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Post by offm on Sept 9, 2016 17:16:37 GMT
New film i been desiring to see is Conjuring 2 (Horror Themed movie) but it is a movie not to be seen light minded person and for those who seek beyond the explanation for everything, is only a movie but i like horror (from the safe of the TV / cinema not to expirience it), again a good score on imdb so i see how it goes .
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 19, 2016 8:39:18 GMT
Has been a bit of a fallow period, movie-watching wise. Through to the start of September, new films for the first time: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)Would be interested in hearing your thoughts regarding this film. Quite interesting and adventurous for a largely mainstream film.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 19, 2016 8:42:54 GMT
Through to mid-October, new films for the first time:
Cinema:
Pete's Dragon (2016) Miss Peregrins' Home for Peculiar Children (2016) The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
Blu-Ray:
The Man from UNCLE (2015) Night of the Living Dead (1990) Creed (2015) Burn After Reading (2008) Dead Snow: Red Vs. Dead (2014) The Nanny (1965) Full Metal Jacket (1987) The World's Fastest Indian (2006) Torn Curtain (1966) How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Nov 27, 2016 9:23:46 GMT
Through to late-November, new films for the first time:
Cinema:
Doctor Strange (2016) Arrival (2016) Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them (2016)
Blu-Ray:
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) The Brides of Dracula (1960)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Dec 20, 2016 9:16:05 GMT
Through to late-December, new films for the first time:
Cinema:
The Founder (2016) Rogue One (2016)
Blu-Ray:
The Raid 2 (2014) The Nice Guys (2016) The Blob (1958) The Blob (1988)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jan 4, 2017 6:39:07 GMT
Through to early-January, new films for the first time:
Cinema:
La La Land (2016)
Blu-Ray:
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Feb 3, 2017 7:56:48 GMT
Through to early-February, new films for the first time:
Cinema:
Moana (2016) Hidden Figures (2016)
Blu-Ray:
Rollerball (1975) Beware! The Blob (1972) Phantom of the Opera (1943) Mad Max (1979) French Connection II (1975)
Off the Back of a Lorry, No Questions Asked:
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) Night of the Demons (1988)
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Post by offm on Feb 3, 2017 12:38:33 GMT
Been on the cinema with my kid recently (Three years old) and the discussion was between seeing Sing and Moana, we ended up seeing Sing and do not regret it , it´s Moana a beatiful film to see with kids too? , BTW i see you Blu-Ray Collection grows by the minute .
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Feb 3, 2017 22:10:40 GMT
Been on the cinema with my kid recently (Three years old) and the discussion was between seeing Sing and Moana, we ended up seeing Sing and do not regret it , it´s Moana a beatiful film to see with kids too? , BTW i see you Blu-Ray Collection grows by the minute . Moana is good. I don't have kids, but my brother took his three to it (6, 4, & 2) and despite 1 moment he said scared one of the kids, the kids liked it. My Blu-ray collection does grow, but not as fast as you might think given my posts. Some of the titles are in box sets (for example, in my most recent post only Rollerball wasn't in a previously purchased box set) and I'm only just getting around to watching them. (eg. Phantom is in the Universal Monsters set, which means I've only Black Lagoon to go in that set, and I started with Dracula in the same set back at the end of 2014!)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Mar 30, 2017 4:34:49 GMT
Through to late-March, new films for the first time:
Cinema:
T2: Trainspotting (2017) Life (2017)
Blu-Ray:
La Bête (1975) It Came from Outer Space (1953) Paddington (2014) Jaws 2 (1978) The Last Man on Earth (1964) Chinatown (1974) Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) Beauty and the Beast (1991)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on May 13, 2017 21:39:39 GMT
Through to mid-May, new films for the first time:
Cinema:
The Lego Batman Movie (2017) The Fate of the Furious (2017) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Alien: Covenant (2017)
Blu-Ray:
Catch Me If You Can (2002) Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-a-Rama (1987) Possession (1981)
