Anyone watched any good movies recently?

[Thorien]

Finally got around to seeing The Revenant.
Thought the story was OK and interesting, as it's loosely based on real events, but not riveting.
Cinematography though was outstanding, and above all the performances I thought were excellent.
Solid film - worth watching.

[Mitch Buchannon]

Two movies I enjoyed watching recently.
The Finest Hours
https://youtu.be/BQmllwTKtqU

Triple 9
https://youtu.be/JzUtr5sjRvU

[classics]

My top movie of all time is the Departed

Classic

IMO the original is better Infernal Affairs, The Departed is a very good film but I think the Hong Kong version is much more believable and grittier.

Just like La Femme Nikita (original) and the remake The Point of no Return/The Assassin.

[Roland]

Straight Outta Compton - enjoyable, even if it did play out a bit like a TV movie (with added swearing, of course).

[Markw]

The Martian
Love & Mercy

[Onelasttime]

I watched the two Mesrine films the other night – Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1. Vincent Cassell plays the eponymous Mesrine. Both were superb and based on the true story of the French gangster.

I'm going to have to watch La Haine again now as I'd forgotten how good Cassel is.

[beechcustom]

I watched the two Mesrine films the other night – Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1. Vincent Cassell plays the eponymous Mesrine. Both were superb and based on the true story of the French gangster.

I'm going to have to watch La Haine again now as I'd forgotten how good Cassel is.

Great actor, great films. Have you seen him in 'Irreversible'?

[Onelasttime]

Great actor, great films. Have you seen him in 'Irreversible'?

Nope, but I'm going to now

[Ukal]

I watched the two Mesrine films the other night – Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1. Vincent Cassell plays the eponymous Mesrine. Both were superb and based on the true story of the French gangster.

I'm going to have to watch La Haine again now as I'd forgotten how good Cassel is.

Great films indeed

[classics]

Nope, but I'm going to now

I suggest you do not watch it with your other half, the beautiful Monica Bellucci (Cassel former spouse) is in this film but that is not the reason why as I do not want to spoil the film for you.

[beechcustom]

Nope, but I'm going to now

Just to be clear, 'Irreversible' has teeth. It is a very tough watch and is not the type of film to go to casually. However, it is superb and genuinely thought provoking but I wouldn't watch it with an unsuspecting partner unless you were reasonably certain that they are 'extreme cinema' literate so to speak.

[Neil.C]

Saw Welcome To Collinwood the other night.

Enjoyed this tale of a bunch of losers trying to pull off a heist.

Good cast including George Clooney, William H Macy etc and well worth the 90 minutes spent.

I often think films nowadays are bloated and overlong and this was a perfect antidote.

[Ticker]

Another vote for Deadpool here. Watched it last night, Marvel at its best.

[jl smout]

Mr and Mrs Smith.

[PJdB]

John Wick.

Not bad for light entertainment - 6.9/10

[zanderpants]

John Wick was superb fun!

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[snowman]

Elysium - Follow up (but not a sequel) to District 9 (which I think is an excellent film).

I quite enjoyed it, but it did suffer from its Hollywood budget, by comparison with D9.

7/10.

M

[Brighty]

Elysium - Follow up (but not a sequel) to District 9 (which I think is an excellent film).

I quite enjoyed it, but it did suffer from its Hollywood budget, by comparison with D9.

7/10.

M

Love district 9
You seen Chappie?

[Brighty]

Just to be clear, 'Irreversible' has teeth. It is a very tough watch and is not the type of film to go to casually. However, it is superb and genuinely thought provoking but I wouldn't watch it with an unsuspecting partner unless you were reasonably certain that they are 'extreme cinema' literate so to speak.

Yeah, i found irreversible a bit disturbing, if you do watch it, make sure you watch the beginning a 2nd time.

I thought Cassel was good in 'La Haine' not seen that for years, may have to revisit it

[snowman]

Love district 9
You seen Chappie?

No - Reviews seem pretty negative, though.

Is it good?

M

[Brighty]

No - Reviews seem pretty negative, though.

Is it good?

M

I enjoyed it, worth a watch, had a district 9 vibe to it, same comedy S African accents

[snowman]

I enjoyed it, worth a watch, had a district 9 vibe to it, same comedy S African accents

I'll give it a try then - Thanks.

M.

[rdesouza]

Finally got around to seeing The Revenant.
Thought the story was OK and interesting, as it's loosely based on real events, but not riveting.
Cinematography though was outstanding, and above all the performances I thought were excellent.
Solid film - worth watching.

a little long. but the cinematography was outstanding. the sit they had to go through to make it was unbelievable..

[uktotty]

The 33

I had low expectations of this film, but it's really good.
Well worth a watch

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006295/

[Roland]

High Rise (based on the JG Ballard novel).
Wanted to see what director Ben Wheatley could do with a bigger budget, having loved Kill List and Sightseers.
To be honest, I was a little disappointed even though it well cast and well acted. Just didn't feel as sharp as his earlier films.
6 out of 10.

