| Film 2025 17:13 - Jan 10 with 43811 views | E17hoop |
To save polluting the TV thread, I thought I'd start a thread for the films we've seen this year.
I saw A Real Pain the other day and it's a really nicely put together piece by Jesse Eisenberg. It unpeels like an onion, with each layer getting closer to the central pint. Good film.
Babygirl could have been so much better. Nicole Kidman does well but it all feels a bit 'off'.
Rewatched Anatomy of a Fall the other day - brilliant. |  |
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| Film 2025 on 10:11 - Jun 3 with 2188 views | ChrisNW6 |
Watched Memoir of a Snail recently which was amazing and I think it's streaming now. Definitely not aimed at kids, with some dark but ultimately uplifting story telling. Highly recommended. |  | | |
| Film 2025 on 10:16 - Jun 3 with 2177 views | robith |
| Film 2025 on 20:01 - May 23 by simmo |
I haven't seen any of the MI films since number 2 but keen to watch the last one in the cinema so watched Fallout, what a brilliant action film, all around great stuff. Going to try and watch Dead Reckoning tonight but these 3hr run times are killer...
+1 for Sinners, absolutely loved it. That one scene - you'll know which one - was incredible.
I'm trying to get to 100 films this year, currently on 45 but flagging... |
Love that. I try to listen to 100 new albums each year. Really focuses me to engage in something I love |  | | |
| Film 2025 on 10:17 - Jun 3 with 2174 views | robith |
Watched the new Captain America as it's now on disney.
Barely a film. A collection of scenes stuck together with sellotape. You can tell all the people cut or added, it's just a mess. And to top it all off, the only good thing about it was ruined by being in the bloody trailer | | | |
| Film 2025 (n/t) on 18:29 - Jun 3 with 2030 views | johann28 |
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| Film 2025 on 18:31 - Jun 3 with 2028 views | johann28 |
| Film 2025 on 08:32 - Feb 28 by PlanetHonneywood |
The Brutalist
First time since I used to go with my mates of a Saturday morning to the cinema in South Harrow in the early 70s, that there's been a break halfway through!
And boy, do you need it because it's way too long. Which is a shame as I think the film loses something as a result.
However, I wouldn't advise against seeing it, just bring a yoga mat to stretch at half time and some sarnies for the journey home as you'll be ravinous from being away from food for so long. Also, if you go during daylight hours, bring sunglasses so you're not startled upon exiting the cinema after several hours of light depravation.
Needless to say, a tactical nudge from Mrs PH was required as I threatened to go from dozing off to deep sleep via snoring. But, it's not a problem as I caught up with what I'd missed within a couple of hours. |
Agree. Yeah, I'm in. This is an austere, novelistic, self-consciously important film that unfurls in a measured sprawl over 3 hours, but nonetheless exerts an iron grip throughout. It mulls on some weighty themes of Jewish identity, the immigrant experience, privilege, culture-versus-commerce, the thin lines between inspiration and insanity, ambition and crushing egotism, creativity and compromise, architectural integrity, the arrogant insularity of privilege and the long reach of the past. The result is a very impressive, serious piece about a man of genius who gets to taste the American Dream but also feel the stinging humiliation of a conditional welcome that turns ice-cold.
It begins in 1947, as Hungarian-born Jewish architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody, fabulous throughout, brimming with pain and passion in equal measure) spills from the bowels of a teeming ship to eye Ellis Island’s famous statue. From Tóth’s angle, Lady Liberty appears upside down, and America, land of dreams, will prove a frequently topsy-turvy, nauseating experience for Tóth over the next 30 years. Like Corbet’s provocative first two films, (The Childhood Of A Leader and Vox Lux) 'The Brutalist' charts the rise of an enigmatic figure., about which we first we know little other that he awaits the arrival of his wife, Erzsébet (an excellent Felicity Jones when she appears - her role seems almost marginal at first, but her character steadily grows in stature), and his niece, Zsófia, who remain in Europe after the war. But slowly, brick by brick, the pieces are dropped into place, and we learn that Tóth is a celebrated architect of the Bauhaus school. At once ugly and beautiful, the jutting, concrete blocks of his 'Brutalist' structures seek to shape an aesthetic future.
