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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
The Shout
That one looks very interesting. Thanks for the recommendation.
Really enjoy the slow burn, tension escalation of British films like that - they can keep it going without getting boring, and rather, become more engaging instead.
Often they are around 90 minutes. Brevity is a virtue!
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
Also reminds me that I need to watch The Devil Rides Out.
I have a whole list of films like that. Night of the Demon from 1957 is based on an MR James story and highly recommended.
If you are into stuff without the supernatural angle, check out See No Evil British film from 1971 with Mia Farrow.
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I'm going to finally watch The Devil Rides Out this weekend.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
supernatural angle
Generally I can only tolerate occult, demonic stuff, but the British folk horror genre has a unique ability to make the supernatural seem naturalistic. Will check those out.
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Can anyone help identify a movie I watched decades ago?
From what I recall it was British, probably 1960s - 1970s, and was a serial killer who strangled women with his ties. There's one scene where he has to climb into a truck and go through potato sacks to locate a victim who has a tie pin which could identify him.
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That looks suitably ludicrous to get my attention.
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Thanks, Mike. We now have our Christmas Slasher movie sorted for this year....
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
Can anyone help identify a movie I watched decades ago?
From what I recall it was British, probably 1960s - 1970s, and was a serial killer who strangled women with his ties. There's one scene where he has to climb into a truck and go through potato sacks to locate a victim who has a tie pin which could identify him.
Hitchock's Frenzy (1972) with Barry Foster & Jon Finch. His penultimate film and great fun.
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@antipodean Sounds like Frenzy.
Edit: I should have read the thread!
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@MiketheSnow brilliant with lines like "Time for some seasons beatings" what is not to like!
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@MN5 There is a documentary that I have been meaning to track down for a few years now
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
It took me a moment - that's Jim the cop from Stranger Things as Santa. Great stuff
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OK so I know that Thor 4 has been looked at before but… I’m a Marvel MCU fan and really like the Thor films, though a little less each time. However, this is the first that I cannot stick and have not seen through. Maybe it improves after the first 20 minutes but by the cringe, it would need to. It seems to me that they’ve looked at all the light hearted bits that worked in Ragnarok and have made a complete dogs arse of a film around that.
0.5 cheeky side eyes to camera out of 5 fucked franchises.
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
OK so I know that Thor 4 has been looked at before but… I’m a Marvel MCU fan and really like the Thor films, though a little less each time. However, this is the first that I cannot stick and have not seen through. Maybe it improves after the first 20 minutes but by the cringe, it would need to. It seems to me that they’ve looked at all the light hearted bits that worked in Ragnarok and have made a complete dogs arse of a film around that.
0.5 cheeky side eyes to camera out of 5 fucked franchises.
Thats disappointing. I loved 1 and 3, and 2 was solid.
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@voodoo said in Movie review thread...:
@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
OK so I know that Thor 4 has been looked at before but… I’m a Marvel MCU fan and really like the Thor films, though a little less each time. However, this is the first that I cannot stick and have not seen through. Maybe it improves after the first 20 minutes but by the cringe, it would need to. It seems to me that they’ve looked at all the light hearted bits that worked in Ragnarok and have made a complete dogs arse of a film around that.
0.5 cheeky side eyes to camera out of 5 fucked franchises.
Thats disappointing. I loved 1 and 3, and 2 was solid.
Thor 1 and 2 are two of the worst Marvel films for me. So even though Love and Thunder isn't as good as Ragnarok I enjoyed it.
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Cry Macho
Probably time to call it a day Clint. Bit of a ho hum, very “nothing” movie in my eyes. Sad to see him looking so frail as well, the lean but strong build is definitely a relic of the past. Pretty far fetched to think the kids HAF Mum would try and seduce him like that ( google tells me there is FIFTY ONE years between the ages of the respective actors ! ) and, yeah everything just kind of ended and that was that !
Henchman: The Al Leong Story (2018) ⭐ 8.3 | Documentary