[reggie747]

John Wick.

Not bad for light entertainment - 6.9/10

I thought that was total pants not helped in the least by Keanu being totally devoid of any acting ability sadly....

[snowman]

I thought that was total pants not helped in the least by Keanu being totally devoid of any acting ability sadly....

I think you were expecting a bit much there then

M.

[broona]

Watched Southpaw the other night, derivative Rocky rip-off done very well, enjoyed it way more than I expected.

[Neil.C]

Rescue Dawn on the TV the other night, enjoyed it.

Christian Bale as a US Navy pilot who gets shot down in the early part of the Vietnam war whilst illegally bombing Laos.

Captured and imprisoned, the story centres on his escape.

Based on a true story.

[SimonK]

'My Cousin Vinny' just cropped up on Netflix. Hadn't seen it for 20 years so I thought it was time to give it another look. Still very enjoyable, especially Marisa Tomei. Fun fact: the judge is played by Fred Gwynne - Herman Munster, no less.

[pacifichrono]

I watched an outstanding new film today: Money Monster starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts; directed by Jodie Foster.

[alexaff]

I watched "there will be blood" last night. I've watched a few times but only last night did it dawn on me how good of an actor Daniel day Lewis really is.

Cracking film and even better acting.

Watch it! It's on Netflix now ;)

[SteveR]

'My Cousin Vinny' just cropped up on Netflix. Hadn't seen it for 20 years so I thought it was time to give it another look. Still very enjoyable, especially Marisa Tomei. Fun fact: the judge is played by Fred Gwynne - Herman Munster, no less.

This is brilliant news. One of m pay favourite films that no one I know seems to have seen!

[bornnslippy]

Dirty Grandpa was a good funny watch

[Neil.C]

'My Cousin Vinny' just cropped up on Netflix. Hadn't seen it for 20 years so I thought it was time to give it another look. Still very enjoyable, especially Marisa Tomei. Fun fact: the judge is played by Fred Gwynne - Herman Munster, no less.

Excellent film, always enjoy it.

Fred Gwynne looks like Herman Munster even without the make up!

[jonny]

Dirty Grandpa was a good funny watch

Really?

I thought it was pathetic . Whats happened to Robert De Niro ? He has gone from making some of the best films ever made to crap films nowadays!

[nurek]

Really?

I thought it was pathetic . Whats happened to Robert De Niro ? He has gone from making some of the best films ever made to crap films nowadays!

I agree, he does them on autopilot http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0fde8b0cfa8e1

[astonandy]

In Order of Disappearance - Norwegian black comedy revenge thriller. Thoroughly enjoyable stuff. Clever plot, well acted and well paced. On Netflix at the moment for those that have it. Trailer is here:

http://themoviebox.net/5428

[Wooster]

The Third Man - never watched it until now for some reason. Am I glad to have given it a chance! What an exceptional piece of cinematography!

[Ukal]

Hardcore Henry. Enjoyable action flick. Shot through a first person shoot em up computer game perspective.

Worth a watch if you like gorey video games but can't be bothered to play one :)

[mani]

Jungle book - brings back childhood memories - enjoyable and great one for the kids

[Roland]

Hamilton: in the interests of the nation - enjoyable Swedish Bond/Bourne hybrid
Savage: Irish take on the revenge movie genre

Both enjoyable films can be found on Prime Movies

[seadog1408]

I'll give it a try then - Thanks.

M.

I thought it was totally crap.

[swanbourne]

Zero Dark Thirty, about the hunt for Bin Laden.

Eddie

[Rob153]

Prisoners with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhall- not you're usual Jackman film , all about a child abduction case.
+1 to Zero Dark Thirty- very good film that kept as close to the factual events as possible( not like lone Survivor)

[Brighty]

Angry birds! Kids loved it and i not only tolerated it, i found it quite amusing

Brighty

[geran]

The Brothers Grimsby (comedy) some very funny parts in this film, not one to watch with the kids.

[Tomw2000]

Great thread :).

Recently watched:

Bridge of spies
The Martian
The Revenant
Spotlight.
Hateful 8 - which I've not managed all the way through yet...

I've worked through the last 20 or so pages of this thread - but if anyone can recommend something especially good, it'd be appreciated

Action/thriller/fantasy/adventure/cop/crime - all appeal.

I don't have Sky. But have Netflix and Amazon Prime

[Go Big]

This is brilliant news. One of m pay favourite films that no one I know seems to have seen!

Brilliant film (My Cousin Vinny)

[cinnabull]

Eye in the Sky, Helen Mirrens latest. Its about drones in Africa, killing terrorists, pretty predictable but enjoyable.

Stuart