DVD:
Death Wish 3 (1985)
Off the Back of a Lorry, No Questions Asked:
Student Bodies (1981) The Room (2003)
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Post by lordomnibok on May 13, 2017 23:35:45 GMT
Through to mid-May, new films for the first time: Cinema: The Lego Batman Movie (2017) The Fate of the Furious (2017) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Alien: Covenant (2017) Blu-Ray: Catch Me If You Can (2002) Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-a-Rama (1987) Possession (1981) DVD: Death Wish 3 (1985) Off the Back of a Lorry, No Questions Asked: Student Bodies (1981) The Room (2003) Alien I loved. Aliens mesmerized me. But Prometheus left me with an unimpressed expression to say the least. Any thoughts on Covenant, Alex? If you like messed up Japanese action sci-fi films, I stumbled by chance on Gantz:0 (2016) last night. Thought that was pretty cool.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on May 14, 2017 0:24:26 GMT
Alien I loved. Aliens mesmerized me. But Prometheus left me with an unimpressed expression to say the least. Any thoughts on Covenant, Alex? Rambling thoughts... I went in wondering what kind of Alien film I would be getting: would it be a haunted house/slasher (1), war (2), mediation on despair (3), French farce (4), nonsense (AvP & AvP 2), or stuck-up nonsense (Prometheus). A:C is more a combination of 1 & 3. When they arrived on the planet my first thought was, that looks like New Zealand (the types of plants are a huge give away)! Afterwards some research showed that the location stuff was filmed here. Cons: *It tries so desperately to make some sense of the nonsense that Prometheus made of the biology/evolution of the Xenomorph so that it better ties in with the original Alien. It still can't quite get it right, shooting itself in the foot by having a final chestburster than still looks nothing like the one from the original film. I can only assume the next film will again try to smooth that evolution from this to Alien. Or maybe it won't. *It effectively has a stupid ending similar to the one in Life earlier this year which didn't come as a surprise or make me feel jazzed about a sequel. *There were no surprises or mystery. Just waiting for the cast to realise that David from the first film is insane/the bad guy. It took long enough so that several of the cast could die first. *The shower scene feels like it was in the film purely so it could be in the trailer. (Some of the dialogue felt like that too.)
Pros: *It looks good. Which given it is a Ridley Scott film isn't a surprise. *It was hilarious watching Michael Fassbender kiss himself. *It helps that it wasn't written by Damon Lindelof. So the plot mostly hung together with some logic rather than throwing something new at the screen when the audience starts asking "why?". *Some of the SFX are great, especially the first Alien moment with a chestburster coming out of a character's back.
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Post by lordomnibok on May 14, 2017 2:09:30 GMT
Thanks for the thorough response Alex. I have now been forewarned.
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Post by kieran on May 14, 2017 8:11:59 GMT
Pretty much agree with your verdict Alex. One thing I thought it had over Prometheus is the characters were more believable and acted in a more realistic way. Though I think it lacked Prometheus' epic feel (probably intentionally).
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jun 6, 2017 10:02:58 GMT
Pretty much agree with your verdict Alex. One thing I thought it had over Prometheus is the characters were more believable and acted in a more realistic way. Though I think it lacked Prometheus' epic feel (probably intentionally). Yeah, others have pointed out it appears to be a compromise between Scott's planned sequel to Prometheus (subtitled "Paradise Lost") and a studio-mandated Alien film.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jun 6, 2017 10:08:25 GMT
Through to mid-June, new films for the first time:
Cinema:
Pecking Order (2017) True Romance (1993)* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) The Mummy (2017) John Wick Chapter 2 (2017) Adult Life Skills (2017) Wonder Woman (2017) Churchill (2017) Cars 3 (2017)
*a one off screening at a local cinema (also caught The Spy Who Love Me and For Your Eyes Only in a double feature to mark Roger Moore's passing, but as I've seen them before they don't make the list here!).
