It's been getting rave reviews on the festival circuit but it's not something I'd personally make the trip to the cinema for, one to watch on the small screen IMO...

I take it both new and old films can get a mention? Films I've seen for the first time in the last month or so that I've throughly enjoyed and would go as far to say are must see movies

Inception *****
Seven Pounds ****
Lucky Number Slevin ****
Carlitos Way *****
American Beauty ****

i am still here : the lost year of joaquin phoenix.

the film which chronicles ( in mock-doc fashion ) a journey of self-destruction by the titular actor.
opens on september 10th .

might be worth a look.

Uk release is way off, but a little tease never hurt anyone.....



"A young girl is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the facility."

Man, I hope Pouzar doesn't watch that!

Looks good, one question though: just how young is that "young girl"?

Saw Defiance tonight on the telly, the 2009 film about Jewish partisans surviving and protecting more than 1000 other Jews in a forest in WW2 Belarus. Thought it might be good but it turned out to be a plodding, obvious, manipulative, paint-by-numbers tale. Daniel Craig is good, as always, but there is no originality or energy despite the real life heroics being depicted. The cross cutting sequence between a traditional Jewish wedding in the forest and the slaughter of some Germans is basically a straight, and inferior, steal from the end of The Godfather. Not awful, but mediocre. IMHO.

Thanks DR. B, but I'll leave that one for you.

Just done a bit of 'homework', and the actress who plays the young girl and her friends are all in ther 20s. Phew! Nice to see the lovely Jena Malone to....

I'm really looking forward to catching the following movie;

Jackass 3D

Sucker Punch looks like some "mash" of every genre of the last ten years

How the hell are they going to put it all together?

It looks like the Man Citeh of the film world, and will probably be worse than Showgirls (apart from the delicious Gina).

Jackass is so mindless and purile.
It's so 10 years ago that everyone has totally forgotten about stuff like that and moved on....



I can't wait!!
I had no idea this was being made, we were talking about Jackass at work on Monday.

It took me 10 years but I finally caught up with the Brit gangster film, Sexy Beast. Loved it. Ben Kingsley is unbelievable as the ultimate anti-Ghandi character. Now THAT is great acting. He really is like the huge boulder that almost kills Ray Whitstone before landing in his swimming pool and sending massive ripples of fear through everyone. Now I am keeping an eye out for The Limey.

'Sexy Beast' is superb...as is 'The Limey' so you're in for another treat ...

Interesting bit of trivia on this one. The profanity they use is not the profanity used at the time, but the words they did use, which were so shocking then, would be seen as humours now (dang, for example). I don't find this a bit offputting, but a lot of others did. Of course, the same people who disliked the profanity seemed to completely miss the fact that all these uneducated ruffians spoke as though they had just steped out of Shakesperian theatre.

Recent favorites:
Ink
Firefly & Serenity Series
My Family and Other Animals

Edit:
Going back a page and saw someone posted the trailer to "Machete". Can't wait.

This is the film being "previewed" prior to "Grindhouse". "Grindhouse", or course, was homage to exploitation films and the "Machete" preview was an over-the-top gore-fest. Much like "Shoot 'Em Up" was a parody of, well, shoot-'em-up movies, "Machete" should be a lot of fun given its origins.

Some movies that may be worth looking out for later this year;

Skyline



Black Swan



Monsters



Let Me In



I'm Still Here



I Spit On Your Grave



The Social Network



127 Hours



Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark



Catfish

Been treating myself to a Bank Holiday weekend of a few of the more recent films which should just be coming onto many radars soon:

The Killer Inside Me Casey Affleck as a cowboy sheriff turned murderer. Slow pace similar to No Country for Old Men, but nowhere near as good. I'd definitely recommend a watch tho - Affleck plays a good baddie.

Wild Target Can't go wrong with Bill Nighy Good little film, lots of fun, and more importantly lots of Bill Nighy

The Killing Jar Moody, slow film set in an out of the way american cafe. Customers are shot & held hostage type story. Not brilliant, but kept me entertained. Michael Madsen & Michael from LOST

Killers Ashton Kutcher & Katherine Heigl in a pretty farcical fun romp about a retired hitman whose bosses are not happy he retired. Not as funny as it tries to be but could fill a cple of hours when nothing else on.

Scott Pilgrim Versus the World Bit disappointed actually cos I like Michael Cera. It's like a film the bloke from Eternal Sunshine woulda made when at college -pretty odd

The Expendables Very good

The A-Team Very good too

Piranha Teeeeeeerrrrrible!!! Even got bored of Kelly Brook showing her boobs off at every opportunity. Moderately decent attempt at explaining where the piranhas came from, but not a patch on the original.

