| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet 13:55 - Jan 20 with 38637 views | R_from_afar |
Have we covered "I swear" yet? It's a powerful film about a Tourettes sufferer growing up in an era when the condition was yet to be recognised.
"Joyride" is also excellent. Set in Ireland, it sees a quirk of fate throw a teenager from a troubled family together with a woman - played by Olivia Colman - who has just given birth to an unwanted child. Poignant yet full of humour. |  |
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| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 06:04 - Jul 27 with 4546 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
Just watched Project Hail Mary with Ryan Gosling. I hadn't read any reviews and had no idea what to expect except the blurb about the sun dying and a mission to save it.
Great film for a Friday night and Godling as ever was superb. Still the bloke can make a SNL short about Papyrus compelling and funny. |  |
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| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 12:54 - Jul 30 with 4112 views | robith |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 06:04 - Jul 27 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
Just watched Project Hail Mary with Ryan Gosling. I hadn't read any reviews and had no idea what to expect except the blurb about the sun dying and a mission to save it.
Great film for a Friday night and Godling as ever was superb. Still the bloke can make a SNL short about Papyrus compelling and funny. |
I enjoyed Project Hail Mary but my god, it was so unnecessarily long, and the score was awful, really took me out it. Decent popcorn film though
Saw The Odyssey in imax. loved every second of it |  | | |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 21:13 - Jul 30 with 4010 views | PunteR |
Watched The Odyssey at the weekend.
The last hour was excellent, a good pay off from what was a pretty mediocre film. I didnt see it as Nolan would have intended in IMAX , but without CGI i thought the action was pretty dull tbh .
Ray Harryhausen didn't have CGI but managed to bring the Greek gods to life with a bit of menace and jeopardy. Elliot Page and Tom Holland were miscast, but Samantha Morton , Anne Hathaway, John Leguizamo and Matt Damon were great.
3.5 stars. |  |
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| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 15:04 - Jul 31 with 3876 views | HAYESBOY |
Just seen Spiderman Brand New Day. Very good.
As good as No Way Home. |  |
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| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 15:45 - Jul 31 with 3852 views | daveB |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 15:04 - Jul 31 by HAYESBOY |
Just seen Spiderman Brand New Day. Very good.
As good as No Way Home. |
I saw it last night, really good film, best Marvel one for a few years |  | | |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 20:55 - Aug 2 with 3615 views | PunteR |
Watched Spiderman today. Decent kids movie. | |
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| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 11:30 - Aug 3 with 3415 views | themodfather |
nit having read all threads i am gambling that the film NORMAL with Bob Odenkirk has not had a mention. a new temporary sheriff arrives for 8 weeks to a small minnesota town called Normal, smiles coffee and then wallop, lots of action. a decent enough film and worth a watch , only 90 mins too. | | | |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 23:42 - Aug 4 with 3242 views | HAYESBOY |
Watched a Netflix fil Documentary called Maternal Instinct.
Unbelievable true story. It has you hooked to see what she did. | |
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| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 09:42 - Aug 5 with 3068 views | robith |
Enjoyed Spidey even though it was the single worst behaved screening I've ever been in
Masters of the Universe - it comes so so so close to nailing the assignment but it gets really boring and loses a point for having mondo paedo Jared Leto in it
Mortal Kombat 2 - The first was the first film I saw in the cinema post covid so I have fond memories even if it was hot garbage. The first half is actually just stupid dumb fun, but there's a limit to how many times you can watch two people have a fight and it gets dull
The Devil Wears Prada 2 - wtaf is this. The first is...fine, decent enough for the genre, but this is like AI slop, tonally all over the place. 20 minutes in my phone went into my hand and didn't leave. Also - Stanley Tucci makes a lot of money playing gay eh | | | |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 15:27 - Aug 9 with 2697 views | TacticalR |
Just watched The King's Warden which is the most watched Korean movie of 2026, and on the way to becoming the best-selling Korean movie of all time. I have absolutely no idea why it's so popular as, in my opinion, it's a completely standard Korean historical drama.
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| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 15:39 - Aug 9 with 2671 views | daveB |
On a flight so catching up with some movies
Over your dead body was very enjoyable, very violent but also quite funny | | | |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 15:45 - Aug 9 with 2658 views | johann28 |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 21:13 - Jul 30 by PunteR |
Watched The Odyssey at the weekend.
The last hour was excellent, a good pay off from what was a pretty mediocre film. I didnt see it as Nolan would have intended in IMAX , but without CGI i thought the action was pretty dull tbh .
Ray Harryhausen didn't have CGI but managed to bring the Greek gods to life with a bit of menace and jeopardy. Elliot Page and Tom Holland were miscast, but Samantha Morton , Anne Hathaway, John Leguizamo and Matt Damon were great.
