What was the last movie you saw?

[JunkMonkey]

There's a Girl in my Soup (1970) - a very long unfunny 90 minutes. But I did learn something; Thorley Walters does a very bad French accent.

 

[KGeo777]

BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN is an interesting one.



YOUR SWEET BODY TO KILL 1970. I thought George Ardisson did a very convincing job as the neurotic hallucinating protagonist--he's the aristocratic but poor husband of a domineering wealthy business woman and he has visions of killing her in gleeful ways. When he learns she is having an affair with her doctor, he blackmails the guy into killing her and depositing the body parts in two black suitcases which he intends to dispose of in an acid pit in Tangier. But the suitcases get mixed up and he has to track down three women who could have the one with the missing body parts. The plot was like something Hitchcock might have done although it is more complex since the line between reality and delusion is blurred.

 

[Matteo]

Ken Russell made some hokey films back in the day, not without flashes of weird brilliance.
I took a girl to see Gothic as a first date. She was unimpressed.

Was there a second date?

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Dixie Ray: Hollywood Star (1982)

Pretty effective pastiche of 1940's private eye fiction, as the 'tec gets mixed up in a case involving murder and blackmail. The gimmick? It's an "adult" film. Also available in a censored, R-rated version called It's Called "Murder," Baby.

 

[hitmouse]

Was there a second date?

Yep. I took her to see Crimes of Passion, which she disliked almost as much. In my defence it looked like a decent film with Kathleen Turner and Anthony Hopkins. We parted ways after that.

For next gf I took the easy road and stuck to Almodovar.

Ah, the 1980s.

 

[Matteo]

I wouldn't class Almodovar as "easy" but I'm guessing it got you to at least a third date...

 

[Starbeast]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Stars Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut & Teri Garr. For me, this is the best friendly aliens visiting Earth movie ever made. The day we make contact, face to face. A fun movie for me to see again. Nice to see a very young actor, Lance Henriksen. Also amazing to see, Dr J. Allen Hynek in this movie. Originally he was a UFO debunker working for the US government, but after a few years he became a believer and hard core researcher on Ufology.

Rocky (1976) - Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire & Burt Young, Burgess Meredith & Carl Withers. Written by Sylvester Stallone. Awesome drama about a man named, Rocky Balboa who wants to be professional boxer. By a stroke of luck, he gets the chance of a life time, an invitation to fight the world heavy weight champion, Apollo Creed. An inspiring film I had to see again.

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - Stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher & Sir Alec Guinness. A farmer follows his destiny and becomes a Jedi Knight, rescues a princess and battles against the evil Empire from taking over the Galaxy. Best science fiction adventure film of all time! In my opinion.


Yes. I have been re-watching many of my favorite movies lately.

 

[Starbeast]

Personal Peter Cushing Film Festival


Horror Express (1972 - original Spain title Panico en el Transiberiano) - Stars Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas & Alberto de Mendoza. This movie was inspired by the 1938 novella, Who Goes There? authored by John W. Campbell. Basically, an English anthropologist discovers a frozen humanoid in the mountains of Manchuria, China. He brings the thing back to Europe aboard a trans-Siberian express. However, the creature comes to life and stealthfully moves about killing chosen victims. Creepy cool sci-fi horror flick, set in 1906.

A Chump at Oxford (1940) - Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy & Forrester Harvey. With Peter Cushing in a minor role. In this hilarious outing for the duo, they accidentally foil a bank robbery. The bank manager rewards them by giving them a college education at England's Oxford University. Students (including Mr Cushing) see the two bumbling Americans arrive and decide to play pranks on them. This was a great treat for me to watch after so many years. One of Laurel & Hardy's best IMO.

Dr Who and the Daleks (1965) - Stars Peter Cushing, Roy Castle & Jennie Linden. An eccentric scientist named, Dr Who, just completed his time and space machine, the TARDIS. It is accidentally activated and he with his companions travel to, Skaro, a radioactive war torn planet. They meet two races, the benevolent Thal and malevolent Daleks. A wonderful sci-fi adventure film.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Personal Peter Cushing Film Festival


Horror Express (1972 - original Spain title Panico en el Transiberiano) - Stars Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas & Alberto de Mendoza. This movie was inspired by the 1938 novella, Who Goes There? authored by John W. Campbell. Basically, an English anthropologist discovers a frozen humanoid in the mountains of Manchuria, China. He brings the thing back to Europe aboard a trans-Siberian express. However, the creature comes to life and stealthfully moves about killing chosen victims. Creepy cool sci-fi horror flick, set in 1906.

