What was the last movie you saw?

I think I saw Timerunners and apparently it was forgettable enough to forget. . But, Official Denial 1994 I somehow missed which is unusual for a SF flick - and it's about Grey aliens showing up, with a nice twist and a reasonable ending for a change.
 
What is it? What, was the Force sleeping? If its SW, ST, or DW, I haven't a clue.
Up tonite is one called Night Skies 2007.
12 Angry Men was very enjoyable, haven't seen it for decades. Must be rare to have a movie happen in one room, but the quality of the actors more than makes up for anything.
 
J Riff said:
12 Angry Men was very enjoyable, haven't seen it for decades. Must be rare to have a movie happen in one room, but the quality of the actors more than makes up for anything.
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There's also a recent Russian remake, I think it's just called '12'. From what I remember, that was pretty good, too.
 
That's hard to find - The Independent 2000, but it sure looks good.
Wowee, a new one - Lake Erie... which I lived on the shore of... right near the wreckage of the Al Capone casino, underground railway, etc. - is a SF horror movie... and it looks like my old front yard! Can't wait.
 
Catching Fire("Hunger Games").
Jen Lawrence impressed me,as did Don Sutherland.
Very enjoyable,and the dystopia is chilling.
GOOD,GOOD sequel to the first one.
 
Hatchet (2006) Excellent horror movie tribute to "madman killer" flicks.

Hatchet II (2010) Surprisingly good sequel which picks up after the first one perfectly.

Hatchet III (2013) Outstanding finish that completes this trilogy.

Martian (2015) Too dull and predicable for me.

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Outstanding, and a great updated version of the original comic book tale.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) I haven't rewatched this classic in a while. One of Jim Carry's best movies.

House of a 1000 Corpses (2003) I had to see this again (after so long) for that great start in the film (plus the extras - like the menu screen). This movie had a great potential to be better, but it does have it's moments, and has a nice eerie atmosphere, like an old adult underground comic book. Mr Zombie still made a terrific effort for his first film.

American Movie (1999) Superb documentary about a struggling man, who wants to make gritty dramas and horror movies. I had to see this film again, and again with audio commentary.

MST3K: Santa Claus (1959) Another rewatch. Strange, but fun movie to see Santa outwit a demon during X-mas eve.

Hobo With a Shotgun (2011) Awesome, over-the-top vigilante flick, filmed like an old 1970's violent crime movie. Vivid technicolor and actor Rutger Hauer, makes this one the best independent horror films, I've ever seen.
 
Hah! Though I've watched it a few dozen times; I haven't seen Harold and Maude for years and years.

I caught the last half on the tele there, and it was chopped into tiny bits; but that movie is still priceless.

Additionally, en situ, the Central California coastline, and the Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk amusement park are me old stomping grounds... and a Jaguar Hearse is still my dream car.

The only time that I really loved the music of Cat Stevens, long before he became yusif von islamheimer, or whatever.

Actually, any hot-blooded, head-banging boy, there in the mid seventies, who wanted to get laid, had a couple of Cat Stevens LP's in the arsenal.... (that and Fleetwood Mac "Rumours." And the ****ing Eagles, man

Nonetheless, still an insanely great movie.
 
Well, Lake Eerie 2015 turns out to be about an



attractive girls anEgyptian curse, a nether realm, two girls who battle the demons .... a sensitive artist trapped in an unknown place, only able to communicate through a radio... and etc. Not terribly eerie, more dark n' gloomy, but not everyone dies, so...

Night Skies -- is almost The Phoenix Incident... including the TV clip of McAin at the beginning... and it's Grey aliens... flying over Phoenix... and our loutish characters, lost in Arizona in a huge Landrover. They crash, get stupider and eventually the Greys grab them, wrap them in super-spaghetti of some kind, and perform the horrible experiments that they are known for. Then, it ends. Good makeup on the Greys, they are getting a bad rep, which is suspicious, I think... they leave the MC alive, so... ah nevermind. Not bad, very blatantly stupid jokes, seen worser
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Finally got around to seeing Spectre. Where's the off color humor, where's the good story lines, where is James Bond. It's all in the scripting and that has been lacking since the excellent Casino Royale. And two and a half hours? My rating: Meh.
 
Android Cop 2015 yes, there is a twist. Our main cop is an old-school tough guy, the android is a handsome bot, heavily armed and logical and the twist is, yup you guessed it.
Spectre... can't rtemember the plot, already. All action thrillers seem interchangeable these days. Meh2.
 
Another new SF flim - Terminus. Darkish, with gloomy soundtrack... an alien amoeba lands... movie characters defy odds like crazy, beat each other up, shoot, are shot by MIBs etc. - but all the amoeba does is repair damaged organs and replace amputated limbs. Tisn't clear what ... or ... uh, but they build this big barrel thing... and the amoeba goes in there with the MC and his GF...at the end.. and they.... errr.... I'm not sure. I tried skimming back thru the flick, but could not really figure it out. One good line tho - 'Who knew that God was an amoeba?'
 
Exposed. - an excellent example of when a movie gets destroyed by movie companies who don't trust the director. Ouch 2/10
 
Is that the 2011 K Reeves movie? One more cop movie that dint make an impression here either. Always looking for any good Heist movies though... there's a Wiki page with a list of 200 or so.
 
Interstellar (2014). Weird flick from the Nolan boys. A kind of 2001 in which we trade a monolith trigger for an ecological collapse trigger. For the bulk of it, it was punching most every button I had and I was thinking it was one of my favorite movies ever and was even willing to overlook some weirdness but then they pulled out some conventional plotting/characterization and the "homage" to 2001 got a little too overt and, of course, I didn't really care for the... well, it might be a spoiler.
The time travel stuff. It was pretty obvious and I don't like that sort of thing generally, anyway.
That said, it was still a fascinating movie for the most part that hits some great notes and has some great visuals and even the stuff I didn't like works thematically, I guess. I'll give it another try and see if I think the tradeoffs are worth it but it ain't the film it felt like it ought to have been.

Also dunno what's going on with this Matt Damon binge. I'm not a fan, as such, and it's sheer coincidence but he's been in about 3 of the last 6 flicks I've seen in the past little while (Martian, Bourne Identity, Interstellar). All interesting to great flicks, at least.
 
The Puppet Masters - based on the Robert Heinlein novel about an invasion of aliens that take over human hosts. A familiar trope these days but, like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a then contemporary chilling and newish metaphor for The Red Menace, or Government Brainwashing, or whatever. [Insert Your Favourite Paranoia Here]. The 1994 film is not bad. But it didn't set my pulse pounding or give me the willies. It got dreadful write-ups at the time of its release but its a workmanlike, if routine, piece of mid 50s SF. The only real problem with it is it was bought to the screen 40 years too late.
 
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