What was the last movie you saw?

[KGeo777]

Invasion of the Bee Girls 1973 --as silly as I remember it to be. I am surprised people kept a straight face as much as they did.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Hobson's Choice

A great b&w adaptation with the inimitable Charles Laughton as the miserly father and John Mills as the timid cobbler. A very enjoyable 2 hour watch, courtesy of that tremendous tv channel 'Talking Pictures'.

 

[Jeffbert]

There is, indeed, a sequel to In the Heat of the Night called They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! - Wikipedia

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It was followed by another sequel called The Organization.

The Organization (film) - Wikipedia

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DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) Insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) and Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) plot to murder her husband, and, because it will appear to be an accident, collect the insurance money and live high on the hog (or whatever was the appropriate cliche).

It may be my bias, I admit no particular interest in Fred M, but to me, Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) was the most interesting character. His were the best lines, emotionally delivered, etc., & so on.

His line about his little man that turns his stomach into knots when he hears a phony claim was really good. But when he told the boss about the company being sunk, & must pay the claim, that was intense.

Yet, his little man was duped, until he had this talk with the boss, which was centered on the unlikeness of a suicide by jumping off the train moving at only 15 MPH.

Pure NOIR!

 

[Stephen Palmer]

An American Werewolf In London.
- it's been quite a few years since I saw this, but it's still terrific. The London underground scenes are gripping! Unforgettable. Still stands up as a great watch.

 

[alexvss]

The Salvation (2014). Western story with Mads Mikelsen, Eva Green and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It's a pretty straighfoward revenge plot: the brother of an oil tycoon kills the wife and son of a Danish immigrant; the immigrant kills the guy; the brother wants to kill the immigrant. The only thing that differs this from other Westerns is the Danish immigrantion backstory, which actually happened after they lost a war to the Germans. Not a masterpiece, but still worth the 90 minutes.

 

[Phyrebrat]

An American Werewolf In London.
- it's been quite a few years since I saw this, but it's still terrific. The London underground scenes are gripping! Unforgettable. Still stands up as a great watch.

I do love that sequence. I have watched in on pause to make out the Tube ads. So nostalgic.

 

[KGeo777]

Rewatch: The White Warrior 1959 -- Steve Reeves is a muslim (his tribe is referred to as "the caucasians") fighting the Russians in the time of Nicholas the First. This was a film re-edited for Hollywood release. Narration seemed a rush job and they must have cut some scenes to trim the running time.

 

[iarangeg4e]

Watched the horror movie Hereditary
I liked it very much.

 

[CupofJoe]

Super [2010 James Gunn]
An early James Gunn feature film but with a lot of his family of actors.
It is another take on the Amateur Superhero troop.
An average Guy to avenge the loss of his wife to "Jacques" and with the bit of help from messages from "god" becomes... The Crimson Bolt!!!
By day he is a Short Order Cook. By night he fights crime [mainly by hitting the bad guys in the head with a large wrench].
Ellen Page [as they were then] becomes his slightly less sane sidekick.
Throw in a drug dealer and mayhem and death ensures.
There are similarities to Kick Ass. But while that film was all metropolitan and neon, this is more suburban, and less comic book [in some ways, and while comic books are intrinsic to the plot].
It is a very dark comedy which is irreligious, profane and very graphically violent.
I can't say I recommend it but it was worth watching.

 

[JunkMonkey]

Super [2010 James Gunn]
An early James Gunn feature film but with a lot of his family of actors.
It is another take on the Amateur Superhero troop.
An average Guy to avenge the loss of his wife to "Jacques" and with the bit of help from messages from "god" becomes... The Crimson Bolt!!!
By day he is a Short Order Cook. By night he fights crime [mainly by hitting the bad guys in the head with a large wrench].
Ellen Page [as they were then] becomes his slightly less sane sidekick.
Throw in a drug dealer and mayhem and death ensures.
There are similarities to Kick Ass. But while that film was all metropolitan and neon, this is more suburban, and less comic book [in some ways, and while comic books are intrinsic to the plot].
It is a very dark comedy which is irreligious, profane and very graphically violent.
I can't say I recommend it but it was worth watching.

If for nothing else the chance to see Nathan Fillion's very funny turn as "The Holy Avenger". I would recommend it... whilst simultaneously being not sure if I ever want to watch it again.

