Shaun Of The Dead > Hot Fuzz.

neh, shaun of the dead is good. But it gets stale after a couple watches, the ending action scene in hot fuzz is always hilarious :)

Really? I always felt that Shaun of the Dead > Hot Fuzz. Regardless, Simon Pegg kicks arse and you might like to check out Spaced featuring (and written by) him. And the Black Books episode which features Simon Pegg is probably the best one ever.

King Of The Ants

Written by Charlie Higson (of Fast Show fame) and directed by Stuart Gordon (Re-animator). This starts out quite poorly, with bad cinematography, a dubious script and even more dubious acting. It concerns an everyday joe who is pulled into a scheme to kill someone, for which he is then ripped off for. The film then takes a turn into a psychological thriller, and really becomes gripping AND well played. This leaves me to believe that the opening twenty minutes is intentional, to enforce the banality of his situation. Not to everyones tastes, and there is some surreal horror and extreme violence too, but an unusual and gripping film.

Matious-recent British film:RED ROAD.

To say i'm looking forward to that new film with Simon Pegg & Dylan Moran would be understatement of the decade

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Run Fat Boy run? Looks OK, but I just hope that Pegg does'nt accept any old shít to boost his profile. The man is a geek made good. Can I have a pm on how to use a bypass filter for profanity please mods?

:laughing:...no. :|

i watcher the green mile for about the 10th time last night.
cried like a baby.

Superbad. Was one of the funniest movies i've seen in a long time.

^ definitly, the cops were ****ing hilarious!
xD

Apocalypse Now

I saw it for the first time last night and I loved it

just watched it, great flick. :bowdown:

Mallrats

Another film from Kevin Smiths View askew universe films, that seemed to bypass me on original release. As usual with Smith films it's the slacker dialogue and aimable performances and not direction that propel his movies. His films seem to offer a view of America that is refreshingly honest, and not the usual middle class coiffeured bunch of teens we usually get from America. If none of you are familiar with Kevin Smith, get your arses in gear people!
The View Askewniverse

The Jacket

An art film with a mainstream budget. This film is both and languid and lucid in it's premise. Some will love the arresting visuals and hypnotic tone, others will just be bmused. Adrien brody is a returning Gulf War vet, who after surving a near fatal head wound;winds up in a mental institution after he is implicated in the killing of a policeman. While inside he is subjected to new drugs, placed into a straitjacket and forced to lay in a mortuary drawer for hours on end. His dreams and nightmares collide, and he discovers he can time travel. While all of this sounds confusing, it is a deceptively simple story about mans instinct for survival. A brilliant cast and a superlative Brian Eno score put the icing on the cake.

Mallrats is a movie i've been meaning to rent for a long time. That and Dogma...Ive seen Dogma but it was a long time ago and i'd like to watch it again.

i saw the jacket expecting the same watered-down paranoia film like all the others, but it was actually really good :>

i watched "bug" the other day, which is interesting in the beginning but fall flats at the end, good acting though :)

bout some crazy schitzophenic army guy and his crack-head gf who think bugs are in their skin and **** xD

Matious did you work out the ending of The Jacket?

i haven't seen it in years, i remember hes in love with some chick who helps him out or something.

Another watch reveals another layer to the film and a possible different interpretation of the film via the ending. I'm only saying this as when I watched it recently, it was for the second time. I noticed a few things I had missed first time round.

I went on a Buster Keaton binge yesterday and watched The General, The Cameraman, and Steamboat Bill Jr.

I just watched Blood and Chocolate the other day. Good film.

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I heard this was a steaming pile of dog's mess. The DVD cover look's atrocious and the kiddie friendly rating put's me off big time. It also proclaims FROM THE PRODUCERS OF UNDERWORLD, that definitely put me off!

RUNNING SCARED
Paul Walker has not particulary inspired me (Fast and The Furious/Into the Blue), but he was engaging in this hard ássed retro influenced actioner. Walker is a small time gangster who loses a hand gun that could implicate his gangster boss's. So a frantic 18 hours ensues as he traces the gun. The violence and dialogue hark back to the golden age of the 70's and 80's where the violence is brutal. There are a few too many sub plots, and the director is sometimes accused of over indulgence in the visual stakes, but this was still a 2hour ride.

Big Natural Breasts I-X
Now thats what you call cinema...

Is the aspect ratio accommodating enough for a pair of 36 ff's? (if it is send me a copy!)

I actually thought it would suck too. I had read the book back in like 9th grade. But I was suprised with the way it turned out.

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I have'nt seen it. I am just applying my stereotypical apathetic attitude to it! Sorry!

^Well I also love anything that has to do with vampires and/or werewolves. Little fetish-thingy of mine I guess. So maybe I'm bias towards the quality of the film.

Death proof - Quentin Tarantino...fucking masterpiece...

^ couldn't agree more, my girlfriend Rosario and all of her bitches were SMOKIN' in that movie!!!

UmmI just watched Farce of the penguins on the 2nd of this month..... OMG!!! I almosted p!$$ed my pants, because it was soo... funny!!!
So totally worth watching!!.... I don't know about buying..... okay i would buy it, And I would still laugh just as hard as I did the first time...

Really good movie, I give it a 9.9 out of 10.....(reason being that it is not a 10 is because if I had kids I would send them out of the room,.... maybe even out of the house, it's has ALOT OF SEXUAL COMMENTS.... but, besides that it was soo funny!!)

If you love vampires check out NEAR DARK. It is over twenty years old, but it is so different to the usual vampire film. It also has a great score from TANGERINE DREAM.



London To Brighton.

A low budget British film that has the critics raving. Well played, performed and shot, but nothing new story wise at all. The ending was not exactly what I expected, but my thinking was along those lines. The film concerns two women fleeing a crime and the aftermath that ensues. Both girls are involved (knowingly or not) in prostitution, and the film paints a suitably squalid picture.

I was dissapointed. I enjoyed it, but it never connnected 100% on an emotional level.

I also bought at the same time:

PORCUPINE TREE:ARRIVING SOMEWHERE (WOW! watched this already!)
ALFRED HITCH****-6 DISC BOXSET
THE PRESTIGE
CRANK
CHILDREN OF MEN
PANS LABYRINTH.

That should keep me quiet for a while!

you bought crank....

Crank is absolute rubbish-perfect beer watching material then!

i didn't like the prestige or children of men >.<

pan's labyrinth pwns though

I have'nt seen THE PRESTIGE yet. Children Of Men was seriously flawed, but it had some great set pieces.

it looked great, but had such a thin plot and no-frills ending.

the illusionist > the prestige

shoulda bought that instead

You bought Crank... :|

OT: The Bird people in China - Takashi Miike

Bland and rather boring. I'll try and watch Ichi in the near future.

I watched I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry yesterday. It was fukin' stupid.

28 Weeks Later

I was not expecting anything from this one, all I can say is that I was completely wrong! This is well shot, written and played. If you have seen the first one, you will know what to expect. It was nice to see it still being set in Britain with a mainly British cast. Some great action too.

The Prestige

A great cast bolster a story that on first viewing, does'nt look that appealing. A tale of two late 19th century magicians trying to outdo each other no matter the cost. There are a couple of twists at the end, which also coincides with the films title and a magic tricks third act. This at two hours remained eminently watchable and intriguing. Nice cameo by David Bowie too.

3:10 to Yuma is one of the best movies I've seen in a few years.

I could not agree more, I made my bf leave with me half way through the movie.

Superbad- It is definitely a guy movie through and through, but I thought it definitely had its really funny parts and is worth a see.