What was the last movie you saw?

Foxbat said:
Memory: The Origins of Alien
A feature length documentary on the conception and execution of Alien. If, like me, you’re a fan of the movie, it’s fascinating.
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Yes, I watched this too and it was very good. A movie about a movie.

Another I mentioned some time ago is 'Life After Flash'; a pretty essential movie for anyone who liked the 80s film.
 
THE DESIGNATED VICTIM 1971 - Giallo-style remake of Strangers on A Train with Tomas Milian as an advertising executive meets a rich weirdo who suggests they exchange murders. It doesn't follow Hitchcock closely so it feels more of an original--atmospheric with an interesting score and Venice locations.
 
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940) Hugo Matuschek (Frank Morgan) runs a leather goods shop in Europe, in which two employees are pen pals but do not realize it. They fall in love with each other's pen pal persona, but as coworkers are at odds with each other. Light comedy; 1st time seeing it; fun film.

Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) is the guy, Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) the gal.
 
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AE35Unit said:
Krampus Well that's an hour and half of my life I won't ever get back. They should have made it as an out and out comedy. I mean, being attacked by a nail gun wielding gingerbread man. No way you can take this film seriously lol
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Aww man, I loved Krampus. It has the same feel / balance of horror and comedy as Gremlins.

M. Robert Gibson said:
One Cut Of The Dead A Japanese zombie comedy with a fantastic ending. I was watching for about 10 minutes and it struck me that I hadn't seen a cut, so I rewound (is that the correct verb for a digital offering?) and sure enough, there hadn't been. In fact, the first 30 minutes or so was done in one take. The rest of the film is a flashback to the run-up to the first part.
I won't give any spoilers, and if anyone decides to watch it, I recommend avoiding any spoilers

However, here's the top review on IMDB, which sums it up nicely
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OCOTD is just fantastic. Agree on knowing as little as possible going into it. Fab film.
 
Jeffbert said:
VAMPYR (1932) I may have dozed-off occasionally, or perhaps have been distracted, because I could not make sense out of this film. The 1st half was o.k., but the end left me scratching my head.
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It's been 40+ years since I watched it but you pretty much sum up my memory of the experience. I've since recorded it a couple of times but never get around to watching it again. Still, I recall it as beautifully atmospheric and supposedly based on or inspired by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's "Carmilla" though I'd be at a loss to say how.


It Comes at Night (2017) dir. Troy Edward Shults; starring Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbot; Carmen Ejogo; Riley Keough

What is it with all these movies that were prescient about pandemic? This one is a bit vague on that, though we see Ejogo's father die, blistered by the disease and spitting up motor oil.

A family that's run from the infection in the city shelters -- really, hides -- in a country home until another family comes along, apparently free of the illness. They join forces and for a time it's good. But you can't outrun illnesses.

I'm coming to acquaint Edgerton with movies that are a bit of a downer -- Loving, Midnight Special -- which is probably unfair, but his recurring expression is hangdog with the world on his shoulders. Anyway, a good, spare, stark movie, but not an optimistic one.
 
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CONSTANTINE (2005)
Kienu Reeves as a demon hunter. Not bad. Though he only seems to have one look throughout the film, a kind of noncommital blankness. And it seemed the mikes weren't working in this film. I had to put the subs on to get what they were saying. Mumble mumble Mumble...
 
DOGMA (1999)
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as fallen angels trying to get back into heaven at all costs. Also has Jay and Silent Bob (who speaks!) Alan Rickman and Alanis Morisette as god. Brilliant
 
THE CONSPIRATORS (1944) Another with both Greenstreet & Lorre. Set during WWII & in neutral Portugal, & as I recall, Ben M. said it was an attempt to bring together the major cast from Casablanca, & make another hit, etc., But without Bogart. Instead, the guy who got the girl in Casablanca, Paul Henreid portrays Vincent Van Der Lyn, a saboteur destroying various targets in WWII Europe. When he learns his identity has been exposed, he must flee to England, via Portugal. Another great supporting cast, and not just Lorre & Greenstreet!

Greenstreet is the head of a group of resistance fighters, who must work in conflict with the authorities, because of the nation's neutrality. Lorre is also in the group.




I still have at least one more Greenstreet film.
 
BARABBAS 1961 - Story of the thief spared in place of Jesus and the weird experiences that follow him. The creepiest scene is where he meets Lazarus who is like a zombie in appearance. He later gets sent to sulfur mines and becomes a gladiator (the most chaotic and nightmarish depiction of arena combat I have seen in a movie). Interestingly, the christians come across as anarchists against the state---someone says they want to burn down the old world--somehow it echoes in the present state of affairs. I hate "time of Jesus" Christian movies (the Silver Chalice etc..so boring and preachy) but the two I can watch now and then are Ben-Hur and this one.
 
Yeah, KGeo, I feel the same about biblical movies. I wouldn't have seen this one unless Anthony Quinn was the titled character.
 
The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

It's impressive that Peter Jackson was able to pull such a large book together into a coherent film, and greatly impressive that it's such a good film. It looks super and the characters are well-portrayed. If you forget that they didn't put Tom Bombardil in (best thing for it), or that such-and-such bit of dialogue is slightly different or whatever, this is an extremely good film. It looks far more convincing and three-dimensional than most fantasy films, and never feels superficial. A few moments of CGI haven't aged terribly well, but overall it's hardly dated at all. Superb.
 
Toby Frost said:
The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

It's impressive that Peter Jackson was able to pull such a large book together into a coherent film, and greatly impressive that it's such a good film. It looks super and the characters are well-portrayed. If you forget that they didn't put Tom Bombardil in (best thing for it), or that such-and-such bit of dialogue is slightly different or whatever, this is an extremely good film. It looks far more convincing and three-dimensional than most fantasy films, and never feels superficial. A few moments of CGI haven't aged terribly well, but overall it's hardly dated at all. Superb.
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I was less concerned that they get the details of LOTR right than that they capture the feel and tone of the books. Jackson did just that.
 
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