly) but some good things are in this
    1. I feel this is the best Christopher Lambert has acted
    2. The action is amazing (when it is edited right)
    3. Bruce Payne is brilliant
    4. Donnie yen is brilliant
    5. I love methos
    The cons
    1. The sanctuary is a weird conceit even if we include highlander 2
    2. So another K named villain from Mcleod’s Past to be fair the show did this as well but it is odd why it is k names
    3. I wish Duncan took Donnie’s head and not Kell makes him seem kind of dumb
    4. Having sanctuary on holy ground then have nothing is odd

    I plan on doing a 2 part episode or two of highlander after the source to end on a good note

    Overall I am gonna say something controversial I feel this film is the best of the film franchise but just because I love Adrian Paul the action and
    Films I saw in 2019
    1. Casino Royale
    2. Across the Universe
    3. Licence to Kill
    4. Beverly Hills Cop 2
    5. Casino Royale 1954
    6. Highlander Endgame
    7. Oliver Stone The Doors
    8. Highlander
    9. Moonstruck
    10. Hitman agent 47
    11. Highlander 3 The Final Dimension
    12. Walk the line
    13. Highlander 2

    Highlander series
    1. Highlander Endgame
    2. Highlander
    3. Highlander the final Dimension
    4. Highlander 2

    Bond series
    1. Casino Royale
    2. Licence to Kill
    3. Casino Royale 1954

    Jukebox
    1. Across the Universe
    2. Oliver Stone The Doors
    3. Walk the line


  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
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    Finally watched Black Swann for the first time. Pretty damn intense. Natalie Portman is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen so that always helps.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited February 2019 Posts: 23,883
    Mission Impossible Fallout (2018) - 4K
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    Almost perfect. This was my first viewing since the theatre and I had a blast. As I'm sure others have already noted, this film looks magnificent in upgraded UHD format, and the state of the art action sequences come alive with the full frame IMAX filling out of the screen. However, I feel this film is far more than just action (something detractors use often to criticize MI). There is a concerted attempt to build out Hunt's character in this one - some of it certainly works (the cop scene) but I feel some of it borders a little on cheese (the Julia sequences). This is a much darker entry than the last two, and from the very first scene there's tension and suspense along with a pervading sense of foreboding and fear which continues throughout - a sense of epic scale and consequence. In this regard, I feel it's similar to Nolan's TDK & TDKR - I had that same unsettling feeling when viewing those landmark films all those years ago.

    Lorne Balfe's superb score helps to accentuate this sensation. His The Exchange is up there with Eric Serra's The Goldeneye Overture as a great reinterpretation of a classic tune imho. It doesn't hurt that it is reminiscent of Hans Zimmer's Gotham's Reckoning. The other standout for me is the cast. The recurring crew all hit their notes perfectly as expected (there's a real sense of camaraderie and genuine team spirit worthy of this series - it's seamless), but the newcomers also shine (particularly Vanessa Kirby and Angela Bassett). All of the former's scenes with Cruise are a highlight and Bassett's early scene with Alec Baldwin's Hunley on the tarmac of the Ramstein airbase is outstanding. This film couldn't have worked as well as it did if not for Henry Cavill. Cruise may be the star and he's certainly ably supported by Ferguson, but Cavill's role is instrumental, and he aces it. There's an insouciant menace to his August Walker (love that name) from his opening scene onwards, but it's combined with a certain charm as well. Both help to sell his character. Anyway, this is my favourite film of 2018, just acing out Infinity War and Red Sparrow (the third time an MI film has taken that honour, with the other two years being 2011 and 2015 respectively) and I can't wait to see what they come up with next. 2021 can't get here soon enough as far as I'm concerned.
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    Karel Zeman's Cesta do pravěku (Journey to the Beginning of Time in English) :

    First of the six movies that made Karel Zeman a star filmmaker. Four boys decide to go on an expedtion on an underground river that leads them to different eras of prehistory. Very entertaining, and quite accurate (for the time the movie was made). For example, no animal from an era interacts with animals from another era (so no mammoth vs. tyranosaurus). But still, one thing is missing :
    How do the kids get back home once they reached their destination ?
    That's a question that the movie doesn't answer. Still, really good, and a good primer about prehistoric life for children. Next : The Fabulous World of Jules Verne.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Gerard wrote: »
    Karel Zeman's Cesta do pravěku (Journey to the Beginning of Time in English) :

    First of the six movies that made Karel Zeman a star filmmaker. Four boys decide to go on an expedtion on an underground river that leads them to different eras of prehistory. Very entertaining, and quite accurate (for the time the movie was made). For example, no animal from an era interacts with animals from another era (so no mammoth vs. tyranosaurus). But still, one thing is missing :
    How do the kids get back home once they reached their destination ?
    That's a question that the movie doesn't answer. Still, really good, and a good primer about prehistoric life for children. Next : The Fabulous World of Jules Verne.

