Films you've watched recently.

[united we stand]

“The hunt”
Again didn’t know about it but very good reviews so watched it. Danish with subtitles, but don’t let that put you off. My wife HATES subtitles and doesn’t concentrate watching films normally and even she thought it was excellent.

also (no spoiler) It does make you think “ this could happen to me”

 

[Napster]

Zodiac - still a great film.

 

[jackj13]

Saw trial of the chicago 7 at the weekend. A very good watch.

 

[Floval Flyer]

ID - dont know why I never saw it when it came out. Great 90s cast - and decent story.

Oh, yes! Great film.
The late Warren Clarke is great, but Rhys Dinsdale is superb as the undercover cop, turned fully fledged hooligan!
Must watch that again soon...

Bloody love you Gumbo!!

 

[Floval Flyer]

Watched Babylon last night. Very good film; London in the early 80s, depravity, racism & set to a wicked dub plate sound track.

Watch Babylon | Netflix

Young Black Londoners embrace and explore the city's reggae scene while coping with systemic racism and personal problems.

www.netflix.com

 

[Mad Cyril]

Borat 2.

Contrived and too much.

 

[united we stand]

Parasite-
It really is as good as everyone says

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Parasite-
It really is as good as everyone says

Not so sure.I got the anti-capitalist critique (no problem with that) but I thought the last half an hour or so of the film lapsed into gothic horror.

 

[Napster]

Not so sure.I got the anti-capitalist critique (no problem with that) but I thought the last half an hour or so of the film lapsed into gothic horror.

my kind of film.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

my kind of film.

The last 30 mins or so or the whole film? In any case I though Roma was a lot better and it seemed to me that Hollywood was just making up for lost time by giving a non-English speaking film a gong for best film.

 

[Napster]

The last 30 mins or so or the whole film? In any case I though Roma was a lot better and it seemed to me that Hollywood was just making up for lost time by giving a non-English speaking film a gong for best film.

the last 30 but I havent seen it yet so will make a judgement then.

by the way, only eleven non-English language films have been nominated in the category: La Grande Illusion; Z; The Emigrants; Cries and Whispers; (Il Postino); Life Is Beautiful; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Mandarin Chinese, 2000); Letters from Iwo Jima); Amour; Roma and Parasite (Korean, 2019).

I liked Il Postino and Crouching Tiger.


and the other 2019 nominations arent really much cop.

 

[KevinJH]

Watched the Kathryn Bigelow film 'Detroit' last night. Set in the city's riots of '67 and how the local cops got away with murder....... Excellent if uncomfortable watch.

 

[Floval Flyer]

Parasite-
It really is as good as everyone says

Available on Amazon prime now ??

 

[united we stand]

Not so sure.I got the anti-capitalist critique (no problem with that) but I thought the last half an hour or so of the film lapsed into gothic horror.

That’s a very fair comment, but I still liked it.

 

[KevinJH]

'Apostasy' on the Beeb iPlayer; the story of a family of Jehovah's Witnesses - heartbreaking.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Dig!

Anton Newcombe really was a ****.

 

[Napster]

Haunt - decent. His House- v good

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw Sweeet Charity* last night.Always liked Shirly MacLaine and thought there were some good Bob Fosse dance routines in it but much preferred Cabarat or even West Side Story.

* Thanks to Supernaught for the heads up.

 

[Floval Flyer]

Watched ‘Filth’ on film4, based on the book by Irvine Welsh.

James McAvoy is mental as the psychotic copper. Very funny, dark, dark comedy. 8/10 - well worth a watch if you enjoyed Trainspotting and Shallow Grave.

 

[Napster]

The Lady Vanishes. Superb