In my searches I came across Titanic 2 - storyline is that another cruise takes place 100 years on from the first and results in another crash (presumably an iceberg...). No thank you

Now, toss up between the new Adam Sandler & the new Will Ferrell films to finish the night - a winner both ways

Cheers! Have added a few of these to my Netflix queue.

Say it isn't so! I'd read very good reviews of this (no, really). In 3D and poking fun at itself, was touted as a movie basically designed just to have fun showing Bites & Boobs in 3DD. Even Rotten Tomatoes has it at 75%.


Scary. I've just gone back over the last couple pages and looked up (on netflix) the movies you've recommended, and except for one, got predictions of nearly 4 stars for each (although I have to admit I didn't like 'Sexy Beast' even a little).

I've subscribed to Netflix since Jan of 2003 (a Christmas present), have rated over 1500 movies, and come to trust the recommended "Movies You'll Love" algorithem with a very high degree of confidence. Of every 20 movies or so I look up, I'll generally get 1 or 2 that predict I'll rate more than 3 stars. All but one you listed on the last page is predicted to get a rating from me of over 3.5 stars. Statistically speaking, you and I like exactly the same movies.

On DVD, 3 stars from me. Would have been better on the big screen, but had also read the book first which always diminishes the film.

Sorry Cinci - afraid so! I love my B Movies and put up with anything, but this was pretty poor. It succeeds in bites n boobs in 3D yeah (altho not as many shots of the fish as they coulda done IMO) but if it's gonna market itself as a Piranha remake it needs to be better.

I'd much prefer they remade Piranha in a more serious-ish style (eg like Jaws) - and then called this film 'Killer Fish' and left the Piranha legacy alone for someone who could do a better job

Either that, or I'm wrong and need to chill out

Grown Ups The new Adam Sandler one - group of ex-college guys meet up many moons later on a vacation. Feels a little like they all sat together at an awards show and decided to do a film - no real bite to it. A few funny bits, like the "Arrow Roulette" and the banter amongst each other. Not one of his best tho

The Other Guys Again, not Will Ferrell at the top of his game - but still enjoyable. He pairs up with Mark Wahlberg in the tried n tested "mis-matched cop partners" storyline, cue the ad-lib fest and sick one-liners. Loved the opening 10 minutes with Samuel L Jackson & Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - any scene with Samuel shouting is a good scene

Saw Toy Story 3 last night, and its just as good as 1 and 2, in other words it's another 10/10. Saw it in 3D. Not aware I was wearing the glasses after 5 minutes but TBH I don't think the 3D added that much to the experience.

Went with the family and we'd have quite happily stocked up with more popcorn and watched it all over again.

I'm currently watching BFM TV

Seems to be 24 hour news without a movie in sight....

http://www.bfmtv.com/

Just saw "Kick Ass". What a great movie. The final "hallway" scene is a true classic.

+1

The Royalties will be through any day now

The movie was okay, 6/10 because the big flaw in it was it didn't know whether it wanted to be a comedy or be taken seriously. It was schizophrenic at times.

I took it as an obvious comedy that had a potentially real idea - i.e. that any tube in a tracksuit/balaclava get up could tackle societies underbelly with sticks...

It must take a different mind-set than mine to see this as anything other than a comedy.

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Wasn't the scene where the father shoots his child a clue?

Piranha is quality. Kelly Brook's acting is superb, although I missed most of the dialogue. Lots of nubile young women gyrating in skimpy bikinis at spring break, a bloke trying to make a soft core pornographic film where the excellent Ms Brook and another stunningly fit blonde (forgot her name) swim artistically in the, ahem, nude. There's also a wet t-shirt contest and topless paraglider that goes chest first into the water. The camera is cleverly placed just below the water to give you the full 3-D experience and there are also some lingering shots of the delightful Ms Brook.

My viewing was only spoilt by a female voice behind saying sarcasticaly "oh pleeease" during the nude swimming scene. No manners, some people . For some strange reason, most of the blokes hardly moved during the movie.

Fantastic film and in 3-D too. This is up there for me with the classics. It really perked me up. I give it 9.5 out of 10. Would have been a 10 apart from some stupid side plot involving fish

Watched this earlier today & really, really enjoyed it. However, I do think that this is a real 'love it or hate it' type of flick & certainly isn't for everyone. If you're a fan Nic Cage's 'edgier' performances and/or aren't easily offended then this gritty black comedy could very well be the movie for you ...