    I remember seeing this, as a kid, in a theater in the early 70's. it was a lot of fun.
    Stopmotion is still a passion and this one comes up periodically on various FB groups dedicated to stopmotion and dinosaurs in film.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
    edited February 2019 Posts: 8,657
    I haven't been too active on this thread, but tonight I watched a movie with more Bond connections than usual: Red Sun, or based on its apparently mostly French/Italian/Spanish producers, Soleil Rouge, is a Western directed by Terence Young, with Bond alumni/alumnae Ursula Andress (yes, to repeat the old wordplay here, she does "andress" here for the upper part) and Anthony Dawson playing an American baddie for a change.
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    It was filmed in Spain, where else, with Charles Bronson (then of definite OUATITW fame - that's Once Upon A Time In The West) - as the main character. and Toshiro Mifune playing a (surprise!) Samurai originally sent to protect the 1870 Japanese ambassador to Washington. And for the French stunt casting, Alain Delon (I heard some English speakers call him "Allan Dellon") and Capucine in further roles.

    The movie is fun, yes, but nothing great. The cinematography is quite nice, the score is one of the lesser efforts of (please note nevertheless) the great Maurice Jarre, but it sort of seems like he wanted to do a version of Elmer-Bernstein-meets-Ennio-Morricone at times. The Blu-ray disc is so-so...it's uneven at best and while claiming to be digitally remastered, this was apparently NOT from something resembling the original master, but something taped together from several copies. It can be surprisingly sharp at times, but then again blurry in other places. That being said, it reminds me of the movies I saw in the early 70s at a cinema, and they were no better. So let's say the transfer has a certain authenticity.

    Baiscally, good fun...but except for the Bond connection nothing that could hold a candle to Sergio Leone movies of the same period.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
    edited February 2019 Posts: 8,657
    And yet another rather "Bond-connected" movie:
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    Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Edited by Peter Hunt. Actors: future Bond alumni Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Burton, Michael Collins (voice of Auric Goldfinger), Michael Goodliffe, as well as (all uncredited!) Bernard Lee, Robert Brown, Walter Gotell, and as the voice of Bismarck commander Lindemann, Robert Rietty who besides having small roles in OHMSS and NSNA also lent his voice to both Emilio Largo in TB and Tiger Tanaka in YOLT. This list is most likely still incomplete.
    Just like the Titanic, the Bismarck actually sinks in the end :-).
    But the movie delivers a lot of tension, though not suspense, and has a rather documentary character, which is not to say one should take everything for granted. The main protagonist, played by Kenneth More, is clearly stated to be fictitious and the makers obviously have taken a lot of artistic liberty. In the IMDb "Goofs" section you find a considerable list of mistakes and inconsistencies...but I'd say 99 % of viewers will never notice.

    As a German, my main criticism is that Admiral Günther Lütjens is portrayed as a more or less fanatic Nazi that he apparently wasn't in reality. No doubt, he was a nationalist and a career officer who stood for the classical virtues of obedience and steadfastedness of officers in the armed forces (not just in Germany), however questionable those may be when they serve to support a criminal regime and its wars of aggression. But in 1938, he was among officers who protested the Anti-Jewish pogroms ("Night of Broken Glass") and included several "non-Aryans" in his circle of friends, and his relations with Adolf Hitler have been described as rather cool.

    But either way, even if he had been a Nazi he would never give a rousing speech in which he told the crew to be proud they were "Nazis", since that term had a negative connotation even in the Third Reich. In other words, Nazi officials would never use it.