3.5 stars. |
Saw it yesterday at the local Imax in Wimbledon. It probably falls between two stools, being neither a full-on 'action' film nor a consistent attempt to delve into the more serious themes. One problem is that Nolan never finds much balance between the parallel journeys of Odysseus and his son Telemachus, making the film feel structurally clumsy at times (it doesn’t help that Tom Holland seems wrong for the role, sapping the gravitas from Telemachus’ path to maturity), and Classicists might also grumble about key incidents from Odysseus’ voyage home being skipped altogether or given such hasty treatment that they carry no weight - blink and you might miss Scylla, the six-headed sea monster that Odysseus and his men dodge while steering their boat around a whirlpool, and only those with excellent recall of their English studies are likely to have much idea what’s going on when the man-eating giants called Laestrygonians make a rampaging appearance. That said, several key episodes work very well. The dramatic escape of Odysseus and his men from the cave dwelling of the sheep-herding one-eyed giant Polyphemus is well-handled, and has consequences for the voyage given that the enraged Cyclops is the son of vengeful sea god Poseidon, whilst the standout sequence is perhaps the soldiers’ visit to the island domain of Circe, a treacherous witch played with deceptive calm by a truly chilling Samantha Morton. Damon gives a commanding performance as the titular 'hero', and his wife Penelope is played with just the right balance of steely self-possession and vulnerability by Anne Hathaway, whilst it's in the last half-hour or so that the film's themes finally acquire potency — about the sobering disillusionment that follows war; the fragility of heroism; defiance of the gods; the uncertainties of homecoming after a long absence. Perhaps the most resonant theme is conscience, as Odysseus weighs his achievements against his sacrifices, from the drowning of his men to the slaughtered Trojans, tricked by a gift to the gods in violation of all that is considered sacred. Unsurprisingly, it's a visual feast, with stunning sets and costumes, whilst for me the preference for in-camera spectacle over digital fakery is a strength rather than a weakness.
All in all, not the masterpiece that some have claimed, and no match for the intellectual complexity of 'Oppenheimer', but an enjoyable watch all the same. [Post edited 9 Aug 15:47]
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| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 18:35 - Aug 9 with 2530 views | dmm |
I saw The Odyssey this afternoon and I like your views on it johann28. They broadly sum up my own.
I understand why it's split opinions. I enjoyed it for what it is but my son, who saw it with me, was very critical of it. He has a degree in film studies. Neither of us knew the actual story of the Odyssey all that well and we both said we'll now do some research to understand it better. |  | | |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 22:21 - Aug 9 with 2441 views | PunteR |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 15:45 - Aug 9 by johann28 |
Saw it yesterday at the local Imax in Wimbledon. It probably falls between two stools, being neither a full-on 'action' film nor a consistent attempt to delve into the more serious themes. One problem is that Nolan never finds much balance between the parallel journeys of Odysseus and his son Telemachus, making the film feel structurally clumsy at times (it doesn’t help that Tom Holland seems wrong for the role, sapping the gravitas from Telemachus’ path to maturity), and Classicists might also grumble about key incidents from Odysseus’ voyage home being skipped altogether or given such hasty treatment that they carry no weight - blink and you might miss Scylla, the six-headed sea monster that Odysseus and his men dodge while steering their boat around a whirlpool, and only those with excellent recall of their English studies are likely to have much idea what’s going on when the man-eating giants called Laestrygonians make a rampaging appearance. That said, several key episodes work very well. The dramatic escape of Odysseus and his men from the cave dwelling of the sheep-herding one-eyed giant Polyphemus is well-handled, and has consequences for the voyage given that the enraged Cyclops is the son of vengeful sea god Poseidon, whilst the standout sequence is perhaps the soldiers’ visit to the island domain of Circe, a treacherous witch played with deceptive calm by a truly chilling Samantha Morton. Damon gives a commanding performance as the titular 'hero', and his wife Penelope is played with just the right balance of steely self-possession and vulnerability by Anne Hathaway, whilst it's in the last half-hour or so that the film's themes finally acquire potency — about the sobering disillusionment that follows war; the fragility of heroism; defiance of the gods; the uncertainties of homecoming after a long absence. Perhaps the most resonant theme is conscience, as Odysseus weighs his achievements against his sacrifices, from the drowning of his men to the slaughtered Trojans, tricked by a gift to the gods in violation of all that is considered sacred. Unsurprisingly, it's a visual feast, with stunning sets and costumes, whilst for me the preference for in-camera spectacle over digital fakery is a strength rather than a weakness.
