Weapons … superior horror!
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Yeah I wanna see!
Glad I’m not the only person who felt very underwhelmed when watching The Thing for the first time a year or so ago.
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I remember seeing it (I think just the ‘gory bits’) just after it was out, I would have been 12/13. Someone’s Dad had a pirated VHS copy. After absolutely loving Escape from New York I couldn’t wait to see it, but it was such a let down.
I thought A House Of Dynamite was pretty good. Tight and tense, and doesn’t outstay its welcome. Idris Elba’s appearance as POTUS was slightly distracting but there’s more than a decent enough cast to gloss over that. Anything with Jared Harris in should be mandatory viewing
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Rewatched Broadcast News the other day… Very enjoyable. Though it was at home not in the cinema… Do we need a VHS thread? Anyway. this led to watching a few Albert Brooks movies… He seems pretty underrated and ahead of his time. He might be my new cult hero.
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Holly Hunter in that is one of the great leading lady roles. I love that movie.
If you’re in the Albert Brooks rabbit hole I definitely recommend “Defending Your Life”. It’s one of my favorites, still.
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Plus one for Defending Your Life.
And ‘Lost In America’ too…
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We watched Lost In America that night too funny enough… Is Defending Your Life the mockumentary one about the family ? Thats on the list if so… Seems like he was early on that genre (though I know nothing about films so could be horribly wrong there)…
One of my fave comfort watches. Great chemistry between Julie Hagarty and Albert Brooks.
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Defending Your Life is where Albert’s character dies, and has to defend his actions on earth before he can be reincarnated.
Really great sets in this too.
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Oh that sounds good. Will check it… Thanks!
Went to the Depeche Mode - M concert film last night, shot over 3 days in Mexico. Lovely stuff, lots of not so big songs played.
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Finally got around to seeing this last night. A really well-made and well-acted horror. I would have liked them to explore how Sally Hawkins character first dicovered the ritual, but that aside, I really enjoyed it.
8.5/10
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My wife yesterday: "Shall we go and watch ‘Shut the fuck up’ "
Me: You mean “I Swear”?
Wife: “Oh yeah, that’s it” 
What a fabulous little movie. Heartwarming and inspirational, but i think its greatest achievment will be making the world understand this condition with far more empathy.
9/10
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Saw this last week and couldn’t recommend it enough. Its an essential watch imo. A hard and heartbreaking insight into the asylum process
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Caught Islands on the BFI Player over the weekend. Nothing amazing but it ratchets the tension up really nicely in a sub-Hitchcock way. Leaves you guessing till the end and even then it’s never entirely straightforward whats happened - in a good way
Just seen this is showing at Leeds Film Festival this month.
Looks like its on at the BFI Southbank tomorrow, then Sheffield and a few other places.
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Thanks, just got myself a ticket for tomorrow
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An old friend of mine has directed his first feature film, it’s called DJ Ahmet and it is about a shepherd boy, from a poor Turkish village in Macedonia, who dreams of becoming a DJ.
The movie has been a tremendous success, getting to the heart of many people and also winning many awards. I think they have a distribution for Great Britain.
Here’s the trailer
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