In silence Tóth speaks volumes; a halting, traumatised figure in the first half, whilst by contrast, post-intermission, Tóth’s words escalate and his emotions amplify, uncorked by the arrival of Erzsébet and Zsófia. There’s also the construction of a prodigious building that will serve as auditorium, chapel, library and gymnasium, and the clashes with domineering patron Harrison Van Buren that come with it. Unnerving even when he’s being charming, Van Buren creates a strange push-pull to his relationship with Tóth, currents of admiration and envy, power and disgust swirling beneath the surface. Corbet, perhaps, sees echoes of his own experience — the visionary artist beholden to the whims of myopic moneymen — and then pours cultural prejudice into the mix. For the Van Burens are revealed to be the quintessence of moral corruption bred by wealth and power; (only Harry’s twin sister Maggie seems to value genuine kindness) the film becoming a scathing critique of the ways in which America’s moneyed and privileged class gains cachet through the labour and creativity of immigrants while never considering them equals; despite Harrison’s big pronouncements on the responsibility of the rich to nurture the great artists of their time, he’s a cultural gatekeeper in an exclusionary club. Despising weakness, he ultimately cuts László down to size with a pitilessness that in hindsight seems preordained from their first encounter.
Editor David Jancso threads the sprawling story with a flow that pulls us along nicely, incorporating archival material for historical context. And Lol Crawley’s cinematography is magnificent, never more so than when prowling the mausoleum-like halls of the unfinished project or the tunnels of Carrera. Together with production designer Judy Becker and costumer Kate Forbes, the DP shows a remarkably attentive eye for detail, conjuring the look of mid-century America with a period verisimilitude that feels truly alive - seldom have we been transported to the past so effectively.
A truly awesome film in every respect. | | | |
| Film 2025 on 18:40 - Jun 3 with 1999 views | stevec |
The Salt Path is a low key but very pleasant film to watch. |  | | |
| Film 2025 on 18:40 - Jun 3 with 1998 views | PunteR |
We watched Mission Impossible last week. Terrible film, worst one out of the lot. So much so Tom Cruise almost apologises for it at the start of the film with a little video directed at the audience, which was weird. There's two big action scenes to show off Cruises stunt manoeuvres which were fairly impressive but the bits in between are just nonsense. Someone told me this was filmed during the writers strike , hence the shoddy script.
Simon Pegg had literally nothing to do in the whole film, in fact no one did, apart from Cruise. |  |
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| Film 2025 on 08:40 - Jun 4 with 1896 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Film 2025 on 18:40 - Jun 3 by stevec |
The Salt Path is a low key but very pleasant film to watch. |
Thanks Steve.
I'll watch that. Enjoyed the book. |  |
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| Film 2025 on 08:55 - Jun 4 with 1889 views | SW_Ranger |
| Film 2025 on 18:40 - Jun 3 by stevec |
The Salt Path is a low key but very pleasant film to watch. |
Some time ago Raynor Winn, author of the book, did a tour with folk group ‘The Giggspanner Big Band’ with a mix of her reading extracts from the book intermingled with traditional folk songs from the South-west coastal path by the band of very credible musicians. Was a great watch and listen. Shame some of that music didn’t make it to the film really as it heavily promoted the book at the time. | | | |
| Film 2025 on 09:51 - Jun 4 with 1842 views | 100percent |
I watched 'Touch' at the weekend.
Agree it was quite a beautiful film, captured a lot of emotional longing and lost love.
Very much in the vein of the 'Past Lives' the korean film - which I thought was absolutely amazing.
Also watched 'Boys Cry' the italian film about two young delinquents, growing up on the council estates of Roma/Lazio. Well worth a watch - slightly depressing, but tough and gritty all the same. |  | | |
| Film 2025 on 10:19 - Jun 4 with 1804 views | lightwaterhoop |
| Film 2025 on 08:55 - Jun 4 by SW_Ranger |
Some time ago Raynor Winn, author of the book, did a tour with folk group ‘The Giggspanner Big Band’ with a mix of her reading extracts from the book intermingled with traditional folk songs from the South-west coastal path by the band of very credible musicians. Was a great watch and listen. Shame some of that music didn’t make it to the film really as it heavily promoted the book at the time. |
I was a little disappointed in the film.I felt it could have done with more dialogue and as you
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| Film 2025 on 19:13 - Jun 6 with 1623 views | E17hoop |
The Ballad of Wallis Island is wonderful. A properly feel good film. | |
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| Film 2025 on 19:58 - Jun 7 with 1535 views | Bluce_Ree |
I'm on a decent run of films. As I've watched four good ones in a row.