    However, for most of the audience this is as relevant as anachronisms in the markings of the ships shown. Sink the Bismarck! definitely qualifies as a gripping and mostly authentic historical movie.
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    Thanks @j_w_pepper, very well written review, I’ll be sure to watch it soon.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Haven't updated this thread in ages, there'd be way too much to post, but I caught Polanski's Repulsion for the first time this morning before work, and damn, that was one killer film. The camera work was so masterful and unnerving, I've scarcely seen a film get the audience into the mind of the main character as well as this one did. Terrifying stuff, well done.
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    BREAKOUT (1975)
    Haven't seen this in an age. But it was on one of the more obscure channels on TV so I taped it. Charles Bronson is the pilot, hired by Jill Ireland to rescue her husband, Robert Duvall from a hellish Mexican prison. Directed by Tom Gries, with a score by Jerry Goldsmith, and lensed by Lucien Ballard, this is a really entertaining thriller, with some solid action toward the finale. Bronson is great and a scene stealing turn by Sherree North ("Rape? I should be so lucky!"). It also has a spectacularly gruesome death scene by one of the bad guys. Enjoyable.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 4K 40th Anniversary I love this film. as a kid it was in my top two greatest films for some time. This presentation is the best I have seen this, the film really showcases a young Spielberg's genius which captured my imagination and still does. In 4K it feels even closer to many classic 50's Sci Fi classics that influenced Spielberg. John Williams score is incredible as is the sound design.
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    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 4K 40th Anniversary I love this film. as a kid it was in my top two greatest films for some time. This presentation is the best I have seen this, the film really showcases a young Spielberg's genius which captured my imagination and still does. In 4K it feels even closer to many classic 50's Sci Fi classics that influenced Spielberg. John Williams score is incredible as is the sound design.

    I used to get a fever every single time I watched it as a kid. Gotta see if that still works ;)

    Brilliant film.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 23,105
    Univex wrote: »
    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 4K 40th Anniversary I love this film. as a kid it was in my top two greatest films for some time. This presentation is the best I have seen this, the film really showcases a young Spielberg's genius which captured my imagination and still does. In 4K it feels even closer to many classic 50's Sci Fi classics that influenced Spielberg. John Williams score is incredible as is the sound design.

    I used to get a fever every single time I watched it as a kid. Gotta see if that still works ;)

    Brilliant film.

    I still get those shivers just rewatching it now, incredible film.
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    Univex wrote: »
    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 4K 40th Anniversary I love this film. as a kid it was in my top two greatest films for some time. This presentation is the best I have seen this, the film really showcases a young Spielberg's genius which captured my imagination and still does. In 4K it feels even closer to many classic 50's Sci Fi classics that influenced Spielberg. John Williams score is incredible as is the sound design.

    I used to get a fever every single time I watched it as a kid. Gotta see if that still works ;)

    Brilliant film.

    I still get those shivers just rewatching it now, incredible film.
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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 23,105
    Univex wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind 4K 40th Anniversary I love this film. as a kid it was in my top two greatest films for some time. This presentation is the best I have seen this, the film really showcases a young Spielberg's genius which captured my imagination and still does. In 4K it feels even closer to many classic 50's Sci Fi classics that influenced Spielberg. John Williams score is incredible as is the sound design.

    I used to get a fever every single time I watched it as a kid. Gotta see if that still works ;)

    Brilliant film.

    I still get those shivers just rewatching it now, incredible film.
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    Brilliant
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
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    My choice for last night has nothing to offer in terms of Bond connections except its protagonist introducing himself as "Bueller. Ferris Bueller."

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    I actually watched that film for the first time EVER, so I'm not into 80s' nostalgia here. But I found it hilarious at times and at least enjoyable overall so I'm not complaining. Lovely, light-hearted comedy. And I was glad to learn from the extras on the Blu-ray that they did not wreck a real Ferrari 250 California.
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    Rampage - Dwayne Johnson and a gigantic gorilla by the name of George, who is not as boring as his name. A really enjoyable creature feature.

    You only live twice - The only 007 who can were sandals and make it look good.
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    Highlander the source

    You know this film is shit like so bad I am telling anyone who is like oh they made a 5th film Nooooo don’t watch it.....

    And this is what producers thought we wanted....

    Ok where do I begin the timeline has shifted YET AGAIN not to mention the rules and now everyone is looking for the source of imortallity and there is this deuche guy in body paint that is “the guardian”.. he looks more like the singer of a bad metal band and he has mystical powers because of course he does .... I am just gonna spoil the hell out of this

    It’s the end of the world And hammy over acting reigns supreme I feel bad as Adrian Paul Peter Wingfield and Jim Byrnes are good actors and can do good things but this...

