Last Film You Watched

[4737carlin]

Just watched nobody with Bob Odendirk.

But far fetched, but was alright and fairly enjoyable, right until they played that sodding dirge over the big fight scene near the end - Booooooooooooooooooooo!

I really enjoyed that, OTT violence it just became funny and daft, good film

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Dead Presidents (1995)

A film which doesn’t get as much love as it should in my opinion.
Helmed by the Hughes brothers, of “Menace 2 Society” infamy, Dead Presidents is a strange beast. It is a War/Crime/Drama that perhaps tries to be TOO ambitious.

It’s a look at the black experience of the late 60’s through to early 70’s, taking in the Vietnam War, the Black Power/civil rights movement, Black Panthers, Drug addiction, PTSD, ghetto life etc.
Plenty of Blaxploitation stereotypes and tropes – a “right on” female Black Panther, a smoothly dressed shark-faced pimp character, some funky 70’s clothing and various low-life brothers hustling in basement bars and pool-rooms.

There is some jaw-dropping violence, including a very messy and unfortunate end for a grunt in the ‘Nam jungle scenes when he gets his thingy..... just watch it alright?

Some very smart location shooting and a great recreation of the Bronx ‘hood in its grimy 70’s prime. A few unsettling nightmare sequences as well.

Plus…. It’s got an absolute SCORCHER of a soundtrack, with smooth soul cuts from Isaac Hayes, James Brown, Sly and the family Stone, Curtis Mayfield amongst many others.
If you’ve not seen this – please do make an effort, it’s a cool movie that history seems to have forgotten.

I always thought the Cutty character – the pimp – was badass, proper cool… it’s worth it just for him…

“Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. Hey, young-blood. Bringin' in the groceries, huh? Lord, have mercy.
Man, I remember when I was married. I used to love to bring home the groceries.
Made me feel real good.
Like a man. Know what I mean?”

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cutty+vs+anthony

Great film. Was thinking about Killing Zoe the other day which was from about the same time. Another film that rarely gets mentioned.

 

[Nymzee]

Was thinking about killing Zoe the other day

What's she ever done to you.

 

[rylojr]

Yeah it's a really underrated one - Used to be obsessed with it when I was at Uni

Not sure what happened to the Hughes Brothers - Looked like they were set to be a big deal

They kinda lost their way... Book of Eli was...OK I suppose. "Mad Max" rip off with Denzel being effortlessly cool as ever. They were linked with the live action adaptation of the colossal manga series AKIRA but it eventually got scrapped....

 

[rylojr]

Dead Presidents (1995)

A film which doesn’t get as much love as it should in my opinion.
Helmed by the Hughes brothers, of “Menace 2 Society” infamy, Dead Presidents is a strange beast. It is a War/Crime/Drama that perhaps tries to be TOO ambitious.

It’s a look at the black experience of the late 60’s through to early 70’s, taking in the Vietnam War, the Black Power/civil rights movement, Black Panthers, Drug addiction, PTSD, ghetto life etc.
Plenty of Blaxploitation stereotypes and tropes – a “right on” female Black Panther, a smoothly dressed shark-faced pimp character, some funky 70’s clothing and various low-life brothers hustling in basement bars and pool-rooms.

There is some jaw-dropping violence, including a very messy and unfortunate end for a grunt in the ‘Nam jungle scenes when he gets his thingy..... just watch it alright?

Some very smart location shooting and a great recreation of the Bronx ‘hood in its grimy 70’s prime. A few unsettling nightmare sequences as well.

Plus…. It’s got an absolute SCORCHER of a soundtrack, with smooth soul cuts from Isaac Hayes, James Brown, Sly and the family Stone, Curtis Mayfield amongst many others.
If you’ve not seen this – please do make an effort, it’s a cool movie that history seems to have forgotten.

I always thought the Cutty character – the pimp – was badass, proper cool… it’s worth it just for him…

“Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. Hey, young-blood. Bringin' in the groceries, huh? Lord, have mercy.
Man, I remember when I was married. I used to love to bring home the groceries.
Made me feel real good.
Like a man. Know what I mean?”

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cutty+vs+anthony

Cutty though... "She wasn't doing it like that before you went away to the war, was she??"

Damn that's cold!!!!

 

[Bedfordblue]

Think the first post credit scene hints at the connection, presumably to The Eternals

Yeah, it’s clearly linked but I mean is that village and the mythological creatures going to make an appearance in future etc. Just seems a bit of an odd backstory in the MCU.
Haven’t seen Eternals yet so maybe it does all tie in in a coherent way

 

[Nymzee]

Anyone seen The Killing of a Sacred Deer?

 

[coollino]

Anyone seen The Killing of a Sacred Deer?

Yeah, I like it.

If you have seen the directors other films you'll probs be okay with it.

 

[Nymzee]

Yeah, I like it.

If you have seen the directors other films you'll probs be okay with it.

On a Barry Keoghan hype.

 

[coollino]

On a Barry Keoghan hype.

It's fairly weird, but if you expect that then it's fine.

Calm with Horses is really good and Keoghan is in it. I think it's still on Netflix.

 

[FCBarça]

Dune in IMAX, sensational

 

[navidson]

Anyone seen The Killing of a Sacred Deer?

Yep - It's pretty intense, I found it gripping though

Probably work well on a double feature with 'You Were Never Really Here'

 

[Nymzee]

Yep - It's pretty intense, I found it gripping though

Probably work well on a double feature with 'You Were Never Really Here'

Absolutely loved this one.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Benedict Cumberbatch gave himself nicotine poisoning three times on The Power of the Dog

The actor learned to roll cigarettes one-handed and didn’t wash as part of his method for playing a 1920s Montana rancher

www.theguardian.com

 

[ClausThomsen]

Defcon 4 (1985)

3 astronauts manning an orbiting nuclear defense craft witness WW3 from space. They then return to Earth to find society has collapsed into a post nuclear dystopia of horrific savagery, even more horrific scripting and economic production values.

The opening act inside the craft is fairly well done for a budget film and the 3 actors make a decent fist of what's obviously not a great piece of work. It's quite telling that the trailers all completely the subsequent 2/3rds of the film outside the space craft.

I wouldn't buy the BluRay but it's one of those fun things that adds a little value to the Arrow streaming service if the kind of wonky genre stuff they specialise in is your thing.