Until Dawn - horror film based on a game but doesn't go on about it. Decent scares, good story. Liked it.
Sinners - this has been quite popular in the cinema. Really good horror film, only let down by some slow pacing issues.
Die Alone - cheap sort of plant-based zombie film which is elevated by a good story and a decent performance from Carrie-Anne Moss.
Predator: Killer of Killers - I don't like animated films and the Predator series has been shit for the last three films so colour me surprised, but this was really good. |  |
| Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. He runs like a cheetah, his crosses couldn't be sweeter. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. |
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| Film 2025 on 07:03 - Jun 8 with 1421 views | PlanetHonneywood |
Freud - Dozed off. I wish Mathew Goode made a sleeping app, he'd make millions and would be the antidote to the insomnia thread. I'm sure he's a decent chap, he just has the zzzz effect on me.
The Phoenician Scheme - I don't know what it is about Wes Anderson's TGBH, but I love it. Alas, I found his latest film a bit meh and a drag. However, I now realise what it is about TGBH that makes it for me: Ralph Fiennes. Best actor for my money by a mile. |  |
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| Film 2025 on 07:21 - Jun 8 with 1414 views | Gus_iom |
| Film 2025 on 18:31 - Jun 3 by johann28 |
Agree. Yeah, I'm in. This is an austere, novelistic, self-consciously important film that unfurls in a measured sprawl over 3 hours, but nonetheless exerts an iron grip throughout. It mulls on some weighty themes of Jewish identity, the immigrant experience, privilege, culture-versus-commerce, the thin lines between inspiration and insanity, ambition and crushing egotism, creativity and compromise, architectural integrity, the arrogant insularity of privilege and the long reach of the past. The result is a very impressive, serious piece about a man of genius who gets to taste the American Dream but also feel the stinging humiliation of a conditional welcome that turns ice-cold.
It begins in 1947, as Hungarian-born Jewish architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody, fabulous throughout, brimming with pain and passion in equal measure) spills from the bowels of a teeming ship to eye Ellis Island’s famous statue. From Tóth’s angle, Lady Liberty appears upside down, and America, land of dreams, will prove a frequently topsy-turvy, nauseating experience for Tóth over the next 30 years. Like Corbet’s provocative first two films, (The Childhood Of A Leader and Vox Lux) 'The Brutalist' charts the rise of an enigmatic figure., about which we first we know little other that he awaits the arrival of his wife, Erzsébet (an excellent Felicity Jones when she appears - her role seems almost marginal at first, but her character steadily grows in stature), and his niece, Zsófia, who remain in Europe after the war. But slowly, brick by brick, the pieces are dropped into place, and we learn that Tóth is a celebrated architect of the Bauhaus school. At once ugly and beautiful, the jutting, concrete blocks of his 'Brutalist' structures seek to shape an aesthetic future.
In silence Tóth speaks volumes; a halting, traumatised figure in the first half, whilst by contrast, post-intermission, Tóth’s words escalate and his emotions amplify, uncorked by the arrival of Erzsébet and Zsófia. There’s also the construction of a prodigious building that will serve as auditorium, chapel, library and gymnasium, and the clashes with domineering patron Harrison Van Buren that come with it. Unnerving even when he’s being charming, Van Buren creates a strange push-pull to his relationship with Tóth, currents of admiration and envy, power and disgust swirling beneath the surface. Corbet, perhaps, sees echoes of his own experience — the visionary artist beholden to the whims of myopic moneymen — and then pours cultural prejudice into the mix. For the Van Burens are revealed to be the quintessence of moral corruption bred by wealth and power; (only Harry’s twin sister Maggie seems to value genuine kindness) the film becoming a scathing critique of the ways in which America’s moneyed and privileged class gains cachet through the labour and creativity of immigrants while never considering them equals; despite Harrison’s big pronouncements on the responsibility of the rich to nurture the great artists of their time, he’s a cultural gatekeeper in an exclusionary club. Despising weakness, he ultimately cuts László down to size with a pitilessness that in hindsight seems preordained from their first encounter.
Editor David Jancso threads the sprawling story with a flow that pulls us along nicely, incorporating archival material for historical context. And Lol Crawley’s cinematography is magnificent, never more so than when prowling the mausoleum-like halls of the unfinished project or the tunnels of Carrera. Together with production designer Judy Becker and costumer Kate Forbes, the DP shows a remarkably attentive eye for detail, conjuring the look of mid-century America with a period verisimilitude that feels truly alive - seldom have we been transported to the past so effectively.