Off the Back of a Lorry, No Questions Asked:
The Stuff (1985) Snowpiercer (2013) A Cure for Wellness (2016)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jul 2, 2017 7:37:56 GMT
Through to early July, new films for the first time:
DVD:
Before I Fall (2017)
Blu-ray:
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Off the Back of a Lorry, No Questions Asked:
Storks (2016) For Y'r Height Only (1981) Fateful Findings (2012) Chopping Mall (1986)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Jul 12, 2017 4:19:21 GMT
Through to mid-July, new films for the first time:
Cinema:
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) My Cousin Rachel (2017)
Blu-ray:
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) Topaz (1969) Witchfinder General (1968) Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Off the Back of a Lorry, No Questions Asked:
Starship Troopers (1997)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Aug 12, 2017 0:50:03 GMT
Through to early-August, new films for the first time:
Cinema:
Baby Driver (2017) Dunkirk (2017)
Blu-ray:
Mad Max 2 (1981) Under the Skin (2013) Funny Face (1956) Jaws: The Revenge (1989)
Off the Back of a Lorry, No Questions Asked:
Shut In (2016)
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Sept 1, 2017 3:41:17 GMT
Through to early-September, new films for the first time:
Cinema:
Atomic Blonde (2017) Jasper Jones (2017)
Blu-ray:
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
DVD:
Sea Beast (2009) Challenge of the Tiger (1980)
Streaming:
The Babadook (2014) Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Off the Back of a Lorry, No Questions Asked:
The Carer (2016) Double Down (2005)
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Post by kieran on Sept 1, 2017 9:31:34 GMT
Quite enjoyed this - really want to get that pop-up book!
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Sept 10, 2017 6:48:39 GMT
Quite enjoyed this - really want to get that pop-up book! It was an interesting film. Intrigued that right to the end there's nothing clear about whether the Babadook itself is real or just a stand in for the main character's grief.
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Post by offm on Sept 10, 2017 21:23:40 GMT
This movie had been on the cinema just one year ago , but without much projection, a pity really because it seems a great horror movie by it's introduction.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 8, 2017 22:13:06 GMT
Through to early-October, new films for the first time:
Cinema:
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) Victoria and Abdul (2017) American Assassin (2017) Battle of the Sexes (2017) Flatliners (2017)
Blu-ray:
Get Out (2017) The Gorgon (1964) Strangers on a Train (1951) Network (1976) Green Room (2015)
Off the Back of a Lorry, No Questions Asked:
GetEven (1993)
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Post by Blackheart on Oct 20, 2017 12:12:28 GMT
That film is outstanding!
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 26, 2017 8:37:45 GMT
Through to late-October, new films for the first time:
Cinema:
The Mountain Between Us (2017) Final Portrait (2017) Bladerunner 2049 (2017) Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Blu-ray:
The Dead Pool (1988)
DVD:
Guns (1990)
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Post by offm on Oct 26, 2017 9:41:23 GMT
Been diring to that last two movies on the cinema from your list. The Last action movie i have seen is Warcraft the movie.
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Post by The Editor (Alex B) on Oct 28, 2017 0:07:48 GMT
Been diring to that last two movies on the cinema from your list. The Last action movie i have seen is Warcraft the movie. Not quite sure what "diring" is (i'm going to guess you meant "dying to see"), but I really enjoyed both Blade Runner 2049 and Thor: Ragnarok. Both very different films. BR2049 succeeds in asking the same questions as the first film ('what does it mean to be human?' being the primary one), and looking just as gorgeous. It perhaps manages the detective/investigation a bit better than the original. My parents watched it (they haven't seen the original) and they liked it. Thor meanwhile tells what is a fairly generic superhero story, but does so with a dash of self deprecating humour that had the audience I was a part of almost roaring with laughter from start to stop. It manages to mock the earlier Thor films (in a loving way), give some actual character development to most of the main cast, and provide some interesting spectacle. (Still slightly disappointed that a generic, faceless army is still a part of blockbuster storytelling (even if it is a minor point in this film) - seeing people mow down faceless extras isn't thrilling.)
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Post by offm on Oct 28, 2017 1:26:57 GMT
Thanks it is very good to have a review on those movies , as for my English mistake ,well I really meant desirous .
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