Wookienopants wrote:

39. Murder on the Orient Express. Entertaining and stylish adaptation by and starring Branagh. I hope he follows it up with Death on the Nile, because I really enjoyed this far more than I thought I would - fantastic cast too. (7)

He is making Death on the Nile. Or has made. It was supposed to be out soonish anyway. Not sure when it'll get released now though

Result! I'll be looking out for it. This was my first ever watch of an Agatha Christie adaptation and I really enjoyed it.

Have you seen Knives Out?

I watched that the other day. It's good, and I enjoyed it...but...as an Agatha Christie-esque whodunnit, it's not very well crafted. Still good fun though.

Warrior

Haven't seen this since the cinema release. Such an incessant barrage of everything this sort of film requires. All boxes ticked twice, remarkable stuff. Steps over the line on numerous occasions with layer upon layer of mawkishness but emerges bloody and victorious. [9].

Wookienopants wrote:

Overlord A WW2 unit stumble across a Nazi lab in which horrible experiments are taking place and it all goes a bit wrong. In the Netflix "horror" category, not very scary but alot of fun!

That opening sequence is a stunner. Could see the JJ influence in the sound and visual execution of it

Wookienopants wrote:

Gremill wrote:

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

Gremill wrote:

39. Murder on the Orient Express
Entertaining and stylish adaptation by and starring Branagh. I hope he follows it up with Death on the Nile, because I really enjoyed this far more than I thought I would - fantastic cast too. (7)

He is making Death on the Nile. Or has made. It was supposed to be out soonish anyway. Not sure when it'll get released now though

Result! I'll be looking out for it. This was my first ever watch of an Agatha Christie adaptation and I really enjoyed it.

Have you seen Knives Out?

Yes, actually watched that the week before MotOE. Great fun.

69. Roma - 18 Oct
Another beautiful and sad tale in B&W about some female hardship. Amazing that Cuaron was responsible for so much of the film - directing, writing, producing, shooting, jointly editing. What a guy. Top film.
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hylian_elf wrote:

69. Roma - 18 Oct Another beautiful and sad tale in B&W about some female hardship. Amazing that Cuaron was responsible for so much of the film - directing, writing, producing, shooting, jointly editing. What a guy. Top film. [9]

Yeah I really liked this too. He said that he chose to be the DoP on this instead of using his normal guy because so much of the movie was based on his memories growing up that he knew he wouldn't be able to get that feel across in words and so just had to do it himself. Obviously a very personal film for him.

152. Doctor at Large - 5
Another decent British comedy, an improvement over 'at Sea' but still not a patch on the first entry.

153. Hubie Halloween - 5
Adam Sandler comedies range from hilarious to unwatchable. This one is ok, some laughs and decent cameos. Good Halloween film for Kids tbf.

154. House On Haunted Hill (1959) - 7
Solid Vincent Price horror and a damn sight better than the remake.

155. Carry on Abroad - 8
Hugh CO fan so take the rating with a pinch of salt. Arguably the last good film in the series, and notable for being the last to have all the big cast members in it.

156. The Fly (1958) - 8
I'm a big fan of the 80's remake, and this was my first viewing of the original. Glad to say it stands up really well on its own merits, superb stuff.

157. The Haunted Palace - 5
Another Vincent Price horror. I wanted to like it more than I did, the atmosphere is spot on but unfortunately I just found it a bit predictable and dull.

My list

Tintin

Second time I've seen this. It's great fun, never been a fan of the character but the set piece hopping Indiana Journalist stuff works really well as a 100 min spectacle. One of Spielberg's best in recent years imo, possibly as good as Paddington as a big screen adaptation.

161. Kung Fu Panda 2
Better than the first? Yeah I think so. Shame the action choreography and direction doesn't hit the heights of the opening though. Some nice steady wide shots there.
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144. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Entertaining follow up to Freddy's Revenge, great cast of characters including young Patricia Arquette and Larry Fishburne, fantastic kills that play on the victim's hopes or fears and Freddy's cutting one liners (Welcome to Primetime, BITCH!). 8

145. Sleeping with the Enemy
The lovely Julia Roberts battles to escape the clutches of Patrick Bergin's abusive 'tache in this standard 90s thriller. 6

146. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
A weaker follow up to 3 as the Dream Warriors are bothered by Freddy again. Filmed during the '88 writers strike so suffers in that regard and from losing Patricia Arquette in Kristen's role. 6

147. Dirty Dancing
A cute, starry eyed yet determined Jennifer Grey and a brooding, hip thrusting Swayze, shimmy and shake their way through this iconic 80s chick flick. Such a great uplifting ending. 7

Think that is the same take everyone has who watches the film. I know noting about baseball, except it’s Rounders for US men, but I enjoyed it start-to-finish.

True fact - I got a tennis ball right in the family jewels when playing rounders as a kid. Dropped like a brick.

I keep meaning to watch that again. Thoroughly enjoyed that one.

162. Pontypool
Started strong with a much more professional look than I was expecting but then it couldn't deliver in the final half with poor execution.
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Gremill wrote:

42. Mission Impossible: Fallout Spectacular. Too long, but some phenomenal chases, fights, stunts and camera work tide you through the mammoth run time. Might be the best in the series. 8

Agreed. The Mission Impossible films just seem to get better and better, the last three have all been much better than I extpected.

164. The Ruins
Cliched set up but a fun and interesting setting with some good sequences and the right amount of gore. Shame the ending didn't do a little more.
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