A truly awesome film in every respect. |
It would definitely have been improved with Zombies, though. | |
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| Film 2025 on 08:46 - Jun 8 with 1384 views | FDC |
| Film 2025 on 19:58 - Jun 7 by Bluce_Ree |
I'm on a decent run of films. As I've watched four good ones in a row.
Until Dawn - horror film based on a game but doesn't go on about it. Decent scares, good story. Liked it.
Sinners - this has been quite popular in the cinema. Really good horror film, only let down by some slow pacing issues.
Die Alone - cheap sort of plant-based zombie film which is elevated by a good story and a decent performance from Carrie-Anne Moss.
Predator: Killer of Killers - I don't like animated films and the Predator series has been shit for the last three films so colour me surprised, but this was really good. |
Just watched the trailer for Until Dawn. Horror movie *and* a time-loop, sign me up.
Re Sinners, there is definitely something about the pacing that didn't work for me, although not sure it was because it was too slow, in fact I enjoyed the slower beginning the most. It's more something to do with the middle section where it all kicks off, it just left me feeling a bit 'meh'.
Gonna check out Die Alone too, cheers |  | | |
| Film 2025 on 16:49 - Jun 20 with 1055 views | E17hoop |
28 Yeas Later is excellent. It's not the film I expected and all the better for it.
Clown in a Cornfield does what it says on the tin and does it very well.
Looking forward to Tornado which looks interesting. | |
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| Film 2025 on 16:58 - Jun 20 with 1028 views | BrianMcCarthy |
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28332337/
6.80 on imdb, 100% on RottenTomatoes.
I'm undecided.
First of all, you have to really like baseball. I mean REALLY like baseball.
Second, there's no action here. None.
It is charming, though, and wryly funny.
Maybe one or two people on here would like it. If that.
But I did, so I hope I'm not alone. | |
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| Film 2025 on 17:40 - Jun 20 with 959 views | HAYESBOY |
The Amateur wasn't bad. Rami Malek in the lead. |  |
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| Film 2025 on 20:51 - Jun 20 with 833 views | loftboy |
50 years ago today Jaws was released, I know it’s always on but I shall be watching on ITV 4. At 9:00 |  |
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| Film 2025 on 22:53 - Jun 20 with 748 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Film 2025 on 17:40 - Jun 20 by HAYESBOY |
The Amateur wasn't bad. Rami Malek in the lead. |
Thanks for the tip, Hayes. Enjoyed that. | |
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| Film 2025 (n/t) on 23:20 - Jun 20 with 700 views | WandleR |
| Film 2025 on 19:13 - Jun 6 by E17hoop |
The Ballad of Wallis Island is wonderful. A properly feel good film. |
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| Film 2025 (n/t) on 23:21 - Jun 20 with 695 views | WandleR |
| Film 2025 on 19:13 - Jun 6 by E17hoop |
The Ballad of Wallis Island is wonderful. A properly feel good film. |
Saw it today, couldn't agree more. [Post edited 20 Jun 23:22]
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| Film 2025 on 23:22 - Jun 20 with 693 views | CLAREMAN1995 |
I am risking the wrath of the board but finished up watching both Docs about the Titan implosion and still feel sick about the end .
Luckily and I mean that their death was instantaneous not watching the weakest of the 5 die first from lack of oxygen then the father probably giving his oxygen to his son knowing well it was only a matter of time.
Watching the door being bolted from the OUTSIDE just freaked me out long before the catastrophic end.
The widow of the father and son was so gracious despite her loss serious respect to her
.As for a film the Beekeper is good sport if you like a big body count |  | | |
| Film 2025 on 00:48 - Jun 21 with 636 views | CateLeBonR |
| Film 2025 on 23:22 - Jun 20 by CLAREMAN1995 |
I am risking the wrath of the board but finished up watching both Docs about the Titan implosion and still feel sick about the end .
Luckily and I mean that their death was instantaneous not watching the weakest of the 5 die first from lack of oxygen then the father probably giving his oxygen to his son knowing well it was only a matter of time.
Watching the door being bolted from the OUTSIDE just freaked me out long before the catastrophic end.
The widow of the father and son was so gracious despite her loss serious respect to her
.As for a film the Beekeper is good sport if you like a big body count |
Which docs? |  | | |
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