 

[Toby Frost]

The Crow (1994). A man and his fiancée are brutally murdered in Devil's night, Hallowen's Eve. One year later, the man is resurrected by a crow, and he wants revenge. Although pretty straightforward, the story keeps you hooked. I had some issues with it though: the protagonist is too strong, and you know a character is there just to become hostage.

I agree: it was hugely popular when I was at uni (or perhaps that was just because my friends were goths), but it always felt like a goth version of Robocop, which was more entertaining. I'd be interested to see if it holds up still. There's something very 1990s about the Nine Inch Nails.

 

[Jeffbert]

THE LAST GANGSTER (1937) Mob boss Joe Krozac (Edward G. Robinson) marries Talya (Rose Stradner) who believes he is just a businessman, fathers a son, and goes to prison. When his wife comes to visit him, he shows no interest in her, but only in the infant son. Eventually, reporter Paul North (James Stewart) wins her affection, despite his initial interest was only a hot news item.

When Boss Krozac is released, he returns to his gang, expecting respect, but finds the opposite. His old lieutenant known as Curly (Lionel Stander; lent his voice to Buzz Buzzard) believes that he had stashed away millions during his time as boss, and wants it. The gang Kidnaps the son, who is now 10 years old, and has come to believe that North is his father, and has no knowledge of Krozac. An odd reuniting of father & son, papa insisting the boy is his son, the boy believing otherwise. The gang threatening to torture the boy, if papa refuses to tell where the money is stashed.

I can see why Robinson wanted to leave behind those gangster roles.

 

[REBerg]

The Adam Project
Watchable time-traveling film. Maybe a little too quippy to be as clever as it wanted to be.
Watchable family fare, although I'd probably rate it PG-13 for language.

 

[pogopossum]

THE COCOANUTS

I wanted good solid Marx Brothers craziness. Had never seen it. Disappointed as it was a melange of jokes, goofing around, musical numbers and production numbers interrupting each other. And the jokes and routines are surpassed in the other Marxism.
My wife did comment that the overhead shots of the dance numbers were beautiful. They certainly were way ahead of their before Busby Berkeley time.

I know that it was based on a George Kauffman Broadway show with Irving Berlin songs.
That accumulation was such a hodgepodge that I almost turned it off. Almost got funny, then got away.
I guess that 93 years old was just a little too much for me.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Maniac (1963)

One of Hammer's mini-Hitchcocks. Set in the south of France, which makes for some great scenes of the rugged landscape.

Starts with an intense pre-title sequence of a fifteen-year-old schoolgirl being raped, and her father killing the rapist with a blowtorch. After this brutal opening, we see the arrival of an American painter at the bar run by the victim's stepmother four years later. He starts a romance with the girl. Since this is 1963, they have to do the Twist together. Stepmom cuts this off pretty quickly and begins an affair with guy herself.

The plot gets going when stepmom gets the American to help her husband escape from an asylum. The plan is that Dad will go off somewhere with his daughter, and stepmom will be with her new lover. Let's just say that not everything is what it seems, and the plot twists comes hot and heavy.

Nicely filmed in black-and-white, the way the film constantly fools the viewer is enjoyable, even if contrived.

 

[KGeo777]

Two Sons of Ringo 1966 - comedy western starring the team of Franco and Ciccio who I think I last saw in a spy spoof which also had George Hilton-(as 007)-here he is playing Joe, an Eastwood-type character. Has some amusing parts but as before, Franco's facial expressions might wear you out.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry (2010)

Documentary about Spanish horror king Paul Naschy (Jacinto Molina.) It's pretty much a celebration of his life and work. Many of the interviews with various folks who worked with him are in Spanish, unsurprisingly, so I hope you know the language or like subtitles.

 

[Guttersnipe]

The Batman (2022): I loved this film. I like how the Riddler was a lot like Jigsaw. The background score is amazing. Pattinson did a good job. I liked the fact that he was so somber even when he wasn't masked.

 

[Guttersnipe]

Black Bear (2020): I didn't really understand this movie, but the actors were great.

 

[Jeffbert]

SCARECROW (1973) Max Millan (Gene Hackman) & Francis Delbuchi (Al Pacino) are hitchhiking and are competing for rides. Eventually they become friends, and decide to go to each others' destinations. A film that seemed to have no particular plot, just these two guys trying to reach these destinations, and experiencing things both good and bad, just as jail.