A Chump at Oxford (1940) - Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy & Forrester Harvey. With Peter Cushing in a minor role. In this hilarious outing for the duo, they accidentally foil a bank robbery. The bank manager rewards them by giving them a college education at England's Oxford University. Students (including Mr Cushing) see the two bumbling Americans arrive and decide to play pranks on them. This was a great treat for me to watch after so many years. One of Laurel & Hardy's best IMO.

Dr Who and the Daleks (1965) - Stars Peter Cushing, Roy Castle & Jennie Linden. An eccentric scientist named, Dr Who, just completed his time and space machine, the TARDIS. It is accidentally activated and he with his companions travel to, Skaro, a radioactive war torn planet. They meet two races, the benevolent Thal and malevolent Daleks. A wonderful sci-fi adventure film.

I went to the Laurel & Hardy museum in Ulverston (where Stan was born). The owner (a very nice gentleman) took me on a tour and played a few short movies. And when he asked if I had any questions? 'Could Stan really wiggle his ears like he does in 'A Chump'? The answer was (disappointingly) 'no'.

 

[JunkMonkey]

Up in the Air (2009) - "American comedy drama film" which despite the presence of the always watchable George Clooney had me checking the elapsed time on my player several times wondering how much longer it was going to go on for. I did stick to the end but it was a very long 109 minutes.

 

[Vince W]

Fall Guy (2024). A mockumentary on the making of the up coming film Lost Lands. If you’re looking for a fun film look elsewhere.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Fall Guy (2024). A mockumentary on the making of the up coming film Lost Lands. If you’re looking for a fun film look elsewhere.

I only watched up to seeing if they played the excellent 'Fall Guy' theme tune.

They didn't (bizarrely).

Why wouldn't you use one of the greatest theme tunes ever written?

 

[KGeo777]

FAREWELL MY LOVELY - 1975 - Robert Mitchum is good as Phillip Marlowe with Charlotte Rampling (doing a convincing American accent) and a quick appearance by Sylvester Stallone. The pieces are more interesting than the whole.

 

[AE35Unit]

Salem's Lot (2024)
Not a bad remake really. Certainly miles better than that David Soul vehicle

 

[Jeffbert]

Hips, Hips, Hooray (1934) Two men selling flavored lipstick from a suitcase cause trouble for the brick & mortar business across the street.

Andy Williams (Bert Wheeler) & Dr. Bob Dudley (Robert Woolsey) meet Daisy Maxwell (Dorothy Lee) who works in the brick & mortar business.

8/10; these guys are really funny!

 

[Jeffbert]

Being There (1979) another of the 100 most significant political movies. So, this illiterate gardener's boss dies, & he is tossed out into the cold. By a series of chance meetings, he ends up in the home of a political big shot, & people actually turn to him for advice about things of which he is ignorant.

Chance the gardener (Peter Sellers), whom others misidentify as Chauncy Gardener, a man of wisdom. Ben Rand (Melvyn Douglas) & wife Eve (Shirley MacLaine) really believe this guy knows his stuff; they even convince the President (Jack Warden) & even Soviet Ambassador Vladimir Skrapinov (Richard Basehart).

It was a slow, 7/10

 

[Chris von shannow]

zone 44 load of tosh

 

[JunkMonkey]

Being There (1979) another of the 100 most significant political movies. So, this illiterate gardener's boss dies, & he is tossed out into the cold. By a series of chance meetings, he ends up in the home of a political big shot, & people actually turn to him for advice about things of which he is ignorant.

Chance the gardener (Peter Sellers), whom others misidentify as Chauncy Gardener, a man of wisdom. Ben Rand (Melvyn Douglas) & wife Eve (Shirley MacLaine) really believe this guy knows his stuff; they even convince the President (Jack Warden) & even Soviet Ambassador Vladimir Skrapinov (Richard Basehart).

It was a slow, 7/10

Do NOT bother with the book.

 

[Toby Frost]

FAREWELL MY LOVELY - 1975 - Robert Mitchum is good as Phillip Marlowe with Charlotte Rampling (doing a convincing American accent) and a quick appearance by Sylvester Stallone. The pieces are more interesting than the whole.

I really like this film. Mitchum is probably too old but he plays the role well, the film looks great and the fact it was made in the 70s means that it can be as sleazy and violent as the book, without the mannered acting of the 1940s.

 

[Qaraq1001]

Just saw A Complete Unknown, about the early groundbreaking years of Bob Dylan. This could have been cringeworthy, but they got so many things right, the acting was superb and talented, and the testament to Dylan's songwriting genius and difficult personality was so entertaining that I loved it. I'm a Timothy Chalamet fan (he went to the high school where I taught) so i was impressed with his mastery of guitar picking, harmonica playing and singing along with his acting chops.