All in all, not the masterpiece that some have claimed, and no match for the intellectual complexity of 'Oppenheimer', but an enjoyable watch all the same. [Post edited 9 Aug 15:47]
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| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 09:49 - Aug 10 with 2301 views | robith |
Watched The Long Walk last night. Was ok, some amazing central performances but the cinematography both made it look like a TV show, and started to give me motion sickness.
Thought the ending was a little weak, saw they changed it from the book, so looked up what happens in the book, and now am like "wow, the ending was good given what they had to work with. " | | | |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 15:14 - Aug 11 with 2103 views | E17hoop |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 09:49 - Aug 10 by robith |
Watched The Long Walk last night. Was ok, some amazing central performances but the cinematography both made it look like a TV show, and started to give me motion sickness.
Thought the ending was a little weak, saw they changed it from the book, so looked up what happens in the book, and now am like "wow, the ending was good given what they had to work with. " |
I remember reading the Long Walk when I was a kid and being really annoyed with the ending – I'm glad they changed it. |  |
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| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 22:56 - Aug 11 with 1949 views | ozexile |
Just watched Song Sung Blue and really liked it. Just a pleasant movie. | | | |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 07:22 - Aug 12 with 1829 views | Beejnewark |
Haven't seen it mentioned, but 'The Invite' is really good. | | | |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 22:05 - Aug 14 with 1506 views | MrSheen |
I only go to the cinema once every couple of years, but I saw Tony tonight, based on Anthony Bourdain’s first kitchen job. It’s very padded compared to the original account, but it’s a lovely film, funny, entertaining, great performances. I think it’s going to Amazon, but see it in the cinema. |  | | |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 00:14 - Aug 15 with 1442 views | E17hoop |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 07:22 - Aug 12 by Beejnewark |
Haven't seen it mentioned, but 'The Invite' is really good. |
The Invite was really interesting. A comedy of the darkest kind, it maintained my interest throughout even though the telegraphed ending didn't quite land as I'd hoped. | |
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| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 08:56 - Aug 15 with 1344 views | MrSheen |
I meant to add, the Curzon had a trailer for the two-part de Gaulle epic, coming out within a few weeks of each other either side of the end of the month. It might have been made for me. | | | |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 14:11 - Aug 16 with 1133 views | dmm |
I saw David Byrne's 2020 film, American Utopia today. Absolutely superb. What a unique and creative force he is. | | | |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 20:23 - Aug 25 with 734 views | PunteR |
Watched The Long Walk last night. Decent film, great acting and an original concept but the ending was a bit flat. I've only just found out the lead character is Philip Seymour Hoffmans son. If i knew that while watching, it might have given the story a bit more weight. Although still doesn't justify the ending
Also saw The End of Oak Street at the cinema. Avoid this film at all cost. Its literally one of the worst films ive seen in my entire life. I'm not even gonna bother anymore of my time talking about it. Its diabolical. | |
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| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 20:52 - Aug 25 with 692 views | Bluce_Ree |
| Film 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 20:23 - Aug 25 by PunteR |
Watched The Long Walk last night. Decent film, great acting and an original concept but the ending was a bit flat. I've only just found out the lead character is Philip Seymour Hoffmans son. If i knew that while watching, it might have given the story a bit more weight. Although still doesn't justify the ending
Also saw The End of Oak Street at the cinema. Avoid this film at all cost. Its literally one of the worst films ive seen in my entire life. I'm not even gonna bother anymore of my time talking about it. Its diabolical. |
The Long Walk is my favourite book. I liked that the film changed the ending because up until then it was a beat for beat retelling. But ultimately the book ending was better. |  |
| 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 2026; don't think we have such a thread yet on 21:26 - Aug 25 with 664 views | PeterHucker |
went to see the new Spiderman with the kids, we all liked it and thought it was the best new Marvel film in quite a while. (but perhaps that's quite a low bar?)
Other films I've enjoyed recently...
The Life Of Chuck (not what I expected from a film based on a Stephen King short story)
Infested (well-made French horror, do NOT watch if you have arachnophobia!)
The Rip (decent police thriller with Ben Affleck & Matt Damon)
Da 5 Bloods (Spike Lee directed film about Vietnam vets)
Obsession (another well-made horror film, I think you'll either love or hate it!)
You'll Never Find Me (weird creepy Australian horror film)
and some good music documentaries.....
King Rocker (Stewart Lee's documentary about The Nightingales, available to watch for free on Youtube for a limited time)
McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass (on iplayer)
Pavements (about the band Pavement)
and an excellent football documentary The Bus (on Netflix) about the France football team's disastrous 2010 World Cup campaign) |  | | |
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