    Here are a few things I hate
    1. They kill off joe
    2. Duncan gets his classic katana broken then spends the rest of this film with these two knives that look like they were bought at a Halloween store
    3. The Gaurdian is the worst highlander villain period
    4. The rules make no sense in this universe so for some reason the close they get to the source they become mortal
    5. And the way to stop the guardian is to not kill him and have a cool quickening at least nooo now it’s a love story so he can have a kid with Anna are you fucking kidding me and who the hell is anna she wasn’t in the tv show at all would it of killed anyone to call Elizabeth Gracen who while not an oscar worthy actress had the good sense to not freaking be in this garbage

    Just wow this is bad

    Good things about this film it’s less painful then being stabbed but I am unsure about that this is so bad I am done

    Next either a two part episode highlander or maybe a Batman film I will eventually return to the series and watch maybe a few two part episodes and the anime film...
    Films I saw in 2019
    1. Casino Royale
    2. Across the Universe
    3. Licence to Kill
    4. Beverly Hills Cop 2
    5. Casino Royale 1954
    6. Highlander Endgame
    7. Oliver Stone The Doors
    8. Highlander
    9. Moonstruck
    10. Hitman agent 47
    11. Highlander 3 The Final Dimension
    12. Walk the line
    13. Highlander 2
    14. Highlander the source

    Highlander series
    1. Highlander Endgame
    2. Highlander
    3. Highlander the final Dimension
    4. Highlander 2
    5. Highlander the source

    Bond series
    1. Casino Royale
    2. Licence to Kill
    3. Casino Royale 1954

    Jukebox
    1. Across the Universe
    2. Oliver Stone The Doors
    3. Walk the line


  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    My choice for last night has nothing to offer in terms of Bond connections except its protagonist introducing himself as "Bueller. Ferris Bueller."

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    I actually watched that film for the first time EVER, so I'm not into 80s' nostalgia here. But I found it hilarious at times and at least enjoyable overall so I'm not complaining. Lovely, light-hearted comedy. And I was glad to learn from the extras on the Blu-ray that they did not wreck a real Ferrari 250 California.

    Oh dear, I watched this a while back because The Goldbergs did a show based around it. The Goldbergs was funny, this was just awful. I don’t think I found a character I could like and I really think Hughes is an overrated director. Not for me I’m afraid.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    My choice for last night has nothing to offer in terms of Bond connections except its protagonist introducing himself as "Bueller. Ferris Bueller."

    81ax3UJ3P8L._SL1500_.jpg

    I actually watched that film for the first time EVER, so I'm not into 80s' nostalgia here. But I found it hilarious at times and at least enjoyable overall so I'm not complaining. Lovely, light-hearted comedy. And I was glad to learn from the extras on the Blu-ray that they did not wreck a real Ferrari 250 California.

    Oh dear, I watched this a while back because The Goldbergs did a show based around it. The Goldbergs was funny, this was just awful. I don’t think I found a character I could like and I really think Hughes is an overrated director. Not for me I’m afraid.

    Have never understood the love for this film. I saw it when it was released and thought it was just ok.

    The main character is an obnoxious little twerp which doesn't help.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    I was just rewatching Michael Mann's brilliant Collateral, and noticed something I had never seen before:

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    Tom Cruise gives a direct glance at that poster once he realizes he has been fatally shot.

    Life's too short for long names.

    Vincent: 7 letters.
    Max: 3 letters.
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    Burlesque -2010 - Christina Aguilera ,sweet Jesus, she is good looking and can sing like a few can, Cher delicious looking 62 year old (at the time of the filming). A lovely popcorn movie that I watched with my daughters.

    Firefox - Starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Clint Eastwood in a spectacular movie about the theft of MIG airfighter prototype from a Russian airfield. The movie is two hours long but before you know it half of the movie is over and the second half is certainly well done. A spectacular thriller. (If it needs a remake than make that a Tom Cruise project)
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    SaintMark wrote: »
    Firefox - Starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Clint Eastwood in a spectacular movie about the theft of MIG airfighter prototype from a Russian airfield. The movie is two hours long but before you know it half of the movie is over and the second half is certainly well done. A spectacular thriller. (If it needs a remake than make that a Tom Cruise project)

    I love the bathroom scene.
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    Monte Walsh(1970)
    Lovely elegiac western with a great double act of Lee Marvin (as Walsh) and Jack Palance as two ageing cowboys struggling in a changed time. One of their friends is laid off and turns to crime, and their paths meet again in a fateful way. The leads are great and there's a nice score by our own John Barry (Mama Cass sings the theme composed by Barry and Hal David). An amazing set piece where Walsh tries to break in a horse and ends up destroying half the town and a tense showdown finale add to the enjoyment. An overlooked western, worth seeiing.
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