branie2 wrote: » Have you seen the 1962 version of Cape Fear?
johnny_ultimate wrote: » Ema - perhaps lacks the central hook of some of Larrain’s previous films such as No, Tony Manero, Jackie and Neruda. It doesn’t all work, and it took me a while to fully tune into what the director was trying to do. But when it pop, you better believe it pops: a vivid meeting of dance, sex and flame-throwing, with a central character learning to navigate and control her emotional and physical states-of-being. Fair play to Mubi for offering it free to all. Less fair play for making me go out of my way to watch it before it expired… only for it to pop up as the daily movie at midnight anywayCape Fear - a film that has been to some degree eternally undermined by The Simpsons, but don’t let that put you off. Sure, it’s hard to completely tune into the film when that Bernard Hermann score inevitably reminds you of Sideshow Bob stepping on rakes. But thankfully there are many other pleasures here, as Scorsese goes full pulp. Top-tier Marty? Nope, but it has the artful extra care you don’t get in most genre fiction. Schoonmaker’s editing hits like a brick as always, and Scorsese himself gleefully ramps up the stakes until we get to a memorably lurid final sequence that boasts some of cinema’s most impressively exaggerated storm effects. A young Juliette Lewis and a ‘full ham’ Robert De Niro particularly impress out of the main cast. But kudos to a game Gregory Peck for showing up for a super-fun cameo that plays out like an amusingly grotesque parody of his own work in To Kill A Mockingbird.Selah and the Spades - Tayarisha Poe’s film has style to spare: the film is absolutely loaded with smart and imaginative visual ideas, while the soundtrack exudes effortless cool. Other parts left me cold, though: its determinedly dispassionate high school / drug thriller tone exists in the same general ballpark as Rian Johnson’s Brick, but feels even chillier and never quite settles in the same way. It’s an undeniably impressive statement-of-intent from Poe, but it’s a film I found easy to admire and difficult to love.The Servant - Joseph Losey’s 1963 feature recounts the misadventures of a newly-hired manservant (an astoundingly good Dirk Bogarde, oozing charisma and understated menace) engaged in the months-long trolling of his arrogant, lazy new employer (James Fox). A supremely playful take on traditional class and power structures being gradually dismantled, until they’re straight-up tossed in the meat grinder for a deliciously scuzzy feast of sex, shouting and psychological collapse.
barrymanilow wrote: » It managed to honor its origin but be a good film in its own right.
mikemac2 wrote: » The Last thing he wanted It starts in an interesting way with two journalists in Nicaragua during a civil war. Death squads are on the government side and they were getting covert support from the Reagan administration to wipe out guerrillas. Looks good so far
Statutory Ape wrote: » Do The Right Thing. Spike Lee's directorial debut that I hadn't watched in over 20 years is still an enthralling piece of work. Centered around an Italian American pizzeria in a tough section of Brooklyn during a sweltering summers day, it is as topical today as it ever was. Racial tensions, police brutality and climate change are all touched upon at various levels. A great soundtrack, snappy dialogue, it actually delivers a powerful message without ever moving into preachy territory. The only real criticism I have is Spike Lee himself taking a central role, he has no screen presence and carries pretty much the same dead eyed expression throughout. Still, a really enjoyable slice of grit and its given me a hankering to take a dive into some of his other works. 8/10
Fysh wrote: » Ooh, thanks for mentioning this, I've been waiting for him to do something else since first seeing and really liking Antiviral (which if you haven't seen it, is great and very Cronenbergian).
shrapnel222 wrote: » just watched Possessor. New film by Brandon Cronenberg, son of David. Well it's fair to say the apple didn't fall far from the tree. great fuc ked up film to say the least. Another nutjob to follow!!!!
loyatemu wrote: » she's one of the scientists from the future sent back to get a sample of the virus, so effectively Cole succeeded in his mission (even though he died in the previous scene and the rogue virologist seemed to have escaped).
darced wrote: » What was the twist?
loyatemu wrote: » Watching a few old movies with the kids recently:12 Monkeys - for obvious reasons, still great, probably Gilliam's best. To my (now) eternal shame I'd never noticed the twist in the very last scene ("I'm in insurance") until watching it this time What was the twist?
PTH2009 wrote: » Watched a movie called 'Rock star' which stars Mark Warburg and Jennifer Aniston. From 2001 Story is a bit meh but the music is goodhttps://youtu.be/-NIXXXzzyiY
mikhail wrote: » Interesting to see Mann chasing Chinese money earlier than most, or at least that's what I take the fact that the love interests in both Blackhat and Miami Vice are both played by Chinese actresses to mean. Maybe he just has a thing for Asian women.
Dades wrote: » Blackhat Ran across this on Netflix, seemed to tick all the boxes (big name star and director). It started well enough, but the final third was a bit daft with our hacker suddenly turning into John McClane.
