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blazing_saddles

Pross said:

Watched Enemy At The Gates agains last night, it felt quite pertinent considering current events. There was one particular line from the guy who plays Hellboy / Clay in SoA along the lines of using Ukranians as cannon fodder as that is all they are good for!

I watched Jadotville on Netflix earlier in the week.
Think it would be right up your street as it also is pretty pertinent to the current situation.
A solitary company of Irish soldiers are sent on UN protection duty in a remote outpost in the Belgian Congo.
Gets attacked by mass ranks of locals led by French mercenaries.
Fits in right between Rorke’s Drift and The Almo.

Also deals with the death of UN Secretary General, Dag Hammarskold.

ddraver

blazing_saddles said:

Also deals with the death of UN Secretary General, Dag Hammarskold.

Didn't he fight Rocky...?

masjer

ddraver said:

blazing_saddles said:

Also deals with the death of UN Secretary General, Dag Hammarskold.

Didn't he fight Rocky...?

I thought he was a Steven Seagal character.

pblakeney

Black Crab on Netflix. Unusual and some good bits but being too relevant today and enough bad bits to say that I can't recommend it.

seanoconn

pblakeney said:

Black Crab on Netflix. Unusual and some good bits but being too relevant today and enough bad bits to say that I can't recommend it.

Quite enjoyed it. Cold, snow, ice, violence, badass heroine. What’s not to like.

pblakeney

seanoconn said:

pblakeney said:

Black Crab on Netflix. Unusual and some good bits but being too relevant today and enough bad bits to say that I can't recommend it.

Quite enjoyed it. Cold, snow, ice, violence, badass heroine. What’s not to like.

A bit too relevant* today for escapism, too many plot holes, and saw the ending** in the first 1/2 hour.

*A bit like watching Contagion during lockdown.
**General ending. There was one unexpected plot twist.

pblakeney

The Kitchen on Netflix. I was expecting a light film, some girl power, maybe some revenge. I was pleasantly surprised.

Pross

pblakeney said:

The Kitchen on Netflix. I was expecting a light film, some girl power, maybe some revenge. I was pleasantly surprised.

Sounds like a spoof fly on the wall series with Ricky Gervais playing a hapless manager working for a fictitious version of Wren

pblakeney

Pross said:

pblakeney said:

The Kitchen on Netflix. I was expecting a light film, some girl power, maybe some revenge. I was pleasantly surprised.

Sounds like a spoof fly on the wall series with Ricky Gervais playing a hapless manager working for a fictitious version of Wren

Hell's Kitchen, NY, in the late 70s. Quite decent actually.

MattFalle

Pitch Perfect trilogy.

utterly wonderful - just sheer joy.

micaab

Grand Budapest Hotel

Love Fiennes performance in this. He brings posh Swearing to life.

Tashman

Ready Player One. An enjoyable nostalgia trip wrapped around a fairly standard kid saved the world story. I liked that I got very different reactions to my 14 year old but both were able to enjoy

pblakeney

The Contractor on Netflix. Not new, 2007 with Wesley Snipes. Pretty much what you'd expect but the nuances raised the bar considerably beyond that imo.

Mad_Malx

pblakeney said:

The Kitchen on Netflix. I was expecting a light film, some girl power, maybe some revenge. I was pleasantly surprised.

Also on Netflix, in the kitchen: Boiling point, with Stephen Graham (again).
. Fairly obvious where it’s going, but loads of tension while you wait for the inevitable . Continuous shot (or stitched to look so).. Having known chefs, KPs and waiting staff, all very believable.

seanoconn

micaab said:

Grand Budapest Hotel

Love Fiennes performance in this. He brings posh Swearing to life.

Great film. My favourite Fiennes performance.

seanoconn

Tashman said:

Ready Player One. An enjoyable nostalgia trip wrapped around a fairly standard kid saved the world story. I liked that I got very different reactions to my 14 year old but both were able to enjoy

Good one for the family. And an opportunity to watch the Shining again before or after with the kids.

blazing_saddles

The Wrath of Man on Prime.
A very straightforward thriller and not flashy in any way: unusual for a Guy Ritchie film.
I recommend it for a couple of hours of mindless action.

I also want to mention, due to the recent whisky discussion, that the final scene features a bottle of Glenfarclas 15 year old.

pblakeney

How It Ends on Netflix. Bet you think you know how it ends.
Bet it is even more disappointing than that. Fairly decent until then.

ddraver

For the metalheads

Metal Lords on Netflix - far from a great price of cinema but with a few scenes that will make you smile and a few that'll make you quietly head bang.

For everyone else there are better themed, teen coming of age films out there...

It concerns me greatly however that there really aren't any other bands of note in the genre since the early 90s. What are the youth of the day playing guitar to?!?!?

seanoconn

ddraver said:

For the metalheads

Metal Lords on Netflix - far from a great price of cinema but with a few scenes that will make you smile and a few that'll make you quietly head bang.

For everyone else there are better themed, teen coming of age films out there...

It concerns me greatly however that there really aren't any other bands of note in the genre since the early 90s. What are the youth of the day playing guitar to?!?!?

Just watched this with the family and was loved by all. We are cooler than most families though and appreciate a bit of metal so might not be everyone’s cup of tea. The two lead characters were excellent.

ddraver

Possibly late to this party but "Official Secrets" about the woman who leaked a memo before the Iraq war.

A cast of British stalwarts make it very watchable and I didn't know the story at all* so there was a good amount of suspense and jeopardy too.

Won't make you think any more highly of one Sir A. Blair...

* it occurs that I was A) 18 and on my first ski season at the time so...probably wasn't paying attention... ,

ddraver

99 Homes

Part of the "big 3" on the financial crash alongside The Big Short and Margin Call.

Covers the "real people" side rather than the other two and so is not a nice watch as a result. That said it's done very well albeit gets a little silly right at the end...

photonic69

Human Traffic
1999 on Amazon Prime. Good introduction to drugs for my kids. Brought back so many memories (those that I could remember). Can’t believe clubbing could ever be as good as it was back then. Heady days ❤️

micaab

The Death of Stalin.

Never even heard of it until it popped up in my Netflix suggested list.

pblakeney

That’s strange as it has been mentioned in this thread a few times.

laurentian

pblakeney said:

That’s strange as it has been mentioned in this thread a few times.

That's because it's superb!

morstar

Ok, low brow comedy time.

Jaxi (Amazon prime), a rogue phone AI which had me laughing out loud multiple times.

The Lost City: currently in cinemas. All star cast but looks worryingly like a flop in the earlier scenes. Warms up and becomes enjoyable but not a classic.

micaab

pblakeney said:

That’s strange as it has been mentioned in this thread a few times.

Not so strange - I didn't read the thread from the very beginning before contributing (slapped wrist for me). But some of the threads on here are rather large.

Nonetheless, still my last film and found it entertaining.

ddraver

Think some of you have mentioned Boiling Point before but here's another vote. I'm not enough of a cinema junkie to notice the one shot take aspect but having spent a good time in a kitchen and restaurant it captures the reality of that environment so well it's cringeworthy to watch. Sadly the ending is only too true for many chefs.

MattFalle

Cruella

Utterly brilliant - The Crow meets fashion

All v v v dark, brilliant acting, murder, revenge, and an utterly brilliant soundtrack

v v recommended

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruella_(film)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruella_(soundtrack)